BassBus

The bass came with rounds which sounded great but I do love LaBella flats on an ebony board. New set arrived today so on they went and set up. Everything I wanted from this instrument and more. Delicious, fat, warm tone from it. One happy chappy. So you see, Santa does exist after all.

Broadband duly restored, even if the wiring for it has all but been condemned (full fibre to be investigated), and now I have recovered from opening the case, here is my new Overwater headless Progress. Feels completely at home in my hands and is a joy to play. Martin nailed the neck profile I wanted and I do love a headless bass. Thanks to Martin Lee, Chris May and everyone else involved in the building of this marvellous instrument. We will be very happy together for a long time. Three piece ash body Three piece maple neck Lined ebony fingerboard Hipshot tuner/bridge John East Overwater preamp

Not quite Lauder so I’ll substitute so I don’t die before I get old.

Now you’re all going to tell me you want to see it. 😄 Sadly my internet is down just now but as soon as it’s back I’ll put up some photos. That might be a couple of days. However, it is fantastic and feels right at home in my hands. Mick, MM Stingray 62, will confirm how good it is as he saw it before I did.

Friday is the pickup day. 😎

Yes, stunning. Looks like you're going to get yours before I get mine, Mick.

Yum. Looking fantastic.

Enjoying this progress.

Oooo, that's going to look good. Glad to see some movement on it.

I'm like a little boy waiting for Christmas. Just a pity I'm very, very far from being a little boy. 😄

Bass is through finishing and curing this week ready for final assembly next week. Here's a little tease of the finished top. Now radio silence until it's in my sweaty hands.

I'll second Newtone Strings. They made me up a batch of ten sets of the gauges I wanted in DBE. Very quick and easy transaction. Takes them about two weeks to make up a custom order.

Something a little different on a bass. I used two phased loops in the Flashback delay to create a drone and played the bass with the Ebow over the top of the loops.

Next is into sanding and finishing. Martin is just finishing the profile of the back of the neck first. All paid for now so not long.