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04-19-2009, 06:44 PM
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If you have active pickups and you turn the amp off but leave the bass itself still plugged in, does it drain the battery?  |
04-19-2009, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Concord, NH | | | Yeah. |
04-19-2009, 06:46 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Yes, the battery drains if there is a cable plugged into the bass. Not an urban legend at all. The amp being on or off has nothing to do with the preamp in your bass being on or off--and the on/off switch for your bass's preamp is actually built into the output jack. Plugging a cable in is literally switching on the preamp. |
04-19-2009, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania  Plugging a cable in is literally switching on the preamp. | just like any battery-powered effects pedal.
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04-19-2009, 11:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi.
Yes, the battery drains, for the reason bongomania explained.
If You don't believe us, just test it  .
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04-19-2009, 11:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Turlock, CA | | found a dead bass on more than one sunday morning - always keep a spare
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04-19-2009, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Yes, the battery drains if there is a cable plugged into the bass. Not an urban legend at all. The amp being on or off has nothing to do with the preamp in your bass being on or off--and the on/off switch for your bass's preamp is actually built into the output jack. Plugging a cable in is literally switching on the preamp. | Correct. The input jack on an active bass is a stereo jack rather than the mono jacks used on a passive. One side is used for the bass signal, the other side is used to turn on the preamp. Makes for a very cheap and easy on/off switch. |
04-20-2009, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ohio | | | Bummer....The bass i usually pick up 3-4 times a day for home is active. was worrying about abusing the input jack. guess ill have to start using another. thanks all |
04-20-2009, 07:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | | I wouldn't worry about abusing the input jack by plugging & unplugging 3-4 times a day. Even if you do manage to wear it out, which I think would take years, how much does it cost to replace? $10? |
04-20-2009, 10:18 PM
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Even the POS jacks are "guaranteed" for 1000 or so connections, the better up to a 10000. Don't worry about it.
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04-20-2009, 10:28 PM
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Totally urban legend. The problem is that the basses believe it, as do stompboxes.
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04-20-2009, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bassteban Totally urban legend. The problem is that the basses believe it, as do stompboxes. | 
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04-20-2009, 10:38 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | SO - Why aren't active basses phantom powered from the amp like condenser mics are mixer powered?
The stompboxes could be powered off the same feed.
Helloooo equipment makers!!!! WAKE UP!
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04-20-2009, 10:44 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Plugging in a cable completes the circuit and therefore drains the battery. Electronics 101. |
04-20-2009, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Gio S SO - Why aren't active basses phantom powered from the amp like condenser mics are mixer powered?
The stompboxes could be powered off the same feed.
Helloooo equipment makers!!!! WAKE UP! | You'd have to get everybody to agree on a standard since the bass and the amp would have to agree. You need a new connector since you don't want somebody plugging in an active that doesn't accept phantom power and blowing the preamp. And batteries are once of the best sources of electronically clean power. |
04-20-2009, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by seanm You'd have to get everybody to agree on a standard since the bass and the amp would have to agree. You need a new connector since you don't want somebody plugging in an active that doesn't accept phantom power and blowing the preamp. And batteries are once of the best sources of electronically clean power. | This sounds like good ole' fashioned common sense in this here post.
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04-20-2009, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Gio S SO - Why aren't active basses phantom powered from the amp like condenser mics are mixer powered?
The stompboxes could be powered off the same feed.
Helloooo equipment makers!!!! WAKE UP! | they're working on it.
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04-20-2009, 11:43 PM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | It exists already.
Anyway if the drain worries you, installing an on/off switch on the instrument is a $5 fix. |
04-20-2009, 11:50 PM
| | | | what a silly web site. all those z's. that just made me not want to buy anything from that company. why did they make such a bad promotional move? did they hire one of their little 12 yr old sisters to come up with that?
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04-20-2009, 11:51 PM
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