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Post subject: SCN jazz bass pickup?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:33 am
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Hi,

I want to use the Deluxe Samarium Colbalt Noiseless jazz bass pickup for my passive bass. I don't know if these are for passive or active bass guitar? Can you please clarify before I buy these. Some say they work with passive and active bass, but from what I understand is the passive pickup has stronger magnetic than the active pickup.


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Post subject: Re: SCN jazz bass pickup?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:36 pm
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Zorro21c wrote:
Hi,

I want to use the Deluxe Samarium Colbalt Noiseless jazz bass pickup for my passive bass. I don't know if these are for passive or active bass guitar? Can you please clarify before I buy these. Some say they work with passive and active bass, but from what I understand is the passive pickup has stronger magnetic than the active pickup.


The SCNs are passive pickups. They are wired to a preamp at the pots which makes the circuit go active.

As to the magnetic strength between active and passive pickups, as a rule, you are correct but again, in your situation, the preamp is NOT part of the SCNs. Rather, it is in a PC board in the pots control cavity. Consider it the equivalent of taking any passive J-Bass and plugging it into a parametric EQ foot pedal. The only difference between this and your situation is, your parametric EQ is on-board in the control cavity rather than on the floor in a pedal.

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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:03 pm
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This is great information, so I don't need to buy another active bass. What is your recommendation for a good EQ preamp foot pedal? Thanks.


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Zorro21c wrote:
This is great information, so I don't need to buy another active bass. What is your recommendation for a good EQ preamp foot pedal? Thanks.


Admittedly, I'm from the old, "Plug In Direct And Play" school so I'm not well versed by any means in any kind of foot pedals. However, from what I've seen and heard, the MXR EQs seem to be your best bet as they are the most popular.

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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:02 am
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So IMHO, why wastes all the hassles bass guitar onboard preamp and dead battery when most bass amps today are equipped with preamp and EQ?


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Zorro21c wrote:
So IMHO, why wastes all the hassles bass guitar onboard preamp and dead battery when most bass amps today are equipped with preamp and EQ?


Gimmicks my friend, gimmicks.

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