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I was practicing with the new Overwater (like got it last night) this morning when it just plummeted to the ground :)

This is a bass that's totally like, new, immaculate and unmarked!

I thought initially that I'd cocked up fitting the straplocks but no:



I checked it all round but there seems to be no obvious damage. It landed on its lower body edge on the carpet otherwise it would of been so easy to bend a tuner or a pot at the very least.

I emailed Bass Collection this morning but got no reply.

If you use one of these straps check it over. I don't jump around or anything like that either.

Peter

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I've got 3 of this style of strap and I've just cable tied all of them at every plastic link. I have to say that the quality of the original, the Comfort 'Strapp', seems the best.

Well worth doing Al and this thread deserves to go into the Wiki if it hasn't already been done before. Cheers.

The Overwater seems a great bass Al. Extremely well made and solid (just as well) with a good tone. I'm a bit spoilt by the ACG pre-amp to be honest but I'll report back after practice tomorrow.

The action was very high and I've fitted nickels (Sunbeams), lowered the action two whole turns on the saddles and done the intonation. The action will go lower still but I'm happy for now.

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Thanks for posting this..i have been using the Comfort Strapp,for all my basses,and although they are probally better quality,i have never thought of the possibilty that one of the four plastic links may break 'till now....cable ties,good idea as a precaution..Ady

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[quote name='BeLow' post='434220' date='Mar 13 2009, 10:00 PM']I have started looking for the original comfort strap because I could do with another butthey don't seem to be around as much. I got my first one from Mansons but they don't do the any more, can any one recommend another supplier.[/quote]
[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Comfort_Strapps.html"]Bass Direct[/url] have them at £30 delivered.

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They are the best methinks, I've just ordered one for the Overwater. The way I fit the one on my Harlot is that the straplock goes on the outer hole and I pop the inner hole on the button 1st and the straplock goes on top. This means that not only does it give double protection (like 2 durex) but the straplock isn't under any strain and it doesn't 'squeak' when the bass moves while you're dancing around :).

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[quote name='cd_david' post='434765' date='Mar 14 2009, 06:30 PM']Should have used the Overwater comfort strap, Have gigged one for around 6 years with no problem and loads of comfort still got all its give in the elastic section as well!

Dave[/quote]
+1 to that.. had the Overwater strap (still dreaming of one of their basses :) ) for about six years myself. Brilliant. :rolleyes:

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[quote]Should have used the Overwater comfort strap,[/quote]

Is it only me that bridles at 'Should have....' statements.

I had an Overwater comfort strap and couldn't stand it! Comfort Strapps are far superior imo. One is now fitted to my very fine Overwater bass :)

All the elastic on the Overwater strap was in one piece in front of the padded section and my bass neck was doing nodding donkey impressions. For me a very significant design flaw.

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  • 2 weeks later...

if you don't have / want straplocks the rubber like washers from , for examples , Grolsch bottles are pretty effective - just push onto the strap buttons on top if the strap ends.
and they won't rattle like strap locks can when not held tight by a strap eg playing sitting down.

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An alternative to the Grolsch bottle rubber washers (and one I've used on a few guitars over the years) is to use the round disc string retainers as found on Fender basses instead of regular strap buttons. Makes it a PITA to take the strap off, but it does make "strap popping over the strap button" type accidents less likely.

Cheers,

G

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[quote name='BeLow' post='434364' date='Mar 14 2009, 08:59 AM']As an aside I found the label of mine recently and read it properly for the first time, with the comfort strap and just realised the two holes are not for adjustment but are supposed to be folded over to give two thicknesses of leather on the strap button - Dooooh![/quote]

Double doh! :)

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Hello all,

I've been in touch with Ped and he's happy for us to post a reply here.

GreeneKing (the OP) was contacted the same day by email apologising for the problem and a replacement was immediately sent out. Hopefully there have not been any similar problems since.

We welcome any comments about the Bass Collection Comfort Strap. This unfortunate incident is the only problem we're aware of regarding the structural performance of the strap (out of the hundreds sold), however the design has been modified and we believe the latest version is the most robust to date.

Clarky - can you clarify that your strap was a Comfort Strapp and not a Bass Collection strap? Many thanks.

All the best,

The Bass Centre

PS - We will soon be fully fledged commercial member on this forum - exclusive deals, competitions and other good stuff coming soon!

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I bought two very expensive 6 stringers (one fretted and one fretless) from the Bass Centre last year, very happy with them both. But I also bought two comfort straps at the same time, and exactly the same happened - the plastic thingys just snapped in half. Fortunately, I was sitting down on both occasions. The other problem was that if you play with your bass fairly high up, the adjustments are no good.

[quote name='The_BassCentre' post='467670' date='Apr 20 2009, 05:45 PM']Hello all,

I've been in touch with Ped and he's happy for us to post a reply here.

GreeneKing (the OP) was contacted the same day by email apologising for the problem and a replacement was immediately sent out. Hopefully there have not been any similar problems since.

We welcome any comments about the Bass Collection Comfort Strap. This unfortunate incident is the only problem we're aware of regarding the structural performance of the strap (out of the hundreds sold), however the design has been modified and we believe the latest version is the most robust to date.

Clarky - can you clarify that your strap was a Comfort Strapp and not a Bass Collection strap? Many thanks.

All the best,

The Bass Centre

PS - We will soon be fully fledged commercial member on this forum - exclusive deals, competitions and other good stuff coming soon![/quote]

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