addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Hi all. Bit of a head scratcher here. I fell in love with a Mania bass (vtb-4bs) that was on ebay and not having owned an active before , i had to have it. The guitar is beautiful , the issue is the knobs, 4 to be precise ! now you would assume that it would be 2 volume and 2 tone , one for each pup ? but i can turn the bridge pup up and that works fine , but when it comes to the neck pup you cannot turn that up on its own , the bridge pup has to be turned up also . is this normal ? does anybody own or owned one of these basses that could give me a pointer ? there is precious little info on this make of basses on the interweb thingy. all help would be appreciated. cheers bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Is it not volume, blend, bass and treble? That's far more typical in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 BreadBin was faster but I do have the same question: Is it really active with Vol Vol Tone Tone or rather Vol Balance Treble Bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 aah .it could be. that may explain why 3 of the knobs have a half way kind of lock thing and the 4th does not. i can get a scary variation of sounds from it, im just not really sure how i acheive them. thanks guys, gonna have to sit down and really really get used to using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Center detent. They are Bal, Treble and Bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 i think that has solved that mystery. serves me right my bloody GAS took hold and i bought it without having a clue how it worked. passive is so much more straightforward lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 thanks guys. much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 3 hours ago, addictedtobass said: i think that has solved that mystery. serves me right my bloody GAS took hold and i bought it without having a clue how it worked. Been there...love twiddling knobs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 UPDATE. it's all so clear now. it sounds exactly how i want it to sound when i twiddle knobs.Easy ! i could have worked it out all by myself................erm.......ok , probably not ! thanks once again to you lovely and learned contributors Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Good news! I just googled your bass - looks nice, I hadn't heard of them before. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 what i can tell is that they were made in japan (eikosha music) they stopped production in circa 2006 and they won Guitar and bass magazine sub £500 bass in 2005. there are many on here that will probably know more about them. all i can say is that i took a punt on it and its perfect in every way .balance , neck , looks ,playability and the range of tones is just staggering. i only own 7 basses , but always end up thudding away on this one over the others. and as mentioned by me before , i can actually go straight for the tone i am looking for now without blindly twiddling thanks to you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 thats the same model as mine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I used to own one and from memory it was volume, pan, bass and treble. Have you got a picture of yours, it might be my old one as they seem pretty rare? They were some bass guitar magazines 'Bass of the year under £500', or something like that at the time. They were really singing their praises. Mine was great but ultimately I don't like fancy woods so sold it on. From memory the only damage on mine at the time was a reasonable chip out of the lacquer on one of the horns, I think, it also had a fairly distinguishing dark 'knot' mark somewhere on the front that stood out. I wonder 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 thats the same model as mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedtobass Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 sorry Maude . just seen your post , i have been working away. mine is exactly the same as the pic above, its in mint condition. but yes they are getting rarer . bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonvdb Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi guys, I have one for sale if anyone’s interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkmanD Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 16/04/2020 at 14:10, leonvdb said: Hi guys, I have one for sale if anyone’s interested? My guy, do you still have this and a price or trade in mind??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 4 hours ago, FunkmanD said: My guy, do you still have this and a price or trade in mind??? There's one on eBay ATM , £175 + £20 shipping. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125354867289?hash=item1d2fbb7a59:g:L5MAAOSwPnVilHi2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkmanD Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Still looking for one of these if any posters have one? Have a sterling ray with twin buckets up for trades or cash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I recently traded a Sterling 2HH for a fretless Mania. It plays soo nice...really well balanced, lovely neck, great tones. Possibly the best fretless I've ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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