active > passive

[Paulabass]

and running around like a chicken with its head cut off looking for a 9v right before you go on.
Ask me how I know.....

That shouldn't ever happen with a pro band.

 

[scottfeldstein]

Sometimes I like the simplicity of just having 2 knobs. Just turn those two to get a nice sound and go go go!

No matter how many knobs I have on my bass, I never want to touch them. If it's volume or tone, it's max. If it's a cut/boost, it's neutral. The end. Even my active basses might as well be passive.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

i do not understand why to go for a passive bass today if you can have active and bypass to passive if that is better at the time. not so much more expensive and gives you something back. it seems the correct thing to do for a bass today. why passive??

No such thing as the correct thing to do IMO.

Had only one over the years and didn't keep it too long. If you like active go for it, but not for me.

 

[CHYC]

That shouldn't ever happen with a pro band.

Maybe so, but not everyone on Talkbass is in a pro band.

 

[scottfeldstein]

Maybe so, but not everyone on Talkbass is in a pro band.

"Pro Band" is the name of my next album.

 

[CHYC]

"Pro Band" is the name of my next album.

Can I be in it? I'll never have battery problems again!

 

[scottfeldstein]

Can I be in it? I'll never have battery problems again!

Yes, you could be "featuring" on our hit single. How are you on rapping?

 

[RodRy]

Maybe so, but not everyone on Talkbass is in a pro band.

Most of us are not really in any band!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Barrel jacks can usually be switched out for a #11 type open jack. This needs a larger hole (around 3/4-7/8") drilled into the side of the bass and a jack plate installed. I usually use football plates if a square jack plate is too wide. I switch them out all the time if there is room for it.

I use Electrosockets.

 

[ZedLepp]

That shouldn't ever happen with a pro band.

Hey, everyone rolls a one now and then. (rpg players will understand this ref)
Besides, as I stated, you go looking for your gig bag when some stage hand moves it and doesn't tell you where he put it.

 

[Mustang Surly]

I'd rather keep additional circuitry (if any) on the pedal board and run it with a power block than deal with on-board batteries and their associated problems. Just my personal preference: others are free to do as they see fit.

 

[RodRy]

Hey, everyone rolls a one now and then. (rpg players will understand this ref)
Besides, as I stated, you go looking for your gig bag when some stage hand moves it and doesn't tell you where he put it.

This weekend I rolled 3 20s back to back to back. Of course, they were only skill checks.