active circuit with passive pups

[slaphappychappy]

So I gutted my active cort bass and put the circuit into my passive bass. It's improved output level, sound, and everything. I was told u couldn't put passive pups in an active circuit .
So why has this worked??

 

[line6man]

90% of the time "active" means passive pickups into an onboard preamp of some sort.

There are even a handful of preamps won't work well with active pickups, because they interact with the LCR of the coil.

 

[Essen]

Generally, most basses have passive pickups. Even basses that are called "active" have passive pickups. It is the active preamp that makes them "active".
A lot of people get this mixed up, I guess mainly because active guitars have active pickups, not preamps.

 

[line6man]

However, "active" pickups will not work without an "active" preamp.

Active pickups into a preamp are rather rare. It's somewhat pointless to do it that way, as you already have a buffered, low impedance output from the pickups, if they are active.

When people use active pickups, they generally do so with only passive controls.

 

[slaphappychappy]

my active bass i took the circuit from is now passive and louder than it was, lol.

 

[bongomania]

I was told u couldn't put passive pups in an active circuit

Either the person who told you that has no clue what the frak he's talking about, or possibly you misunderstood him.