Passive playing

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Ronen Tat

The difference you're hearing is probably just the preamp gain. You can adjust it to match passive to active (with all controls set flat) with a mini screwdriver.
On the older 9V version look for a little blue plastic cube on the Mid control board. On the newer 18V version it's even tinier, white color, on the main middle board.
If set properly you will not hear a difference.

As always, I could be wrong

All basses shipped new from here have the volume matched between the passive and active modes without any gain added. If it is different between active and passive modes when set flat, it was changed after we shipped the bass.