The worlds most dangerous Thunderbird

[66Atlas]

When I first saw this listing I noticed the odd layout of the controls.  Then I saw the headstock-This thing could be a weapon in the wrong hands! 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222010858833?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Basvarken]

Then I saw the headstock-This thing could be a weapon in the wrong hands! 

Or a can opener 

[Highlander]

Highly innovative... a bargain too...

[Aussie Mark]

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye

[Dave W]

Headstock looks like a crow's beak.

AFAIK, ESP never had a production model with that control layout or headstock, so I believe the custom order claim. Price is not out of line for a Japanese ESP.

[Nocturnal]

There is another one with a silverburst finish and a bolt on neck:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Navigator-ESP-FT-320R-Thunderbird-type-BASS-FANATIC-CRISIS-Ryuji-model-JAPAN-/321994400658?hash=item4af85ca392:g:jQ8AAOSwzhVWrbH0

is this a "Navigator" model or is that one of ESP's secondary lines?

[Dave W]

Guess I was wrong! that one has the same headstock and control layout.

LTD is ESP's secondary line, I doubt it's one of those.

[gearHed289]

[Highlander]

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye

I'm suddenly reminded of those aluminium Veleno (?) guitars...

[clankenstein]

    Keith Levene's .

[Dave W]

Nice Veleno. IIRC Veleno made only one bass, for Todd Rundgren.

[nofi]

i think peter haycock from the climax blues band played a veleno at times. his looked gold plated. not real gold of course.

[gearHed289]

Ace Frehley experimented with a Veleno, as well as a Travis Bean on the ALIVE! tour.

[Highlander]

Mark Farner used one, and who made Todd's Ankh guitar...?

[Dave W]

Mark Farner used one, and who made Todd's Ankh guitar...?

John Veleno. Todd's Veleno bass was also an Ankh.