This reminds me of that poor Thunderbird that had been "reworked" a couple of months ago. Same part of town, same type of ebay store. I wouldn't be suprised to learn that the basses owner was the same person. Maybe it time for Me & Joe (Chromium) to do some investigating? I'll start polishing up my lead pipe when I get home tonite.
It almost makes that Tbird (w/leather tassles, if I recall?) look good!
Despite my local efforts in trying to raise the bar for humane treatment of the Gibson bass species, the greater Phoenix area bass butchers persist... Have they no souls???
Might make a good project/player if the price is right. That Rorschach-inkblot-test-pickguard, however, gots to go!