Can you tell me about this DB?

What ever it is, it’s got vibe man. Looks beautiful. Even with that odd stain on the belly.

 

If you can’t see it in person, (preferably with a double-bass player with you), my advice would be to leave it alone!

Even if it was free and had no major issues, the cost of making it playable and not an ornament might be hundreds of dollars more than it’s worth.

Just my 2 cents

 

It may have had the finish sanded off to match the decore around it. Not having a lacquered finish will free the wood to vibrate a bit. The fingerboard appears to be maple which will give you a warmer tone. The bridge looks like the slots might be cut way deep.
I would request more pictures etc. There may be a mark on the tail piece or the heel that someone here recognize..

 

Homespun.

 

This is not good information.

 

Well wether or not it is I speak from experience. I removed a lacquer finish,not a stain, from an old Engle em-1 and it sounded a bit better.

 

@Barbaric.Eric yep, there might be some marking in those areas . But @KUNGfuSHERIFF says homespun, and he’s generally spot on.

Like I said ask for pictures. It could go along way.

 

It also frees the wood to greater adverse reaction to weather, humidity and temperature. All of which can lead to cracks (on a carved bass) and delamination (on a plywood bass).

 

True, but I also re-stained it to avoid those issues. I just didn’t like the plastic looking lacquer finish. I know better than to leave wood completely untreated

 

Tuning machines, headstock, strange standoff thing attached to the bottom? My first impression is BSO decoration, but I wanna see what you find out.

 

Reading the stickies at the top of the Basses forum will help you.

Double basses are rarely ‘branded’, unless Kay etc.

Maple is not a good wood for a fingerboard.

This may well be a BSO*

*Bass Shaped Object, also known as a Money-Pit.

 

Looks to be completely stripped. Most likely a BSO at this point. A modern Chinese bass would be a better bet, IMHO.

 

Yeah. Pegbox looks over-long; neck heel looks over-high.

 

Strongly disagree - it’s no ebony, but still perfectly serviceable

 

Maple is fine as long as it’s hard maple.
What it mainly comes to is maintaining your bass properly. I’ve worn grooves in my ebony boards before.

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