What bass is this?

Sorry, I cannot identify it, but it looks like it certainly has character. Have you plugged it in to see if it works?

 

Looks like an old Burn's Bass...not positive though...

 

Sometimes manufacturers include additional information inside the bolt-on neck pocket.

 

OK I think I found it...it's a Japanese Conrad Teisco Bass Guitar...here is a link that talks a bit about it.

http://www.lespaulguitars.net/Vinta...-Guitar-for-Project-Repair-Restore-15091.html

 

Wow, that looks exactly like it!

 

I have a very similar looking bass made by brand Challenge. Very little info but Japanese plants put many different brands on the instruments they produced then depending on country and importer. (I'm in Aus).

Mine has identical switches and that kamikaze bridge. Thin body but extra thick neck. It caused me arm/wrist pain so it sits in my garage now.

 

yeah looks like the old Sears silvertone i had years back too , its a teisco made. They also had a line of guitars almost identical as well

 

Dead Uncle's House is a great name for a band.

 

Upgrade? HOW DARE YOU!!!



But seriously, don't touch a thing on that beautiful work of art! If the pickups are microphonic or something, just have them repotted. Appreciate that bass for what it is and don't try to make it something it's not and will never be, and you will be rewarded with unique and cool tones.

 

Replace the nut if you have to, but man, that bass has so much character as is that I'd try to leave it as stock as possible. Not that I'm trying to tell you what to do with your own stuff, but if I owned it, that's what I'd do. I'd also get down on the floor and look under every bed and cabinet for the original nut, too

 

If you don't know what it is, pretty safe bet it's a Teisco or a cousin.