voodoo_chile Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 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..thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 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!!G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 The active circuit is basicly a pre-amp which gives you increased levels of eq' date=' its odd going from an active to a passive bass....not that there is anything wrong with passive!!G...[/quote'] Active circuits also give you an extended frequency response. (Active means powered and passive means unpowered for the uninitiated) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Eh....thats what I meant by "increased levels of eq" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Pedantic bitch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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