Im going to buy a musicman sub ray4, and it has active electronics,but my amp doesnt have the passive and active inputs. It simply just says input. So as my title says, will this bass work ? Thanks
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Will this bass work with my amp ?
- Thread starter Metalmaster6254
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It will. Those active inputs all suck anyway. They just cut the signal considerably lower in case your bass has such hot output that it overdrives the preamp no matter how low you have your gain. But in close to 40 years of playing, the number of times I've had that happen is 0.
Yes, it should be just fine. Adjust the gain control on your amp so that it doesn't clip, and don't worry if you don't have to turn it up much.
Wow Jimmy you just answered a question I have pondered for many years , about why I have always used the passive inputs instead of the active inputs over the years, the sound hella better that way now I know why! Cheers
Every amp I've ever had sounds like the padded input sucks something out of the tone. That's not specific to any brand, it's all of them I've played. Always sounds better to use the passive input with any bass and just adjust the gain knob.
Just because a bass is active doesn't mean its output is any hotter than a passive either. Many are not. The battery is just there to power the preamp/eq controls. I've had some passive basses that were hotter than some actives.
Just because a bass is active doesn't mean its output is any hotter than a passive either. Many are not. The battery is just there to power the preamp/eq controls. I've had some passive basses that were hotter than some actives.
I agree, since the eighties I have been ignoring that active jack just thinned it out too much!
Jimmy summed it up. Most active inputs sound like poo. I've run active basses into passive inputs pretty much forever.
I've never understood why that is. They're supposed to just pad the signal back some so it's not so strong as to overdrive the input, but other than that leave it intact. They never sound "the same, just quieter" though. It always takes something away from the tone aside from just volume.
Must have something to do with running the signal from your pickup, which is already a small signal, some couple 10ths of a volt, through a resistor circuit or something before it gets preamped. I've never known exactly why it happens but it certainly does.
I tried the active inputs a couple of times on a few different amps. I'd always end up cranking up the volume to compensate. I figured that was pretty dumb, so i went back to the passive input. No sense in making the amp work harder to get the same volume.
I,ve always used the passive input actives or passive.
I,ve got an Orange terror bass 500 and sp212 cab and they all go passive and sound great.
I,ve got an Orange terror bass 500 and sp212 cab and they all go passive and sound great.
