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The SBL Podcast

013 - In Conversation with Chris May - The Master Luthier Behind Overwater Basses

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Bass, Electric Bass, Sbl, Education, Music Interviews, Online Bass Lessons, Music, Bass Guitar, Scott's Bass Lessons

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We're almost about to launch Season 2 of the Scott's Bass Lessons Podcast, but while we're in our editing frenzy here at SBL Towers I thought it'd be cool to release a special podcast episode for the "intermission" ;) For this episode we've got the Master Luthier Chris May of Overwater Basses and we'll be talking about all things... you guessed it, bass! Chris has been one of the most important people in my life for the last 20 years so I was over the moon when he agreed to come down to the s...

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0:00.0

Hey, how you doing? Scott Devine here from Scottspaceessons.com and today I've got something just a little bit different for you.

0:07.3

And this isn't the kickoff of season two of the Scott's Bass Essence podcast.

0:13.4

I thought it'd be cool. Essentially, in a nutshell, I did a video with Chris May, the Master Luthier behind Overwater

0:22.3

Bases. We did a video the other day and it just, I just got into a groove with it and I started

0:30.0

asking questions about, you know, what people should be looking for when they're buying bases.

0:35.3

And I was asking them about woods and electronics and all this type of thing.

0:40.8

And I just thought, you know what, this would make a great podcast.

0:44.0

The actual original video, on the front end of the video, we actually talk about my

0:50.7

signature P-base.

0:53.1

So that isn't included in this podcast. If you do want to hear about the

0:57.8

signature P-based prototype we've been working on, just hit the, just go to scotsbatescens.com

1:05.3

forward slash episode 13. And that'll take you through to a page where you can listen to this podcast,

1:13.6

obviously listen to it now, but you might be listening on iTunes. But you can also watch

1:17.5

the video as well. And we do a like a 10 minute overview of the P-based prototype we've been

1:24.9

working on as well, which is super, super cool. We've been working on

1:28.6

a couple of different pickup combinations. We've been working on some, some different neck widths,

1:36.6

bodywoods. It's really interesting, actually. It's been a real great learning experience for me.

1:42.1

So if you do want to check out the P-Base that we've been working on,

1:45.8

go to Scottsbacessons.com forward slash episode 13 and you'll find obviously the audio for this

1:53.9

podcast, but you'll also find the video about the P-base as well. Now, I just want to talk a little

1:59.2

bit about Chris because he's been one of the most

2:01.4

important influences in my life. Obviously, my parents are really important, but it was when I met

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