Headstock featuring mid-sixties raised nameplate and very rounded lower corners.

Open-back tuners with "cat ear" mountings and tiny "MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY" brand.

Post '64 but pre '68 "Nova Sonic" staple top pickups.

Hofner's classic mid-length tailpiece from the early to mid '60s.

Pearl-capped neck heel with vintage strap button.

Single-piece maple back with buckle wear from a player long ago.

Bass owner George Smith with legendary guitarist Dave Edmunds in St. Louis, October 2001.

With my Rickenbacker 320 and Gretsch Country Gentleman reissue.

With the great Joey Molland of Badfinger.

New! Click HERE to see photos of Ticket To The Beatles in concert.

All photos (C) 1999-2009 by George Smith, all rights reserved. Email: imonlysleeping@webtv.net