Ovation magnum bass early model plus#

PICKUPS: Three Burns Ultra Sonic Bass unitsД¬ONTROLS: Volume, tone, 2-way selector (A/B) & 4-way tone selector (Wild Dog, Treble, Tenor, Bass)ДЇEATURES: The cutaway horns curved upwards from the flat plane of the body, cover plate over bridge, string damper fittedДЇINISHES: Predominantly black (hence name) but white with white scratchplate and custom colours were also availableД¬OMMENTS: This was the first full-scale bass produced by Jim Burns and in spite of its considerable weight it became very popular with session players of the time. HARDWARE: Chrome, 4-saddle bridge, fully adjustable, Van Ghent open gear tuners with large black plastic buttons

Ovation magnum bass early model plus#

NECK: Maple, bolt-on, 22 medium frets plus zero fret at nutДЇINGERBOARD: Ebony, bound, white dot inlays Hear it here: The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There Along the way itвЂ™s been called the Beatle Bass and the Cavern Bass, had gold fittings, ebony fingerboard and even active circuitry but thatвЂ™s just gilding the lily in our opinion. At the outset there were 20 frets, then 21, but when it reached 22 the bass finally came of age and has remained in production ever since. Initially these two new pickups were placed close together towards the neck but by spreading them apart as here.

By 1961 most notably the oval control plate was replaced by a rectangular one, extra switches were added and the smooth black single coil pickups were replaced by the staple ones we see here. PICKUPS: Two Hofner вЂstapleвЂ™ units on this 1962 versionД¬ONTROLS: Two volume controls and three slide switchesДЇEATURES: The rosewood bridge has slots in the top to take four small lengths of fretwire to act as crude string saddles, although the body and headstock are bound the fingerboard is notД¬OMMENTS: By the time that Paul McCartney popularised the Violin Bass it had already undergone several changes. HARDWARE: Chrome trapeze tailpiece, rectangular pearloid control plate and matching scratchplate (often removed), rosewood bridge has slots in the top to take four small lengths of fret wire to act as crude string saddles, small guitar-sized open gear tuners NECK: Maple, glued-in neck, 22 fine frets plus zero fret TYPE: Hollow violin-shaped body, 4-stringД«ODY: Spruce top, flamed maple back & sides, fully bound Also available as the 4003S unbound mono version, 4003FL fretless, 4003S/5 unbound 5-string and 4003S/8 unbound 8-string, with all S-versions having dotted inlays. But whether mono or stereo this will grunt and growl like no other, although as McCartney proved it can also sound very sweet. This bass masters the iconic looks and sound that Rickenbacker basses are known for, particularly when engaging Rick-O-Sound, which provided a stereo output jack so that you can run each pickup into a designated amplifier. Later versions of the 4003 would include a push/pull pot to engage this replaced capacitor. Rickenbacker also improved the dual truss rod system and altered the electronics by removing the bridge pickup capacitor and improved 'hotter' pickups, which are much better balanced than on the 4001. Of course this gave it a rather more substantial feel, so the new designation was justified. The 4003 was designed to take care of that by adding extra meat to the whole neck. As the neck was very slim there was actually very little wood around this cavity, headstock breaks were always a danger (personal experience here) and neck bowing could be a problem.

The truth is, the 4001 had a few design problems - particularly with the truss rod adjustment cavity at the headstock. HARDWARE : Chrome, Rickenbacker solid bridge/tailpiece, Schaller open gear 'shamrock' tuners, string damperД¬ONTROLS : Volume & Tone for each pickup plus 3-way selector switchДЇEATURES : Bound body, Mono and Rick-O-Sound stereo outputs, distinctive white scratchplateДЇINISHES : Fireglo, Jetglo, Mapleglo, Midnight Blue, WhiteД¬OMMENTS: When Rickenbacker introduced the 4003 bass the 4001 was still in production, in fact it lasted until 1985 and with relatively little between the two visually and general sound characteristics, its very existence may seem curious. NECK : Maple, through neck, 20 jumbo fretsДЇINGERBOARD : Rosewood, lacquered with perloid triangle inlays sometimes called Sailfins TYPE : Twin cutaway solid body, 4-string passiveД«ODY : Bound, Maple wings aside the neck block