passive pickups

So this is sort of about two different basses that I have. The first one has a pretty interesting layout: one single P-bass pickup, but ample...

Hello. I bought an ESP Ltd. BE-5 about seven years ago, which has passive pickups and a 3-band eq active onboard preamp. Shortly after I bought...

$100 plus buyer pays shipping Excellent sounding 4 string Honey Badger passive jazz bass pickup set. Good condition. Pickups work perfectly. The...

I'm new here so please forgive me if this question has already been posted and discussed: I would like to replace the active soapbar-style pickups...

For sale is a used 4-string set of MEC passive J and MM pickups removed from a German Warwick Streamer Jazzman bass. The MM pickup is 4-conductor...

Specs: Original Owner. This bass has been well kept. it is closer to near mint. prefer local pickup in NYC, but will consider shipping to USA...

Say, you guys! I feel like this question has been asked a ton of times, and answered a ton of times... but perhaps not 'actually' answered... ?...

I'm looking for a good set of pickups that will fit my Cirrus bxp 4. I'm wanting to reconfigure the bass to passive.

Hello! My Spector legend bass came stock with Bart P/J pickups and an active Tone Pump (with no trim pots), I want to convert it to passive only....

I started a thread yesterday, but want to be more specific. Just purchased a Rockbass with passive MEC pickups and an active preamp. Some RBs...

So my question is how would I go about wiring my bass as a VVT 3 way switch? I’m using 250k pots for the Volumes and Tone. My main concern is...

Hi all, I have a 1990 MIJ Fender Squier Silver Series Jazz Bass that I'm looking to upgrade the pickups on. I play both finger and pick style,...

Alright, so first some background. I just bought a LTD B206 SM 6 string bass. I play in a death metal band and use a Korn-esq clanky bass tone...

I recently bought a squier JBass with passive pickups. I really like the sound of the bass but it doesnt put out enough volume and clarity in the...

I've been playing EMG actives for 39 years now. Today I decided NOT to retrofit a recently acquired bass with EMG actives. (I usually do that with...

EMG Geezer Butler pickups. Came in a bass I bought swapping them out for active pickups. Pickups only no pots or wires. Will ship for free to...

I've got a old Ibanez SR400 (1997, Made in Korea, the black one in the pic) with P/J-pickups. I love the bass but not the sound, to my ears it's...

For sale is a Nordstrand 3-band preamp for passive pickups. $100 shipped. PayPal only. The preamp is 9v and works fine with no issues....

I did a search but couldn't find anything... I have a new Warwick Streamer Rockbass with the passive MEC pickups. The output is very low. As a...

Seymour Duncan Apollo Jazz pickup for 5 string, neck, passive. $50 shipped. $50 shipped to the continental USA only. No trades.

Hi. Looking for a JB pickup of this kind for a project I'm working on (it should pair with a Mudbucker at the neck). Thoughts?

Hi All, In all my years of bassing I have never done much with my electronics and am realizing how ignorant I am when it comes to preamps and...

Hey, friends! I want to have volume-tone / volume-tone for each pickup. As i know, if i will just wire vvtt as usual, each tone knob will have...

Newbie here. Can you replace a pickup in an active electronics bass with any old pickup? Are there pickups specifically designed for active...

Hi everybody ! I have a cheap samick bass guitar with which have recorded at my homestudio . But I wasn't satisfied . I just plugged my output...

So I'm not sure if this is a string issue or a set up issue or the pickup height or me changing from active to passive. I just got the guitar...

I have a Kramer DMZ 4001 which has active electronics and I'm looking to put Lace Man o War pickups in it, which are passive. I'm new to swapping...

An original set of 1990's PJ Bartolinis in Ex.condition. Ship free to lower 48!

Hi everybody, I'm sick and tired of the stock Mec pups, they sound sterile, harsh and too midrangy for my tastes Since I have a 70's Asama Jazz...

I'm working on a project in which I am converting a Jackson 5-string jazz bass from passive to active pickups. The stock electronics are passive...

Remember when I told you guys 2 years ago that EMG was coming out with a passive J set after the Geezer Butler PJ pickups were such a hit, and...

Hey there pickups gurus, Here's the deal: I play Dingwall basses these days. 3 of them. But I still have an old parallel fretted bass I played a...

Hey all, I got a question. I've got an Warwick active 2band bass. It has stock active pickups. I want to replace the pickups, but don't know if...

My first 'serious' instrument was a Fender Big Block Precision bass. I love the playability of the bass, but never really liked the sound. I'm...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and keen to see if anyone can help me. I have a J&D JD-250 4 string Bass that I am going through the process of...

Is it possible to have both a passive and an active pickup in the same bass, going to the amp from the same output jack? I am because I hope to...

Hi guys, I have a question regarding what the maximum and minimum (roughly) voltage outputs would be for both active and passive pickup basses?...