Battery "blew up" in my bass?

It usually happens when if it's a low quality battery and heated for some reason

 

Switch to passive basses?

 

I've seen this happen to other electric items. I think it's because of the quality of the battery. Sometimes leaving it in there for prolonged periods of time can also cause issues.

I'd just say buy a better brand of battery

 

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Um I can only think of drastic temperature change, or for a long period of time, but surely you would know about this...

 

You've never seen a corroded battery before?

 

i had a mate who had smoke coming out of his control cavity! how freakin cool.?
Passive fan here too im afraid, but i agree so far with the other posts.

 

This is why i like passive.

 

Batteries produce electricity by a chemical reaction, so they normally do this only if they are overheated. You may have a problem with the preamp that is causing excessive current draw on the battery.

 

I'm quite sure just the one battery you used was simply a lemon.

 

....yeah, because this happens all the time. BRB, gotta clean up asploded batteries in all of my basses. Forgot to do that yesterday.

 

Duracell is decent quality, but nothing is perfect. I'd keep an eye on the new battery: it could be that the preamp is over-drawing but deformities indicate a LARGE over-draw.

I'd guess a very old battery or you had the bad luck to get a bad Duracell.

 

You like passive because of very rare events involving batteries?

 

+1. Nothing wrong with Duracell, you just had a bad one.
To be safe, maybe leave the cover off with the bass plugged in and check battery temp after a few minutes? But I guess if you were gonna have trouble again, it would already have happened.
Any chance that something shorted the terminals together, like a stray piece of shielding tape?

 

Your battery most likely had an internal short. It's very rare even with cheap batteries. Duracells are fine, and truthfully, I wouldn't be that concerned.

 

I agree with this, I think it was a defective battery. I would go int he control cavity and make sure there is no corrosion on any of the battery connections.
Congrats to all of the passive bass fans that have contributed so far but it is rude to hijack this thread when someone is asking for help.

 

You do realize that for the price of a battery, you could have had an SX bass, right?

 

I had that happen to me with a brand new duracell. put it in my spector and a week later poof. You need to be vigilant with the products you buy during this economic meltdown. even the best of companies cut corners.