Overwater Basses

[ebe9]

Was having a look around the web and found the following.


http://www.overwaterbasses.com/


Has anyone heard of them, and if so what are the general views of their basses.

Thanks

[Jody LeCompte]

I've never heard of them, but they sure are pretty...

[TheBassman238]

never herd of or played one... but there are some hott lookin basses...

-TBM

[edgebass5]

Heard of them a lot over at talkbass, head over that way and do a search, you'll find plenty of info. Most of what I have heard is good.

[PaulR]

They look very expensive.

[tim_commerfordism]

They are amazing. Really amazing, based in Carlisle in England I think.
My teacher has a 5 string, fretted. beautiful wood and the electronics and PUP's are ace. Best bass ive ever played IMHO, with my Rick coming up soon behind.

[HaVIC5]

Yeah, there plenty of these high-end, hand made botique basses floating around. They're all likely extremely high quality, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg to get them.

[edgebass5]

^^^You'd be suprised, there are some suprisingly affordable custom luthiers out there.

[Psychopsilocybin]

http://www.overwaterbasses.com/images05/jv-series/JV%20series%20traditional%20deluxe.jpg
:naughty: that's amazing

[2rri]

meow

[Chris K]

I've played one, a guy who plays with some of the bands at the hotel where I work uses one when he's not on an electric upright, it's a 5 string, fretted. It's about 10 years old, he says, pretty good, played well but wasn't bright enough imo, despite having new strigns on it! He even let me fiddle with his EQ but I still didn't love it. We talk bass when we see each other, and talk about the virtue of Kubicki :D

[Bass_swede]

http://www.overwaterbasses.com/images05/jv-series/JV%20series%20traditional%20deluxe.jpg
:naughty: that's amazing

I was just GASing over that particular picture!! :smash: :p

[skingle]

From the site:

Construction philosophyOur philosophy has always been to treat electric basses as acoustic instruments first. Electronics are important - but only to the extent that they can enhance what is already inherent in the bass: the fundamental tone must come from the wood!

As a general rule, anything with a specific gravity over about .85 (such as Bubinga, Cocobolo and all the Rosewoods) have a tendency to make the bass 'growl'. When light, resonant timbers like Swamp Ash, Alder or Sycamore are incorporated into a body, they give a clear open, 'hi-fi' sound.

Slightly heavier woods such as regular Ash and Maple add a little more brightness and punch, and those medium-weight, darker open-grained timbers such as Mahogany, Walnut and Lacewood emphasise the mid-range, which is great for classic fretless sounds and a fat, warm clarity in fretted basses.

Interesting, they seem to know what they are talking about.

[studmuffin]

that blue sunburst J-series is just sweet. i want one.
i didn't see any four strings on there though.:confused:

[FU.CKY.OU]

^It also has ying-yang inlays if you didnt notice, and an ebony fingerboard..

I was checking them about the other day, then stopped when i realized that aqua burst J-series is like 3000 us bucks.

[d-basser]

overwaters are beautiful. saw some in a shop next to warwicks (the expensive bass corner) and the overwaters just blew them away. anyone know if they have a show room in Carlisle cos i'm down there tomorrow?

[tim_commerfordism]

overwaters are beautiful. saw some in a shop next to warwicks (the expensive bass corner) and the overwaters just blew them away. anyone know if they have a show room in Carlisle cos i'm down there tomorrow?

I think they have one in their main store thingy.

[d-basser]

where is that?

[tim_commerfordism]

i dont know, in carlisle.

[Jaco]

They are expensive, hand-made basses. I've got to say, whilst I've never got round to playing one, for every compliment I've heard, I've had a bad comment as well...they certainly look the business, and when you're spending a few grand gbp on a bass to your own specs, you'll generally be sure of what you're ordering!


I think there are other luthiers out there in the UK (Jaydee, Goodfellow, John Shuker) who would challenge Overwater - but then they probably haven't been around as long as this company.


Regards


Mike

[Killer Fridge]

ahh they are pure secks, my tutor has 4 or 5, something silly like that

check the gallery at the j-retro site to see his awesome jazz with it in, its fantastic (hes phil mulford btw)

[Carpe Noctis]

that blue sunburst J-series is just sweet. i want one.
i didn't see any four strings on there though.:confused:

I noticed a 4 in the Progress series, but that was it. I suppose they prefer making ERB's. These basses are definetly beautiful, I'd loe to give one a try. :naughty:

[sixner]

pretty nice... i like it.. prices?

-sixner

[d-basser]

around the £2000 mark, ish, i think.

[ShelBel]

Those are some beautiful pieces. Probably WAY out of my price range, but still gorgeous.

[Killer Fridge]

ooh also try their strings, theyre awesome