thumperbob 2002 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Rang Mark at Bassdirect yesterday- was thinking about ordering an East Pre-Amp for my Fender MIA Jazz 5 Deluxe. The bass sounds great as it is but I would like it to sound fabulous- I am never satisfied I know! He advised me to purchase a set of Nordstrands - the split coil ones - as he said the standard Fender items could be improved upon and this will give more tone than a new pre-amp- The fender is Active anyway. They were delivered and fitted today. I am frankly amazed at the difference- more clarity, midrange, bass- fantastic tone when the bass is EQ`d flat. They were expensive at £210 but really worth it. Can`t see my self buying the East pre-amp now unless someone on here has some further advice!! Cheers Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) [quote name='thumperbob 2002' post='712609' date='Jan 14 2010, 02:39 PM']Rang Mark at Bassdirect yesterday- was thinking about ordering an East Pre-Amp for my Fender MIA Jazz 5 Deluxe. The bass sounds great as it is but I would like it to sound fabulous- I am never satisfied I know! He advised me to purchase a set of Nordstrands - the split coil ones - as he said the standard Fender items could be improved upon and this will give more tone than a new pre-amp- The fender is Active anyway. They were delivered and fitted today. I am frankly amazed at the difference- more clarity, midrange, bass- fantastic tone when the bass is EQ`d flat. They were expensive at £210 but really worth it. Can`t see my self buying the East pre-amp now unless someone on here has some further advice!! Cheers Bob[/quote] Hey Bob...did the same with my CS Jazz, was also very impressed...way way better than stock Fender pups...I put in the NJ4 se's...I also got the Redeemer curcuit from Mark and that was even better.... Edited January 14, 2010 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jontywisp Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 anybody know if the Norstrand P4 pup will make as much difference to an old P bass as these folks are reporting for their J? passive rather than active Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I put a Nordstrand NP5 and a NJ5FS on my old DJ5. Both very nice, and very quiet pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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