Active vs passive

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Jason Wilson

I love the active sound on my bass, but I also really like the passive sound. But I read somewhere that it wasn't good to run your Smith constantly in passive mode? It sounded a bit odd to me, but I thought I would ask.

Is there any potential issues running your bass constantly in passive?

Cheers

Also, you should realize when in 'passive' mode, the pre-amp is disabled. Only your 'Volume' and 'Pan' controls would be controllable.