I've have 3 music man basses and had trouble with the first 2 with the battery compartment design. . I've found after a while the standard metal clips that the battery needs to stay in contact with will bend and eventually not make consistent contact with the battery. On my Stingray the battery compartment would bang against my leg and sometimes cause drop outs and 'pops'.
I had my tech change all of the compartments to a 'clip' connector(the kind that snap onto the battery) and it works so much better!
I had my tech change all of the compartments to a 'clip' connector(the kind that snap onto the battery) and it works so much better!