This is a Soviet - made bass guitar, but the model is still unidentified. We've seen already many of these and here are some clues we've got:

Here's an undentified guitar also made at Borisov. It features similar pickups and headstock. The guitar and the bass were probably a pair made at the same period. The most confusing thing about this pair is it's resemblance to Aelita - Bass 2 pair made at Rostov. The investigation is not complete, and we'll wait untill someone will be lucky to see the bass' manual or find a stock example with decal.

If you have any clue what this thing is, please contact us. Here's the text of the letter we've got with the pictures (of the bass with black scratchplate):

I purchased a bass guitar off of ebay some time ago and I just stumbled along your website. I was wondering if you could tell me what this bass was, if you happen to recognize it. All I was told was that it was made in the USSR some time in the 70's. Also it was said that it was an Ural bass, however when comparing it to the pictures on your site it looks more like a Bass 2, with a few differences. I don't know how much of this guitar is original. I know that the bridge may not be origanal because there are multiple holes suggesting that it was replaced and the previous holes were not botherd with. Also the neck plate looks very much different from any of the ones you have shown. If you know what kind of bass this might be, or might have been originally I would love to find out, just out of pure curiosity, and also when people ask me what in the hell I am playing I can tell them.

-Pete Froehling