Thoughts on this Czech Stradt?

[Ken Smith]

No pics of the Back or Ribs?

Provenance? The German/Bohemia(Czech) border area or even Austria somewhere as the basses are all very similar. Made on either side of WWII.

There is no such thing as a Strad bass but all the factories would put that for selling. It is just a Gamba flat back student grade bass from back then.

Show some more pics of the back and sides as well as the neck crack and its repair. Usually a good bass would be repaired with a neck graft into the old scroll to keep it all original as neck crack repairs cut the value off by at least the repair cost of about $3-4k. Neck neck graft, fingerboard and bridge as the old one might not be re-usable height wise in the end. I have sold basses like this for $3-4k in the past so buying this might be risky at any price knowing that it needs a neck for 3-4k.