Got to be losing it faster than brother Bayou.
 
Left my Ibanez bass overnite again with the cord plugged in. Ran out of luck.
Only axe I got with "active" circuitry. Another 9 volt battery toast and the thing won't make a sound without a new one. Hope that is the problem pending a 13 mile trek to the holy Walmart to get a spendy replacement. If anyone noticed, 9v batteries aren't as cheap as they used to be.
 
The thing sounded fine and I could easily rip out the circuit board and change to a passive mode, but part of my inner child fear is living with something I no longer have control over. Myriad of printed circuit parts. Something forks up in some micro chip and I am clueless how to fix.
 
Have always avoided active circuits for the reason that they are another part in the chain with another electronic circuit and more noise. Something else to fail.
 
Seems to be however getting better over time.
 
Just curious to know how others are embracing the active circuits like Line 6 versus hanging in there with the traditional passive modes with a couple rheostats and capacitors. Didn't hold the masters back from creating iconic statements even if they didn't have a discharging 9 volt battery attached.
 
John
 

I never owned an active circuit guitar. Even so, I always unplug my guitars because I always case my guitars when done. Just habit. For active circuit pedal boards, I always use a 9V power supply, with most being powered in a pedal board. Hate batteries. Almost as much as I hate wires. Not sure if I would consider an active circuit guitar other than something like the Line-6 (Variax?). That guitar rig seems interesting. 

The lovely Fender Telecaster that I spend most of my time  playing has an active circuit w EMG's as my pick ups ...
I'm more worried about keeping it plugged in while having my dog come charging at me when he is happy to see me 
Duke is a pretty big boy .
If you have ever seen a cowboy movie where they rope a cowboy and drag him by horse through the tumble weeds you will know what I'm talking about ...Duke reenacted that western scene once w my desktop computer
a dead battery  I can live with .
 
Kenny

My Dark Fire (Gibson) has a built in rechargeable...

Rechargeable. That's got to be a good thing.
 
I was wondering folks opinions on active circuit designs in 2018. Any downsides like the way for instance that floor stomps react.
I've got  the Ibanez bass which makes for some good almost Rick sounds but something hard to describe missing, lack of an organic presence or something. Doesn't make a lot of noise which would be a concern if using a lot of compression. Besides the pickups, I'd guess that a major factor determining sound quality is the circuitry which would vary widely from mfg to mfg. Refinements with the board can only get better over time so there will come a point way up the line where active will be the choice of many if not most.
 
Only other experience is with my acoustic which is noisy and the tone not that great. Have also noticed with acoustics that some designs gradually lost tone quality over time as the battery goes down until you realize something isn't right. Then those that keep their sound until the battery hits a low point and just fizzes out.
 
John