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08-04-2009, 03:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I failed it up live...
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went to jam with a friend and took my (active) Yamaha bass with me.
After a while a few of his mates came round and we decided on giving a little showcase.
About halfway through a song, my bass just cut out. No warning, the sound just died.
To make matters worse, some active basses won't work AT ALL without a battery.....
and mine is one of them.
Didn't have a spare battery either.... 
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08-04-2009, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | No video, no fail......
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08-04-2009, 03:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | Lesson learned. I would be willing to bet it won't happen to you again (because you will ALWAYS have spare batteries and check your battery before a show). Don't sweat it. If that's the worst thing that ever happens during your whole music career, you'll be lucky. Just prepare for the worst, and keep on thumpin.
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08-04-2009, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 No video, no fail...... | why would I film what was supposed to be a practice? Quote:
Originally Posted by two fingers Lesson learned. I would be willing to bet it won't happen to you again (because you will ALWAYS have spare batteries and check your battery before a show). Don't sweat it. If that's the worst thing that ever happens during your whole music career, you'll be lucky. Just prepare for the worst, and keep on thumpin. | The strange thing is that the battery had been working 10 min previously....
Oh well, lesson learnt. It could have been worse, it could have happened in church...
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08-04-2009, 03:26 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | When I played an active bass, I 1) Always had extra batteries and 2) changed the battery every month or so. Batteries kinda suck IMHO.
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08-04-2009, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I should really go and stock up on batteries now...
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08-04-2009, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht I should really go and stock up on batteries now... | Either that or on passive basses.
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08-04-2009, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coatesville, PA | | | I have an Audere with the blue light feature. It tells you your battery is good, or low. |
08-04-2009, 03:38 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | Unplug your bass when not in use. I replace batteries in my active basses every one or two years. |
08-04-2009, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by JansenW Either that or on passive basses. |
Which is why I'm saving for a new bass right now...
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08-04-2009, 03:43 PM
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08-04-2009, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by JansenW Either that or on passive basses. | Or on a push pull active/passive.
You didnt throw up on it afterwards, right Fassa?
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08-04-2009, 03:48 PM
|  | Ponies! Ponies EVERYWHERE! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Like everyone else said carry an extra battery or two in your case or gigbag at all times. I suspect that your bass just cutting out the way it did is more common among the lower end of the bass spectrum. Higher end basses, IME, die out over time and you can tell when that is happening because they start to sound thinner and the preamp become less effective.
I've never had a battery cut out on me ike than but after hearing some horror stories I started carrying around a mini tool kit to adjust and do minor fixes on my bass including 2 spare batteries. The only thing it's missing is a extra set of strings but I've never broken a string so I'm not sure if I'll make that a practice yet.
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08-04-2009, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | For a second, I thought the thread title was "I failed at life".
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08-04-2009, 03:51 PM
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08-04-2009, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portugal -CastroCity- Alentejo | | | That´s why my ESP LTD D-4 went to the doctor active and came out passive...(it sounds better now by the way) No more money spent on batteries!
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08-04-2009, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht why would I film what was supposed to be a practice? | I've filmed a few of my band practices.
You can go back and watch it later and find various things to work on. |
08-04-2009, 04:38 PM
|  | Relic'd by life™ | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles CA SoCal | | | Maybe have a switch installed to cut out the battery so you don't have to worry about keeping it plugged in. |
08-04-2009, 06:18 PM
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08-04-2009, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | I carry spare batteries, but for pedals, not basses. My basses are old, obsolete technology and hence don't require batteries to make their obnoxious one-trick-pony sounds. 
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