My batteries keep dying out on my Modulus Q5, with nothing plugged in and little playing time. What gives??
A short between the preamp and input socket maybe? Loose wires? Bad solders? I'm clueless but those sound like good places to start. Didn't someone else have a thread exactly like this a month ago? Try searching for that one, and/or take it to a tech. Good luck.
I'm with you, a small scrape on a wire or something similar touching the sheilding would do it. It is draining off somewhere...
I am with the above posters. Something has to be wrong. The batteries in the Q5 that I had, and the Q6 that I now have (same ones that jammadave had in it, no idea how old they are ) have always lasted a long time. Also, what kind of batteries are you using?? I have found that cheap batteries do not last very long in any of the active basses that I have owned. I usually try to stick to Duracells or Energizers, and have always had good results with those.
I have now mentally traced this back to the technician guy at my church tightening my input socket for me, probably way too much. I guess the guitar goes in for look see. I use only Engergizers. When I got the bass, I went months before having to change batteries. There is something wrong in there and it's probably an easy fix when I find it. This is not a Rolex!
He probably twisted the jack so that one of the terminals is touching the shielding, causing the preamp to be 'on' constantly. Very easy fix. Rick B.
