there's another similar bass called the Discoverer that is a mirror image of a Dean ML guitar.
He purchased that one under the false pretense that it was an actual Gibson prototype. Turned out to be completely fake. Looks like it may have started life as an EB.
Also, I didn't recall the second mudbucker on the V, and here's why:
Now that I think about it, it could still be the same bass with a different pickguard.