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EXPLAINED BASSES PASSIVE

 persistent demand for traditional, Fender-style bass guitars has made passive tone controls part of the musical soundscape for generations of bass players, despite trends for active EQ circuits. Passive circuits have endured, not simply because some manufacturers

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