Identify this bass?

[rd2rk]

Gene "Joe" Byrd with Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel

It looks like a Gretsch, but the headstock (hard to see, black against a black backdrop) looks different. There's a few decent shots of the headstock around 1:01-1:04. As close to an upright sound as I've heard a fretted bass in a jazz context.

These were some guys who could flat out PLAY!

 

[Dluxe]

Ovation Typhoon bass

 

[rd2rk]

Thank you!
The switch on the lower horn would make it a Typhoon III.
Probably just the way it looks in the video, but it doesn't look like a short scale.
And if it's fretless, man, Byrd's technique is incredibly precise. I didn't hear him make the "Mwah" sound once in that whole show!
I can't play jazz for shite, but love the walking style in blues. Now I'm suddenly gassing for a short scale hollowbody!

 

[freshbass]

Gene "Joe" Byrd with Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel

It looks like a Gretsch, but the headstock (hard to see, black against a black backdrop) looks different. There's a few decent shots of the headstock around 1:01-1:04. As close to an upright sound as I've heard a fretted bass in a jazz context.

These were some guys who could flat out PLAY!

30" short scale electric basses like his ovation typhoon III (fretless model) get a lot closer than a 34" scale tonally, their tone is much rounder and even over the entire fingerboard. You can see in the close-ups his is the fretless model Typhoon. The closest fretted bass IMO is a hofner 500/1 or "beatle" bass, due to the hollow archtop, floating wood bridge, and tailpiece...it's basically a small upright in design, so add some flatwounds and voila! Y