It's here! After a little wait & as usual, exquisite luthier work by the team at Overwater Basses & continued support. We have an Overwater Custom J5 Fretless with a few custom options.
Listed below will be the full but here are the custom features I've added.
35" Scale
Walnut top & headstock facing
Swapping out the bridge position J pickup and dropping in a Musicman pickup.
Added passive tone control (as usual for myself)
Luminlay sidedots
This bass was specced & delivered very quickly for a specific tour to start shortly this year. It was commissioned due to the need of a 5 string fretless bass for quite a few tracks. Have two fretless basses in my collection already - 1976 Musicman Stingray & an early 1970's P Bass. Both four strings so not ideal for the job.
I would like to send my thanks to Kirsty, Martin, Chris & the whole team at Overwater Basses for the amazing basses they make daily & for the continued support from the company also.
Full Specification -
5 String
35” Scale Length
Neck -
Standard Bolt On
One Piece Maple
Straight Headstock with Walnut Veneer
Fretless (24 fret neck)
46mm Nut Width
18mm Bridge Spacing
Plain Unlined Ebony Fingerboard
Luminlay Side Dots
Body -
Swamp Ash
Walnut Top
Electronics -
Active Overwater 3 Band + Passive Tone Control
Pickups -
Overwater Jazz Single Coil + Musicman Humbucker
Locking Jack
Hardware -
Overwater Bridge
Hipshot Hardware in Black
Satin Natural Lacquer Finish
Phill.