Thanks to Pilgrim I bought this about a month ago. It's a great sounding bass and I can imagine it looked pretty spiffy when new, the body is a nice piece of Honduras Mahogany. Unfortunately this one has been abused. IMO this is not normal wear. So time for a refin and fixing some playability problems
Heavy wear on front of body around the DiMarzio, about 3/32" will have to be removed to get it flat
Back isn't too bad, the brass is in good shape and no deep buckle rash.
Fretboard is a mess but little actual wear to the maple and frets are close to new
Sanded the back of the neck with some 180 to see what I'm dealing with. It smelled like the sweat socks in my 9th grade gym locker after a week of P.E. in Miami's September heat.
First step will be stripping the body...easy, right?