I have that bass and I am confused about one aspect of the controls. The manual says the pickups are Passive. However, you install a 9 volt battery. I know on my Ibanez 200, which is an Active bass, you need to make sure there is nothing connected to the output, as even when not using the bass you are draining the battery.
Is the same scenario present on the 300? Does one position on the Power Tap switch - presumably the middle Humbucker position - turn off the active aspect? The reason I ask is that I often play with a Fender Mustang Micro and headphones. If I turn off the Micro and do not remove it, am I draining the battery, if the switch is in the middle position?
Especially with the headphone amp, you’d always want to unplug it after each use. The point of failure is the weakest point by the hinge. I broke the wireless transmitter once and it didn’t take much. Just cracked and it’s done.
Not limited to this thread but if you ever have hardware that is fragile around the jack a small male to female extender cable can help; it removes the stress from the jack.
