I.D. help with a recent purchase

[Nathaniel Meyer]

Hi-
I just picked up this bass at a yardsale and was hoping that you good folks might be able to tell me a little more about it. Inside the body it has a sticker that says "bass copy of Antonius stradiuarius cremonensis faciebat anno 1721 made in germany bkn" I've seen similar postings on this site, but nothing real exact to what I've got. The guy I bought it from said he had a picture of his uncle playing a local hotel in 1950...
The metal bridge is not original (you can see the footprint of the old traditional kind) I'm pretty sure its a framus bridge. I included pics of the main issues- a crack in the heel and the endpin is pulling over...
Whaddya think? I'm hoping to get this playable, as it would be a great improvement from my chinese junkybass.

[Ken Smith]

Show the bass. Then I will comment on it.

First off, without pictures. Strad. never made a bass. It is just a commercial factory lable as used in 1,000's or 10s of 1,000's of string instruments.

Repairs done well and professionally usually cost more than the value of the bass if it's a cheaper factory instrument. I had a fully carved bass here last week that needed 15k of work and would never look great in the end. It would be worth less than a 3rd on the market after fixing.

[Nathaniel Meyer]

Hmm- I did attach pictures, but image posting is always a little wonky on my work computer- I'll post pictures this afternoon...
thanks,
Nathaniel

[Nathaniel Meyer]

The finish is funky, but I kinda like it...

[Eduardo Barbosa]

Wow! Congrats!
I need to start looking at the yard sales around here.
I hope you got a good deal.

[Nathaniel Meyer]

Haha- thanks!
I think I got a pretty sweet deal- I talked the guy down to $140.
Now I just gotta get it playable...