New bass questions (ibanez sr5005 of Sr)

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Hello,

Just got myself a lovely Ibanez prestige er5005, just got a few questions hopefully someone can help me out. When I run this bass with the active eq on through my Hartke hydrive 5210c (active input)is seems some what quieter than my esp Ltd F-415fm. I assume this is down to the passive pick ups?

Also because they're passive pickups should I really be running it through the passive input even though I have the active eq on?

Thanks for the help.