Jeremy Ledford's article on the quest for tone talks about different input jacks for active and passive pickups. How do you tell the difference?
I can't find out much about my guitar as the manufacturer is out of business. My guitar is a Vester Maniac with two singles plus a humbucker and a floyd rose bridge.
Does it really matter if you use the wrong input jack?
If you don't have a battery compartment in your guitar, then the pickups are passive, non-powered.
Some amps have input jacks for both passive and active pickups, but the majority do not, and it certainly would not hurt anything if you use the wrong one... say high or low input jack.
Now if you plug a guitar with active pickups into a jack that is specifically for passive, since there is an active jack too, then the extra buzzing and humming will let you know that you are in the wrong hole. My understanding is that it is an impedance problem.
E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb
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Jonny T.
Thanks. Things are now sounding a lot clearer, and making more sense. Never really understood what the battery was for....
