I'm a fan of both to be honest. I think mostly because im not an overly fussy person and i love variety. And i love guitar. 🤘 And holy shit those guitars are stunning!!! Another cool video mate! Your playing is killer. Keep it up!
What is the technical difference between active and passive and why do they sound different? (Yes, I could look this up, but I'd enjoy a video with your explanation). The answer to that may also answer my next question in that why do active pickups seem to be more common on bass guitars?
That's a great question, or rather two great questions. In layman's terms, where passive pickups rely on impedance to transmit their signal to the amplifier, active pickups are essentially pre-amplified at the guitar, the benefits of which include more output, a lower noise floor and a more consistent tone curve across all amplitudes (passive signals for instance tend to lose treble when turned down). They are comparatively more popular for use with bass guitars firstly because active signals are naturally compressed and bass benefits from compression, but also active basses tend to have quite elaborate preamps with for example parametric EQs and band boosts also ideal for very precisely shaping tone. I will cover this more in detail in a future video, but for the above reason it might actually be a bass review.
Unfortunately active pickups will need different pots, a different switch, somewhere to put 1 or 2 9v batteries and maybe a preamp... It's not a straightforward job at all.
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