stingrayPete1977

Passive amp as in a passive EQ section.

Maybe he has a friend of regal persuasion in Nigeria and this was going to be his birthday present?

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1485798899' post='3226807'] The difference is it's not in the bass. Actually, I have a SansAmp which I use to boost passive bass to match the active. I do get the point, and indeed I have said on occasion that the instrument includes the amp and speakers too! However, looking at the component parts, an active bass is one which has onboard active electronics and a passive is one which doesn't. [/quote] 18v active basses are just as quiet as pre CBS Fenders without an amp and speaker (s)

You could argue that if you used a passive bass, passive amp and a passive pa mixer ALL of the sound has been produced by the instrument as only some of what the pickup 'collected' is being amplified (same but louder), once you introduce an active eq in the bass, amp or PA mixer that can create something that didn't happen the final amplified sound is not what went in at the bass pickup and is essentially synthetic. It's not an active bass but it's no less synthetic once it goes through an active EQ. How many amps are purely passive these days and who has a passive EQ PA system?

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1485792349' post='3226711'] Even R*********R have more colours. [/quote] If only they could just keep them from bleeding into the white binding

[quote name='Cathode_Follower' timestamp='1485730022' post='3226284'] Cheers Pete (can I call you Pete? It's so many years since I last frequented message boards..). Yes indeed, hills galore..! I also struggled with the wrist position when I played electric (though not down to injury). My eventual solution was to move the strap pins so the bass hung almost vertically in a more or less upright-bass position. Funny how things go full circle! [/quote] Yes no problem, I've been called much worse! I have friends in Clutton but they have lived all over Bristol so I know it quite well, had some great times there.

Hey in nothing to do with it, I'm just pointing out that it's not a non starter as it already exists right now in a shop near you.

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1485777197' post='3226530'] Adding an effect or amp after the output of the guitar does not make the guitar active. By that token, all amplified live music is active and all recorded music is active, since it is processed via a mixer, and reproduced via a replay system with an amplifier. Clearly the term "active" (bass or guitar) refers to the instrument itself and not post-processing. [/quote] No it's not, thus proving my point.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1485734189' post='3226332'] Is wireless actually fast enough for audio rather than just as a control source? Certainly Bluetooth has too much latency to be viable. [/quote] The Alto bluetooth range is already out there.

Welcome and well done! I only started on upright after breaking my wrist as I couldn't twist my wrist around to play electric bass. Bristol and hills go hand in hand don't they? Lol

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1485699226' post='3225875'] So an active bass with an uncoloured in bass pre-amp set flat is a passive bass? I see your point but the passive signal is boosted massively both in any pre-amp and amp itself and 'colour' is very often added. I sometimes think that passive bass devotees fail to take this onboard, pun intended. It's a signal and it's heavily processed to make it of any use, whether it be onboard, in numerous pedals and effects or in a whole variety of amplifiers with valves, filters and tone controls. There are some that see a clear, black and white distinction between the tone of an active and passive bass as in passive good, active bad. With experience and for the reasons given above I'd argue that it just isn't that simple. Like many things in life really [/quote] No an active bass is active no matter what really but a passive bass into a modern amp with an active eq section that most people have is no different to an active bass other than the distance from the knobs in relation to the person playing it.

I heard of someone using the Alto bluetooth ones for a Disco but I think they can be hit or miss as you imagine.

Mines only 2EQ

Where are the BBOT fans to tell us that this never happens and it's the greatest invention ever? "Slap a Badass on it!".

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1485623315' post='3225413'] pssssht! [/quote] The mids are active on a Streamliner

http://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-what-difference-between-passive-and-active-eqs

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1485620608' post='3225390'] My point. A passive bass is either an acoustic bass or a silent one [/quote] I'd say it's still passive if you dont BOOST anything from the bass to the listeners ears.

I think it's more a case of one mans plenty of zing left is ready for the bin lifeless to another, I've seen people defending how much sizzle their Ashdown amps have when someone suggests they are wooly, then they go on to explain that their P bass with flats has loads of top end with it.....

I don't want a review that only contains someone playing with a pick, or only fingers, or only slap, or only using one pickup if it has more than one.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1485616444' post='3225343'] Not a Level 42 fan then? Or Sly & the Family Stone, Fishbone or the Brothers Johnson [/quote] Your contemporary might differ compared to other people's, by about 35 years at a guess

How many people are running a passive only EQ on their amps with these passive basses?

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1485552023' post='3224958'] Same here, Roto's die within a gig with me. Wish I was joking too. No other strings I've used do this. [/quote] I got a free set thrown in with my Fender Jazz, they didn't have my normal strings so I took the free Rotos, I kept them on for a few months even though the zing had gone after the first gig, once I fitted some green ernie balls it was awesome, I think they might still be on it over a year later!

I don't get through strings really but Rotos die really quickly for me.

If you want that dull thumpy flats thing just buy normal Roto rounds and play one gig, job done

No one is cooler than Larry Graham. He's Larry Graham ffs!