This is a Rogue VB-100 violin bass (duh, sorry for pointing out the obvious) which I bought for $84. It had a crack in the neck near the headstock bad enough to have the first fret pop out so I cut out the first fret block, did a controlled break of the headstock so that I could get epoxy into all of the cracks and crevices and then reset the headstock. Since the first fret block was pretty much unusable I made one out of oak which I stained and glued into place with hide glue. I then recut the fret slot and installed the origianl fret. I also decided to carve a volute out of a block of oak to epoxy to the back of the neck in order to add a little strength and help prevent any future damage. I'm surprised at basses such as this or the Gibson/Epi EB series basses (not to mention the Les Pauls) that have an obvious fragility to the neck/headstock design yet nothing seems to be done about it to strengthen it. Anyway I resprayed the neck and head with laquer and am happy with the outcome. I restrung it with D'Addario Chromes EBC80s and it really is a cool sounding little bass. What I really like about it is that it's loud enough to be heard without having to plug it in so it's ideal for practicing around the house or outdoors on the porch.