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Nice jazz btw
John East J-Tone with vintage Fender knobs on order.
The J-Tone is a three-knob arrangement that has Master Vol/Blend on knob 1, Bass/Treble on knob 2, and a Passive Tone on knob 3 with a push/pull for active/passive.
Gives you full passive vol/blend with tone, or active with Bass/Treble and Tone. You also get two gain wheels inside to set the boost for the actives, a set of tone jumpers to set the passive tone type, and an overall gain control on the underside.
I can always stick the stack knobs back if I don't like it - but it's an East.. so I'm bound to....
I can't help mess about with stuff, which is often the way I guess..
The Lindy Fralins are excellent. As a bass, I'm loving it. Superb neck, probably one of the best I've played (surprisingly). Love the look and the vibe.
The only bit I'm not really getting on with entirely is the stack knobs. They are just too, eh, finicky. I really don't like not having a master volume. I'd prefer a pickup blend and master volume.
Anyway, as mentioned above, decided to get an East J-Tone. It arrived. Opted for the Master Volume/Blend version (obviously!). You get a Passive mode, and an Active mode. In passive you get Master Volume and Blend on the first stack knob, and Passive Tone on the third knob. In Active, the Second Stack Knob has Treble and Bass +/- 18db boost, and the tone is still a tone control. (Tone knob is push pull for active/passive).
The passive mode with blend and master volume is much more usable, and I'm much more comfortable with it. The active mode brings those Fralins to life - touch of bass and treble boost on the Neck pickup solo'd and it's superb. As close to P-Bass tone as you'll get. Roll in the Bridge on the blend and cut the Bass/Treble a bit and it brings in a bit of mid that you often lose with both pickups on a Jazz. Play around with the tone control as well and it gives some really excellent and usable tones.
John does some really nice stack-knob Fender style knobs now and I like them a lot - really high quality. You also get 3 extra tone caps so you can change the tone cap on the tone control, and two balance wheels to set the type and range of the bass and treble boost.
It's a cracking upgrade for any Jazz - no soldering to fit it, all self contained in the standard control cavity, and great value for money as well. Highly recommended.
Mr East does a sensible Vol/Blend unit which has scratched my itch nicely. It seems to retain the passive tone I had before but adds a dollop of nice active enhancement when required. Plus the controls actually work logically now.
If Geddy Lee had taken a '60 Jazz Bass (or overpriced, beaten up replica) on the Rush R40 Tour, it would have been for one song and with no changes of control settings.