Battery free 5 string?

[JRA]

be careful about writing off everything with a battery.

it seems kind of silly to write off all active basses because of one bad one

Is one Stingray with faulty electronics a good reason to write off all active basses?

 

[Chrisk-K]

Any passive fiver can let you go down badly at a gig. Just saying.

 

[Muttleybass]

Sounds like what my Sterling was doing. Turned out it was the battery box. $5 and 10 minutes to fix.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

Any passive fiver can let you go down badly at a gig. Just saying.

Do tell! I've played close to1000 gigs with passive 5s over the past two decades.
How was I let down?

 

[lfmn16]

the problem continued even after fitting a new battery and input jack so I sold it for half what I paid.

ALL basses can malfunction, regardless of whether they have a battery. I most likely would have been much cheaper to just fix it.

 

[lfmn16]

Do tell! I've played close to1000 gigs with passive 5s over the past two decades.
How was I let down?

Just because YOU weren't let down doesn't mean NO one that every played a passive bass wasn't let down. I've never broken a bass string in 47 years of playing. Does that mean that no string has ever broken?

 

[lfmn16]

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I had a car break down once. From now on I'm walking!

 

[Drucifer]

Hi all, new to the forum and desperate to find out please please
Does anyone know of a 5 string electric bass guitar that does NOT use a 9 volt battery or batteries?
I used to have a musicman stingray 5 - but it let me down badly at a gig - the sound started cutting in and out - the problem continued even after fitting a new battery and input jack so I sold it for half what I paid. Now I am on the hunt for a batteryless 5 string....
Thanks, John

Welcome to Talkbass John! There are many passive (this is the right term for batteryless) 5-string options. Did you otherwise like the sound of the Stingray? What's your budget?

 

[beaglesandbass]

I had a car break down once. From now on I'm walking!

I broke an E string once, now I just string my basses ADG.

 

[Gorn]

ALL basses can malfunction, regardless of whether they have a battery. I most likely would have been much cheaper to just fix it.

At least someone got a great deal on a Stingray that needed minor electrical work.

 

[beaglesandbass]

At least someone got a great deal on a Stingray that needed minor electrical work.

I could be crazy but I swear at one point on here I saw someone post about getting a great deal on a Stingray that needed minor work like that.

 

[Justinian]

I love my squier pro tone v

I might sell it at some point, I prefer 4

Sound is amazing which is why I've kept it

String arrangement due to B string placement slightly offset of pickup

 

[lfmn16]

I broke an E string once, now I just string my basses ADG.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

That was your battery box. A simple fix, but too late now. It may have only needed a bit of paper to pad the end and hold the battery on the terminals better.

 

[Andy Daventry]

Look on the bright side. You are now saved from the false god of active basses. An expensive lesson, but you will find it to have been worthwhile.

Why, you say? Because EQ is about solving problems, not tone shaping. And having all those extra knobs on the bass is nothing but a distraction - pure vanity fair. You've got knobs on the amp. And if you want a buffered signal, get a Boss tuner. Or a Sadowsky outboard (but don't use the EQ - you won't need it)

 

[saabfender]

There are a ton of options there... Peavey Grind 5 would be a good option (i've got the Grind 6 which is a 6 string version of basically the same bass). Other than that, there are 5 string P-basses that are passive, J-basses.... really any option you could want. Shop around a little and you should find something pretty easy.

I think mine is tremendous.

 

[Lovep]

Lakland 55-60

 

[basslifter]

G&L. Both the Kiloton and JB5 are passive

and L2500 can be run passive

 

[Ric5]

Hi all, new to the forum and desperate to find out please please
Does anyone know of a 5 string electric bass guitar that does NOT use a 9 volt battery or batteries?
I used to have a musicman stingray 5 - but it let me down badly at a gig - the sound started cutting in and out - the problem continued even after fitting a new battery and input jack so I sold it for half what I paid. Now I am on the hunt for a batteryless 5 string....
Thanks, John

Build your own parts bass and make it passive.

 

[devnulljp]

Hi all, new to the forum and desperate to find out please please
Does anyone know of a 5 string electric bass guitar that does NOT use a 9 volt battery or batteries?
I used to have a musicman stingray 5 - but it let me down badly at a gig - the sound started cutting in and out - the problem continued even after fitting a new battery and input jack so I sold it for half what I paid. Now I am on the hunt for a batteryless 5 string....
Thanks, John

Dammit, I wish I'd been there when you sold a Stingray 5 for half what it's worth.

But yeah, go grab a Fender Jazzz or P 5 depending on your preference.