I was playing in a band at the time, bought a fender zone mim, not even a week later, electronics started fizzling out, took back, couldnt wait for repair, traded in for another zone, same results, took in traded again same results, third bass i gave up ordered passive pickups, no problem after that, i will say i now understand why the actives are installed, huge difference, 15 years later im ordering some aftermarket active pickups, i do enjoy the way it feels, just miss the sounds of active pickups gave