Passive playing

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Desmund Nichols

Actually, if you compare the sounds, even with the bass EQ on flat, it still produces a different tone. I always thought playing in passive is a good thing, because you arent using the battery.

The battery is engaged as soon as you plug the bass in. If the Volume DID released the battery, then you would hear a loud POP using the Volume switch from passive to active. It is the cable plugging into the Jack that activates the battery so it is always being drained, even if you cut the cord off and just put in an un-wired plug in there!

Passive playing has zero bleed thru from the circuit even if set all flat. The sound is probably 99% or so the same set flat but in passive, it is 100% by-passed.

Playing all passive is fine, forever with no problems if that's what you like. IF you wanna go only passive and never use the circuit, then take the batteries OUT of the bass. Then, pushing down the volume knob will be the same as an on-off stand-by switch.