Is this French or German?

[Mike Weems]

I should have titled the post "unlabeled bass help Id". I have been a lutheir for the past 30plus years so I should have known better than to attempted to suggest an origin until received word from this form. Restoration and repair is quite a different animal than instrument identification. I violated my own rule "when in doubt it Germany". I know it must get quite tedious for you have to correct I D problems of this nature. Having written that thank you so much for the pointers and information of your previous post. As always that is invaluable to me. Rest assured that I would never sell an instrument as something that it's not. So the bass that I posted for the owner, is there an idea of when it might of been made?

[Ken Smith]

Maybe early 20th century. Does it have a neck block? It might now but this is a shoulder design that is usually blockless at birth.

$10.? I would bet 99% chance this was stolen. I can't imagine a bass like this as a throwaway. I will give her $20, double her money. Pass it on.

[Mike Weems]

It dose look like the block is original construction or it was added a very long time ago. As far as being stolen actually it was donated to the "Safe Harbor House" thrift store. She works for this store. The original price was $20 dollars but she get a 50 percent discount. I plan to go into therapy over it. Thanks as always

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Weems

It dose look like the block is original construction or it was added a very long time ago. As far as being stolen actually it was donated to the "Safe Harbor House" thrift store. She works for this store. The original price was $20 dollars but she get a 50 percent discount. I plan to go into therapy over it. Thanks as always

OMG..

[Mike Weems]

My words exactly! Kind of like winning the lottery.