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Originally Posted by Christopher Rhodes
I own several basses from various makers. I have also noticed the low output of the Smith basses. I have two. Nothing is wrong with them - that is how they are designed. I have noticed that when in the active mode - it only activates the Bass, Middle and Treble knobs. In the passive mode - only the volume and blend knobs work. I am not why this is - however - I suspect this helps in studio recording sessions - keeping the bass quite.
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Chris, passive mode is designed as a back-up to the the bass' pre-amp/active electronics should the battery die during a gig. So, what you describe above is exactly correct because in passive mode you are by-passing the bass' pre-amp/active electronics. Also, see my other replies to Amit's question about bass' gain control.