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
@brbadge4 ай бұрын
Influence? It’s a straight copy. That’s what they do.
@joecasa854 ай бұрын
This bass screams ART! It's a beautiful piece of Art that's rad looking and sounding! I like it a lot!
@rickc21024 ай бұрын
Very Vox, Guild, '60s af.
@rome81804 ай бұрын
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.
@MichaelD83934 ай бұрын
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.
@haxenheimer97075 ай бұрын
Nice! Hoping you might be able to demo their Black Widow Bass, not a lot of material of them out there🤞
@leesbassment63935 ай бұрын
A must for any Journey tribute band! That, and a T-40….
@chriscuthbertson4 ай бұрын
Came to say the same
@jasondorsey71104 ай бұрын
@@chriscuthbertsonSo, either way a boat anchor
@cestusfr5 ай бұрын
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
@ephraimsb22774 ай бұрын
Based
@nathanvleugels15 ай бұрын
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...
@pilummurialis64903 ай бұрын
I love the body design of this, I could see this working much like a 50's aesthetic!
@Pookiestud27 күн бұрын
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.
@ChrisDavis19755 ай бұрын
I normally like the more traditional body shapes but I think this thing is rad. 🤙🏻
@Eric13964 ай бұрын
Sounds great! Really inspiring.
@rickc21024 ай бұрын
okay, sold as soon as I heard stereo outs, but then that massive fuzz tone, whoa
@Jimmy_Jim_Jim_12344 ай бұрын
I'd love to get ahold of an original Ovation Magnum 3.
@viperBSG5 ай бұрын
An old Ovation design. Was cool back when and I'm hoping still is.
@pjmuck4 ай бұрын
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.
@chrismorris38974 ай бұрын
Eastwood makes some awesome Basses! I would love to own a Tiger Bass!
@rome81804 ай бұрын
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.
@dreibel5 ай бұрын
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.
@brbadge4 ай бұрын
The tone on that song would not be defined as “ deep”. Ultra middy, yea.
@chriscuthbertson4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@larseikind6664 ай бұрын
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.
@CommunRyder4 ай бұрын
Tool’s Paul D’Amour played an Ovation back then
@I-Libertine4 ай бұрын
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.
@StevenDoyleLuke4 ай бұрын
More Eastwoods, Please . . .
@McPhersonBassMaster4 ай бұрын
Anybody know anything about the neck pickup construction? Regular humbucker in a sidewinder-looking case, or an actual sidewinder under that cover?
@Charlesbakowski4 ай бұрын
Ive always loved these. That body could only have come from the seventies.
@xero_20034 ай бұрын
Damn, no Journey?
@enparticular5 ай бұрын
how big is this bass? I'm always confused for it's body size. It's like a fender in size, smaller? bigger?
@chrishass7144 ай бұрын
So.. A Gibson EB-3 shaped like an Ovation?
@charlescdt65094 ай бұрын
A bit like the old National Bass from the 70's.
@tylerd48845 ай бұрын
was the original a full 34" scale?
@aklemmentin4 ай бұрын
yes I think it was a full scale
@rickc21024 ай бұрын
could it call itself magnum if it were any less
@ShoesMagoo4 ай бұрын
That's the super-weirdliest shit right there, fo sho.
@Wharbaby5 ай бұрын
the real question is, you keeping it?
@ianr024 ай бұрын
Needless to say the intro sounds a lot like an EB3... hardly surprising given the design and position of the neck pickup..
@itsratso.4 ай бұрын
devo. that is all.
@fanbladeinstruments3 ай бұрын
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_horse40224 ай бұрын
Really don't like the look but it sounded great
@SebTheSaviour4 ай бұрын
man, you have a T40 hanging on the wall, throw away these basses ;)
@greggblankenshipp82024 ай бұрын
The ugly bass sounds pretty good..............
@hillblocksview5 ай бұрын
It's the *Pug* of bass's definitely one ugly son of a gun. 😳 but then again... 🤔
@deathmaybeyoursantaclaus4 ай бұрын
Barry Adamson from the post-punk band Magazine played one of these. Awesome instrument, but not everyone's cup of tea! 🍵