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Originally Posted by Aaron Noguer |
This bass was priced about right. I have one myself, though in better condition, and circa 1955.
It's a "Mariachi Strolling Bass", made in Mexico, solid wood, EXTREMELY lightweight, with a top so thin that they don't cut the F-holes all the way through, to add strength.
Notice that the top and bottom of each F-hole.
It is a roundback bass, but the swells in the top and back are VERY shallow, nearly non-existant.
Mine came with a non-adjustable wooden endpin, which looked more like a leg off a milking stool than an endpin. When I replaced it, I had to shim the new endpin collar with leather, as the wooden endpin was considerably larger in diameter.
This seller sure seems to have a lot of basses to sell, for someone professes so loudly to nothing about basses...
That generally indicates that they have a lot of things they don't want to tell you, and are hiding behind professed ignorance.
Also, every thing he sells is "Full Size", including this bass.
To the best of my knowledge, all Mariachi Strolling Basses are all half-size models... part of the plan for keeping them lightweight so the players can "stroll" with the rest of the Mariachi musicians, as they play for tips.
Yuck.. 
