Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

[Duke of Metal]

hey guys,
Not sure about this but thought i'd ask. can you mix active electronics with passive pickups??

Or it will cause Impedance missmatch and sound problems??

and what are some advantavges and disadvantages of having active electronics??


thanks,
Duke

 

[dd12939]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I'm not positive, but I think basses have this relatively commonly. anyone?

 

[proxy]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I wouldn't if I were you because lets say you switch pickups in the middle of a song, you are going to notice a huge volume difference even if you have volume knobs for each pickup.

 

[Duke of Metal]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I wouldn't if I were you because lets say you switch pickups in the middle of a song, you are going to notice a huge volume difference even if you have volume knobs for each pickup.

Any idea what causes that??


thanks,
Duke

 

[dd12939]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I wouldn't if I were you because lets say you switch pickups in the middle of a song, you are going to notice a huge volume difference even if you have volume knobs for each pickup.

This is talking about using one active and one passive pickup together in the same guitar, right?

Is the thread asking about this or is it asking about using passive pickups with active (for example) mid boosts/eq's/tone circuits?

 

[Duke of Metal]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

This is talking about using one active and one passive pickup together in the same guitar, right?

Is the thread asking about this or is it asking about using passive pickups with active (for example) mid boosts/eq's/tone circuits?

I am actully talking about using Passive pickups with active electronics. Not mix passive and active pickups in the same guitar.

Sorry for the confustion guys.

Well.. what type of active circuts are there?? (Other then active pickups)


thanks,
Duke

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

Some active circuits like the Jackson Preamps were designed to work with passive pickups. I think EMG also makes a few nice goodies in that direction, or the Aguilar Preamp

 

[Duke of Metal]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

Some active circuits like the Jackson Preamps were designed to work with passive pickups. I think EMG also makes a few nice goodies in that direction, or the Aguilar Preamp

hey Zerberus,
Thanks for the reply. Is there any advantage of having an active circut with passive pickups? Does it help the tone, increase output, etc.. ??


thanks,
Duke

 

[korinastratkyle]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

Carvin makes one, too, but unless you have that exact configuration, you'll need to be able to desolder and resolder circuit boards and possibly need to drill for the mini switches.

http://www.carvin.com/products/part.php?ItemNumber=502G

 

[A7X93]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

hey guys,
Not sure about this but thought i'd ask. can you mix active electronics with passive pickups??

Or it will cause Impedance missmatch and sound problems??

and what are some advantavges and disadvantages of having active electronics??


thanks,
Duke

Hey,

I have an ESP LTD B-5E with active electronics and stock passive pups (Volume pot is 500k). To me it sounds pretty good. No signal interferences or hissing.

 

[speed2dirt]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I'm not positive, but I think basses have this relatively commonly. anyone?

Yea, this is very common. I had an Ibanez with its active EQ preamp. I replaced the active pickups with some passive Bill Lawrence pickups. Tbe advantage is that you get the tone of passives with added versatility due to the active EQ. I still don't get why guitarists don't do this more often.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

Carvin has been offering this on some of their guitars since 1985. That set up is active passive so you can switch on the fly between them.
http://www.carvinguitars.com/products/502G

 

[Kac]

Re: Active Electronics with Passive pickups??

I had a "metal" live wire single coil put into the bridge position of a strat years ago with the stock middle and neck pickups. I didn't do the wiring myself on that one, but it worked just fine and was giving me some nice Metallica-ish tones from a strat back before I was wiring all my own pickups myself.

So, the passives worked just fine with the active technology also working flawlessly in the guitar.

Good times.


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