The preamps died when they were in the control panel, sealed. I never removed the control panel until the active circuit went dead.
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The preamps died when they were in the control panel, sealed. I never removed the control panel until the active circuit went dead.
Tough to say, but not to my ears. I think any tonal differences were due to other factors like the body and fretboard.
I don't see anything obvious. I'll have my friend who is a tech look at it when he installs the replacement pre this weekend.
AWESOME! That would be great. If the same component failed in both, that would really help us and Sire out (maybe they will give you a free M3 for your efforts
). Keep us posted!
Yikes now fenjazz has got me worried.... The long term durability is the unknown variable here as with any new product.
This may just be a hick-up. And remember, the quality of the instrument and construction is excellent. Even if the preamp was changed out to a different after-market one, you would still be far ahead of an American Fender Jazz in both construction quality and cost! Don't worry, these are great basses. I trust if an issue really exists, we will bring it to their attention and they will do something about it.
If my preamp decides to kick the bucket I'd have no problem going with a Sadowsky or Audere. That being said I hope fenjazz issues are isolated.
I see them as the mid '80s' Squiers, US Fender quality at a fraction of the cost, made in Japan back then. Jim
Major bummer! Could you post the serial #s of the two basses or PM me if you don't want to do that on the open forum. Thanks, Jim
They have been known to show appreciation in just such a way if they feel someone has helped them out.AWESOME! That would be great. If the same component failed in both, that would really help us and Sire out (maybe they will give you a free M3 for your efforts
I saw sparks but apparently did no damage, fingers crossed, all of mine are still working. Being it's an analog circuit, I wouldn't expect too many ultra-sensitive components, but accidental discharge is not often a good thing!
Yea, I'm thinking of going Aguilar or Nordy if either of them dies again.
I hope it's isolated. I'm going to offer to send the old ones back in if they want to check them after the replacements are in.
Yes, both are great options.
I wonder how the Sire compares to these tone wise (not when it's dead of course
)
The John East Uni-pre would be a good swap-in since it also has a sweepable mid in the 4-knob configuration. Pricey though. I have that pre- in another non-Sire bass. That said, so far I really like the Marcus pre, and hope that the one I have, and the one on order, never have any such issues that make me think about replacing the stock pre-. I do have a bad contact in the mid stack of my V7 fiver, that cuts out occasionally or makes noise, but can be stopped by jiggling. I bought that one used here on TB so I can't say it's a Sire issue.
BTW, the email reply I got from Mickey Cho when checking on my order was pretty much identical to the one that was posted here previously, except that the fist sentence did specifically reference my original estimated delivery date. The rest must be cut-and-paste, I hope the part about how it should ship next week was accurate and not also cut-and-paste.
It's the gravy and not the meat, but the Sire gig bags are really nice.
I agree that the East series preamps (J Retro, Deluxe, etc) seem to be the nearest match frequency-wise to the existing preamp, now that we've seen some of the Sire preamp specs posted a couple pages back. That said, I also think the Sire preamp is outstanding, both in tone, extremely low noise level, etc., & I don't believe I've seen a such a wide range of sweep in the mid frequency band in almost any other preamp on the market. Nor do any other preamps I can immediately recall seem to go as low either (20Hz). Speaking of which, this kind of surprised me because here I've been loving the powerful bass tones of the V7 all along & yet normally I would have had some hesitation to hear that an instrument's onboard pre had 20Hz listed for the low end. Granted, I've never had an onboard pre that could reach down that low - nor did I think I'd want one because I always assumed 20Hz would be way too low for an onboard pre. But it sounds outstanding and for reasons that I still don't fully understand, it does not deliver a wall of mud as I would have suspected or guessed a 20Hz low end to sound like. Instead, its deep & solid. In any case, I think the Sire preamp is stellar in its tone & specs and sounds as good or better as any name brand aftermarket offerings IME - but yeah, above all else its gotta be solid & reliable. Hopefully this a fluke & can be chalked up to some of the growing pains in the early stages of these instruments. One thing I am sure of is that if there is a problem - either single issues or a batch issue (hopefully not), Sire will take the measures to correct it.
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I'm savoring this....Two of my hopes have been fulfilled! Chrome knobs & Indonesia Made!
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