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Benny_G
10-28-2005, 05:49 AM
what is the difference between active and passive pickups?
Spazzout22
10-28-2005, 11:36 AM
Quoted from the resouces thread stickied at the top of the forum:

"Passive Verses Active:

You know that your bass is Active if it has a Battery in it. If it doesn't, then it's passive. The Active and Passive chanels on your amp corrospond with what kind of bass you have."
the101er
10-28-2005, 12:38 PM
The active pickups are battery powered and therefore provide more output and a broarder sound or something like that
nerdbert
10-28-2005, 01:40 PM
Quoted from the resouces thread stickied at the top of the forum:

"Passive Verses Active:

You know that your bass is Active if it has a Battery in it. If it doesn't, then it's passive. The Active and Passive chanels on your amp corrospond with what kind of bass you have."

Except thats not really a difference, more how to tell them apart.
edgebass5
10-28-2005, 02:29 PM
This was easily found by doing a search: http://musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=310023

Try searching next time.