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#225,922
Chucky Stiletti said:
they weigh like 16 lbs…sound great though, one of the models had a three band graphic EQ….country bassists loved them…
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I saw a band called Magnum open for Ozzy in 1982. The bass player played an Ovation Magnum. I found that kind of funny at the time, but that may have been due to the thick smoke everywhere.

My good friend had the Magnum with the 3 band eq. Was a cool bass but SUPER heavy, as others have pointed out. If I remember correctly the magnetic field of the pickup pole pieces was narrow and if you bent the string too far the sound would drop off.
 
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#225,923
dagrev said:
That was basically my experience as well. I love those on some basses, but not all, or even most. The E string is a "normal" with those and another set I ran into once. I don't like it, but it works fine when it sounds right on a given bass. Once those mellow it won't get better. GHS does sound fantastic on the white VP. As for the NR, Pyramid Golds and La Bella's sounded really good for flats. Forgot, Roto flats were good as well. I settled on SIT Power Steels and regular (not round core) Boomers for the NR. Both sound equally great for my purposes.
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Currently using SIT(45-105) PowerFlats on the 67. I like 'em. Might do it again. Then again, I might go back to 50-105 EBCFs. Decisions, decisions.
 
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#225,924
Ringhammer said:
Additionally in the quest for the right string/bass combination, many of us (or even all) have to consider other tunings. I have three tunings to work with, each with their respective “Drop D”, E standard, Eb standard, D standard. I have a bass/string combo that it perfect for Eb, and another that is perfect for D standard, but, (super 1st world problem) I have over 20 basses and want to integrate some of my others into Eb and D. It’s tricky to get them to feel just right, esp. when you have some that do and others that just miss by a little. Getting the right amount of tension and tone with crazy fret clack…. But it’s all part of the fun, trying to get the perfect playability, and the perfect tone that mostly nobody notices…
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Yer last 6 words are so true(sigh).
 
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MCF said:
I’m resisting the urge to get a keyboard now for the Basement of Great Times. (I think I’m more of an optimist than Will is)! But I’ll wait a couple years. One of the requirements is emulating the Farfisa sound. Will this rig do that? This is how it looks now. There’s a huge old table in the corner from a prior owner that’s become a great spot to work on basses. It could become a recording desk. We’ll see. There will be new carpet, paint, bass wall rack. And a walled off area could become the guitar work area.
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Just sayin': 1965 Farfisa Compact Organ – Ex 13th Precinct Band (REO Speedwagon Connection) | eBay
Or this(has a lotta sounds-I shoulda bought one): VINTAGE VOX Super Continental Organ | eBay
 
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Nocturnal said:
I saw a band called Magnum open for Ozzy in 1982. The bass player played an Ovation Magnum. I found that kind of funny at the time, but that may have been due to the thick smoke everywhere.

My good friend had the Magnum with the 3 band eq. Was a cool bass but SUPER heavy, as others have pointed out. If I remember correctly the magnetic field of the pickup pole pieces was narrow and if you bent the string too far the sound would drop off.
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Wally Lowe was the Magnum's bassist. I recently listened to their early stuff and it was quite good. Very tightly played proggy hard rock, a bit like the Welsh band Lone Star.

My friend had the Ovation Magnum II (which had the active EQ, "I" was passive with a stereo output option) and I loaned it was. If you boosted the bass with the neck pickup on it could shake the walls.
I usually don't like basses with pickups very wide apart but the Magnum sounded pretty good. And it's a good looking bass for such a weird looking bass.

Jah Wobble played one and also Roger Glover in Rainbow circa '80 and '81.
 
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#225,933
BklynKen said:
How many new members do you have?
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Three, but the drummer is a natural, he'll make it go so much better because he really has it down, my parts fit like they're supposed to because he's playing correctly - no wavering tempo either.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Three, but the drummer is a natural, he'll make it go so much better because he really has it down, my parts fit like they're supposed to because he's playing correctly - no wavering tempo either.
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That is the MOST important connection.
 
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I had an ovation for a while..it was heavy.I couldn’t really bond with it so I sent it on its way.

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PaleAngel_90 said:
No, a new one I shared pictures and a link a few hours ago, thing is after accepting the offer I got 3 days to either pay or cancel. And at best until Monday I won't have the money. What do I do?
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The normal answer around here is sell a kidney. But I understand that isn’t helpful. How much was shipping to Spain? Can you borrow that until the other refund comes through?
 
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KaraQ said:
The conversation you guys have been having reminds me just how old some of you are :p

I was born a year-ish before you took wood-shop :bag:





I took three? years of drafting in high school; we had one pc? with CAD, but I never got to work with it.

Did take a stand alone CAD class while in college (the first time.....), it helped with my classes in machine tool/manufacturing/robotics - the latter parts of which made extensive use of cad/cam software for the robots & CNC training.



I like my bolt-on IV & CP more or less the same, for different reasons.
Mostly due to the neck.

The CP's nice thin neck is lovely to play, but for some things can be a bit cramped for me on the low end. Mine also doesn't particularly like high-tension strings.

The IV's wider, chunkier? neck is more comfortable for me, for some things. It's also more stable/stronger, it had Roto 77s on when I got it, and it was rock-solid & always in tune for the 2+ years they were on there.

They do sound different natively, but a bit of EQ fiddling (especially with the pretty awesome-ish EQ on my old Peavey) clears that right up ;)


I like both better than my VP, which is an awesome instrument, and is the lightest of the T-birds I've had, but something's got to be in the 3rd spot, right? :unsure:




I use mine extensively at work, and outside of work, has taken over about 90-ish percent of what I used to use a PC for.



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As I understand it, usually the best thing about them is the "ex" :laugh:
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I think you’ll agree though Kara, we’re mostly still young at heart.
 
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