Effect with active basses.

[Tony Flow MMMM]

What do y'all do with these? I had a compressor I used with my stingray, and passive bases, the stingray is not a very hot guitar. However swapped a emg in it, and now it's so hot my compressor and q tron are useless. I was considering making a switchable per pedal board pad.

[DiabolusInMusic]

You had a Stingray you didn't think was hot? I have to keep my treble rolled back otherwise they are just to hot.

What kind of pickup did you use? The Stingray is a passive pickup with an active pre-amp, not an active bass for the record.

[Darknut]

Been using active basses with EMG's for 30 years with/without effects ... no probs at all

[Tony Flow MMMM]

Originally Posted by DiabolusInMusic

You had a Stingray you didn't think was hot? I have to keep my treble rolled back otherwise they are just to hot.

What kind of pickup did you use? The Stingray is a passive pickup with an active pre-amp, not an active bass for the record.

I have had about 8 ernieball a non were "hot"

[Unrepresented]

Some effects work better with passive, most are fine with either.

Is there a trim pot you can adjust, either on your bass or the effects to get gain back in check?

[HeavyJazz77]

Get an Analog Man Bi-Comprossor, feed it 18v, activate the Juicer side (right switch) and your problem is solved. Works on G&L L2000s too!

[bongomania]

If you want lots of noise and no low end, that's great advice.


OP, as you've already figured out, it's not about active versus passive, but about overall levels--and the solution is to adjust the levels. For me, I like to buy only pedals that have an input level control, when possible. For cases where that's not possible, you can use an EQ pedal or a volume pedal to cut your levels a bit before they hit the compressor or the envelope filter. Or just turn the volume knob on the bass itself down a bit. One nice thing about active basses is the volume knob doesn't affect the tone.