Hi all, I was reading another thread here about a Magnum bass (not the Ovation) that someone acquired having sat in a cupboard for 10 years and wanted to share my Magnum bass story.
I managed to pick up my first bass off Gumtree for $40. A Magnum with a P style pick up.
This one made in 02 possibly by looking at the serial number.
When I went to look at it, it had been in storage for a number of years, covered in dust and grime, the fret wire was green with gunk and was set up horribly. I took my ipad, irig and cable, plugged it in and found the jack was loose,
the volume pot wasnt working properly and the tone pot worked fine. When I got it home, I noodled with it that way for about a month before I decided it was time to clean it up.
I bought 2 Bourns 500k mini pots, for $13 and replced the pots, and by drawing diagrams and taking pictures, managed to replace the wiring, tightened the jack but left the original pick up.
I polished the frets with fine metal polish, cleaned and oiled the fret board, cleaned the bridge and attempted to give it a set up based on
a number of internet recommended methods and adjusted the truss rod/action height etc.
Set the tuning and intonation, and for $53 I have a very playable bass to begin my bass journey.
I play through my irig and amplitube on my ipad and sounds just fine to me with a nice selection of Fender, Ampeg and Orange amps to choose from.
One day I will possibly upgrade, but for now I am pretty happy with it.
I managed to pick up my first bass off Gumtree for $40. A Magnum with a P style pick up.
This one made in 02 possibly by looking at the serial number.
When I went to look at it, it had been in storage for a number of years, covered in dust and grime, the fret wire was green with gunk and was set up horribly. I took my ipad, irig and cable, plugged it in and found the jack was loose,
the volume pot wasnt working properly and the tone pot worked fine. When I got it home, I noodled with it that way for about a month before I decided it was time to clean it up.
I bought 2 Bourns 500k mini pots, for $13 and replced the pots, and by drawing diagrams and taking pictures, managed to replace the wiring, tightened the jack but left the original pick up.
I polished the frets with fine metal polish, cleaned and oiled the fret board, cleaned the bridge and attempted to give it a set up based on
a number of internet recommended methods and adjusted the truss rod/action height etc.
Set the tuning and intonation, and for $53 I have a very playable bass to begin my bass journey.
I play through my irig and amplitube on my ipad and sounds just fine to me with a nice selection of Fender, Ampeg and Orange amps to choose from.
One day I will possibly upgrade, but for now I am pretty happy with it.
