F/S Overwater by Tanglewood Aspiration Standard Plus 4-string bass £325 Chorley, Lancs., PR6

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For sale is this rather lovely Overwater by Tanglewood bass in what is, to my eyes, a pearlescent vintage white colour.  As you can (hopefully) see it is in excellent condition and dates to 2011.  I'd say the image with the ownership notice best represents the colour.

 

The bass is in very good condition with no marks that I see.  I believe the bodies on these were Poplar and the bass has a 3-piece maple neck and rosewood board.  The bass weighs a very shoulder-friendly 8lbs 2oz (3.7kgs in new money) and comes with a decent gig bag, also in very good condition.  The only issue I can find is that one of the knobs has a small fracture in it.  These have a grub screw to grip the pot shaft and I have been unable to find an exact match in order to replace it.  It works absolutely fine so not a major issue.

 

Unfortunately, the original John East preamp suffered mechanical and electrical failure in that the push/pull on the volume that engages a ‘bright’ tone broke.  Thankfully I had a Glockenklang 2-band in the spares drawer that has been happily working away without issue.  The original preamp will be included in the sale.  The bonus here is that although you have lost the ‘bright’ function you now have a push/pull passive option with the treble acting as a tone pot.

 

Our own Dood has reviewed this bass (not this exact bass you understand but one of its siblings) in this video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQmEYg8G9nA

 

I would much prefer to arrange to meet up/deliver/have the bass collected so you can see it in the flesh.  If it is to be a courier then I will get it all packed up for you and you can arrange shipment at your convenience.

 

If you have any questions at all or require additional pictures of any details please ask away and I give as comprehensive an answer as I am able.

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bigmuff69]

I used to own this,what a cracking bass it was,best of luck with the sale

[Karabass]

Hi,

What the country of origin?

Thanks 

[ead]

These basses were made in China by Tanglewood who have a pretty good reputation for their Chinese-made products.  Finally set and and checking for these early batches was done by Overwater in the UK.