Huh? Here we go again ..., I thought:
LPB 1 aka Special: initially passive with three knobs and TB Plus soapies, all maho, Schaller bridge, Bartolini TCT active electronics added after first year of production or so, change to four knobs, model deleted before becoming passive again,
LPB2 aka Deluxe: always Bartolini TCT active electronics AND Bartolini pups, board inlays, Schaller bridge, maple veneer flat top, deleted before turning passive
LPB3 aka Standard: initially three point bridge, later models Wawick behemoth bridge (Schaller bridge doesn't work on figured top), first few years active via TB Plus guitar size humbuckers and Bartolini TCT electronics, figured maple top, later on - while Special and Deluxe were deleted - turned passive (but retaining pups), toggle switch added, board inlays, deleted for allegedly Warwick refusing to deliver the Warwick bridge anymore after the old contract ran out
So you mean the three point Standards were passive, then turned active and then returned to passive? I'm not denying it (never handled a three point Standard, they certainly always had the four knob set up which came with the TCT active harness), just incredulous. That would have given those early standards pretty much an EB 650 set-up, i.e. TB Plus guitar size humbuckers, but passive. Since both basses were Phil Jones designs, that might even be.