active vs. passive, customization advice

[myrios]

I bought a Fender MIJ P-J body from the 80's. The electronics are active, but the seller neglected to tell me that the P pick-ups were not installled. They turned out to be Seymour Duncan Antiquity II's. I gave up on that body but kept all of the electronics.

Now, I am in the process of deciding what pick-ups to put into a custom body I am having built for use with a Fender jazz fretless neck and/ or a P- Bass neck. The body will be made of Paduak wood.

Questions:

- Can I use my MIJ electronics ( including the neck J pick-up) passively. That is just remove the battery from the connections?

- I'm presuming my P pick-ups simply will not work actively .... correct?

- What would be your (collectively) opinion on whether I should even consider using these pick-ups at all? I can choose to put any kind of pick-ups in this body ... the routing is yet to be done.

- What is your general opinion on active vs. passive set ups?

Thanks,
Myrios

 

[marc40a]

It's tough to understand exactly what you're saying.

What brand are the J Pickups? and The P's?

It could very possibly the all of your pu's are passive and that there's and active EQ running them.

 

[myrios]

Okay... I finally figured this out:

the pickups are both "Fender". but the P Pickups are apparently manufactured by Seymour Duncan and are high-impedance and they DO work with this Fender active module.

Thanks for the reply...

-myrios