What on earth

[JJW]

[url="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=172101911344&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg"]http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=172101911344&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg[/url]

[timmo]

It looks like the back of a dining chair

[TheGreek]

I don't get these so called "upright basses" you see for sale everywhere. Isn't this a perfect example of a bass on a stand??

[colgraff]

Well, its very stylish looking. I think. Looks unplayable otherwise.

[PlungerModerno]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1455984383' post='2984287']
It looks like the back of a dining chair
[/quote]
+1 It's not hideous, but it is rather chairlike!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1455988671' post='2984355']
I don't get these so called "upright basses" you see for sale everywhere. Isn't this a perfect example of a bass on a stand??
[/quote]
That's how it looks to me. There is a few "crossover" or hybrid designs like the Zeta:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myE6mnKkJjc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myE6mnKkJjc[/url]
They seem a little more practical than the 32" by 20" bodied creation on the ebay listing.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1455990468' post='2984379']
Well, its very stylish looking. I think. Looks unplayable otherwise.
[/quote]
I think it's pretty cool. I'm not conviced it'll sound good - given it's using a MM style humbucker. Even in single coil mode it'll sound Like a fretless electric bass with a pickup near the bridge. I'd want at least a piezo to blend with the magnetic pickup.

[alyctes]

Close to pointless IMO, because it can't be played with a bow (needs a DB-type bridge and FB, which in turn means a DB-ish angle between neck and body).