The best active/passive systems add a passive tone knob in addition to an active tone knob for this reason, or more innovatively make the tone cut passive and tone boost active on the same knob (e.g., Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass).
This has probably been raised a bunch of times here, but what's your take on a passive bass with a eq pedal or rack as opposed to an active bass with a built in eq. The reason I bring it up is I love the flexibility of modern eq's but I'm a sucker for old school passive jazz basses.
3.7k. Posted June 11, 2012. yes it stops the pre amp from clipping, you plug active basses into the hi or -15db input and passives into the low, means if you have a hot input on your bass allows you to use the full power of the pre amp in your bass. andy. Quote.
I have a 1984 Ken Smith I bought new. The active electronics in that bass sound downright passive by today's standards. Another issue with basses today is what sound engineers calls "fader creep"- the bassist thinks he doesn't hear enough bass so he turns it up. Now he doesn't hear enough definition so he turns up the mids.
It doesn't sound like an active/modern bass at all. And I loving having that extra little bit of bass boost when needed. I have a passive P5, passive J5 and an active J5 in the arsenal that all get time, but this active P/J5 set up is so immensely versatile that it gets the most time.
Basically since you are using an amplifier all basses are active, the only difference is where the preamp circuits are located. They can be in the bass (which people term an active bass) or in an outboard preamp, or built into the amp. What I like about passive basses: They don't add noise.
Passive Radiators vs Bass Reflex Speakers Bass reflex speakers, also known as ported speakers, are a type of speaker that uses a port or vent to enhance low-frequency response. Like passive radiators, they use a resonant cavity to achieve a deeper, more powerful bass sound.

Radial PZDI is essentially a J48 with switchable input impedance (220, 1meg, 10meg) and also the thru can be switched from parallel to buffered so the piezo is truly buffered instead of being loaded improperly if your amp does not provide enough impedance. The Countryman's thru is parallel rather than buffered.

I like active basses that where if you switch from passive to active set flat, it keeps a pretty similar sound and output level. This way the active electronics let you start from the passive sound and then work from there with more flexibility if needed. I think the Yamaha BB734a is good example of this.
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