New bass day!!! Overwater Scott Devine Signature Jazz

Last year, I ordered a custom Phil Mann Signature bass from Overwater. It is epic. But I've always been intrigued Scott Devine's signature jazz bass. The 16.5mm string spacing and the Overwater buffer preamp are two things I assumed I would like in a bass... but I didn't want to go through the lengthy build process again. Imagine my surprise when I found the exact bass I was looking for on BassBuddha.com. I emailed Morten at Bass Buddha, and he was spectacular to deal with. What a cool guy!

I had to sell a Mayones to afford the new Overwater. But it was only a matter of time before the deals were done and this beautiful, groovy bass was in my hands. And I am not disappointed. This bass is filled with mojo and good vibes. The passive buffer preamp is subtle, but very responsive. And the tight string spacing makes this an extremely playable bass. This bass will have a solid place in my arsenal.

 

I typically don’t like black hardware either, but I agree. It’s a tight little bass.

And no... no gloves. lol

 

I actually sold that bass a little while back. It was a fun bass to play. Lightweight. Very responsive. The neck was slim & fast. I loved the tight string spacing.

I had accumulated a lot of high end basses at the time and needed to free up some cash for another bass build. So I let a couple of my Overwaters go.

it’s a great bass though.

 

Yeah, it was 100% a jazz bass. Overwater's buffer preamp is interesting, in that it is passive but still battery powered. This makes for a lot of tone control & responsiveness in those knobs. Still, I found the neck pickup to be fat & very precision-like. Personally, I wouldn't have swapped anything on it. It did exactly what it was supposed to do.

Going from 16.5mm 19mm wasn't too bad. Just run some scales or arpeggios for a few minutes & muscle memory will take it from there. The 16.5mm is really nice though. Economy of motion is a real thing.