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OVATION MAGNUM I SERIES 1974
£1600


seifregno

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Bass in very good conditions.
One of the most beautiful sounds of '70 era, rich and warm, but it is also able to be very scratchy and rude;)

specs:
- Mahogany body and neck (but reinforced with carbon).
- Ebony fretboard.
- 34 "stairs.
- Neck pickup: individually output-adjustable coils for each string!
- Rubber damper
- bridge vol + tone, neck vol + tone
- Pickup selector switch
- mono output
- stereo output

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wovLoyU4tlg

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On ‎28‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 12:39, seifregno said:

specs:
- Mahogany body and neck (but reinforced with carbon).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wovLoyU4tlg

 

 

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Amazing playing/ beautiful sound.!

I'm amazed Ovation already used carbon back in the 70's: is it the black part of the neck's back ?

What is the weight, please?

 

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47 minutes ago, totorbass said:

 

I'm amazed Ovation already used carbon back in the 70's: is it the black part of the neck's back ?

 

Yes; plus I believe there are another 2 carbon strips under the fingerboard

Necks are rock solid on these - I've got one.   Amazing condition on the OP's ! :o

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The chap who started ovation did it as an side to his other company making / designing  helicopters for the US army ,  https://www.kaman.com/
if you look at the neck stamp it says Ovation a kaman company , ( as does my  Magnum IV  )  he had been a life long guitarist but was an engineer first businessman second and guitarist third., shame he's not more well known  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kaman

Experimenting with ABS , inventing the roundback accoustic guitar  hell the bridge system on our basses puts the golden gate to shame and its got more mass than it ;-)

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