One thing that IS true of all active basses is they isolate the pickups from electronically interacting with any effects pedals; and some fuzz pedals sound "best" (darker, warmer) when they DO get to interact with the passive electronics in a bass. The Zvex Wooly Mammoth is a classic example.
An active amp input is a lo-gain input whereas the passive input is hi-gain. Depending on the amp and bass you may get by plugging an active bass into the passive input but often it will distort. Either way you'd want the amp volume low initially to check it out. Sep 25, 2006 #6.
Dec 26, 2004. Oklahoma City. IME, active DI's are almost always preferable to passive. I keep a passive DI in my cord bag "just in case", but I always grab an active DI. For reference, I play at least two ampless gigs a week. Mar 22, 2011 #5.
Nov 12, 2023 #1 Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member Mar 3, 2004 Metro St. Louis He basically leans passive and I can’t argue with his logic. I say active with a passive bypass and passive tone pot is foolproof. dabbler, stingray69, Reggiep and 20 others like this. Nov 12, 2023 #2 jmattbassplaya Supporting Member Jan 13, 2008

A Passive bass is a normal, run of the mill bass with a basic single tone control. The term active bass usually refers to the addition of a preamp, the same as the one in your amp and this preamp is powered by a battery. So think Active is powered, Passive is not. Most active basses have passive pickups with active circuits.

The active vs passive bass debate is a very popular one online and in many forums. Jazz Bass vs P Bass Comparison https://youtu.be/BarzZKTaPMQMy Linktree: ht
It might also have a different input impedance for the active and passive inputs, much in the same way that the volume pots in the bass might be 250k passive and 25k active, you might have 500k input impdance on the passive channel and 50k input impedance on the active channel. The lower impedance means more current flows and whilst this is
The rock solid hardware is durable enough to put up with plenty of abuse on the road, and with these looks you definitely won’t want to keep it at home. (Image credit: Ibanez) 4. Ibanez SRMS805. A forward-thinking bass guitar for the modern player. Specifications. Body: Okoume body, Poplar Burl top.
Build Quality. The passive MM U5 – a four-string, despite its name – is built in Indonesia, enabling its relatively low pricetag, but that doesn’t mean it plays like a cheap bass. On the contrary: its alder body features a flamed maple top and binding that give it a tangibly lustrous feel under the fingers.
This is about passive versus active basses, right? Yes! The former require no batteries and perform no amplification when controls are adjusted. On Precision- and Jazz-type basses, you’ll find a single tone control, based on just two components. The first is the knob itself, also referred to as a pot in abbreviation of its full name
A passive bass adds no distortion (except that produced by the pickups themselves). A well shielded passive bass adds no hum except single coil hum. A passive bass will not demodulate RF interference. An active bass on the other hand usually has a half-baked circuit with all manner of limitations. 30Oex.
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