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SOLD! Overwater Progress III Deluxe Fretless Six

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Following a very naughty wallet opening session involving a siren call from a fretless Zon 6, whose image may grace the porn section soon (if you ask nicely :) ), my otherwise beloved fretless six string Overwater Progress III needs to be gently shown the door, preferably while I’m under anesthetic or equivalent as I’ve been very much in love with this bass in the four years I’ve had it. So here goes:

It’s a Progress III Deluxe fretless 6, finished in May ’03. It has the distinction of having been Laurence of Overwater’s personal bass, before, as I understand it, he went over largely to double bass.

The bass is 35” scale with the usual maple/purpleheart through neck, walnut body wings and a particularly nice English flame olive ash top. The fingerboard is a particularly thick piece of ebony, unlined except for the rather decorative ‘helper’ dots between the C and G strings. Hardware’s all black, including Hipshot Ultralite aluminium tuners. Usual OW electronics with the East made bass/mid/treble circuit with locking jack + balanced XLR outputs.

The condition is generally very good or better: there’s virtually no wear on the fingerboard and absolutely no playing issues; there a couple of very minor dinks around the side of the body (really trivial) and one little crunch at the base of the headstock (ugh, don’t ask...) which you can see in the photos. There’s a little bit of lacquer checking (if that’s the word) happening on the back of the neck around the veloute. Funnily enough my OW guitar has done this too. I mention all this just to be pedantically complete, as the bass really is in great nick.

It’s currently got almost new Status groundwound/halfwound strings on it, which I’m not totally in love with to be honest, but they do at least feel quite smooth without being completely flatwound dead. Although TI Jazz flats do sound great on this bass...

The bass plays wonderfully well, as you might hope, and has a big, open, quite clean tone to it. Just to ensure that the cliché quotient is kept up, I am of course obliged to tell you that it has ‘tons of mwahh’. Well it really does!

The figure I have in my head is something around £1000. Feel free to make an offer approaching this. Offers not involving small body parts or mouse clavicles will be particularly welcome :huh: . I’m not really into trades at the moment as I have more than all the basses an Alemboid could ask for, but I’m weak and suggestible when trades are offered, so you never know.

Oh, I should mention, it comes with a Hiscox hard case.

I’m near Oxford and you’re welcome to come and have a look at it, or even have a look at the bass if you’d rather. Will post under duress, but would rather not.

Cheers all, B.

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And I should add that copious quantities of humous or hummus or houmus will be laid on for any visitors, now this has been 'outed' as the Basschat snack of choice. :)

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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='184567' date='Apr 24 2008, 03:24 PM']Are you insane?[/quote]


Well: 1. Quite probably, yes :) ; 2. You saw what the garage/studio was like last time; 3. Wait 'til you try the new Zon; 4. I'm trying 'serial monogamy' with the fretlesses, or that's my story at the moment...

Fancy some houmous?

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:huh: ;) :D ;) ;) ;) WOW!! Stunning!!!

Id actually love this, seriously, but I have ended up constantly trying to find a cheaper alternative to an Overwater fretless 6. I really need to get me a FL 6!!!! :) No way can I afford this one at all, as much as I try!!

Honestly, the best fretless I have ever played was made by Chris May and his team, these things are awesome! I bet this bass is no exception.. just look at it!!!

Can I pay in installments for the next, um say, 20 years??? ;) ;) :huh: Edited by overwater#1
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[quote name='Alemboid' post='184569' date='Apr 24 2008, 03:35 PM']Well: 1. Quite probably, yes :) ; 2. You saw what the garage/studio was like last time; 3. Wait 'til you try the new Zon; 4. I'm trying 'serial monogamy' with the fretlesses, or that's my story at the moment...

Fancy some houmous?[/quote]
Yes I know what this bass is up against. So it sounds like you're converting to Zon then? MmmmMMmmm.

Have you got any hummous instead? I don't like the taste of houmous.

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[quote name='overwater#1' post='184580' date='Apr 24 2008, 03:51 PM']Can I pay in installments for the next, um say, 20 years??? ;) ;) :huh:[/quote]

Cheers Matt! It is a beaut and to be honest I have a lingering guilty feeling even thinking about selling it as it's so good and the Overwater guys are so very good too. But recent badness involving the aforementioned bit of graphite-y fretlessness and a challenging new dalliance with an NS/Stick mean that something's got to give. :)

As to installments, hmm 20 yrs @ an APR of... let me see. Have you sold your soul yet? :huh: (mine went on the big Alembic a few years back)

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Oh yeah... the soul went on my fretted Overwater, sorry mate.... :) ;)

Well I wish you the best of luck in finding that right bass anyway! Sorry I can't buy this one... ;) Maybe one day.. :huh:

All the best, Matt :huh:

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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='184595' date='Apr 24 2008, 04:02 PM']Have you got any hummous instead? I don't like the taste of houmous.[/quote]

Hummous is certainly more tuneful, although I can never understand the lyrics. I've definitely got humus in the back garden though...

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[quote name='Alemboid' post='184606' date='Apr 24 2008, 04:09 PM']Hummous is certainly more tuneful, although I can never understand the lyrics. I've definitely got humus in the back garden though...[/quote]
Thats OK, I can just about tolerate humous though. If its fresh...

...you're not turning into a Zon Buddhist by any chance?

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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='184618' date='Apr 24 2008, 04:17 PM']...you're not turning into a Zon Buddhist by any chance?[/quote]

Aargh! Yes, mine'll be one with everything...

Squeezing some poor innocent baby chick peas as we speak.

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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='184710' date='Apr 24 2008, 06:03 PM']Ohmmwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

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No, no. I can't [i]sustain [/i] all the punning.

I do promise that my humous won't carry e-bow-la though....

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I have the same progress & its the best bass i have ever had fretless or fretted[different woods. and lined, wasnt brave enough].Good luck selling

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[quote name='haimesy' post='184798' date='Apr 24 2008, 07:57 PM']I have the same progress & its the best bass i have ever had fretless or fretted[different woods. and lined, wasnt brave enough].Good luck selling[/quote]

Cheers haimesy, and thanks for the kind words!

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[quote name='ped' post='185349' date='Apr 25 2008, 03:13 PM']I think I had a go on this in your batcave did I not, Ben? Superb as I remember...[/quote]

Cheers Ped, yes that's the one. "Batcave" :) perfect - won't be able to refer to the place as anything else now!

Thanks too Marcus.

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Overwater Progress fretless basses are among the very best sounding and playing fretlesses available, in my opinion.

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Little bumpling.

I meant to say that I'm happy to take Paypal for the bass if this encourages anyone. And I'm reasonably open to offers. I won't bite or be excessively rude back... probably. :)

This is a deliciously lovely fretless you know.

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Thanks Alemboid!! Same goes for him though; he went over and above what was necessary, and is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet (as well has having an enviable selection of basses!). I'll make sure to treat it well :)

Thanks again,

Clagooey

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A very happy customer!

Yes I did Kiwi; I had a bit of an unamped noodle with his new Zon, his Alembic, and a few others. Bloody fantastic pieces of kit! And I managed to see a chapman stick in real life for the first time. It was almost like bass heaven, if I say so myself!

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