#Ovation magnum bass early modle full#
#Ovation magnum bass early modle professional#

I don't know if it was a travel issue or what, but the KF shows saw him plucking a Precision with a single SVT set up. I've seen Wobble play three times, first in 96 and then for the two out of three nights he did at the Knitting Factory NYC back in - I think I'm right - 2001.ДЇor someone with such a specific style of playing he explores it so fully, and in many different contexts. The shape of the bass is comfortable, and if thereвЂ™s any downside, itвЂ™s just that itвЂ™s heavy. IвЂ™d bought the bass primarily because IвЂ™m a huge Jah Wobble fan, and itвЂ™s pretty clear where he gets his tone from.

#Ovation magnum bass early modle full#

I slapped some flatwounds on the bass, run both pickups full on, tone rolled down on the bridge, and get a very upright sort of sound. With that experience in mind, IвЂ™ve got to say this Ovation is really an overlooked gem. IвЂ™ve owned a couple of Rick 4001s, a fretless MIJ Fender jazz, and an oddball Gibson Grabber Fretless. Just to let you know where IвЂ™m coming from, my other basses are an early 70s Fender P-bass and an Epiphone Thunderbird. The bass is fully playable now, and very smooth. The truss rod ended up being tightened all the way, but the real key was the adjustments made to the bridge.

#Ovation magnum bass early modle professional#

In the end I paid for a professional setup on this bass and now itвЂ™s working great. Guys, sorry to dredge up this thread but I just wanted to offer my thanks for the support. I also remember the bass player from ELO using one of these in the eighties too. Although passive, these basses have an enormous tonal spectrum due to the positioning of the pick-ups. On my model the neck was glued on as well as screwed on so I just had to get used to a relatively high action - which I did.

Two either side of the string saddles which work OK and a third underneath the string anchor points.

What looks like a well thought out and solid design bridge (which it is in many ways), was near impossible to remove or adjust to the required height. In my experience, the problem (trying to get a low action) was at the bridge end. These necks were usually rock solid due to the two carbon fibre inserts along the length of the neck, but as you say, bad storage can make a mess of these things. Anyway, I'm surprised it needs a truss rod adjustment. Sadly, when I went to see if he'd sell it back to me, he'd sold it on! I'm still searching for a good copy (which is much more difficult in the UK). Sold it to a friend in the mid nineties (he'd long coveted it). I owned one of these throughout the eighties. You got a Magnum I for $450 dollars - Lucky man. Hi, Google Alerts took me to this thread.