What is this?

[missis sumner]

Found on ebay:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126601414522?itmmeta=01J496460Z968AEFTWMG21RPWN&hash=item1d7a08477a:g:RM0AAOSwbvVmoAkv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwC0VRYaexnI4g%2BQLGQs5kFfTOIdd65ZAewn312WAJ1%2FmJCSqsd2d2HNbg%2BBPMmojZDsUArHfDEbE8jgT8z4ZRcNLcxj5C7CUmktqzowOvNOR37ZCn0UtJk8Vaba3LyrtsLlIiuxoTAjQiTIDqwmtN%2BEvCpj7MYW3JAMVBbzdzt11Gsl%2B49c%2Bs5rEsWCCtOkEJnht1ZBDo9dXME%2BXjfvr1Ojk%2FNXnmxFSub8ZOZE7NoX6Pd%2FpRPQg4AGdn7LGeJ3yhQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8jgkKaiZA&edge=1

 

Google reverse image search is turning up nothing of use.  I vaguely recall seeing a similar headstock/logo before, but I can't place it.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Edit:

 

Ok, own up - who bought it? lol

Edited August 2, 2024 by missis sumner

[alyctes]

That's a rather odd beast.  Aluminium nut, by the look of it.  A screw in the middle of the headstock, presumably for a string tree?  I'd guess that truss rod access is via the aluminium plate at the bridge end of the neck, but not clear.  The body seems to be a refin, if the unrepaired scars under the paint are anything to go by, which makes me wonder if it's a home-carved headstock. 

[Delberthot]

I was wondering if the seller was a Basschatter going by the last line of the speil:

 

 

"you are welcome to arrange courier collection at your own cost and risk"

 

 

This seems to be a phrase that is present in most for sale posts on the forum these days but I'd never heard it used outside of the forum until now.

[dyerseve]

Here i was thinking that the strings were supposed to sit in the slots in the nut 🤷‍♂️

[tauzero]

On 04/08/2024 at 19:49, dyerseve said:

Here i was thinking that the strings were supposed to sit in the slots in the nut 🤷‍♂️

 

That's a very conformist attitude.