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I'm scared.

#7
Razman said:
I’d be more fearful of strings left on that long.
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Hey, they're not even broken in yet. Strings on my acoustic-electric are 10+ years old, and most of my basses have strings at least 5 years old.

About those batteries - they can leak any time. Get them out immediately. Don't store it with batteries in it.
 
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el_Bajo_Verde said:
:nailbiting: I'm afraid to open it. What horrors lie within?
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You will never find out as long as you don' t open it!

greetings

Wise(b)ass
 
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Razman said:
I’d be more fearful of strings left on that long.
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On a bass? A band member asked me how old the flats on my Jazz Bass are ... I looked in the case, and saw that I installed them in 2011. I've done at least 400 gigs and as many rehearsals with them since. They got sweet after five years ... :laugh:

On topic ... 9V batteries don't tend to leak as early as 1.5V AA, AAA, C or D cells. Just replace with fresh, brand name alkaline batteries and you'll be fine.
 
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RustyAxe said:
On a bass? A band member asked me how old the flats on my Jazz Bass are ... I looked in the case, and saw that I installed them in 2011. I've done at least 400 gigs and as many rehearsals with them since. They got sweet after five years ... :laugh:

On topic ... 9V batteries don't tend to leak as early as 1.5V AA, AAA, C or D cells. Just replace with fresh, brand name alkaline batteries and you'll be fine.
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Ha Ha Ha, string installed in 2011, I say, I say, son, those sound like new strings to me. Boy, kids today...
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RyanOh said:
Takes way more than 2 years to start leaking. I've had one 7-10 ywars old, some corrosion on the battery but bass is fine.
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I wonder if there might be some Chinese knockoff Duracell batteries on the market. I've found heavily corroded batteries in two items that were less than two years old. One was a battery tester, of all things. The other was a metronome that I ended up throwing away because I couldn't get the battery compartment open. It could be that the batteries I bought were very old, but that's not likely since I bought them at a high-traffic store. I have noticed that some of the batteries that I've purchased recently seemed to be poorly manufactured; things like 9v's with the bottom bulging a bit.
 
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You can possibly clean the terminals as mentioned. In the worst case you might meet to replace the battery compartment altogether if you can find a replacement. I'd ask the company for a replacement in that case.
 
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I've had 9V's in active basses for years with no issues. If it was a Pignose amp sitting in your closet for two years with the AA batteries still in it, then I'd worry. :eek:
 
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I was just thinking about this..I have a couple of active basses I haven't touched in awhile.

I'm really tempted to remove the batteries...in my experience they can and will leak
 

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