Is it worth the trouble?

[MotorCityMinion]

That is a good looking and somewhat rare instrument. What you sell it for will never compensate for the regret later. At the very least, it's great wall art for the man cave.

 

[Dan Newsom]

How much $$ are you realistically going to get for It? You said you don’t have a lot of $$ into it so put a few $$ into it and enjoy it.

Welcome to Talkbass. Your bass, while very similar in appearance to a Hofner Beatle bass actually looks more like a copy of an old Gibson EB-1, which is styled after a double bass. Does it have banjo style tuners? (cant tell from the photo). In any case, it's unique and looks to be in nice shape. Even if you cant fix it, it would make a nice wall hanger in your den.

It does not have banjo tuners. And I’ll try and fix it and if not I’ll put it above my record player for some smooth decoration

 

[Smoove-Groove]

That is one of the finer solidbody violin basses ever made; I'd resusitate it in the blink of an eye.

These are actually hollow body. I have the same bass but mines fretted. They are really cool basses if you can get them set up properly. Mine plays well although the intonation is a little off.
Put a little work into it and you'll have a great sounding bass. I mainly use mine for recording. Ylu can get a real deep tone out of these basses.

 

[JRA]

the ax looks cool! good luck with your refurbish project!

 

[Dan Newsom]

These are actually hollow body. I have the same bass but mines fretted. They are really cool basses if you can get them set up properly. Mine plays well although the intonation is a little off.
Put a little work into it and you'll have a great sounding bass. I mainly use mine for recording. Ylu can get a real deep tone out of these basses.

How do u get a deep tone out of it? Also what kind of pickups do you use

 

[Smoove-Groove]

How do u get a deep tone out of it? Also what kind of pickups do you use

Mine has the same stock pickups. Just solo the neck pick up and roll off the tone.

 

[Gully Foyle]

You are nuts if you don’t fix it, that thing is awesome, and I don’t like violin basses

 

[SmokinJoe992]

I think that is a great looking bass and I would definitely put the effort into fixing it,

 

[mellowgerman]

In regard to the truss rod: even if the truss is currently not adjustable, you can technically control the bow of the neck by using higher-tension strings for more bow or lower-tension strings for less bow.
I have a relatively cheap backup bass kicking around that has a stripped truss nut, but as it is, it still plays well enough with the right set of strings on there.
How thick is the neck itself? As long as it's not too thin and flimsy (where it may regularly need adjustments corresponding to the weather), you might be more or less okay with the defunct nut.

 

[Root 5]

I have a 1970s fretless Ventura violin bass guitar. I got it cheap, but am starting to realize why that might have been. The pots are extremely dirty and need to be replaced. A few of the screws on the pickups are stripped. The bridge is too high and i can’t lower it. The tuning pegs are rusty and the truss rod is stripped bare. I used to look at this bass with fondess, considering it was my first. I’m now considering selling it and upgradin. Should I upgrade or dump a bunch of money into this gem?

Pots are an easy fix.
Screw holes can be re-drilled.
High action can be remedied once the truss rod is repaired; I suspect the neck has too much relief. New threads can be cut on the rod.
Stewart MacDonald sell truss rod rescue kits and worth investigating. Invalid Link Removed