please help identify

[kurt ratering]

hello all, long time reader first time poster, hope this is the right forum. i need help identifying this old bass. at first i thought maybe french on account of the lack of contralinings and the shape of the button, but it doesnt seem refined enough to be french. the original string length would have been 43.5", but with a 1/4" cheat from a t- nut and cheating the stop the width of a bridge i have it at 42 5/8". looking forward to the discussion, thanks, kurt