I'm scared.

[S-Bigbottom]

Hurry up and pull it out already, it is only going to get messier the longer you keep it in.

 

[Turbo Sparky]

Tread carefully!
but The only thing worse than garden Gnomes are Bass Gnomes!
While they may be a bit fluid, Metro Gnomes are friendly though.

 

[twinjet]

I’d be more fearful of strings left on that long.

Get that tetanus shot.

 

[jeffbrown]

Did I hear something about Schrodinger's *Batteries*?

Meow. Or not meow....

You'll have to look, but beware of what you may find. And please, let us know what you find. Or don't.

 

[tpaul]

Or, you could start a betting pool as to the condition of the batteries when you finally open the lid.

 

[40Hz]

Well, we can all speculate here, but wouldn't it be easier just to go look?

Oh man! If you’re going to further confuse the discussion by introducing some logic we may as well end it right now.

 

[BurnOut]

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.

I think Duracell changed where/how they made their batteries. I've noticed a leak problems with them the last few years.

 

[Ellery]

There's a bass in the back of my closet that I haven't touched in about 2 years...

The scary part: It has 2 9v batteries and I have not changed them during all that time I'm afraid to open it. What horrors lie within?

So long as you didn't leave your cable in you should be fine. I once bought a used Schecter only to discover the batt had corroded. Cut off the connector, replaced it, moved on.

 

[FugaziBomb]

As of right now, going active is the only way for me to 100% eliminate noise and hum.

A lot of people don't realize that this only pertains to active pick-ups and not a bass with passive pick-ups and a powered preamp - which is what most "active" basses on the market are these days. I've got about 15 basses ranging from ones with active pick-ups, passive pick-ups, after-market preamps installed, etc and the quietest one of the lot is a passive P Bass. Go figure...

 

[el_Bajo_Verde]

A lot of people don't realize that this only pertains to active pick-ups and not a bass with passive pick-ups and a powered preamp - which is what most "active" basses on the market are these days. I've got about 15 basses ranging from ones with active pick-ups, passive pick-ups, after-market preamps installed, etc and the quietest one of the lot is a passive P Bass. Go figure...

I have an active pickup. For me it's 100% noiseless. It all depends on the environment. Before I moved, would pick up a radio station no matter what bass I used! I tried everything under the sun

 

[dbsfgyd1]

nothing, you'll be fine, open it and change it. then consider going passive

There's a bass in the back of my closet that I haven't touched in about 2 years...

The scary part: It has 2 9v batteries and I have not changed them during all that time I'm afraid to open it. What horrors lie within?

Whatever you find in there will surely not improve with age. Man up and git ‘er dun!

 

[DJ Bebop]

Hurry up and pull it out already, it is only going to get messier the longer you keep it in.

Nah, you do that and, this thread will stop

 

[DJ Bebop]

Well, we can all speculate here, but wouldn't it be easier just to go look?

Hurry up and pull it out already, it is only going to get messier the longer you keep it in.

 

[dxb]

I think its time your bass learned to change its own batteries