Mania Fretless 4 Through Neck - TRADED! £250 Cambridge

[tomthebass]

Hi folks

 

Here's a really great through-neck fretless, I believe made in Japan. (see thread here)

 

Very playable 2 octave neck, really great mwah and punch - the output from the pickups and 2-band active preamp is louder than any of my other basses, and it's fat and punchy!

 

No idea what the woods are. Finish is matt/satin. Body is a sandwich of 3 woods, looks like some kind of mahogany in the middle with facings of slightly flamed/birdseye something.

 

The neck is straight and the truss rod works fine. Currently strung with Ken Smith half-rounds.

 

I bought this to have a tinker during lockdown and never got around to it, and it's time to thin the herd and give someone else the opportunity to have fun on it.

 

Happy to ship in a well padded box at buyer's expense or can arrange meet up somewhere between Cambridge and London, other locations possible if I move around the country!

 

Now the pictures!

 

 

 

 

Edited June 27, 2023 by tomthebass
Traded no longer available

[alyctes]

Interesting...  this is a four-string version of the five-string fretless Thomann were selling as a Harley Benton HBZ-6000 (I think).  And the headstock looks very Peavey.  I have the fiver, I love it to bits.

Edited March 5, 2023 by alyctes

[Sparky Mark]

Found this:- 

Mania Bass Guitars are Manufactured by Eikosha Music, Japan they have Factories in China/Malaysia and Vietnam where they make the Mania bass Guitars with strict Quality controls as laid down by the Japan Facility.

[kodiakblair]

Lovely bass.

 

Peavey knicked the design for their short lived Zephyr/C series.

 

Swapped the pickups/hardware on mine but its easy to spot the Mania influence 👍

 

[tomthebass]

Thanks for all the comments!

[tomthebass]

Bumpity bump!

[Grahambythesea]

Looks a lot like the Bunny Brunel signature bass which was originally made by Gibson, then Carvin and now ESP LTD.

[TheGreek]

Bumping for easy access