pickups active or passive?

[chispallate]

Hi!, i am really newbie in guitars electronics ... i have a jackson soloist pro 1990 with jackson J50c and two j-200 and i don´t know if the pickups are active or passive.
help please
bye

[warlok]

Pickups are passive. But there should be an active JE-1200 mid boost circuit for the third knob. That's what takes the battery. If you don't have this circuit, it's not factory.

[BayRocker]

They are passive pickups. There is an active boost circuit in there, but the pups themselves are passive.

[warlok]

I win..

[chispallate]

thanks for the fast answer...the Je 1200 comes with the guitar

[BayRocker]

I win..

I concede defeat....

[straycat]

Pics?

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I always thought my old Model 4 was active. I may be wrong, but I consider any powered onboard electronics active.I much prefer passives.

[warlok]

Technically, you consider correctly. Active Electronics.. But Passive Pickups..

[toejam]

Technically, you consider correctly. Active Electronics.. But Passive Pickups..

Exactly. All of Jackson's pickups were passive.