Active bass question

[CharliePhillips]

Bit of a dumb question to some, but here goes...

Can leaving the bass connected to the amp drain the battery even if the amp is switched off?

Charlie

 

[sound of bass]

Yes. As long as that jack is plugged into your bass, its draining the battery. I even had to learn the real hard way by frying the module in my Fender J cuz of exactly that. Had to have it replaced with a new module by Fender that is now protected from such stupidity. The battery will still drain, but I wont fry the module should I ever do that again. And I dont!

 

[CharliePhillips]

Many thanks!

 

[line6man]

The presence of a mono connector in a TRS jack causes a short from ring to sleeve, which grounds the battery to complete the circuit. It doesn't matter what's on the other end of the cable.