Damaged Overwater

[Roger2611]

Looks like a pretty clean break and it has a nice gradient to the break so there is plenty to glue and attach to, is it worth a punt or is it a steer well clear job?

I have to say I am tempted

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overwater-C-Bass-Guitar-Restoration-Project-/231305467489?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35dae15661

[LukeFRC]

my thought exactly! would you fix it yourself or pay someone else to? I am tempted, matlock isn't far...

[LukeFRC]

it's not a C bass though, I think it's standard scale.

[Roger2611]

I have a local luthier who put a far more shallow angle headstock snap back on a Gretsch Duo jet for me a couple of years back, it is still solid as ever and even stays perfectly in tune so I am sure he could do this one but the Duo Jet was a neck break not a headstock so I am not sure if that would change things at all

[LukeFRC]

what you got to loose? (about £300)

[TheGreek]

I've got a headless system which I've been itching to put to use.....this may be just what it's been waiting for..

[gelfin]

This is my old Overwater fretless. It had a neck break almost identical to the one above. It can be fixed.

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Edited August 12, 2014 by gelfin

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1407874544' post='2524996']
I've got a headless system which I've been itching to put to use.....this may be just what it's been waiting for..
[/quote]nah fix it, it's a nice bass.... deserves not to be butchered!

[BigRedX]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1407867502' post='2524906']
it's not a C bass though, I think it's standard scale.
[/quote]

I'd agree. For a C Bass the bridge needs to be right at the end of the body like the 36" scale 5-string models.

[UglyDog]

Well worth a punt. Get a tube of Titebond III and some G cramps, job's done.
I concur with others here, it's not a C Bass. Still a lovely instrument though.

[BigRedX]

Still quite expensive. I didn't pay that much more for my most recent Overwater purchase which wasn't broken.

[TheGreek]

Seller has sent me some more photos but I'm having problems posting them without saving them to photobucket (can't really be rrrrsed) - if anybody can be, pm me and I can forward the email..

[ash]

Did anyone get it then?