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Ok here goes / my first post on this forum and one with a never ending theme ie 'anyone know what this bass is' !?!
I got this thrown in with another bass that I purchased and was wondering what it was and if it is worth restoring ? It has already had a butcher head-graph(note the solder:confused:). Strangely enough the back and sides are 'ok-ish' condition. It is a 3/4 flat back . |
yikes..
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Those cross bars in the back look like it was done by a Junior High School Shop Class. Maybe 2 or 3 kids as a team did one bar each as no two of them look alike.:o This is think is a Czech/German factory bass from before WWII from the Shoenbach/Luby area. I think if from Markneukirchen it would look a bit neater inside. It is a shame that the varnish is gone. Most people that strip basses like this do so without knowing much about values of old vs. new. Touch-up and re-coating is always the better way than stripping and Home-Depot'ing the poor bass.:( From the looks of the inside up bu the Neck Block, it looks like the Luthier was a bit cross-eyed. lol :eek: Other than that, the bass looks like it might have some potential..;) |
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It looks to me as if the bass was totally 're-done' as I dont think that the neck block or all the cross bars are even original . The neck must have taken a bad break too judging from the head stock. I think that the bass was not a bad instrument at one stage but was 'stuck' together by the Junior School Kids you mention after an apparent mishap with the instrument. So in conclusion I think that It's best to leave the bass as is or embark on a project of self restoration over the next while / after lots of research etc :o I guess that I dont really have much to loose :rolleyes: |
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