How to explain?

[Droombolus]

Sorry, but it goes the other way around. 

Same here ! All the Fenders have gone, 3 Gibbies took their places .........

[nofi]

dave + doom metal = fail!

[jumbodbassman]

I havecertainly evolved differently from most here.        Fender/ric/MM/alembic/fodera (which is a fancy fender) with recent JAEbird sightings.  Clearly i evolved into  more of an active bass fan.  BUT i will say my recent tube ventures have lead me away from active basses.  IMO  tube amps and active basses don't work well as the bass respose on most active basses is overwhelming to a tube amp.  Why try amd make an active bass sound passive if i can just grab a passive one...

[dadagoboi]

Why try amd make an active bass sound passive if i can just grab a passive one...

I guess that's why I mainly play a Thunderbird thru a B-15N.  Both built the same year I graduated H.S., 1964.

[Dave W]

I havecertainly evolved differently from most here.        Fender/ric/MM/alembic/fodera (which is a fancy fender) with recent JAEbird sightings.  Clearly i evolved into  more of an active bass fan.  BUT i will say my recent tube ventures have lead me away from active basses.  IMO  tube amps and active basses don't work well as the bass respose on most active basses is overwhelming to a tube amp.  Why try amd make an active bass sound passive if i can just grab a passive one...

I haven't experienced this at all. And IMHO using a tube amp has nothing to do with trying to make an active bass sound passive. To me it's just a matter of whether a bass sounds good or not, whether or not you're adding an on-board preamp to the signal chain.

[Pilgrim]

I seem to resist evolutionary forces. 

Got a '63 P in 1967.  Still have it.

Over the past 14 years, I've gotten enough fever to buy and sell a couple dozen basses.  Two have been active.  Both got sold.

Everything I have (a dozen) is 4-string and passive. 

About 50/50 short scale and 34" scale.

Boring, I know.