My guess is that this is a mandobass (possibly by Vega) that was retrofitted with a Rick horseshoe pickup. Probably done in the latter half of the 1930s.
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FYI: this bass has a 33" scale (!), it´s fretted (with a flat fingerboard) and the pickup seems to be installed when the instrument was built, not retro fitted. The plot thickens...
