Signing to Beggars Banquet in 1987 and deciding on the name Luxuria, Devoto and Noko released two LPs: Unanswerable Lust (1988) and Beastbox (1990) and toured Europe and USA throughout 1988 with a line-up of Devoto and Noko on vocals/guitars and viola as usual and Karl Leiker – bass, Mark Rowlett – Drums/Sequential Studio 440, James Gardner – keyboards, programming, Frog – guitar/keyboards. The line-up for that Adultery show was: Howard Devoto – vocals, Noko – lead guitar/viola, Leroy James – keyboards/2nd guitar, Pete Kinski – bass, Simon Hoare – drums. (Noko also played a set with Pete Shelley at the same gig in a line-up that also included ex-Magazine drummer John Doyle). They played a short set as Adultery, borrowing backline from The Smiths. The latter group, consisting of Noko (guitar and vocals), Simon Hoare (drums), Mark Sanderson (bass) and James Gardner, released a total of three songs before folding, which were released on an EP called Make Hell (For The Beautiful People).įounder Buzzcock and Magazine frontman, Howard Devoto, started writing with Noko in 1986 with a view to putting a band together to play Factory Records' Festival of the Tenth Summer at the G-Mex arena in Manchester that summer to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Punk. He joined The Cure as bassist, playing for some European and UK live–TV dates, and formed two bands, Dynamo Futurista and The Umbrella. In 1983, he became involved with three bands. Despite the DJ John Peel being a fan of their music, they never released any material, recording only an unreleased single at Open Eye Studios, in Liverpool and playing a few gigs in the North-West, most notably supporting Cabaret Voltaire at Nathan McGough's Plato's Ballroom in 1981, before disbanding the same year.
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The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fingerboard with no dead spots or choking out.In 1980, he formed his first band called Alvin the Aardvark & the Fuzzy Ants, who played their first gig on 16 January 1981 on After All That…This, a Granada TV show presented by Nick Turnbull. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functioning and the action has been setup low and comfortable. Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has just inspected, setup and restrung this bass with a new set of D’addario half-rounds. The bridge has an antique brass patina that looks really cool and was actually how it looked from the factory. There is some wear around the edge of the fingerboard and a few small dents on the back of the neck but overall this bass in in fantastic vintage condition and was cared for very much by its previous owner. There are some small dings and dents around the side of the body and back, some light scratches but no chips through the finish. The strap buttons are strap-lock style.Ĭosmetics: This bass is in great shape with no breaks, cracks or visible repairs. There are 2 output jacks for stereo or mono, volume and tone for each pickup, 3 way toggle and Ovation tuning keys. They have a “U” fork shape which hones the magnetic field and makes for bright and focused bridge pickup tones. The bridge pickup is a single coil with the most unique pole pieces I have ever seen on a pickup. Pickups/Hardware: The neck pickup is basically a P bass style humbucker housed under a large chrome plated cover but what makes it incredible unique are the 4 mini CTS pots that adjust the output of each pole piece. It has a 20 fret ebony fingerboard with 34” scale length 1 9/16” nut width and pearloid dots. Neck: The bolt-on mahogany neck has a carbon fiber strip that runs the whole length of the neck making it rigid and impervious to warpage. It is in fantastic condition, plays and sounds great and ships in its original brown hardshell case with gold interior.īody: Offset mahogany body with belly and arm contours and 2 tone tobacco burst finish. It has just been setup and restrung with a new set of half-round D’addario strings. It even has a totally functioning string mute, mono and stereo output and all original hardware. The pickups in this bass are a design that is 100% Ovation- the neck pickup has 4 individual mini CTS pots for adjusting the output of each pole piece and the bridge pickup pole pieces have a very distinct design for focusing the magnetic field. Summary: Very few basses compete with the unique functionality and style of the illustrious Ovation Magnum 1! Its offset body shape is stunning and the graphite strip running the length of the neck makes it rigid and impervious to warpage.