aende Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Anyone using both active and passive bases on their rig? Do you encounter gain problems when swapping over? i.e. When you change bass during a gig you have to modify amp setting to cope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 My amp has a -10dB pad button that takes care of most of the difference in output, then just a bit of tweaking on the on-board volume knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='aende' timestamp='1360586583' post='1972672'] ....Anyone using both active and passive bases on their rig? Do you encounter gain problems when swapping over? i.e. When you change bass during a gig you have to modify amp setting to cope?.... [/quote] I have both and the gain from the passive Pbass is much higher than the active bass. I don't use both on the same gig though. Dual channel preamps were designed for this situation, or you just need to know how to manually adjust your volume controls to equalize your output signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aende Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 I am thinking I will stay - passive / passive. The Warwick I am borrowing is passive, not mine to f*ck with. The Fleabass I am rebuilding is passive and sounds okay, I will eq it up! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I've been playing active basses for over 20 years and I'm very happy with the sound of the passive bass I've been playing for the last 2 years. One isn't better than the other, so I'd just go with the one which gives you the tone you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I sometimes use both. My TE AH200 has active, & passive inputs like most amps. If I am going to use both at a gig & I will make sure the input gain is set for each bass so the TE lights on the front panel max out at the same point. A visual reference is great for this. Even with the different inputs there will need to be an adjustment for the different basses, usuallya couple of clicks will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I don't swap basses on a gig unless something very bad has happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I use both. In fact my passive bass - the black Gus - has a higher output than most of my active basses, so I have a bank of presets on my Bass Pod with the input gain slightly reduced to compensate for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I very often take two basses to a gig,then only use one all through the gig,but I do know what you mean about volume drop/boost or tone changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I use both and always stick them in the same input of my amp. If I need to compensate for volume then I just use the volume control on the bass. I am a luddite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_g Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 ive always used a compressor pedal so it doesnt matter if i play active or passive although most of my basses are passive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1360589415' post='1972789'] I've been playing active basses for over 20 years and I'm very happy with the sound of the passive bass I've been playing for the last 2 years. One isn't better than the other, so I'd just go with the one which gives you the tone you want. [/quote] Haha I like it! The default passive/active answer even though the OP never asked that! In other news Flea, Its not about the extra notes more about playing across the board & Jackson basses are good for metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='aende' timestamp='1360586583' post='1972672'] Anyone using both active and passive bases on their rig? Do you encounter gain problems when swapping over? i.e. When you change bass during a gig you have to modify amp setting to cope? [/quote] I use both actives on a gig and the output is different on both. I use the volume control on the amp which is no biggie...it is what the soundcheck is for. Plus I can get a huge variance of volume by attacking the strings differently..and this is a short term fix until I can return to the amp if I can't compensate with on-board controls. I have 15bd of boost on the basses but nobody would run that as anything but a fudge.. I think +15bd is totally unusable, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1360605869' post='1973245'] ....I like it! The default passive/active answer even though the OP never asked that!.... [/quote] The OP got his answer in #3. From his reply in #4 the subject moved on. Keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1360608064' post='1973322'] The OP got his answer in #3. From his reply in #4 the subject moved on. Keep up. [/quote] If he stays passive passive he may never know the joys of active, passive warwick what's that about anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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