Electronics
Pickups and electronics are custom made to our exact specifications. Overwater pickups are fully shielded and hum-cancelling with concealed bar pole pieces. Coils are wired in parallel to give a big open sound that accurately reproduces the acoustic character of the instrument.
The electronics used in Overwater basses are designed to be subtle but effective in use, with an emphasis on real use' tone control. All components are chosen for their low noise properties. Pick-up coils and the control cavity are fully shielded against outside interference by low resistance nickel based shielding paint and aluminium foil.
Overwater Basses are professional instruments and are equally at home in the studio, theatre pit or on stage. Originally developed with amp guru Dennis Cornell, the Overwater 3 band circuit has in recent years been upgraded and redesigned by John East of 'E Pro' and, we believe it is one of the most musical circuits currently available. We use the highly acclaimed E Pro circuits in our J Series basses.
Power Supply
A single 9 volt 'PP3' type battery is used to power this circuit and can be accessed via the flip top compartment on the back of the bass. The circuit has relatively low power consumption of approximately 1 milliamp and several months use can be expected from each battery.
Preamp Blend
Each pickup has its own input amplifier stage, coupled with its own internal gain preset, with 0 -10dB variation. The blend section is an active stage which prevents the cross-feed that can be experienced with passive blend circuits where the output from one pickup feeds into and is loaded by the other, and vice versa.
EQ
Our EQ has been revised to allow greater control and flexibility demanded by the modern electric bassist, having said that it still allows fine and subtle control more akin to a passive eq’s at the lower levels of cut and boost.
Bass +/-18dB @ 40 Hz
Mid +/- 10dB @ 1 kHz
Treble +/- 13dB @ 4 kHz and +- 16db 10 kHz
Bright boost (pull volume) 6 db +- 5 kHz
Output Stage
Unbalanced output (1/4" Jack)
Low impedance output drive stage. Jack is not driven from volume control.
Balanced output via 3 pin XLR (on all Progress and Evolution as standard)