1960s Jefferson Toy Bass Guitar. Cardboard Body and Wood Neck.

Description

Travel back in time with this vintage toy bass guitar. Made by Jefferson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I'd reasonably guess it's from the 1960s. It is a toy, not a real bass guitar. Jefferson made lots of toy guitars, but not so very many toy basses.
The hollow body is cardboard. The neck is wood. The problem is that it has a 19-1/4" scale length. The bridge would have to be placed in the tailpiece to get it to intonate.
So, again, it's just a toy. I put a replacement wood nut and replacement bridge on it to make it look cooler. And I put some old nylon strings on it. It's 25" long total.
It is worn all over, with dings and scrapes, notably around the edges. The top is stained. Structurally, for what it is, it's in solid shape.
It'd be good for a wallhanger or a photo prop. Or a joke. It is what it is.
Questions?
Please check out my Ebay store, “The 1970 Time Travel Trailer,” for more cool vintage stuff, including a bunch of vintage guitars (and a few ukuleles, banjos, fiddles, mandolins and amps, as well as fiddles, brass, woodwind, and various oddball musical instruments and old instrument brochures & catalogs).
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