I went thru the last few years of Threads on Blockless basses and rather than merging them here, I thought it would be best to just post the links.
As you can see, some opinions given be me and others point to the Tirol but from new information gathered, some of them at least might be Bohemian instead. The
Bohemian region encompasses most of the Czech Republic from the German border near Saxony and into Moravia with Prague being the old capitol of Bohemia.
Here are the other 'Blockless' Threads;
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=265
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=764
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631
http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=2078