I'm not sure of the year yet, haven't gotten it home but it has the old non-adjustable bridge, wide spaced knobs etc. It had a small crack in the headstock repaired years ago but overall is in pretty good shape for it's age, neck is straight and the frets are good. It is ugly though, it's walnut which I never really liked anyway but it's got heavy dark player marks on it in several places and there is a line in the neck where the repair was done where it gets lighter. I'm not sure whether to go for full restoration or to try to fix the dark and light areas. The dark area is really dark though and doesn't look like it would be easy to color that area. Anyway, what's involved in doing a new finish on these, would it be a big job the change the color to Cherry? It's not like this bass is a mint original. Does anyone know a place who knows these old Gibsons who could do a good job on a refin? Lastly, how much would i be looking at for a good refin job? I'll try and post a few pictures soon.