Help with Bass Identification

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by John Romey

Ken: What do you make of these tuners? They look original and that is what is throwing me about ago - I usually see those on older basses? Were they still using them mid-war?

Thanks!

Even post WWII, if they were in stock, they got used. Used sometimes I assume to make the bass seem older. Never date a bass by tuners alone. Putting old tuners on a new bass is not that uncommon.