UNMARKED BASS KNOBS?!?!

[ManicBass5]

Got myself a begginers #5 string bass BG CHG5 BK) Its got #4 silver knobs none of which are named or numbered.....ive tried practising tonight fiddling them around!!
Ones obviously volume cause without it sound goes down or flat....found another that makes the thinnest/guitar string sound slightly tripped out on the higher neck notes like a miniature wah wah ish) other #2 I just don't know?!?
It seems to help the sound be more full to have all knobs on at least half volume I do like loud sound mostly and ive got headphones on so no worry's there)
#1st time ive played on a bass amp as got guitar amp by mistake) Cldnt hear any tones from the guitar knobs Be4.....other than they were working to test!!)

 

[Picton]

Who made the bass? How many pickups?

Post pics. You’ll get squared away in no time.

 

[ManicBass5]

Made by Gear4Music....got #2 pickups!

 

[ManicBass5]

Does that mean it varies from different basses and different brands what the knobs are then?!?

 

[Element Zero]

Seems that company makes a few different models. Which model is it?

 

[ManicBass5]

BG CHG5 BK

 

[CallMeAl]

Is this it?

 

[CallMeAl]

Most likely... 2 knobs control volume for the 2 pickups respectively.... and 2 knobs are EQ / tone controls

 

[Element Zero]

Ok I think that’s the “Chicago” model. My best guess is 2 volume knobs (1 for each pickup) and 2 tone control (1 for each pickup). Websites not very helpful either.

 

[ManicBass5]

I love the bass already man its awesome.... great strong sound so far for £102) too!! Looks heavy metal too lucky cause not many #5 strings in my £££ range to get a choice of)
Just a pain they didn't mark them....
Actually just presuming they would cause ive seen that on electric guitars?!? Maybe its not common

 

[CallMeAl]

What "should" work:
Turn all your knobs fully counter clockwise. That's your zero. Then turn your knobs one at a time to figure which are volume knobs.

My guess on the other 2 knobs, one is bass one is treble.

Then, adjust till it sounds good

 

[ManicBass5]

Okay yeah that's cool.....its the same with my new amps.....I turn stuff down up high low/med add in take out.....its the only way to find out what stuff does!! And also I guess I can work out how I like my sound?!?
Least those buttons are marked ha ha

 

[ManicBass5]

BTW what's on yours?!? You've got the #3....??

 

[CallMeAl]

P bass. One volume, one tone. Easy peasy

 

[two fingers]

Got myself a begginers #5 string bass BG CHG5 BK) Its got #4 silver knobs none of which are named or numbered.....ive tried practising tonight fiddling them around!!
Ones obviously volume cause without it sound goes down or flat....found another that makes the thinnest/guitar string sound slightly tripped out on the higher neck notes like a miniature wah wah ish) other #2 I just don't know?!?
It seems to help the sound be more full to have all knobs on at least half volume I do like loud sound mostly and ive got headphones on so no worry's there)
#1st time ive played on a bass amp as got guitar amp by mistake) Cldnt hear any tones from the guitar knobs Be4.....other than they were working to test!!)

Hope this helps. No charge for my INCREDIBLE art work.

 

[ManicBass5]

P bass. One volume, one tone. Easy peasy
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Your bass has a pretty finish....is it called pearly that look?!?

 

[CallMeAl]

Your bass has a pretty finish....is it called pearly that look?!?

Aged white pearl

 

[Madhouse27]

Once you figure the knobs out you could put stickers on them.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Got myself a begginers #5 string bass BG CHG5 BK) Its got #4 silver knobs none of which are named or numbered.....ive tried practising tonight fiddling them around!!
Ones obviously volume cause without it sound goes down or flat....found another that makes the thinnest/guitar string sound slightly tripped out on the higher neck notes like a miniature wah wah ish) other #2 I just don't know?!?
It seems to help the sound be more full to have all knobs on at least half volume I do like loud sound mostly and ive got headphones on so no worry's there)
#1st time ive played on a bass amp as got guitar amp by mistake) Cldnt hear any tones from the guitar knobs Be4.....other than they were working to test!!)

I'm gonna say the two top knobs are the volumes, with the tone knobs for them under them. That would just make sense.

 

[AndyPanda]

You can take a small screwdriver (or any metalic object that a magnet will stick to) and touch to top of the pickups while you turn the knobs up and down - this will help you figure out which knob is the volume for which pickup (if you have two volume knobs) or if you have a blend knob it will help you figure out which knob is the blend and which direction selects which pickup. Once you have that worked out you can scratch your fingernail or pick on the strings while fiddling with the tone controls to figure out if you have passive tone for each pickup (passive tone will just reduce all the high frequency when turned counter clockwise) .... if you have a battery then you may have bass and treble boost and cut instead of passive tone - so then you would be figuring out which knob boosts/cuts the treble. Hope that makes sense

P.S. When you have one pickup (say the pickup closest to the neck) turned on full and then you turn up and down the other pickup (say the pickup closest to the bridge) it can sound a little like a wah wah because the two pickups accentuate some frequencies and cancel some other frequencies because of the spacing between them are picking up a different phase of the string vibration some harmonics in phase get accentuated and some out of phase get attenuated.