mcnach Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) On 27/02/2019 at 15:04, fleabag said: From what i remember, pickups that are designed from the factory to be used with a preamp usually have a lower output than pickups designed with passive electronics. The active preamp boosts the output, so the pickups can be wound with less output. Basses with passive electronics tend to have higher output because there's no active preamp to boost them. That could be total BS though I'm not sure there are many pickups 'designed' that way [1]. Even the Stingray pickup, which was arguably designed to be used with a preamp, has a very healthy output by itself. Passive pickups come in a wide range of outputs, and I haven't found a correlation in any way. [1] edit: unless you meant *active* pickups, which are very low output and contain a preamp built-in their case, like EMGs... but those don't work passively. Edited March 2, 2019 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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