This Reimagining Of A Classic Bass Is WILD! - Eastwood Magnum Bass

[@andrewpappas9311]

Definitely didn’t expect to see them take influence from Ovation for this design but I’m digging it, that’s really cool and sounds great as well

[@brbadge]

Influence? It’s a straight copy. That’s what they do.

[@joecasa85]

This bass screams ART! It's a beautiful piece of Art that's rad looking and sounding! I like it a lot!

[@rickc2102]

Very Vox, Guild, '60s af.

[@rome8180]

Another pro that should be listed is the price. With Made in Mexico Fenders often costing over $1000 nowadays, to get something unique for only $900 feels like a steal provided the build quality is even halfway reasonable.

[@MichaelD8393]

I got an Eastwood Magnum about two months ago, and I still have trouble putting it down. It's such a comfortable bass to play. Its plethora of tones also make it adept at any recording or performance situation; possibly the most versatile bass I've ever played.

[@haxenheimer9707]

Nice! Hoping you might be able to demo their Black Widow Bass, not a lot of material of them out there🤞

[@leesbassment6393]

A must for any Journey tribute band! That, and a T-40….

[@chriscuthbertson]

Came to say the same

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@chriscuthbertsonSo, either way a boat anchor

[@cestusfr]

The real one was used so heavily by Jah Wobble in solo and in Public Image LTD. I became a bassist because of its sound in the song "graveyard" from PIL

[@ephraimsb2277]

Based

[@nathanvleugels1]

awesome! I'd love to see a lot more eastwood basses on your channel. They have some super cool looking stuff, like the surfcaster bass, black widow, MRG bass...

[@pilummurialis6490]

I love the body design of this, I could see this working much like a 50's aesthetic!

[@Pookiestud]

I love that Eastwood made one of these! I am a huge fan of Ovation instruments. With that being said, the original Magnums are not that much more expensive and they are AWESOME. I’d lean toward an original for about $500 more.

[@ChrisDavis1975]

I normally like the more traditional body shapes but I think this thing is rad. 🤙🏻

[@Eric1396]

Sounds great! Really inspiring.

[@rickc2102]

okay, sold as soon as I heard stereo outs, but then that massive fuzz tone, whoa

[@Jimmy_Jim_Jim_1234]

I'd love to get ahold of an original Ovation Magnum 3.

[@viperBSG]

An old Ovation design. Was cool back when and I'm hoping still is.

[@pjmuck]

I ordered one ( a lefty) and had to return it. The neck/bridge was so poorly misaligned that the strings did not pass over the bridge pickup poles, resulting in a significantly lower output on the G string than the rest of the strings. I hope they resolve this problem, as I would like to own one again, but they need to get their QC in order.

[@chrismorris3897]

Eastwood makes some awesome Basses! I would love to own a Tiger Bass!

[@rome8180]

One cool thing about this bass is that it almost sounds like a short scale. It's got that really round, borderline "tubby" sound I associate with short scale basses. But it's a 34" scale. I'm guessing the tone has to do with the pickup placement and type.

[@dreibel]

The Ross Valory bass, the Ovation he used for "Don't Stop Believin'' " for that cool deep tone. The only thing I would do to mod that would give it a different hi-mass bridge to complete the look of the Ovation original - Hipshot's hi-mass Rickenbacher 4001/4003 replacement, or one salvaged from Jackson's Jackenbacker bass would fit the ticket.

[@brbadge]

The tone on that song would not be defined as “ deep”. Ultra middy, yea.

[@chriscuthbertson]

@@brbadge There it quite a lot of low end in the "Don't Stop Believin'' bass tone, it's almost piano like. Depth but with loads of clarity.

[@larseikind666]

The only thing I don't like on the original Ovation is the headstock design. So this is a nice bass. And it's not dead expensive either.

[@CommunRyder]

Tool’s Paul D’Amour played an Ovation back then

[@I-Libertine]

I had a Magnum 2. It had a very distinctive feel with a carbon fiber neck and massive bridge. It looks the part, but I wonder if it really feels/sounds it. The sound was very versatile: from Rick to T-Bird, to PBass. Oh, did I mention heavy? Did I mention heavy? Did I mention heavy? Like a Peavey T-40 designed by a rich kid on shrooms.

[@StevenDoyleLuke]

More Eastwoods, Please . . .

[@McPhersonBassMaster]

Anybody know anything about the neck pickup construction? Regular humbucker in a sidewinder-looking case, or an actual sidewinder under that cover?

[@Charlesbakowski]

Ive always loved these. That body could only have come from the seventies.

[@xero_2003]

Damn, no Journey?

[@enparticular]

how big is this bass? I'm always confused for it's body size. It's like a fender in size, smaller? bigger?

[@chrishass714]

So.. A Gibson EB-3 shaped like an Ovation?

[@charlescdt6509]

A bit like the old National Bass from the 70's.

[@tylerd4884]

was the original a full 34" scale?

[@aklemmentin]

yes I think it was a full scale

[@rickc2102]

could it call itself magnum if it were any less

[@ShoesMagoo]

That's the super-weirdliest shit right there, fo sho.

[@Wharbaby]

the real question is, you keeping it?

[@ianr02]

Needless to say the intro sounds a lot like an EB3... hardly surprising given the design and position of the neck pickup..

[@itsratso.]

devo. that is all.

[@fanbladeinstruments]

The original had a neck pickup that had a unique construction with one coil per string, and trimpots to balance them. I've made several pickups with that design and the result was a pickup with unparalelled clarity and force, each coil able to get a near perfect read on each string. That's the only thing that saved those ugly basses from immediate cancellation, nothing else sounds as good as an original Magnum bass. And Eastwood just dropped in a mudbucker because chrome. The one pickup that's guaranteed to get lost in any mix. Fail.

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

Really don't like the look but it sounded great

[@SebTheSaviour]

man, you have a T40 hanging on the wall, throw away these basses ;)

[@greggblankenshipp8202]

The ugly bass sounds pretty good..............

[@hillblocksview]

It's the *Pug* of bass's definitely one ugly son of a gun. 😳 but then again... 🤔

[@deathmaybeyoursantaclaus]

Barry Adamson from the post-punk band Magazine played one of these. Awesome instrument, but not everyone's cup of tea! 🍵

[@joebodynobody764]

The original Tool bass.