Beedster

That seems to be the most probable explanation 👍

Nicely presented @Belka, every day's a school day when it comes to vintage Fenders 👍

Ha ha, I forgot to mention the key fact; I found out a few months later when I bought my (real) June '64, that the bass in question most certainly wasn't a June '64 Precision, just a bitsa albeit built mostly of original '60's parts

Ha ha, there are far moore knowledgable people than me on this forum, but I've owned a few 60's Fenders, and have spent an embarrasing amount of time looking at them, trying them out, researching them, and talking about them! But to this bass; it could be 100% lewit but there are simply too many questions about the neck for me. When I saw the first photo my strong and immediate gut feel was 'Mmmm, neck's wrong'. OK, it might be a very unusual/rare board that's throwing me, although it looks rather unplayed even for a paler hardwood for a 60-year old board to my eye. But that the potentially rare board is part of a neck with at least two other potential signs of non-originality leaves me feeling suspicious. A couple of visits to dealers of vintage basses around 15 years ago made me realise that there's not only a lot of dodgy basses out there, but that the owners - not always as expert as they'd have you believe and often not as honest either - have all sorts of stories to cover for what in real terms were deal-breaking deviations from originality and even authenticity. A memorable comment from a London-based shop/dealer was something along the lines "If I took the neck off to show you the neck stamp it would devalue the instrument and i'm not prepared to do that just because you don't trust me. The person I bought it from - who I've known for years - assured me that it's a June 1964 instrument and that's good enough for me.....".

There’s a few things look less than authentic on that bass to be honest

Look wonderful, have a great couple of gigs Michael 👍

Thanks for posting, hope to update very soon…..

And Jazz 👍

That’s about the truth of it 👍

The orchestral music of Aaron Copland is also described by some experts (experts in orchestral music that is) as Americana, reinforcing the view that Americana is music that has one or more qualities that link it to America by which ever criterion the person making the link chooses to use. I guess a defining question re whether music does or does not meet the criterion might be 'Does it sound American?', which in my view much of the music of Copland certainly does.

I don't think it is, I think Americana is a broad category of music music that appeals to non-Americans who feel that it respresents something authentically American, I'm not sure many Americans would recognise it as a thing?

It's not a style or genre, it's a term that describes music influenced by the artist's or listener's idea of what American music is; The Band, Little Feat, Black Crowes, Wood Brothers, all fit into the Americana mould but all play very different styles of music. So not a style or genre, more a concept or idea 👍

He uses multiple techniques, that even in highly competent players usually sound deliberate and demarcated, and blends them all incredibly musically and skilfully. Two hours of listening to him and I feel renewed love for the instrument and motivation to practice 🙏

Asking what strings to use is like asking how you should sound. Totally up to you. Double bass players spend hundreds, sometimes thousands establishing which strings work for them (and unlike the norm with electric bass, that can require strings from different sets, manufacturers, and even materials at one and the same time). Given the value of your (lovely) bass, some experimentation is worth the cost, as well as being a journey in itself 👍

Chris Wood in Wood Brothers, fusion of bluegrass, country, and jazz 👍

Sitting down is the new standing up 👍