crez5150 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Just a couple of quick questions for anyone who has these basses 1) are they switchable Active/Passive or are they just active? 2) Do you know what the String Spacing is? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) Active only. Sting spacing felt like 19mm. Be aware that not all of them have the same electronics. Some have a 3 way coil tap, some have a mid contour switch instead. Some have both ! I swapped out the pickups on mine for some Aguilars and it's a very big improvement - it's on par with a Lakland or Sandberg now. The EQ is functional but I rarely use it. I know some people have converted theirs to passive only. EDIT - The mod I did on mine made the coil tap not function, but I will be getting this changed to a 2 way (humbucker and rear coil only). Edited February 5, 2016 by Machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Great stuff, many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1454673026' post='2971865'] [b]Active only.[/b] Sting spacing felt like 19mm. Be aware that not all of them have the same electronics. Some have a 3 way coil tap, some have a mid contour switch instead. Some have both ! I swapped out the pickups on mine for some Aguilars and it's a very big improvement - it's on par with a Lakland or Sandberg now. The EQ is functional but I rarely use it. I know some people have converted theirs to passive only. EDIT - The mod I did on mine made the coil tap not function, but I will be getting this changed to a 2 way (humbucker and rear coil only). [/quote] You sure? My GB74 is switchable active/passive... and the GB75 is only the 5-string version. But there are at least two incarnations of these basses, with different control layout, so maybe that changes things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodophoal Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) The old version has an active/passive key. The newer versions are only active: Edited March 11, 2019 by rodophoal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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