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[BigRedX]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1360657354' post='1973966']
That's odd, Mike.

I read it as saying that the tone shaping circuit in the active bass is having more effect than the tone shaping circuit in the passive bass, leaving less 'room' for the wood to exert an influence.

Not sure where the amp comes into it?
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But they still go into the tone shaping circuit of the amp which ought to be more powerful than anything you can fit into a bass control cavity.

[tauzero]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1360709682' post='1975354']
But they still go into the tone shaping circuit of the amp which ought to be more powerful than anything you can fit into a bass control cavity.
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You're surely not suggesting a connection between physical size and tone affecting abilities?

[BigRedX]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1360773782' post='1976275']
You're surely not suggesting a connection between physical size and tone affecting abilities?
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Only that it's way easier to design a good tone circuit when you don't have to fit it into the average bass guitar control cavity and power it from PP3 batteries. And more than doubly so if you wan to use valves.