who makes the J-retro?

john east makes them and steve barr is the u.s. distributor. steve runs the dudepit and also posts here on occasion. check out this forum
http://pub41.ezboard.com/fthedudepitfrm2

you can ask any questions you have there

 

Yeah, could do that, but I have less than any time for another forum
Anybody here know where to find the producers sites for J-retro AND for U-retro?

 

www.j-retro.com

 

If you're looking to buy one, Steve Barr is the US dealer for them. BassNW is the only other authorized US dealer, and they get theirs from him. He imports them directly from John East in the UK. He's been doing the grape harvest thing the past month so both he and BassNW were dry, but I believe he's either gotten a new shipment or awaiting one, but there's a lot of people in line ahead of you! The pit really is the best place to get more info on them, as a lot of us there use them. I've got two myself, a sweet preamp to say the least.

mike

 

http://www.vintagebass.com/jretro.html

I don't know if this is Steve Barr, but they got what you want.

 

Long as we're talking Retro- anyone drop the J or U retro into a non-jazz bass? What's the sounds characteristic? Thanks.

 

I have a J-Retro standard on the bench now. It is going into my Fender RB5. I have to redo the pick guard to accomodate the electronics, and might have to do some cavity routing. Not sure of that yet, will know more when I open it up.

I'm holding off doing the mod until my MIM P4 arrives. I have a weekly gig and cannot be without a bass while the RB5 is being hotrodded.

 

> anyone drop the J or U retro into a non-jazz bass?

Yes, I did. I dropped a U-Retro into a G&L L-5500. It's a 5'er with EMG soapbars.

The U-Retro replaced an EMG BTC. The U-Retro gave the bass a much warmer sound which surprised me. The BTC seemed brittle on the high side and boomy on the low side in this bass. The U-Retro gives me sooo much more versatility with BASS, TREBLE, BRIGHT and SWEEPABLE MID. The sweepable mid allows you to "dial-in" your growl and then boost or cut it. The U-Retro has separate buffer amplifiers for each pickup, so the blend is "active." In other words- no inter-reaction between pickups. Just an even increase/decrease in volume with NO effect to the tone. I like it very much.

Installation was simple.

 

Hey Guys,

Like others have said above, I am the US Distributor for all of John East's products including the J-Retro, U-Retro, BTB-01 and coming soon the new J-Retro Stompbox version (first shipment due in early March). I sell the products direct and also have Bass Northwest and R-2 Musical set up as retailers here in the US.

Bass Northwest only stocks the basic chrome J-Retro-01 preamp but can order any of the various products. R-2 Musical stocks everything as do I.

My website is located at: Vintage Bass Trading Co.

Here are links to BNW & R-2

Bass Northwest

R-2 Musical

John East's website is located at:

E-Pro/J-Retro

 

ps: If you're outside the US click on John East's website link above where he has all the different distributors listed worldwide.