Roger2611 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Looks like a pretty clean break and it has a nice gradient to the break so there is plenty to glue and attach to, is it worth a punt or is it a steer well clear job? I have to say I am tempted http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overwater-C-Bass-Guitar-Restoration-Project-/231305467489?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35dae15661 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 my thought exactly! would you fix it yourself or pay someone else to? I am tempted, matlock isn't far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 it's not a C bass though, I think it's standard scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 I have a local luthier who put a far more shallow angle headstock snap back on a Gretsch Duo jet for me a couple of years back, it is still solid as ever and even stays perfectly in tune so I am sure he could do this one but the Duo Jet was a neck break not a headstock so I am not sure if that would change things at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 what you got to loose? (about £300) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I've got a headless system which I've been itching to put to use.....this may be just what it's been waiting for.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) This is my old Overwater fretless. It had a neck break almost identical to the one above. It can be fixed. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/Overwater.jpg.html"][/url] Edited August 12, 2014 by gelfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1407874544' post='2524996'] I've got a headless system which I've been itching to put to use.....this may be just what it's been waiting for.. [/quote]nah fix it, it's a nice bass.... deserves not to be butchered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1407867502' post='2524906'] it's not a C bass though, I think it's standard scale. [/quote] I'd agree. For a C Bass the bridge needs to be right at the end of the body like the 36" scale 5-string models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyDog Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well worth a punt. Get a tube of Titebond III and some G cramps, job's done. I concur with others here, it's not a C Bass. Still a lovely instrument though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Still quite expensive. I didn't pay that much more for my most recent Overwater purchase which wasn't broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Seller has sent me some more photos but I'm having problems posting them without saving them to photobucket (can't really be rrrrsed) - if anybody can be, pm me and I can forward the email.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Did anyone get it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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