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The neck is an oddity, pretty chunky and thick but fast and very playable. I don’t want to put it down haha. It reminds me a bit of my Gibson G3 with some P bass goodness thrown in. That big ass pick up is no joke.
Ha I was looking at yours in another Magnum post before I went thinking “no way it’s in that good of shape”. Any thoughts on strings or tips for that crazy bridge?
The bridge takes some tweaking and practice to get used to, but it does work, I had no problem setting my intonation (once I got a replacement nut for the one that was missing) - what's curious is that mine came with that same oddly misplaced D string saddle, odd coincidence...
I heard something rattling, the nut that holds the D string saddle in place was in the control cavity. I jacked up the bridge settings trying to figure out how to take it off to put that nut back on. On a positive not the intonation is perfect now.
Yeah I never did get my bridge to come completely off, but I got it loosened enough to get the new nut back on the underside of the saddle, so all good now. I'm using light gauge DR Sunbeams on mine - just happened to have a set that was on sale, not typically a light gauge kind of guy - but it's fun getting all wobbly and bendy!
In case you lose one of the nuts, they're SAE 6/32 thread.
I love Magnum 1's. My favorite bass of the era. Wish I could find one in good shape for a reasonable price
Smart seller. That fretless likely would fetch more than most Rics if it's still in any kind of decent shape. Kewl.
With the stiff neck on these, a fretless would mwaaaah for days.
I also have a Mag I. Great player, and the looks you get are priceless. Great sound. I could never get the action on mine low enough. Its ok, but the saddles and bridge adjustment are bottomed out.
