P-Retro installed!!!

Well, my new John East P-Retro is installed. Took me a little while to install, as I messed up my first pickguard because I had the (charge light) bezel too close to the preamp. Another issue I had was the shafts were a little long, and the knobs were to high above/off the pickguard. I sent an email to John, and all I can say is "Fantastic" customer service. He gave me a great location for the bezel to be installed, and he also brought to my attention that the shaft height coming through the pickguard was adjustable via the nut on the underside of the pickguard. WooHoo...Thanks John!!
I haven't had much time playing around with it, but during a 10 minute session, I can say that the tones are endless, and it makes my P bass sound incredible!! The deep boost is fantastic, and allows for me to get a very nice creamy/thumpy tone. Like Butta baby!!!

Some pictures of my P bass...The Sexy beast!

AN0INTD said:

That looks so awesome...I'm still shaking my head at how awesome a certain Squire CV P-bass sounded and played at Sam Ash the other day (first time I ever tried the Vibe series). Man I'm gassing hard for a P now...

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Thanks man. Fender/Squier's done a nice job on the vibe series. I almost pulled the trigger on a used vibe Jazz bass a couple of months ago to use as a backup.

A quick video I put on youtube...

Rezdog said:

Greetings from the North,

Checked out the Youtube demo and that P sounds awesome through the head phones. Now I know what the P-Retro sounds like with round wounds and I like it. My P5 is strung with LaBella flats and the vibe is a bit different (as expected) with the P-Retro.

Rezdog

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Thanks Brent.

I originally had a set of Roto 77's on there, and decided I'd try it with a set of D'Addario EXL rounds. For a lighter guaged (.100-.45) set, it still has great low end.

bh2 said:

They really are awesome preamps though. John is a nice fella.

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I agree all around.

Thanks.