A little fingerboard oil over its early years would have prevented this. There were the beginnings of a few small hairline cracks up past the twelfth fret. The one area that suffered a little was the fingerboard. I don’t think the original owner played this bass much at all, and he also didn’t do any kind of maintenance. It looks sort of like ebony, but tighter grained. They maybe called it «ebinol»… not 100% sure. IIRC, the fingerboard on these is some type of dyed or impregnated hardwood or composite blend. Next I moved on to the neck, which after a gentle buff out looked as close to mint as the body does. Gunkote is a great finish, and 18 years later there is no noticeable wear, and it looks great on this bass…much better than the factory finish over the aluminum. I very carefully sanded off the old finish and applied two applications of Gunkote, which is a charcoal grey, almost black, baked on ceramic like finish, similar to Duracoat. The finish on these two parts doesn’t age well. The other problem area on these is the aluminum bridge and pickup surround. Controls all work as they should as well, and I coated the electronics cavity with carbon conductive shielding paint to make the already «pretty quiet» electronics even quieter. Both pickups work as they should, and the chrome is great. Anyway the pickguard is mint…as are the knobs and selector switch cover. The pickguards on these are somewhat easy to break, usually where the jack is mounted, and someone steps on your cord and rips it out. Did a quick, minimal buff out and got the body looking mint. I completely disassembled it and went to work. It was really dirty and the case was in bad shape, but once I did my initial clean up I found that there were very few real issues. Picked this up off eBay maybe 18 years ago.
OVATION MAGNUM BASS EARLY MODLE SERIAL
This is an probably an early one….they made these 1974-1979 I think, and out of the five digit serial numbers, this one comes in under the 800 mark. Starting this exceptional specimen at $1400.00 with non-original hardshell case…$1300.00 without the case. TYPE: Double off-set cutaway body, Active 4-string Along the headstock there are some minor chips and the body has some very small dents. The finish is original and is in good condition with no crackeling and only minor indentations along the bottom of the body. All of the parts are original and are functional. With the classic Ovation headstock and very unique double off-set cutaway body, it stands out against the rest.
Vintage late 70s Ovation Bass Magnum made in the U.S.A.
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