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The Magnums were stock and sounded incredible through an SVT. Something about it was just too nice for me at the time. I had a Deacon as well, but it was doomed by being *almost* but not quite as good to play as the Breadwinner. Wood Condition: Factory finish remains fair with marks from handling and use. 7mm Remington Magnum SOLD Metal Condition: Factory finish remains fair with marks from handling and use. I did a record with that guitar I think sounds fantastic. Description: Early 70s Winchester Model 70 Magnum in 7mm Rem. My first Breadwinner had been badly stripped and had DiMarzio pickups and Sperzel tuners added, but it had an *incredible* neck, just a really great instrument to play. This example, then, shows a model already two decades old, but barely changed since the '57 revamp. The Fender Precision had been shipping since at least very early 1952 - with just one re-design circa 1957. The whole line was known for being amongst the first in production to use active pickups. A detailed look at an early 1970s Fender Precision bass guitar in custom black finish, with rosewood fretboard. La basse dort sur un rack depuis un bon moment et aurait dun tune-up et dune vie future dans une famille aimante. Interestingly, they never went into production. Based on the Magnum IV, the story goes that, Ovation was looking to go head to head with Peaveys T-series solidbodies and developed a small run of prototypes to shop around at trade shows.
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Body et manche en mahogany avec une touche en ébène, hardware et pickups Ovation, made in USA. This is a rare, one-of-a-kind, prototype Ovation solidbody bass built 1980. They have a lot of really innovative features: the Magnum has a graphite reinforced neck. Bass Ovation Magnum III de la fin des années 70 convertis en fretless. I got into them as a guitarist moving towards playing more bass because I used to play a Breadwinner and loved the whole aesthetic. 5 In 2015, it became a subsidiary of Drum Workshop after being acquired from KMCMusicorp. I used to have an Ovation Magnum II as well, but sold it a few years ago. The Ovation Guitar Company is a manufacturer of string instruments.Ovation primarily manufactures steel-string acoustic guitars (both 6 and 12-string versions) and nylon-string guitars, often with pickups for electric amplification. This vintage Electro-Harmonix pedal has been used a lot throught Gordon’s Sonic Youth career, making appearences on her pedalboard between 19.I have an Ovation Magnum I bass, actually for sale on this board. Within these pages you will find not only information and pictures from broshures, but photos from my collection of more than 80 Ovation solid-body guitars, and several other guitars that I hope you find interesting. There’s no hiding its use on Dirty, and has occupied a regular spot on her board ever since.Īround the time of Murray Street and in the album’s 2002 tour Gordon was using this longtime go-to delay, the pedal responsible for some of those more wistful and dreamy sequences on the record. Welcome to the corner of the net dedicated to what I believe are some of the most under-rated guitars that were ever produced. The bassist once used one of these vintage beasts to capture her desired grit and growl.Īnother exponent of the ever-reliable Ampeg family, Gordon was using this amp in the mid-2000s as Sonic Youth toured the world, playing big ticket events such as France’s Rock En Seine Festival.įrom the early ‘90s Gordon was smashing out loads of distortion, dirt and sustain with the significant output provided by this RAT upgrade.
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Gordon got her hands on a ’76 model in 1988, utilising its bold drive for the recording of the band’s seventh studio album Dirty (1992), the album tour, as well as more than a decade later for the recording of Sonic Nurse (2004). According to the band’s website it ended up being sold to a school somewhere in Australia – a lucky someone may unknowingly be the owner of said bass. It makes appearances in the videos for ‘Kool Thing’, ‘Dissapear’, ‘Mildred Pierce’ and ‘MacBeth’. Gordon bought this bass during the Goo era, using it throughout 1990-91.
Ovation magnum bass early model serial number#
Click HERE to add your Ovation or Adamas guitar to the serial number registration list. Gordon owned two of these at the time, the first of which is now hanging in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Click on the buttons below to access the serial number registration lists per specific model type. In the early-mid ‘80s Gordon was wielding this sleek bass, belting out meaty, punk tones with its versatile setup: two pick-ups, rosewood fretboard, four knobs for tone control, and a three-position switch. Discover the bass rig of the Sonic Youth icon.