Please, Help Identify My Bass

[TheSuzie]

Hi,

I have had this laminated bass for somewhere in the area of twelve to fifteen years, though she has spent much of that time in storage due to my ongoing medical problems. I just retrieved her and started cleaning her up. I have never been able to locate any label or other identifying mark, so I thought I would post a few pictures and try to tap the collective knowledge of TB.

Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks,
S

[TheSuzie]

Here is the back

[ToR-Tu-Ra]

Looks very similar to my Strunal, indeed, but the neck looks a bit different. Mine continues along the fingerboar into the top a couple inches (does that makes sense?) Most of the basses I've seen, are the same. This one just struck me strange. dunno...

[TheSuzie]

Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith

This one (Suzie's) might be a Dovetail joint then and your Bass is a Mortise joint.

100% correct in the case of my Bass, there is a large dovetail joint at the neck joint visible from the front.

Thanks to everyone for the info. I spent a lot of time selecting this bass because at that time I was on an extremely limited budget. I drove around for many months looking at cracked, broken, rotted piles of c**p (mostly old Kays) that the owners assured me were wonderful basses over the phone. This particular bass looked, played and sounded so much better than anything else I had seen in it's price range that I snapped it up without a second thought.

I am guessing that the previous owner knew little of this instrument. He called it a "Bond" Bass - unless he meant Bonn. As Ken said, unless I find some sort of marking somewhere, best to just call it Eastern European.

Now I just have to find a decent bag, the old canvas bag is totally rotted. I did a search about bags on the forum that left me almost as confused as when I started - probably should read it all again...

Thanks Again,
S

[mje]

Originally Posted by TheSuzie

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Now I just have to find a decent bag, the old canvas bag is totally rotted.

The bags Bob Gollihur are very good for the money. Lots of padding and pockets.

[drurb]

Originally Posted by TheSuzie

...Now I just have to find a decent bag, the old canvas bag is totally rotted.

Try here.

[Paul Warburton]

An old buddy of mine had a bass really similar to this in terms of wood figure on the back and ribs. Also, the kinda straight up and down FF holes. It was made by Schroetter in Germany.
Just a shot in the dark.

[TheSuzie]

I fished this label out of the bass. Does this mean it may be an old Musima/Eberle bass? It does kind of look like one but I think maybe a lot of basses look like those.

Edited: BTW was Schroetter in East Germany?

Only a little less puzzled,
S