That is correct. The pickups have tiny preamps built inside them and the
require a battery to work. There is no active passive situation with the
GT-7. You can replace the preamp and install an preamp bypass switch
which takes out the eq but the pickups themselves are still active. That
is not a bad thing.

Take care,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: conklininstrumentowners@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:conklininstrumentowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
schwesteringeborg
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:07 PM
To: conklininstrumentowners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Conklin Instrument Owners] More GT7 v. GTDB7 questions.


So let me get this right;
it's active all the time and the pickups are active. So if I drop-
kicked the battery I wouldn't hear anything? Is that right? These
pickups have no passive capability, even if I installed a preamp
on/off toggle? These pickups require a power source just to work? Set
me right here; I've been away from recent developments (for 20
years), and need to catch up. Whatever the case, no-one has
dissuaded me from the GT7 vs. GTBD7. In fact some have encouraged me
to go that route. Surprising, but that's why I came here. Thanks,
I'm learning, give me time.
Cheers,
Tosh

-- In conklininstrumentowners@yahoogroups.com, Stewart McKinsey
<subcontrabassist@...> wrote:
>
> oil finish, I believe, on the GT-7 neck.
>
> both basses are full active, but I think the GT would sound great
as a passive instrument.
>
> $850 sounds like a really good price but I don't know what "blue
book" is on either.
>
> Stew
>
>






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