Painful Lesson

[Sixgunn]

Sounds like an added, completely unnecessary hassle to me. I've never had an interest in owning an active bass and your anecdote absolutely convinced me to never buy one.

I've already got a limited skill set and other things to worry about when playing. I don't need to add to the list the possibility of the battery in my bass going out.

You're right. Keeping a functioning battery in my bass is WAAAAYY too complicated, labor intensive and stressful. As of now, all my active basses are going to be sold... Come to think of it, actually having to plug in an amp AND the possibility of a power failure is also weighing heavily on my peace of mind. I'm going full acoustic!! OMG what if I break a string?!?!?.......

 

[IncX]

i usually leave batteries in my pedals, but never use them. you'll never know one of those batteries would be a life saver - either the pedal board power supply goes out, or my active basses run out of juice (both never happened, but you never know).

i also put dates on my batteries just so i'd remember to throw them out, or change them.

 

[stonewall]

PASSIVE

 

[nojj]

I just tape a power inverter to my actives, and run a line out to my truck

 

[Sixgunn]

^^^^LOL!!!^^^^

 

[VigierUSA]

The reliability of your battery is inversely proportional to the value of the gig.

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

[Mehve]

You can make a lot of friends when you keep extra 9v's in your case.

 

[eukatheude]

I only play Spectors now, so passive isn't an option. This is the first time in twenty plus years it's happened. I thought I was playing with fire by not packing an extra set of strings. Worst part is, I went to install a new battery before I left, but didn't have one; used the last one in my practice bass. I thought I had spares in my gig bag, but just had a pack of AAs. Buying a case of them today.

Take out that tonepump and stick it in a box.

 

[Rocker949]

PASSIVE

+1

 

[pgolliher]

Truer words have never been spoken.

+2 a couple weeks ago one of my bands was opening up for Kyle Gass from Tenacious D (big deal to us) and of course, my battery died during sound check. On a positive note, it was the first time I had ever brought a back up bass, so I was fine.