HYBRID SERIES
Built to the same exacting criteria as our Custom Series and offering the same degree of playability and great tone, Standard Series basses also offer exceptional value to the discerning player.
Built exclusively in our UK workshop to the same level of excellence, by the same team of experienced craftsmen and using the same quality of materials, hardware and electronics as Custom Series instruments, but to a standard specification with fewer custom options allowing for more cost-effective production.
Available in 4, 5 and 6 string formats with some ‘Custom Options’ available, including a selection of timber choices, fingerboard material and finish options, with a choice of Chrome or Black hardware.
FIND OUT MORE
The Custom Series Hybrid models, again offer ultimate build flexibility; your choice of string spacing, scale length and neck profiles, specified to suit your exact requirements, along with a wide range of wood combinations and finish options in addition to a range of custom extras, including wooden pick-up covers and control knobs and custom inlays for that extra personal touch.
Available with either a through neck, extended or standard bolt-on construction, in 4, 5 and 6 string formats, Every Hybrid bass comes equipped with our own custom electronics, pick-ups and hardware – designed by, and exclusive to, Overwater.
Other manufacturers parts may be specified as a custom option if requested and at our discretion.
A wider range of tone woods available for bodies include Swamp Ash, White Ash and Paulownia, Alder, Tulipwood.
We also offer a choice of fingerboard materials and neck laminates, including some figured and ‘roasted’ Maples, White Ash, and Wenge for necks, with optional stringers of Walnut, Maple, Wenge or Bubinga.
Fingerboard materials including Rosewood, Figured Maple, various types Ebony Indian Laurel and Bocote.
FIND OUT MORE
This story begins back in 2006 at the legendary London jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s Club during an afternoon rehearsal with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, and a conversation between Overwater’s Chris May and NYC based virtuoso bass player Carlos Henriquez.
Although primarily known for his work on upright, Carlos is also an accomplished electric player and has worked with industry giants as diverse as Lenny Kravitz, Whitney Houston, Willie Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Marc Anthony – to name just a very few.
Carlos had been looking for a new electric bass, something that would inspire his electric playing and give voice to his Latin roots, whilst providing the flexibility he needed across a wide range of musical settings.
So looked to Overwater to design him an instrument with the ergonomics and balance of a traditional J bass, but with the sophistication, style and finesse of a modern custom instrument.
We have further refined and perfected this design concept, fusing elements of our new Progress Series IV and Contemporary ‘J’ Series to create the new ‘Hybrid Series’ combining the multi-laminate construction, superior neck joint, and angled headstock of the Progress bolt-on, with the modified body profile of our Contemporary J basses.