Thread: Pre-1900 or no?
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Old 01-17-2012, 05:01 PM
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Thanks, Ken. Here are some more pics - what would you say the neck is? I don't think maple, and I've heard oak was common for this. But I don't now remember where I heard that.
The Neck from the small amound of non-varnished wood looks like Beechwood which was the other common neck wood on less expensive basses in that region, not Oak. The rounded bevel of the outer linings on the Ribs look more Czech than German and, more modern as well. The Neck Button also looks more Czech to me than German. When a bass is re-finished, it often looks even older as you have some of the old Varnish under the grain popping thru the new finish. I would need to look inside in person to get closer to the origin and age but I think the Czech/German border area and between the wars is my estimated opinion from the pictures.
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