Identify This Bass!

[Lucas Cheadle]

The Turtles, 1968, Probably Jim Pons on bass.
I cannot find this hollow body bass anywhere online.
What is it? Anyone?

 

[bholder]

It's not ringing any bells for me, but there are lots of folks on here better at this game than I am.

 

[GretschWretch]

Hofner Senator. If two pickups, President.

 

[bholder]

Hofner Senator. If two pickups, President.

What'd I just say? lol

Good eye - 4 knobs, so it must be a President. Here's one on eBay right now:

 

[GretschWretch]

This got me to looking at a bunch of Turtles videos. Jim Pons, the bassist, used either big Hofners or Guild Starfires; with the Leaves it was a Beatle bass. I don't recall ever seeing him with a long-scale. The original Turtles bassist, Chuck Portz, used a hippie-striped Precision. Got some good sounds from it, too.

 

[Killing Floor]

It’s a biggun. He must have long arms.