Go Back   TalkBass Forums > Bass Guitar Forums > Bass Guitar Forums > Recordings [BG]
Register Rules/FAQ/CUP Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read



Supporting Membership
Thank You

Latest Supporting Member
Donate to Upgrade Today

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old 02-20-2006, 09:21 AM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Send a message via ICQ to Hookha Send a message via MSN to Hookha
Active Bass Sound sample

Sign in to disble this ad
where can i find a sound sample of active bass guitar?
i want to hear what the different between active and passive (except that the active electronics work on a battery)

and i know the best why to hear the different but i dont have a music store to hear active bass becuase where i live we dont have assortment of bass guitars especially active basses.
  #2  
Old 02-20-2006, 09:30 AM
Notes we play > Gear we play them on
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Wisconsin
Send a message via AIM to SuperDuck
There three different ways a bass can be active: passive pickups with an active preamp, active pickups with no preamp, or active pickups with an active preamp.

I made a thread a little while ago to compare a Fender Marcus Miller jazz bass with the preamp on or off. This bass has passive pickups into an active preamp. You can listen to those clips to hear some of the difference.

Here's a link!

In the end, though, recordings can only clue you in so much, especially with all of the variables involved in the recording process.
__________________
Michael
Reaching Scarlet
The Meeples
  #3  
Old 02-20-2006, 04:22 PM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Clawson, MI
Keep one thing in mind. There's a big difference between passive pickups, passive pups with active preamp, active pups with passive preamp, and both active pups with active preamp.

The most active bass I can think of is one with EMG pickups and an EMG preamp (as one of my basses has). It has a very different sound than other ones listed. I can record a soundclip if you'd like to hear a sample of my Schecter with EMG 35Js, but if that's not what you're looking for...

-Eric.
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Follow TalkBass on Twitter   Visit TalkBass on Facebook  

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:00 AM.




Copyright 2011 Talk Music Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Play guitar? Visit our new sister site TalkGuitar.com [beta]
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.12
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.