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Tone with active pre

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funktopotamus

Dec 6, 2007
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So I've been considering modding my Marcus Jazz for a while now and I was wondering if it was possible/a good idea to have a volume-blend-tone then a 2 or 3 band preamp. This way when the bass is in passive it is just a straight up jazz (I've never been a fan of the Marcus' passive) then if other tweaking is necessary there is the preamp (which I plan to replace too).

Also any suggestions on preamps would be helpful too but I more worried about the question above.

Thanks for your time
 
#2
Yes it can be done, but it is not necessarily as easy as just putting the two systems in line with each other. I imagine there will be impedance issues if you just put them in series.

There are onboard preamps which have passive-style tone pots; the Sadowsky and the Audere come to mind.
 

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