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She's a beauty!

Thanks James for your insight! Unfortunately you didn’t see it in action in the 80’s. Dad quit playing in the early 70’s. The wood bridge on it today is the same one it’s always had as far as I know. I would love to get my hands on one of those bridges that still had the OKC logo!

The stories from when I was a kid said that patch is from a missing name plate for the Oklahoma Symphony. I would be surprised if an aluminum bass was actually used in the symphony, but I guess anything is possible. The Oklahoma Symphony was active 1924-1931, and after taking a hit from the...

SUBJECT: Bridge Strings My dad did some work on this bridge, however I was so young I had no idea what "work" he was doing. The repair shop said the grooves were way too deep. Dad was a real double slapper and likely heavy handed, so is it possible he cut the grooves deeper to keep from...

SUBJECT: New (pending) Member Hi All, This was my dad's Alcoa. I think the bridge and strings are the only things that have changed from the original, but my knowledge of these is limited. I have some old pics of him with it from the 60's, and some recordings from the 50's/60's. I'm also...

Hi All, After a life of playing various horns and a small smattering on keyboard, I recently started to practice electric bass on a borrowed Yamaha BB450, but have my eye on a new Ultra Precision. I was raised around bluegrass, and also recently got my dad's aluminum bass up to playing...