dmccombe7 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Had a quick play with one of these today and was very impressed. The bass has an active / passive switch but doesn't appear to have any tone control in passive mode. Does anyone have one and can clarify before i look at buying. There's no mention on the Fender website. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Is it possible that it boosts in active but cuts in passive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I've literally only had mine a few hours and I'm still getting to grips with the controls but I would say if it does have a tone control on passive it's very subtle as no matter how much I fiddle with various pots, I'm not hearing any difference. Having said that you can get a similar effect to a tone control in passive mode by panning between the two pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 This could be like the pre-amp used by Overwater in a new bass for Scott Divine This is talked about in the thread asking "active or passive" http://youtu.be/czK3IjnM_oE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1484765610' post='3218287'] I've literally only had mine a few hours and I'm still getting to grips with the controls but I would say if it does have a tone control on passive it's very subtle as no matter how much I fiddle with various pots, I'm not hearing any difference. Having said that you can get a similar effect to a tone control in passive mode by panning between the two pickups. [/quote] Ordered the Surf Pearl one today from GAK. Delivered next week. Let me know how you get on with yours. As far as i know its predecesor didn't have the switch and was permanently active mode but with controls flat gave you same tone as passive mode ? Will watch the Overwater VID to see what it says. Certainly my Warwick has no tone control in passive mode so this is pretty much same. Still a great bass tho. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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