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Thanks, Subsonic, I actually had an issue getting confirmed there the other day but just retried and it went through so I'll be posting there as well. I'll be sure to get a better photo of the button area too, I hadn't realized that that was an important area. Thanks again!

Hey! Thank you so much for your reply. I'm certainly not an expert either, I know a bit about other instruments but I'm pretty new to anything to do with uprights. The age seems a bit in line with something another person had said to me, so that's encouraging. I know that there are basses out there which are made to look older than they actually are to increase their price, but I never thought this looked like one of those. I'll take a look into some older German makers to see if I can narrow things down. Thank you so much again!

Hello all, I hope it's alright to post here, I joined in the hope of identifying the make and maybe age-range of a stand-up/double bass that I recently acquired. It's had some repair work done to it (and could use a bit more) and the repair info appears to have been written inside on a bit of wood which looks to have been replaced. Unfortunately any original identifying info like a label is not present which is what led me to ask around and see if anybody might have any information based on the body alone. It's a 3/4 size. I've included a whole bunch of photos of any details which might help in identifying it, and a couple photos of the only writing found within: pen or pencil marks which I think are the details of the repair work. I apologize for the photo-quality of the writing, even I'm not 100% sure of what is written and many searches have come up empty. My best guess as to what is written is: "Repair 3/90" (Maybe the month and year of the repair? It's also possible that "Repair is not even the word I'm seeing..) And then "M. Campellone" I *believe* that's what it says anyway, and Mark Campellone is a guitar maker I've found with whom I've also put in an inquiry, however he doesn't seem to have a lot going on in the world of Upright Basses. As for the last bit of writing, "P... N." but I'm not really sure what this says. Anyway, I know this has been kind of lengthy and there isn't a lot to go on but if anybody has any information that might be relevant I'd be very excited to learn anything I can about this bass. Thanks very much to anyone who takes the time to read this. ~Cass