Okay, prepare to view my ignorance of electronics

Passive basses are basses that don't need a power supply for pickups, EQ, ect, ect.

Active basses need a power supply to power the pickups, EQ, preamp (i think passives don't have that).

An Active bass also has a switch to choose if it's passive or active. also active basses are power by usally 9-volts. but dude. i don't know what your bass is. sorry.

 

Some "active" basses use passive pickups (which do not require a power source) with an active EQ section (which does require a power source). These basses usually have a way to bypass the EQ and run in passive mode.

Other basses also have active pickups (which employ a circut board within the pickup) in addition to the active EQ. From my experience, most of these basses do not have a bypass switch (it would seem because of the pickups).

 

Sorry - can't answer that without breaching the posting guidelines!

 

Hi RHB,
If there is a battery in the back of your bass, I'd plug in to the active socket.
Doc

 

From the info on their website ( http://www.promusica.co.uk/html_tanglewood/standardbass.htm ), it looks like the standard model is passive, but they also carry an active model as well...

----- Quote from website... ----------
Also available:

REB 4 'REBEL' A - ACTIVE in S/T/Bk.

----- End Quote ---------------------

Does your bass have 3 knobs (like the picture on the website)? If so, it's probably a passive bass (either 2 volumes & 1 tone, or volume, blend & tone). The tone control just uses a capacitor to roll off the highs.

If it were an active bass (which it probably isn't), in addition to the volume & blend controls, there would be separate controls for both bass and treble (maybe even another one for midrange), and these controls will be able to boost (and/or cut) these frequencies.

By the way... You can plug your bass into either input. The active input "pads" the signal coming from an active bass so it doesn't clip the preamp. You'll probably notice that your bass sounds quieter through this input.

Hope that helps.

- Frank

 

"If it has a battery, its active!"

 

No....

 

Dont listen to him red hot. I think its a pretty sweet looking bass. I dont know how they sound though. I have never even heard of the company, so I cant say anything there.