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Identifying a violin bass
A rough method of preselection is finding out wether the bass is a bolt on or a set neck. The appearance of neck-trough bodies can be excluded if it's a real violin bass. In order to answer this question you should know something about the history of the violin bass and some similar instruments. If you find some writing anywhere on your instrument, it might be the manufacturers name, the trading name or simply the dealers/distributors name. If there is no significant name (notice: 'Japan' is not really a manufacturer) you still have the possibility to classify the bass by the form of its headstock (e.g. some of them have a scroll) and the arranging of the string tuners. You may find examples on the pale background picture of this page. In case of a lacking writing on the instrument and an ambiguous headstock look you still have a chance to find out the origin of your bass guitar by comparing its body with those of well known instruments or by simply checking the instruments in the gallery.
Neck Fixation	Name	Headstock	Body