Never seen a body like this

[JJW]

This looks rather unusual
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=Bg&icep_item=121387712830&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

[chriswareham]

That's the [url="http://cheesyguitars.com/tonika_bass.html"]first electric bass made in the Soviet Union[/url].

A quote from elsewhere on that site describes the Tonika:

[quote]What they've made is an unplayable super-heavy guitar with sick body shape, thickest neck you'll ever find and sound suitable for anything but music.[/quote]

It all suggests that the best it's good for is hanging on the wall as a conversation piece.

[JJW]

That's quite interesting actually, thanks.

[EssentialTension]

I like the green pearl pickguard and in those pictures the neck looks rather slender.