I am not familiar with the body style and I have tried to find pics from that era with no luck. Valory also played for The Vu, The Storm, Frumious Bandersnatch and the Steve Miller Band. Anybody know what bass Ross is playing on the 'Escape: Live in Houston '81' DVD I just happened to catch it on VH1 classics the other night. I work in a CD warehouse and a copy of Escape came through today, I could almost identify it by the 2+2 headstock, wasnt hard to make formal ID on it once I got home.
In addition to b*, Valory plays keyboards and guitar and sings. Trying something different, many times i'll see an odd bass and ask for help - today let me present Ross Valory's (Journey) bass of choice, the Ovation Magnum II. In recent years, Valory has played a Music Man StingRay b* guitar.
Valory recorded Escape with an Ovation Magnum II, used a Peavey for Frontiers, and a Fender Jazz up until the Departure album. This adds the five string depth to the songs, while allowing the quick fingering of a four-string neck. Thus, instead of the usual E-A-D-G arrangement, his b* is strung as B-E-A-D, which he calls Nashville Tuning. One of Valory's techniques is to string a four-string b* with the bottom four strings of a 5-string set. Though he returned to the band when they reformed in 1995, Valory was dismissed from Journey again in 2020, with Jackson replacing him once again. For Raised on Radio, he was replaced on b* in the studio by Bob Glaub on three songs, while the remaining songs were played by Randy Jackson, who also played on the subsequent tour. In fact it was Jim Nixon, the manager of Frumious Bandersnatch, who would introduce Valory to Journey band members along with Prairie Prince, later of The Tubes who originally sat in on drums.Īside from his termination from the group during the Raised on Radio album sessions and the album's supporting tour in 1986, Valory has played on all of Journey's albums to date. He was joined by guitarist David Denny, drummer Jack King and b*ist Bobby Winkelman, all of whom would become members of the Steve Miller Band. He played with Frumious Bandersnatch followed by Steve Miller Band appearing on Rock Love. His mother introduced him to jazz, particularly Dave Brubeck. A little research leads me to believe it is a Magnum 3, since it has the WACKIEST active electronics I've ever seen, but a more normal (Fendery) body shape. In high school, he played clarinet, b* clarinet and guitar. I'm not sure if it is the coolest bass ever, or a combination of the worst ideas the 70's had to offer, but a friend of a friend just walked in with the weirdest Ovation bass I've ever seen. Ross Valory is originally from the Bay Area, growing up in Lafayette, California and attended Acalanes High School.
Valory was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017. Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as the b* player for the rock band Journey from 1973 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2020. American musician (born 1949)Musical artist Re: Ovation Magnum I Bass by ( antipodean ) » Wed 3:21 am These have varied a lot - in the last few years theyve been as low as USD 500 and as high as USD 900, but with most trading in the USD 600-700 range.
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