Battery Concerns For American Jazz Deluxe And Active Basses

kylebass · Not So Newbie Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 8

Hey everybody, I have a quick concern regarding batteries and such for active basses. How long will the battery hold up? Will the bass not work if the battery dies?

In general, are active basses a "hassle" to care for?

If they are, I may just pick up the American Jazz Non-Deluxe with passive electronics.

Let me know what you think.....

Lauriedanger · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:01 am Post subject:

Batteries on active basses are really quite straight forward and changing them (especially on fenders) are easy to change and they will last a good few months for average use but the thing is what you need to bear in mind is that active basses have a completely different sound to passive ones and therefor I would make your judjement on sound alone and not the hassle of batteries and such. because if you want a deep smooth sound then Im saying active but if you want something more twangy im saying go passive; or even better buy an EQ as a stand alone unit which you can stick into the wall and that way you can get the exact tones you want. Primo!

LaurieDanger

oldfclefer · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:25 am Post subject:

Plan a day at a music store and try out every bass, active and passive, and see how you feel about the sound you get from them.
I have three active basses and one passive.
They all sound great.

peterbright · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:20 am Post subject:

Batteries should last a long time but don't leave the cord attached when not in use.

peterbright · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:58 am Post subject:

Just have not run into any battery problems with my Fender American Deluxe P-Bass.

Rd_Artist · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:22 am Post subject:

Look on the Fender web site a few of the active basses have an active/passive switch which means you can turn off the active electronics if you want, this would be helpful in a gig situation where if your battery dies in the middle of a song flip the switch and keep playing. Although I have never had a problem with batteries just remember to unplug the bass when you are not using it.
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