H-22s I decided to pull the wiring and sort out any problems. This is the '63.
Three pickups, three different baseplate materials. From top, pre '63 (no date stamp), '67, '63
All three wiring looms had loose or detached wires to the baritone switch. I resoldered and cleaned all of them plus the pots and jacks, and added a zip tie to keep it all together. No shrink tube back in the day! I would have had to completely desolder everything to use shrink tube.
Test rig, everything's working. Note black zip tie near strap button.
I have one bridge for three basses. I'm carving two replacements out of rosewood. Stuck the bridge on the latest pre '63 H-22 and strung it up. I'm really digging it!
Next will be stripping the previous clear coat, either a veneer or black paint to hide the headstock seams, new nitro clear, and possibly black knobs and bari switch.