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High and Low Input Question!


Rammsteinbrit
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Heres the deal, just bought a very nice Marshall head, the High input WORKS, the Low DOESNT, cant see any input problem, and i dont really have the time to take it to the repair shop...

My bass (Fender Aerodyne) is a passive, so i always (on my Ashdown combo/both high and low too) just plug it into the Low input, is this the right thing to do? I always thought that the High was for Active Basses, and the Low was for Passive...

[b]Am i wrong?[/b]

If so, can i plug my Fender into the High input on the Marshall head, and itll sound good without it ruining it?

Any advice on this subject would be GREAT

Thanks

Darby.

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I'd assume the "high" would mean high gain, which is what you'd want for a passive bass anyway...

Hi / Low / Active / passive whatever, it's just that one or the other has a resistor wired into it to stop hotter signals overdriving the preamp.

I bet it'd tell you in the manual which one is which.

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[quote name='Rammsteinbrit' post='724301' date='Jan 25 2010, 05:27 PM']My bass (Fender Aerodyne) is a passive, so i always (on my Ashdown combo/both high and low too) just plug it into the Low input, is this the right thing to do? I always thought that the High was for Active Basses, and the Low was for Passive...

[b]Am i wrong?[/b][/quote]
High means "high gain", so would normally be used with a lower output bass (typically passive).

In reality, assuming your bass has an input gain knob, you can generally just adjust the gain to an appropriate level whichever input you use.

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