Hello everyone, I am looking for information about how the 110e handles drained batteries. I recently bought a 110e and I love it, I know it's a basic Taylor model but it was a big step up from my previous acoustic and I'm really enjoying it. The only "quirk" I've found so far is what happens when the battery has run out. Rather than just letting the signal fade out, the guitar output suddenly produces a loud, constant bass note, even if I'm not playing.
Is this normal? If so it seems like a slightly ungracious design choice. Also how does the low battery indicator LED work? I didn't notice what it did when the battery ran out. With a full battery the LED is constantly on when the guitar is plugged in. Does it go out when the battery is about to fail, or start flashing or something? What should I look for? Or do you just have to check the battery with a voltmeter?
The reason for the post is that my first experience of the battery running out was in church a few weeks ago when I was playing in the band. My habit is to leave the guitar plugged in with the volume up between songs, otherwise I'd forget to turn it up again. It happened during the sermon, towards the end just as the pastor was getting to the climax: suddenly, out of nowhere, the church filled with an almighty "BRUHHHHHH" like some demented fog-horn. It kept going until the sound guy muted the desk a few seconds later after scrabbling around in a panic trying to work out what was going on. Needless to say, we all had a bit of a laugh about it! Then at the final song I discovered my guitar had been turned off...