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Date: Sunday 23rd September 2012 Venue: Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13 9PY Tel: 020 8876 5241 Overwater is planning a trip to London! Time to catch-up with old friends, meet new ones, chat about basses, make some noise and generally have a good time! It’s the only bass event happening in London this winter as …

The first of the new Inspiration Series basses are about to leave the workshop and several dealers should have them in stock within the next few weeks: The Inspiration Series is the first of a new range of mid priced basses we are introducing into the Overwater family and are designed to fit in between …

Special Edition Aspiration Prototypes Following the hugely successful launch of the ‘Aspiration Series’ basses, built and distributed in partnership with Tanglewood Guitars and available in over fifty dealers throughout the UK; we are now working on a range of ‘Special Edition’ Aspiration Series and ‘Classic Edition’ J Series basses, that will fit neatly between Overwater …

Vintage J Series Our very own Laurence Blackadder brought his two J Series basses into the workshop for a service this week. His first call bass is fiesta red with an Alder body and Birdseye maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard inlayed with white pearl blocks. This bass has Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pickups and a …

New Shop Page Stu has been working on a new shop page for the web site which will cover a range of Overwater products including: Strings Custom Overwater basses Special Edition aspiration stock Acoustic Image Amplifiers Paypal will be a available, for more information on stock e-mail laurence@overwaterbasses.com or call us on 01221 590 591. …

We had an unexpected visit on Saturday from Chris’s old friend and long term Overwater player, London session musician Phil Mulford – who finding himself with a day off during a  Glasgow based recording of a John Barrowman’s TV spectacular for the BBC, decided to pop down to Carlisle and pay us a surprise visit… …

Scott Devine Scott Devine, long term friend of Overwater has ordered a new bass from us this week for some up and coming videos. If you haven’t already, check out his videos and tutorials at www.scottsbasslessons.com covering a useful and wide range of educational material. Scott has ordered a 4 string J Series bass with …

What has been going on this week?…. Jon Ladhams, the winner of the 30th anniversary prize draw has been to pick up his bass. Both Jon and ourselves are very pleased with the outcome, jon opted for a Perception with a Wenge through neck and figured Poplar top with matching pickup covers.  The bass has …

Once again welcome to our new web site, Its the end of the week for us at Overwater and thought I would share with you whats been going on in the workshop. We hope to do this on a more regular basis including build diaries, finished instruments and new projects.   First Special Edition Aspiration …