plugging a active bass into the passive input on the amp and vice versa

[adobass]

hey, ppl

i have two basses

1.fender highway jazz bass (usa) and it has passive electronics
2. marcus miller signature (japan) it has active and passive electronics (controlled by a switch)

i just want to know if i plug my highway jazz into the active input on the amp does it damage the pre-amp in the bass? or if i plug in my MM signature bass in active mode into the passive input on the pre-amp does that damage the pre-amp in the bass?

please help me out thanks

[line6man]

It won't do any damage.

The active input simply means that the input is padded for especially hot signals so that it won't distort.

If you find your bass to be too loud for the passive input, try the active input instead.

[SamTheButcher]

Plugging the passive bass into the active jack will hurt nothing, but you'll probably have to increase the master volume. Plugging the active bass into the passive input should be fine, but only as long as you don't crank the levels onboard the bass. If you dime the bass' preamp into the passive amp jack, depending on what amp it is, you could damage the amps input.
I usually run a passsive Jazz or P into a SansAmp DI and Tech 21 compressor (all 9v, which basically acts as an active preamp), then into the active input on my amp; but we use a drum machine thru my amp alot at practice, and at these times I run the drums thru the active jack, and the sansamp DI / compressor thru the passive jack. Never had a problem. Just keep an eye on the input levels.

Of course....YMMV.