Sorry for the stupid question, I'm guessing this has been asked before but I haven't found anything that explains it so here goes...

When using the 5 pin cable from the Series II bass, if I connect the Bass connection (mono) does that mean I'm only getting the one pickup or does the DS-5 bridge the two pickups together for the mono out?

The mono out of the DS-5 has the summing resistors so you get both pickups.

That's what I was hoping you'd say

Thank you!

There should be a "mono/stereo" switch which you would set to "mono" to get the summing of both pickups.

Quote from: el8ed on November 29, 2021, 12:45:02 PM
There should be a "mono/stereo" switch which you would set to "mono" to get the summing of both pickups.

Note that the older DS-5 boxes don't have the mono/stereo switch, just mono out of the bass 1/4" socket. 

Thanks for the responses everyone, very helpful!

Quote from: rv_bass on November 29, 2021, 03:06:49 PM

Quote from: el8ed on November 29, 2021, 12:45:02 PM
There should be a "mono/stereo" switch which you would set to "mono" to get the summing of both pickups.

Note that the older DS-5 boxes don't have the mono/stereo switch, just mono out of the bass 1/4" socket. 

Oops, I did not know that—the 3 I owned so far must have been of the newer variety .... thanks for the correction.

👍

Also note, if you throw the switch to mono on the switched DS-5 units there will still the bridge signal from the treble jack if you want to use that for anything.

Quote from: jazzyvee on November 29, 2021, 11:50:03 PM
Also note, if you throw the switch to mono on the switched DS-5 units there will still the bridge signal from the treble jack if you want to use that for anything.

I set the switch to mono and run the output from the treble jack into my tuner...

Quote from: jazzyvee on November 29, 2021, 11:50:03 PM
Also note, if you throw the switch to mono on the switched DS-5 units there will still the bridge signal from the treble jack if you want to use that for anything.

That might be a way to run effects  to allow for mixing a wet and dry signal.

Quote from: keith_h on November 30, 2021, 08:51:59 AM

Quote from: jazzyvee on November 29, 2021, 11:50:03 PM
Also note, if you throw the switch to mono on the switched DS-5 units there will still the bridge signal from the treble jack if you want to use that for anything.

That might be a way to run effects  to allow for mixing a wet and dry signal.

Both great ideas!

So versatile, the only bummer is it's not wireless... Now I have to consider the trade off of plugging in to get the LED's and not have to worry about the batteries dying on me mid-show versus being wireless with no LED's.

Does the series electronics burn through batteries to the point that I should just give up on them and opt to plug in? I have no idea how old they were, since they came with the bass, but when they die the bass is basically dead - happens quick too, meaning one second I had beautiful bass vibes and the next second nothing...

From what i have read on the forum you can expect set of batteries for a series bass to last around 20 hrs. I don't personally use a series bass live or to record without the DS-5.

Yes Russ, that's the way they die. Vince is correct that you get about 20 hours of time with the connector in the 1/4" jack. Note that stand-by on the pickup selector switch is not off - as long as the cable is plugged in the batteries are draining.