carlosfandango Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 HELLO! Anyone out there that has got any experience of the JRetro MM pre amp? Pros and cons please! Cheers! Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Not sure if this is what you're asking but the best thing you can do to a Miller Jap is rip out that $5 pre-amp and put in an Aguilar OBP1...... I'm sure the John East Circuit will be a good upgrade from that piece of crap fender put in too.... Cheers Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosfandango Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Thx. Does any on know if the MM premap is the same deisgn as in the real thing...whish I understand is Sadowsky pre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hey Carl For what it's worth I had an East premap in my MM5 and it was awesome. On the basis that Fender seem to put crap pre-amps in even their best instruments, I'd be confident in saying that the difference with a J-Retro in that MM would be huge. Over and above that, I guess you're talking about that beautiful sunburst model as well, so I think the combination would be pretty unbeatable! Chris Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='Marcus' post='18937' date='Jun 16 2007, 09:39 PM']Not sure if this is what you're asking but the best thing you can do to a Miller Jap is rip out that $5 pre-amp and put in an Aguilar OBP1...... I'm sure the John East Circuit will be a good upgrade from that piece of crap fender put in too.... Cheers Marcus[/quote] MB1. I have it on very good authority that the aguilar obp1 is as close as youll get to the miller sound.i had a mm jazz and did look into this, as the bass was great but that fender preamp was about as impresive as a wet firework.shame really fender nearly got it right!.the bass gallery stock aguilar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhuk Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Can a Aguilar OBP1 be fitted to a regular Jazz bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_olie Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='mhuk' post='20878' date='Jun 20 2007, 05:11 PM']Can a Aguilar OBP1 be fitted to a regular Jazz bass?[/quote] I think it needs a bit of routing to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 MB1. The aguilar(18v active preamp). obp1 was recomended as a direct replacement for fenders 9v ,2band eq active preamp(which was pants).the pickups on the marcus miller fender would already be suitable for an active preamp.with a normal standard fender jazz not being active... but passive,i think youd have to change the pickups to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhuk Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 So it won't work with standard vintage JB pickups? Looking at MM spec it doesn't mention passive or active pickups: [quote]Tonal magic comes from a pair of vintage-style Jazz Bass single-coil pickups; the two-band active EQ has an active/passive mini-toggle switch. Pickups 2 Vintage Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. Active Bass Boost/Cut, Tone 2. Treble Boost/Cut Pickup Switching 2-Way Mini Toggle Switch for Active/Passive Mode. In Passive Mode, Only The Two Volume Controls Function. In Active Mode, Both Volume and Tone Controls Function.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_olie Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Definately wouldn't have to change the pickups. The MM Jazz pickups are just standard '75 vintage coils which you can buy separately. I think MB1 is trying to say that the pickups on the MM are designed to be used with an active pre-amp whilst the standard is not, however this is not really the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhuk Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 [quote]however this is not really the case.[/quote] So the JB 75 vintage coils (as on the 75 reissue) can be used with a pre-amp (Aguilar OBP1 or other), with additional routing as required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_olie Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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