Ibanez Prestige Help

[T-Bone5566]

Hello, I just purchased an Ibanez Soundgear 1000, it has the Bartolini pickups...well they went dead on me on stage due to a dead battery ( I just bought the bass a month ago and though it would last a while) can I set up a by-pass switch so this doesn't happen again? Are the pickups active or passive? The american site says they are passive? But on the canadian site they just say Bartolini custom. I got frustrated with this and now thinking about trading it in....I like the bass feels good but I do find it a pain to worry about having a dead bass.

[73jbass]

Unplug it when it's no being played.The circuit is turned on when you insert the cord into the bass.So leaving it plugged in will drain the battery.

[janekbass]

this really isn't the place for gear questions. please post this question in any number of the sections of this forum where people discuss gear pretty much exclusively.

Easy,

Janek

[T-Bone5566]

sorry this is my first post...my bad