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What do you mean by blues? There's blues, and then there's blues. Acoustic, electric, country, urban, ...? I have three very different basses and all are usable for blues (Epi Jack Casady, a Jazz, and an old Gibson Ripper). The choice will affect how I approach the song but all of them work...

Jack Casady and Paul McCartney. I've had the great fortune of a weekend of lessons from Jack. I don't think Macca does the lesson thing -- closest I've gotten is having my picture taken at the entrance to Abbey Road Studios. Maybe if Heather M. takes him to the cleaners he'll have to give...

I'd go with the passive. I find that passive electronics allow a bit more... something, maybe it's "expressiveness"... in technique. To my ears active electronics tend to have an edge to them that I don't like. But lots of people like active electronics so get whatever sounds and feels best to you.