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Fretboard to @vale - come in @vale - we have a project for you
Burns-Baldwin stuff uses some, ahem, unique construction methods. Collectors snaffle up the available spare parts. Nothing *normal* fits. It becomes necessary to fabricate some parts oneself.
that neck join is totally unburns or anything related imo.
zero fret is a burns thing, but lots of cheap japs have those too (teiscos etc).
burns headstocks scroll forwards not back, and tuners are usually inline or symmetical.
the cut-aways are also too rough for burns. the burns guys were craftsmen once they got into their stride, and their super-early rough-around-edges stuff is limited to a few basic models, so easy to tell.
in summary my take is that the neck joint is all wrong, tuners are wrong and the quality isn't there for burns or related. but i'm prepared to be surprised.
obvs harry would know better than me, but old brit stuff is one of those things i obsess about (in my autistic way) and i've never seen that.
The zero fret might as well come out too. The 'board probably needs planing.
i hadn't seen on of theose before but even if it has been mucked about with, the neck is definitely it and the body may be original (paint stripped with an axe, hence shabby edges), or ot could be a build sitcking close to the baby bison shape. who knows.
as mentioned, the neck joint doesn't look right. not sure why it has that channel-gap.
this is the standard thing for the bolt-ons i've seen, including this black baby bison c1964.
https://guitar-auctions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lot0058-1.jpg
https://guitar-auctions.co.uk/portfolio-post/lot-58-burns-baldwin-baby-bison-bass-guitar-made-in-england-circa-1964/
i confused myself by thinking the way the light was shining on the ebay listing headstock meant it was scrolling backward not forward, but on reviewing it does scroll forward, whiich is standard burns.
and FatPete has taught me that they did do asymetrical headstocks on their basses. standard bisons basses and guitars are 4 or 6 in a line, or 2x2 and 3x3 symmetrical. so i'm always happy to learn something new. now i know.
The most valuable bit might be the perspex headstock trims. (If it has both of them...)
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I would offer him a few quid Mind.. like er £20