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I floated this in a thread in 'Items Wanted' and got a few nibbles but no serious bites. So let's see if anyone wants it.

An Ovation Magnum II active bass. It is in lovely shape, with the foam in the mutes and everything, and has had the following modifications from original by a previous owner:

1 slider pot (treble) has been replaced with a rotary pot.
An extra rotary pot has been fitted. It does SOMETHING, but too subtly for my ears to tell you what.
The jack socket has been moved to the base.
The scratchplate is non-original.

All the work looks to have been done neatly. I haven't opened it up to look at the wiring, but the sounds are all there. It runs off 2 9V batteries, and has all the great features like individual coils for the pickup poles, so you can adjust the volume for each string.

And it's so pretty...

Loads more pics if you want them.

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These are AMAZING basses IMO. I have the slightly less extreme shaped one (same neck and electronics) and it is fantastic. One of those I really don't ever think I'll sell. You can get some really unique sounds out of it as well as some seriously usable ones and it plays beautifully.

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Only ever played one once - stood there well smug waiting to trash it. Wrong!

It really is a quality instrument with , as has been said , lots of very useable sounds. Really solid feel and a unique look.

I hope someone has the bottle I lack and get's this fella gigging. Be different - not a dinosaur like me.

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btw this might be of interest [url="http://www.ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/Magnum%20Bass%20Owner%20Manual/Magnum%20Bass%20Owner%20Manual.html"]http://www.ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/M...r%20Manual.html[/url] ;)

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[quote name='joegarcia' post='420049' date='Feb 26 2009, 01:19 PM']How would you go about converting it to passive then? Could it be done in a non destructive way dya reckon?[/quote]

I'd get a new scratchplate made with 4 holes for knobs and one for a 3-way switch, then de-solder the existing electronics from the pickups, and remove the whole control assembly in one go, including scratchplate. Then wire up the new scratchplate with new pots. That way returning the bass to stock would be easy.

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