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Old 31-10-2004, 13:02   #1 (permalink)

 
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Im curious, what are the sound/tone differences between active and passive electronics on electric basses, I currently have an ibanez gsr200 but am considering getting a fender jazz bass (passive) so am wondering..

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The active circuit is basicly a pre-amp which gives you increased levels of eq, its odd going from an active to a passive bass....not that there is anything wrong with passive!!

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Active circuits also give you an extended frequency response.

(Active means powered and passive means unpowered for the uninitiated)
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Eh....thats what I meant by "increased levels of eq"
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Eh....thats what I meant by "increased levels of eq"
The phrase "increased levels of EQ" I interpreted as "gies yi mair signal, min" cos it doesn't make sense to me otherwise.

What I was pointing out was actives can reproduce higher frequencies than passives, not too much of a problem with basses cos there's not a huge amount happening up there anyway. We're talking over 12-15 kHz comparing passive/active DIs, so I'm assuming that's roughly right for passive/active basses.
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