Do you mostly play passive or active basses?

[MrAB4003]

Is that a potato in your pocket or are you just happy to have a passive bass?

I'm happy to have my passive basses, play in the pocket, and enjoy my potatoes after playing!

 

[brianrost]

No both option

 

[Miles_ONeal]

No both option

How do you mostly platy one and mostly play the other?

 

[pb9717]

Only active. if I find a great passive bass, I put a great active circuit in it. Then it’s mega great.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

passive basses sound better to my ears. Plus, I already have too many things to think about, stress about and/or remember to worry aboutwithout buying and changing batteries all the time. Also, dead batteries ain't so good for the environment.

 

[JazznFunk]

passive basses sound better to my ears. Plus, I already have too many things to think about, stress about and/or remember to worry aboutwithout buying and changing batteries all the time. Also, dead batteries ain't so good for the environment.

1 battery in a year's time, max.... usually way longer if you unplug the bass and aren't playing a lot. Batteries themselves have shelf lives of years. So it's not something you do 'all the time.' People use up more batteries in a given year swapping them out in their smoke detectors.... or you SHOULD anyways.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

1 battery in a year's time, max.... usually way longer if you unplug the bass and aren't playing a lot. Batteries themselves have shelf lives of years. So it's not something you do 'all the time.' People use up more batteries in a given year swapping them out in their smoke detectors.... or you SHOULD anyways.

Still ... it boggles my mind why we aren't moving more quickly toward rechargeable batteries wherever possible, or at least reasonably possible.

 

[31HZ]

I don't really like their tone, they're heavy, they have knobs that I'll rarely mess with and they're more expensive. Whats to like?

 

[31HZ]

At the moment I have about twenty (I really gotta sell some of these things), all active.

This battery tester is my friend. Completely takes the guesswork out of "should I change this battery or not."

 

[spiritbass]

Two of mine (four-string Dingwall Super J/P and 3x Afterburner) are activated with Glockenklang preamps, but my precision is passive as it should be.

 

[ajkula66]

All the basses I currently own sport passive electronics.

Nothing against those equipped with active circuitry, I've owned and loved many in the past.

 

[ryco]

Truly, both. Fender P, Ric 4001, fretless Ripper - passive.
Jackson Concert Pro V, EBMM Sterling - active.

Use 'em all all the time. The Ric doesn't get much playtime anymore
Right now the Jackson gettin' a lot of play for orig pop band,
P gettin' a lot of play for oldies cover band.
Ripper gets played every morning.

 

[Doctor Morbius]

Mostly passive. I have a couple of active basses, but it's nothing I can't achieve with tone controls on the amp.

 

[lordradish]

I’ve seen people trying to use carrots for power

Stop being so wasteful and get the rechargeable carrots. You just put em in the ground for a few hours.

 

[Watchootognbout]

I choose active for the midrange control.

 

[RestlessBoom]

Used to play active straight to amp. Got sucked in to pedal world, and now only play passive in to various pedalboards

 

[retslock]

All passive these days. I've tried active but it's not for me.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

This poll surprised me…I would have thought overwhelmingly active.

Not with all the PBass purists on talkbass.

 

[Yahboy]

4 string P, PJ and J ~ Passive
5 string multiscale Dual pickup ~ Active.

 

[TheArchitect]

Depends how we are keeping score. 2/3 basses are passive but the active one is getting the majority of the play time currently. Not necessarily because its active though.