So yeah...... Ive owned/sold/traded a LOT of gear over the Years, and of all the odd, rare, collectable, unique, and exotic stuff ive had my manicured little hands on this has stayed with me the longest...... It's from the Glorious mid 90's....1996 to be exact (thats a whole quarter century folks) and obviously made in that bonkers-clockwork like country known as Germany. .

Afzelia body and the much desired 5pc Wenge neck, mated to a freshly dressed Ebony fingerboard. Running a Potent Active/Passive MC 18V preamp, Crazy headroom with fantastic Motown lows and poping soloist highs... It's Solid, Heavy and in the right hands sounds friggin amazing.

Patina....theres a little, some pitting on hardware (probably from my sweat mixed with some blood) and a cute thumb dent from my anchor like thumb but thats about it, overall its in rather top condition given the age and will likly look no worse in another 25 years...

Value.....well thats a hard one, one guy was going to fly into N.Z and pick it up in person........pre covid. As you know Stuff like this does not show up often.

Trades....Muso's.... all our money is tied up in gear more often than not. I want a Kubicki Factor, I know there is a couple in N.Z. maybe?