![]() ![]() A lot of companies made commemorative products. For those of you who were too young to remember, 1976 was the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence aka the Bi-Centenial. Look for a distinctive serial number located on the back of the headstock. Dean guitars made in the United States have a seven-digit serial number. The first two numbers indicate the year the guitar was manufactured. This is a Curlee bass guitar with a body that looks like a bell. The succeeding numbers are the Dean production numbers.1976 Serial numbers 220 were also used. In 1976 he also designed a little known instrument called The Liberty Bass. He was able to upgrade the tool and jig designs to be more efficient. Within a year and a half he was in charge of the work shop. He offered to fix a sander that was in need of repair for the company and was offered a job. He was a ceramic artist and had a natural ability to figure out how things worked. This really put a kink in ramping up production to meet sales demands.ĭenny Rauen was a young construction worker that worked for the company that owned the building where S.D. The big problem for the company was the fact that there was only one actual luthier running the company. Curlee’s changed the pickups to DiMarzio “Hot” P-Bass models. Shortly after the 1975 NAMM show, Randy Dritz left the company. ![]() The finish was usually clear and not overly polished allowing the wood to show through. Bodies tended to be walnut and necks were maple. This all occurred at a time when companies such as Alembic made natural wood finishes popular, S.D. Jigs were improvised and the brass bridges were cast in a barnyard in Indiana. ![]()
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