Bass sounds a bit weak in Sire

[Thegrandwazoo]

Check that your pickup height is where it should be. Beyond that, I would think the passive/flat EQ active output of that particular bass is lower than you're used to. For example, almost every P-Bass I've ever played has had a higher output level than almost any active bass I've played with the EQ flat. Different basses=different output levels. As long as it's sufficient that you can turn your amp up and achieve the volume you're looking for, it's probably just the way those basses are. I've played a couple Sires, and didn't find them to be low-output, so I suspect your pickups might be a little low.

 

[Hounddog409]

I bought a new Sire Marcus Miller V7. The guitar is good and I love playing it. But the only concern is that the overall volume seem to be low compared to other basses which ideally shouldn't be the scenario since they have active/passive switchable preamp

Any suggestions to rectify it ? Would adjusting trim pot cause any impact ?

Turn up the volume on the amp????
Most bases have different output. I have to adj volume depend on which bass I play.

I mean simplest answer is usually the correct one.....

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[DeepHz]

I bought a new Sire Marcus Miller V7. The guitar is good and I love playing it. But the only concern is that the overall volume seem to be low compared to other basses which ideally shouldn't be the scenario since they have active/passive switchable preamp

Any suggestions to rectify it ? Would adjusting trim pot cause any impact ?

That's interesting. I just purchased the Sire P7 fretless and found the active preamp to be quite loud. Sounds like your getting great advice here.

 

[ezstep]

I've never had that issue with mine. But, in my ideal world, the volume of passive would be equal to the volume of active. (Not exactly true with mine, but close.)

 

[B-Mac]

I bought a new Sire Marcus Miller V7. The guitar is good and I love playing it. But the only concern is that the overall volume seem to be low compared to other basses which ideally shouldn't be the scenario since they have active/passive switchable preamp

Any suggestions to rectify it ? Would adjusting trim pot cause any impact ?

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[jbhaugh]

Is the output of the bass too low to be useful (do you have to crank the volume on your amp to get it to a useable volume?), or is the output in active mode significantly lower than the passive output? If not, your new bass is probably operating as intended.

 

[tb4sbp]

I am on my third V7
The new pickups are a little quieter than the 1st gens but are very dynamic
I had to do a full setup on my new one as everything was out
Including pickup height
Once the setup was done and the strings started to break in the volume difference was minimal from my older 1st gens
The passive/active volume is fairly dead on the same until you tweak the EQ
Which is something I very much like but is a personal preference
I find the active EQ to be very useful for its tone shaping more than as a volume boost

I hope this helps you

Best of luck

 

[CoffeeLove]

Raise the pickups?

What he said, if you haven't tried that yet.

 

[5aP]

There's a video on yt by Andretones where they compare V3 and V7. V7 is quieter intentionaly and more by Marcus Miller's needs. V3 is more of a peoples bass...
So, your bass is fine.

 

[sonic 7]

Be careful raising the pick up height. If the pickups are too close to the strings you’re gonna get all kinds of weird stuff going on.

 

[nilorius]

Passive is for eq down, active is for other complitely. I think there should be no problems with bass at bouth modes.

 

[Vegeta Alten]

My rule of thumb for string height at the pickups is 1/8" on the bass side and about 3/32" on the treble side. I shouldn't say my rule of thumb as I have heard this from other people, but it works for me.

Thanks everyone for your valuable feedback. I did few tweaks by adjusting the height of both the pickups and that did the trick. Now it sounds great. I can feel the active and passive tone to be well balanced and equal when set to flat and hence there wasn't any need to tweak the trip pots
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[jag-atk]

if the bass doesn't sound loud enough, try to play with the trim pot in the preamp cavity and adjust it to your liking. that's the easiest thing to do with an active bass provided with the internal trimpot. if you change pickup height you might end up with some weird sounds if you do not do it properly (pickups too close to the strings /changing relative height of pickups). in any case you should consider that many active basses are designed to work mainly in active mode. the preamp bypass switch is there just to avoid problems if the battery goes down when you're playing live (i.e. to save your @$$ if you forget to change the battery regularly). just my 0.02$