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Is 1937 the year of production? I can get more pictures of it in a day or two, but the center seam on the back is cracked. I'm very worried about the bass exploding.

My school has a bass labeled to Ernst Reinhold Schmidt, which is in desperate need of repair, it has several large cracks and open seams, but my school isn't willing to get it taken to a luthier. I have discussed purchasing the bass from my school and paying for a restoration myself, but I'm not...

The Ernie Ball Earthwood is the best acoustic bass ever made. It's the main bass of Brian Ritchie, the bassist for the Violent Femmes. He creates an insane tone with it, and plays it with an unmatched aggression for acoustic bass.