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The Passive Club!!

#61
I don't like active pickups of any kind, just my personal preference. Give me old school passive tones, even with upgraded pickups, on reasonably priced Fenders or Fender copies.

Would like to join this club please.

81 Squire Precision custom, with Duncan Basslines.
81 Ibanez Blazer bass, with Duncan Basslines.
85 Martin Stinger bass, with Duncan Basslines.
08 SX Precision, stock.
 
#62
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#64
I dislike actives. Intensely. I went that route when I was spending (wasting?) tons of money in the 80s and 90s trying out as many new things as possible.

FInally realized that with active electronics, I was spending more and more to refine the sound to basically get to what I had when I was playing passives.

I'll never go active again.

But I completely support and applaud anyone who feels differently and likes to rock actives.
 
#71
llamalor2112 said:
I know. You can really tell when someone is using an active axe. Sometimes I here guys playing with pure naked bass and it still sounds processed to me. :hmm:

When it comes to pickup tech, less is more. GO PASSIVE! :bassist:
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Yeah, that's what I mean. When I was going through actives, I wan't pleased with the results, so I kept buying more expansive heads, more nuanced EQs, more pedals, etc. until I realized what I was looking for was what I got WITHOUT all that extraneous stuff with just my old passives and a good head and cab.

To each his own though. I'm no hater of active players; it's just not for me. At all.
 
#73
Muddslide said:
Yeah, that's what I mean. When I was going through actives, I wan't pleased with the results, so I kept buying more expansive heads, more nuanced EQs, more pedals, etc. until I realized what I was looking for was what I got WITHOUT all that extraneous stuff with just my old passives and a good head and cab.

To each his own though. I'm no hater of active players; it's just not for me. At all.
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Yeah. I didn't mean to sound anti-active players, just that I don't prefer to use them. :smug:
The whole simplicity of the passive sound is just so satisfying. Actually, as a matter of fact, recently I have been going even more simple and enjoying the good clean sound out of my Victor Bailey acoustic (although it uses a passive fishman as well). :)
 
#77
Interesting thread ... I own (currently) 7 basses, all passive, but I am still learning to play bass, so my discernment is not what I expect it will be soon. Anyway, I like things old school and the whole battery hassle seems just that. On top of that, I am a gigging drummer who wants to play bass BAD!

Here's my herd:

Fender Aerodyne P-bass with chrome bridge/pup covers
4 string Wishnevsky acoustic Banana bass with K&K pup
5 string Wishbass Lobe model (all persimmon)
4 string Wishbass Lobe model (curly maple/mahogany)
4 string Wishbass Hyper model (spalted maple/maghogany)
4 string Wishbass Fantasy model, short scale (all zebrawood)
4 string Wishbass Stude model (all walnut)
4 string Wishbass JB model (all walnut)
5 string Carvin neck unit as build-out project for the future.

All the Wishbasses are fretless, the others are not. All are strung with FLATS ...

Am I in?
 

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