Active / passive pups

[fryer]

Hi, I have recently bought a Hohner the Jack bass, with EMG select pick ups. It has an active / passive switch.

I thought active pups were different to passive ones ? So how does this work ?

Any suggestions for improving these ems's, as I have heard that they are not that good. But I still want to keep the choice of active / passive.

Richard

[Ou7shined]

Selects are passive.
It's just switching from active mode to passive mode ie. placing the pre-amp in and out of the circuit.

I had some Hohner "the Jack" bass Jazz pups in a custom 5 build once and although obviously not top-end thought that they were great pups - very loud too. Don't believe the anti-hype.
Maybe you could look at a different pre-amp.

[Bobby K]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='968301' date='Sep 26 2010, 12:35 PM']I had some Hohner "the Jack" bass Jazz pups in a custom 5 build once and although obviously not top-end thought that they were great pups - very loud too. Don't believe the anti-hype. [/quote]

+1!

I've had both a Hohner Jack and Hohner B Bass in the past, both with Selects on - I thought they were great too

[MoonBassAlpha]

I couldn't agree more, there's nothing wrong with Selects at all, and the humbuckers are pretty high output too.

[TheGreek]

I've got a set of EMG Selects in a Steinberger zx2 which I'm not happy with - I feel the volume output is pretty poor - if somebody can tell me how to get the best out of them...

[MoonBassAlpha]

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1001061' date='Oct 26 2010, 01:02 PM']I've got a set of EMG Selects in a Steinberger zx2 which I'm not happy with - I feel the volume output is pretty poor - if somebody can tell me how to get the best out of them...[/quote]
Sure it's not the preamp to blame?

[geoffbyrne]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='968301' date='Sep 26 2010, 12:35 PM']Selects are passive.
It's just switching from active mode to passive mode ie. placing the pre-amp in and out of the circuit.

I had some Hohner "the Jack" bass Jazz pups in a custom 5 build once and although obviously not top-end thought that they were great pups - very loud too. Don't believe the anti-hype.
Maybe you could look at a different pre-amp.[/quote]

Those EMG Selects are now back in their original B Bass V and are sounding magnificent ( mind you, there's a John East U-Retro between them & the Shuttle!!).


G.