Low Output on Musicman Classic Sabre

[Bulky Bass]

Recently purchased a Musicman Classic Sabre. Great bass that plays like butter. When I plug it in however, the volume is considerably lower than my passive basses. Battery is fresh and pickups are at their proper height and volume is all the way up.

I thought active basses where supposed to sound louder than passive basses or am I doing something wrong?

 

[mdogs]

Well, have you adjusted the pickup height at all? Having said that, I can tell you that the output on my Classic Sabre is not super hot, but not lower than my passive basses.

My two main players are the Sabre and a Fender Jazz with DiMarzio Area J’s. These two have roughly the same output level. Areas J’s are not nearly as hot as some other DiMarzio J pickups, although they sound great.

 

[Bulky Bass]

My other 3 basses are a G&L Lb-100, G&L Sb-1, and a Fender Tony Franklin fretted and they are at least 1 1/2 times louder than this bass. I've adjusted the pickup height as far it can go without hitting the strings.

 

[Magnuscanis]

I have the same problem with my classic Sabre. Did you solve this problem?

 

[JakobT]

There’s nothing that says that active basses need to be louder than their passive counterparts. Sabres are usually a bit lower output, mine is somewhat quieter than my passive P. It’s not a problem, I just tweak the volume on the amp a little. Problem solved.

 

[Giffro]

Playability is for bass guitars...butter is for the dinner table.