This 3/4 size carved bass was made circa 1930 in Czechoslovakia, probably for the American market.  It has a facsimile Stradivarius label typical of these basses.  (Most experts agree that Strad never made a bass.)  

The neck was broken out of its' block in transit, damaging the top and block.  The client wants me to repair everything and replace the bass bar.  There are a pair of cracks right under the bar, making this repair a little more involved.  

There are sections of the top edges that need re-building.  The bass has a punch in the lower bout rib and a few rib cracks.  The back has shrunk enough that the ribs overhang on the bottom, so I will be shortening them at the endpin block.  

The first thing is to re-assemble the top and patch what isn't in the way of the new bar.