thefyst Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) So I have this mex jazz bass deluxe. It is about half the output level of the active music man at the studio. So far I have tried New battery Checked continuity in the battery clip replaced a pot that was badly soldered replaced the jack socket Checked string height against fenders recommendations anyone got any other ideas? TF Edited February 18, 2014 by thefyst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckers Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Mine's also low on output, so I just use the passive amp input. Doesn't saturate the amp at all, and gives me a fighting chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefyst Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 so its likely just a low output preamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerz Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 is it noticeably quiet? I mean, I've had active basses that are really 'hot', and also ones that are more inline with the output of my passive stuff. Actually, a lot of that high output stuff can cause problems with effects (particularly analogue stuff). I like active stuff that isn't really high output for this reason. You may have a gain or pickup balancing control on your preamp inside the bass, in which case you can turn this up a bit. I'd compare it to a passive bass for starters, musician basses tend to be quite lairy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanditSid Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 When you say you checked string height was that the string height to the pickups? It can make a big difference to the output level as I found on my Ibanez bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefyst Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yeah that was the string height to the pickups, was to fenders jazz bass specs and then i played around with it and it didnt make too much difference. Id say its about 90% the output of my squire VM jazz with quarter pounders in. I just expected a bit more oomph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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