zbigniew Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hi there, what can you guys and girls tell me about this Overwater bass that is being sold locally (in Iceland)? It seems to be an old fretless Overwater C bass from what I reckon. Were all of them extra long scale? I have seen info about them being 36" scale. I was having trouble seeing info about recent prices for those, do you have any idea? thanks, z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I use to have the standard version , the idea of this one was that it was tuned to C the idea being to able to play low keyboard type stuff . That's what Chris May told me anyway at the time (1984 ish .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 ^^that. Nowadays 5 strings and longer scales are commonplace, but the C Bass was most unusual for the time. Quality English made gear. I love my Overwaters! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Grab immediately. It's a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) The one in the photo is not extra long scale as the bridge is in the wrong place and therefore it probably isn't a C bass. If you really want to know more about it, the best thing to do is get some better photos of it and drop Overwater an email with them in. Edited July 17, 2016 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Thanks fellow basschatters for the replys I'll see if I can get better photos to e-mail Overwater directly z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 Chris May came through with a swift answer for my question, the bass is an 'Artisan' model from the mid 80's, so about 30 years old. Fretless and 34" scale. I'm not sure if I will pursue it further, I have never had a fretless bass but have always been interested. I will just have to figure out what is a fair price for a bass like this and go from there. Might need to sell my Trace Elliot combo to help finance this Cheers, z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 It's a lovely bass whatever it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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