active pickups

[marinecorpsman6]

Hey yall...I have a stupid thing to ask Im sure...never have owned a bass with them until a few weeks ago.....if I keep the bass pluged in does it run down the battery....I put a new one in and I let it set for about a week pluged in and had not played it(been busy)....and when I did no sound would come out...put a new battery in and it works fine...did the battery drain because it was pluged in or is there something else going on.....thanks

[kozmikyak]

Many active instruments do draw power from the battery as long as a 1/4" cable is plugged into them, so that is likely the issue.

I'd love to have a preamp switch on my electric cello for that reason, but it's just another part to potentially go bad, I guess.

[FunkMetalBass]

Originally Posted by kozmikyak

Many active instruments do draw power from the battery as long as a 1/4" cable is plugged into them, so that is likely the issue.

I'd love to have a preamp switch on my electric cello for that reason, but it's just another part to potentially go bad, I guess.

A simple killswitch should do it. Very little added wiring and switches have a long lifespan.

Then again, it's really easy to just unplug an instrument after turning off the amp. I do habitually, even with kill switches on all of my basses.

[marinecorpsman6]

Thats what I was thinking...thanks alot