TRICKFISH J CORE PREAMP...?

[paulo m]

I own the wonderfull JOHN EAST replacement J RETRO & J TONE preamps ( Seventeen years for J Retro) & Six for the J TONE....

Has anyone bought or demo'd  these  new Trickfish J Core Bass preamps....if so we are more than interested in your thoughts & findings..? i am lead to believe that they are the latest incarnation of the Mike Pope preamp..? 

Plus extra modification...?

Edited February 23, 2025 by paulo m

[Hellzero]

They are not exactly the latest incarnation of the Mike Pope preamp as Mike Pope sold his company to TrickFish something like 2 years ago, but they are indeed FlexCore-like preamps on a Jazz Bass plate.

 

That said the FlexCore preamps offer more options than the pure TrickFish preamps, but the final tone is very very very similar.

[paulo m]

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

They are not exactly the latest incarnation of the Mike Pope preamp as Mike Pope sold his company to TrickFish something like 2 years ago, but they are indeed FlexCore-like preamps on a Jazz Bass plate.

 

That said the FlexCore preamps offer more options than the pure TrickFish preamps, but the final tone is very very very similar.

Ah well' l thanks for your insightfull reply i guess its the old adage' there is nothing new under the sun....joking aside i didnt expect these ( New to the market preamps to be anything revelationary) for myself as my above script John East's brilliant preamps are still  @ the highest standard for replacement & upgrading a Jazz Bass.      Interestingly these T.F preamps are for  j basses with 'Body Routed' output jacks only....as is the  Sadowsky preamp also.... dissapointing that....?

Edited February 23, 2025 by paulo m

[Hellzero]

From the TrickFish website:

 

J-Core-2B is a 2 band active preamp with TOP mounted jack

 

J-Core-4B is a 4 band active preamp with SIDE mounted jack