I know nothing about bass, but I can pickup on something of value. I went for my guitar lessons this morning and I picked up a book. As I was paying for it, a woman came in carrying a guitar case. She had brought it in to have it serviced as it had been sitting under the bed for years and had belonged to her ex-husband.

She open up the case and inside is a Hofner Violin Bass from 1963. Needless to say everyone gathered around. She really had no idea what she had, but I offered her $100 and everyone laughed. She couldn't figure out why were laughing and I told her that she should be visiting an appraiser, not a repair shop.

This thing appeared to be in great shape with the exception of the volume wasn't working properly.

http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/galle...lery2/bas.html