Re: Why active pickups?


knucmo wrote:
Benj wrote:
jeffb wrote:
'80's induced gadgetry.
There's no good reason to have active onboard crap on yer bass. Your
amp has a pre-amp in it right? Same damn thing without the batteries.
And I'm not buying the driving the signal down a long cable story
either....use a shorter cable or if you need that much mobility go
wireless. At least the batteries are doing something obviously
necessary in a wireless transmitter.

Before you go around calling active electronics "crap" consider which
bassists use (or have used) them:

Stanley Clarke
Tom Fowler
John Paul Jones
Louis Johnson
Cliff Burton
Rodney "Skeet" Curtis
and Flea...

I think John Entwistle did for a bit too..

HEY! That quote is from jeffb not me! Get my name off there!

And I think what Jeffb (or maybe it was Rich saying it) is saying is
that if your name is not on your list, THEN there is "no good reason"
to use active electronics in a bass! I noticed my name is not on that
list so I think I'll be having quite a few active basses for sale
soon! Really hate to see that active Fender V go too!

Benj

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