Hobbit faker

[ilan]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166190937638

What do you think... if it stays cheap it could be a fun bass, right?

[Dave W]

A "defect" right were the s/n probably was? I'd pass.

Could be a bargain, though.

[Basvarken]

Could be fun. But don't expect it to be anything like the real lo-z Gibson Les Paul Bass.
Pickups are not lo-z. And most likely not even humbuckers.

I owned a similar one. The neck was a multiplex laminate and the fretboard had developed a huge bump near the neck joint.
Body was semi-hollow. Pickups were microphonic.
A cute little bass, but it always was a stepchild in the family.

[Grog]

I wonder what the second jack is for on the front by the volume knob...........

[Basvarken]

Neck needs a reset by the way...

[ilan]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334922736780

Another one. EUR400

[Basvarken]

I owned one exactly like that one. With shortcomings as described above.

Except mine had the CBS logo silkscreened on it instead of the Master M

https://www.enkoo.nl/cbslespaulbassjapan.html