Yet Another Bass ID - Ken's Corner (Bass Forums Sponsored By KSB)

Ken Smith · #1 09-13-2017, 09:29 AM

From your pics I see a lot of repairs but I don't have the bass here to say more. The condition is fairly good for a bass the age I estimated. Basses are big and break easily. I think my estimation is correct. +/- 20 years. Who knows for sure without a witness that was there or an exact label and date that is confirmed but seeing other exact basses and dates. Hard to say.

Being a round back, I think it is a nice bass. Enjoy it.

Manuel Jauregui · #2 09-13-2017, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken Smith

From your pics I see a lot of repairs but I don't have the bass here to say more. The condition is fairly good for a bass the age I estimated. Basses are bog and break easily. I think my estimation is correct. +/- 20 years. Who knows for sure without a witness that was there or an exact label and date that is confirmed but seeing other exact basses and dates. Hard to say.

Being a round back, I think it is a nice bass. Enjoy it.

enjoying it for years now, great sounding bass, very good all around......I will start looking into the language/alphabet the washed out label is written onto, maybe I can take a name out of it, hopefully a year......the fact that it's so hard to read suggests me that the label is as old as the bass is, but maybe that's just wishful thinking

on the neck button it says "Belegni", but I'm guessing that's the name of the luthier who did the restoration here in Buenos Aires, Argentina, many decades ago.....we have tons of Italian sur-names in this city, about 30/40% of the population have Italian ancestors

I'm all ears if anyone else wants to jump in and take a guess, thanks!