I have the exact same bass
Nathaniel:
I was so excited to see your post. I have the exact same bass. I bought it 56 years ago from a pawn shop in the NYC area. I had it worked on by a violin maker in Southern Illinois about 40 years ago. He told me that the grain of the sound post was wrong and that some of the wood supports inside the bass were made of inferior wood. My memory is that he corrected those problems. I have always had a normal wood bridge on the bass. The bass sounds great. I had some trouble getting the depth I like out of the low G (on the E string), but about two years ago--for some completely unknown reason--those low notes began to sound magnificent.
People are always blown away when they find out that it's a plywood bass.
Enjoy it!
Andy Gross
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