Need Help Identifying My Bass

Can't help you with the ID, but I sure like that shape. How does it play?

 

russian/soviet?
Does it say 1971 in the middle to the right?

 

yes this is indeed a soviet hybrid bass made by Moscow factory.

id come up with more information if i could look at it's back.

we've got a lot of these instruments and they're very cheap in Russia. good basses but you need a lot to be done to the one if you want it sound nice. these were made for several decades from the 40s to 90s maybe and the quality varies very much. first basses were Otto's flatback copies. these were true 3\4 hybrid basses. theres an original Otto's carved bass of the same measures in moscow conservatory. I'm not sure of the measures but I could measure one at home when i get there next week. these were the best soundiung basses that are very rarely found nowadays. they swiched to bigger basses with regular 3\4 scale and carved top and back later. these were made fith far less precision but still sounded very good. the fretboard and talipiece were painted and they used regular furniture glue so these are just a sturdy workhorses. several models were made with laminated\carved back, d neck always. the darker sounding ones were covered with red lacquer, the brighter ones got the yellower finish. the quality dropped significally in the late 80s and the factory closed in the 90s cause there vas very little demand and overall economical decrease.

again, id come up with more information on soviet basses and your bass in particular if there's any interest in these.

 

hey,

thanks for posting these. I used to own exactly the same bass for quite a long time, this looks like an early '70s to me. sorry im on my mobile maybe there's a production date at the label. this looks like a carved back to me, so this bass should have a chunky D neck like mine. they went back to laminated back and a slim neck profile later in the 70s for a short period of time but the factory was focused on furniture production at that time so they were not nearly as good as the early flatbacks.

most of these basses are now in a very poor state and still cost very little. they are much heavier than european basses but the sound is very rich and well suited for orchestra. wery much like rubner basses, they are ill suited for pizz, to me.

thanks for posting. the whole idea of these basses presence anywhere but russia is pretty new to me ))

Sasha