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#41
There’s only 2 places left to look, in the neck pocket and under the truss rod cover!
If you’ve never taken the neck off of a bolt on bass before it’s relatively easy to do, just loosen the strings until they are completely slack so there’s no force pulling on the neck and body, then you can unscrew the neck, just make sure they are all the way out before you scoot the neck out of the pocket. You can leave the strings on, just gently push down on the neck and slide it back, so you’re not putting any unwanted force on the edges of the neck pocket. It should slide up and reveal the neck pocket and the base of the neck. There should be at least some sort of identifiers in there.
The truss rod cover probably doesn’t have anything but the truss rod hole under it, but it could at least show what kind of nut is on it. Which someone might be able to figure out
 
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_One//Man//Mutiny_ said:
There’s only 2 places left to look, in the neck pocket and under the truss rod cover!
If you’ve never taken the neck off of a bolt on bass before it’s relatively easy to do, just loosen the strings until they are completely slack so there’s no force pulling on the neck and body, then you can unscrew the neck, just make sure they are all the way out before you scoot the neck out of the pocket. You can leave the strings on, just gently push down on the neck and slide it back, so you’re not putting any unwanted force on the edges of the neck pocket. It should slide up and reveal the neck pocket and the base of the neck. There should be at least some sort of identifiers in there.
The truss rod cover probably doesn’t have anything but the truss rod hole under it, but it could at least show what kind of nut is on it. Which someone might be able to figure out
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I see you already took it off!
Any pencil markings on the backside or bottom left f the neck itself?
 
#43
Maybe I’m missing something, but where are the intonation screws on that bridge? In any case, I could have sworn I saw a bridge like that in one of my 90s Bass Player magazines.

The neck pocket shape sure looks like a left hand Ibanez SR. But heck, I made my 6 string with a similar neck joint and even gave it an EX headstock because I liked it.

I like a good puzzle too.

Edit: This is the closest I’ve found so far. Spector Euro Style bridge. Not exactly but pretty close.

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Best guess is a hobbiest luthier who is not known. Maybe someone your husband knew that made him a bass. A client that used his studio and gifted him a bass they made? Nothing comes to mind from any brand I can think of. A photo from the inside of cavity in the back might have some info as others have stated if you can take one.

Edit: Nevermind, I see you took a photo of the electronics. Looks pretty sloppy (no offense) so makes me lean toward it not being from any known brand.
 
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Queue said:
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I don't. Sorry, just connecting the dots. You're posting with a username of "Steve carelson" and saying "my husband" and you're talking about selling your husband's bass, but never said why.
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Well, I’m selling because he has cancer and kidney disease. I guess I didn’t feel the need to explain why to people I don’t know or anyone for that matter. Nonetheless, he doesn’t want them anymore and we are clearing out his studio equipment and I don’t want to give anything away because I know it was all very expensive when he was buying it 20 years ago.
 
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Steve carleson said:
Well, I’m selling because he has cancer and kidney disease. I guess I didn’t feel the need to explain why to people I don’t know or anyone for that matter. Nonetheless, he doesn’t want them anymore and we are clearing out his studio equipment and I don’t want to give anything away because I know it was all very expensive when he was buying it 20 years ago.
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So sorry to hear about that. I'm much less confused now. Thanks for explaining.

Because this one is such an "odd bird" you may have trouble selling it for what it may be worth. If this bunch can't ID it, nobody can. Maybe gift it to someone in the family that may have an interest in music, and ask them to not sell it, but continue to pass it along? Also, maybe see if any of the people he played with through the years is interested.
 
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What does your husband (Steve) say about it? Where and when did he get it? I would think his information would the best starting point since it's straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. The bass in post #19 is the same thing albeit with different electronics and headstock logo.
 
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