His own pictures reveal some shenanigans, if he is indeed implying that the bass pictured in those old photos is his.
Watch the magic crown inlay move around!
Centered on headstock back then-
Up high today, positioned between the A and D tuners-
Come to mention it, the headstock looks a bit odd to me overall. The general shape of it, and the position of the inlays just looks wrong compared to what I would expect it to look like: