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Retrofit Your Jazz Bass The Right Way With A J Retro Preamp

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Ordinarily when looking to replace a Jazz Bass preamplification control set, certain products will be described as being a true drop-in, but few actually deliver 100% on that promise. And then after dropping in the new preamp, you don’t notice too much advantage tone-wise compared to what you had.

What makes John East preamps better are three things:

  1. True drop-in
  2. Massive tonal advantages
  3. Designed by a man who knwos audio backwards and forwards.

Building or retrofitting a J-bass? You might as well do it right the first time

I’d be lying if I said there weren’t cheaper preamp sets out there, because there are. But what the cheaper preamp descriptions don’t tell you are the hassles you’ll encounter.

The hassles I speak of are cheaper preamps that, quite literally, aren’t complete. With the J Retro series, everything you need is in the box. With others, you really can’t say that; this goes back to what counts as a true drop-in and what doesn’t. Sure, you could buy a cheaper preamp, but the additional time and money spent to get in the stuff missed by the cheaper option will ultimately cost you what you would have paid for a J Retro – if not more.

Yes, the J Retro series costs more. But you’re getting everything you need along with what is arguably the easiest installation process. Is that worth the extra cash? You bet it is.

Check out the J Retro preamps here for more information

1 thought on “Retrofit Your Jazz Bass The Right Way With A J Retro Preamp”

  1. I ordered up one of these pre’s for my Lakland DJ-5 – super easy install, fantastic sound and performance on stage or in the studio. I thinking about ordering another for a non DJ Jazz I have that could use some turbo-charging. 🙂

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