k50 Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Beautiful 5 string Elite with exhibition grade Koa rear and full front . Mahogany core ,rosewood fingerboard and flamed maple neck laminates . Regularly serviced at Overwater with current electronics . This is the top of the range and in extremely good condition with only one small ding on the rear body , see photo. Hiscox case £1800 plus delivery.Reduced £1300 [url="http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/overwater1/media/20161218_122954.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/overwater1/media/20161218_123009_1.jpg.html"][/url][url="http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/overwater1/media/20161218_123038.jpg.html"][/url] Edited February 24, 2017 by k50
ahpook Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 [quote name='ped' timestamp='1482067981' post='3197321'] Stunning - best looking Overwater I've seen. [/quote] Not half ! GLWTS
bubinga5 Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 I love Koa. One of the greatest looking woods. That and flamed maple.
flamencito Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Wow. What is the scale length, string spacing at the bridge and the weight please? What year was it made in? thnx! Edited December 18, 2016 by flamencito
k50 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) 36" scale with 18mm spacing , weight around 10lb . I'll do a bathroom scales job tomorrow but it's quite reasonable and it does balance exceptionally well . Thanks for all the positive comments . Build year is 2004 , think I'm the second owner . Bought it directly off overwater around ten years ago. Edited December 18, 2016 by k50
eubassix Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 Pretty sure this was the Overwater Prog/El-5 that suffered severe lacquer cracking when quite new. I had it c.2005-6 (but wasn't the first owner) and had it professionally refinished during that time. Sold locally. I think it's had quite a few owners since then. If it's not been refin'd since, then it'll still have the satin (Marleaux) (re)finish from c.2006.
eubassix Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) [quote name='k50' timestamp='1482107219' post='3197744'] Wow thanks for the info ! Let's meet up for a pint and discuss these multiple owners and issues ! Since i bought this bass approximately ten years ago it has certainly not had any other owners , refinished or even played by anyone else . It's only been gigged about 6 times in the last ten years four of which being weddings hence its in excellent condition , regularly serviced by Overwater with the electronics upgraded a few year back . [/quote] No problem - nice to see the bass again, and in the same (excellent) condition as it was when it came back from Germany. Not sure of the actual owners - seems it had a few (at least 4) prior to you, but it's obviously been well looked after which is a greater consideration than the no. of owners. I think it's dated 5/1/2004 (?) which happened to be the birth date (day/month; not year!!) of the local (TS) player who had it after me. Re. 'issues' (?) - none that I was aware of, other than the refinish required due to the cracked lacquer. If I can find them I'll add some photos from 2005 / 2006 which show before&after. Great bass, and Koa is really hard to source now, apparently. BoLWTS. Edited December 19, 2016 by eubassix
lee650 Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Don't suppose you'd be interested in any trades? 😆
k50 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Posted January 15, 2017 Unfortunately I'm after a straight sale but thanks for the interest .
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