Mine is an East German Meinal (I remember being told when I bought it) circa 1980...
It's a nice bass but now needs some serious £££s spending on it (about a grand roughly) more than the bass is probably worth. I was originally thinking that the money would be better spent towards an upgrade.
Since my post I've put the cash towards a recent '65 P purchase, so I'm keeping my laminate and just going at it d.i.y. style to keep the thing alive. It's a happy learning curve actually (when time allows)...
Apologies for such a late reply guys, I didn't get any notifications of replies to this thread for some reason...
Cheers all, you're the best!