Magnum means performance.

Were offering two basses: Magnum 1 and Magnum 2. One has stereo output. The other, a graphic equalizer. Play deep and warm, tight and snappy, or anywhere in between. Either Magnum puts the "one bass, one sound" idea to test.

Magnum delivers a clear, clean, bright "piano bass" sound with the sustain you need. Large U-shaped pole pieces in the bridge pickup "sense" the presence of string vibration longer than conventional magnets. Output is stronger, with more of the string's higher over-tones and less midrange to muddy the tone. Some players rewind their pick ups to get good tone and power. Magnum has it without modification.

Magnum is solid and balanced in every register. The neck pickup eliminates stung imbalance Extra windings on four coils give it high output. Separate volume controls on each coil let you match the louder strings to the softer ones. That means you can put as much punch in she really low notes as you'd expect from the midrange.

Play it straight to the top.

A new material called carbon-graphite keeps the Magnum neck straight and accurate. Strong as steel but three times lighter, graph­ite makes the neck nearly immune

to warpage. There's a strip in back of the neck and two under the fingerboard.  With the tension rod, they make the neck more than  twice as strong as wood  alone.

Magnum has a cast aluminum tail-piece with a built-in mute.  Pr reference marks 1”apart) show you where to set the saddle correct compensation. Intonation is perfect, all the way to the 20th fret

Play Magnum. Hear what bass. performances is all about.

Ovation Instruments Inc., New Hanford, Connecticut 00)7

Model number

Magnum 1     1261-1    Sunburst

Magnum 1     1261-2    Red   

Magnum 1     1261-4    Natural  

Magnum 2     1262 Sunburst

Magnum 2     1263 Red

Magnum 2     1264 Natural

The neck

Magnums’s one piece mahogany neck has 3 strips of graphite reinforcement and an adjustable tension rod.  The ebony fingerboard has 20 nickel silver frets and abalone fret markers.

Width @ nut 1 7/15”  ?

Width 20th fret 2 1/16

Scale length 34”

Standard action @ 12th fret

E bass string

G treble string

The body

A solid piece of mahogany is shaped tp for Magnum’s double cut-away body.  A contour on the back of the back of the body enhances player comfort.

Length approx  20”

Width@ lower bout  13 ½ “

Thickness 1 ½”

Magnum 1 electronics

A stereo output jack on Magnum! Splits pick up response.  You can play in two separate amplifiers or both channels on one amp.

Volume control: 2

Tone control: 2

Pickup selector switch

Mono output jack

Stereo output jack

Magnum 2 electronics

The built in preamplifier uses 8 low noise low current amps.  The circuit is powered by two nine volt batteries (alkaline type preferred).  

All tone controls are volume compensated.

Master volume control

Pickup selector switch

3 band graphic equalizer

12 db range of adjustment

Bass, midrange (4000 Hz) and treble