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I've had my basses for approaching 9 and 7 months respectively and still have their factory batteries in them. I checked both yesterday and they are still not dead yet. What are the symptoms of a low battery? I caught that the whole bass wouldn't work with out it but will the sound degrade first or will other things start happening?
My Ibanez 5 string is active, and what I have experienced is that the bass is just dead (no sound) when the battery goes low. That said, I usually play a passive four string; I pull out the five string when I need a low
B. I might, as a result, have missed a stage where the bass sounds wonky as the battery goes from good to too low a voltage. But again, my experience has been the bass is just dead - no output. Cheers
I knew a guy with an active. We were both playing together. His bass sounded good but sudenly started to get a distorted tone with degrading volume. A few seconds later it completely died. He liked the battery and it was dead, so I guess it just goes from working to deaf, the distortion lasted very little time.
Your tone will start to sound horrible. Just buy rechargeable 9 volts, I usually recharge it every week and it keeps my guitar sounding great and I don't ever have to worry about when it will die! Plus it will save you money.
I would throw in some new duracells and check out the difference in sound. Probably night and day.
The green rechargables are the best batteries to use
thanks guys. Ive had replacements ready to go for a while but I will keep an eye out for the rechargables.
First thing I did when I got my active thunderbird was to change out the factory stock battery as I had no idea how long it had been in the guitar and was concerned about corrosion/leakage
I've never let it get to the point of the battery failing and probably fit a new duracell every 3 months or so and keep a spare in my guitar case
if you've still got the original factory battery I would definitely be changing those out for peace of mind at least
If you're replacing it every 3 months you're wasting money, a rechargeable one is only like 6-9 bucks which will last years
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If you're replacing it every 3 months you're wasting money, a rechargeable one is only like 6-9 bucks which will last years
Wasting money yeah your probably right in the long term
But i would need one rechargeable battery in the guitar and a backup rechargeable battery for rehearsals
And then the charging unit so it's more like £20-25 so not just the price of a single battery
Reckon £3 a quarter for a 9 volt battery Is something can live with
I got my charger for 2 bucks, just gotta know where to look
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