Nordstrand Dual Coils - Active or Passive?

Jason_A · #1 07-16-2011, 09:33 AM

I've had Big Singles in a couple of basses. One had a Bart NTMB preamp and I found that I either ran it with the EQ set flat or in passive mode. The second bass I put the BS's in was passive and never felt like I missed the active EQ - the BS's just sounded great on their own.

I have a set of Dual Coils coming and was wondering the opinion of those who have experience with the DC's - do these pickups behave better with or without a pre?

madbassplaya · #2 07-16-2011, 09:35 AM

Like the Big Singles, they will perform well with either. I really like the DC's wired passive with series/paralel/single coil switching.

Jason_A · #3 07-16-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by madbassplaya

Like the Big Singles, they will perform well with either. I really like the DC's wired passive with series/paralel/single coil switching.

That's how I'm planning to wire them initially. I have the Series wound pickups, so I'm not sure how well the single/parallel modes will work... but it will provide a different tonal option, so I guess that's never a bad thing.

madbassplaya · #4 07-16-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason_A

That's how I'm planning to wire them initially. I have the Series wound pickups, so I'm not sure how well the single/parallel modes will work... but it will provide a different tonal option, so I guess that's never a bad thing.

If they are wired series, they will sound best in series, but Parallel should sound pretty good as well.