Alembic jazz bass style pickups!

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Author Message basso Member Username: basso Post Number: 69 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 5:19 pm:    Can someone tell me if the Alembic jazz bass type pickups will work with another brand of eq?for instance Bartolini,are the pickups active,or could i just use them in a standard passive jazz bass?thanks . davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 6094 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 6:01 pm:    The pickups are low impedance and require an onboard preamp. basso Member Username: basso Post Number: 70 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:40 am:    Do they need voltage to them also?or just a preamp,thanks. keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1340 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 2:37 am:    yes you would need a 9 Volt. adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1767 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 2:53 am:    The pickups most definitely do not need voltage, however the preamp does - that's why the 9V connector is attached to one of the circuit boards in the picture that Keavin posted. You need a preamp because the Alembic pickups are low impedance, which is a mismatch for any instrument cable (which will be high impedance). You'd need to check if the preamp is designed to handle low impedance pickups. basso Member Username: basso Post Number: 71 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 7:04 am:    That's what i needed to know,thanks.