Janktone and Varitone

[Telliot]

I'm acquiring a used standard Jazz bass today. The guy I'm getting it from is the owner of Janktone and this is one if his demo models. He also installed a Varitone. Having tried neither of these, I was curious if anyone had experiences they could share. I'm not sure what to expect, although something tells me I'll be swapping out the electronics very quickly.

[GeoffByrne]

I'd hold fire till you try it. According to his website, the controls are changed to Master Vol, Pan & Tone, and if the Tone is a Varitone (a *proper* one with an inductor & not just a 5 or 6 position capacitor selector) then it could be interesting.

[scotch]

Varitone's are great! There are definitely more sounds available than with a standard tone control. I built an outboard Varitone box for all of my passive basses to share. There are some soundclips as well:

Custom outboard tone control

[Telliot]

Sorry, I just realized it's a Stellartone, not a Varitone.

Anyway, I brought it home and I'm pretty impressed. When I get more used to it, I'll post some soundclips.