Kev

26 indeed, tuned eadgc

Canot believe there isn't one of these when each of Enrico's instruments are a work of art!!! Here is a couple of pics of my newly acquired 33" Zoid with 3 piece Ash neck, American black walnut body with a gorgeous American Holly top and ebony fingerboard with an Alder tone block/figured poplar top: [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/image_zpsdde23813.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/image_zpsdde23813.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/image_zps8ed252de.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/image_zps8ed252de.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I would agree, alone it will not suit every sound you are looking for (although running it at 12v with the 4 band eq affords a lot of variation in comparisson to the B3K) but it adds a great flavour to any fuzz or drive you put into it, and the blend knob really lets you control the intensity of that flavour, which I think is a big plus for its use as a dirty preamp. I am also getting excellent results using a Vintage before it; I can't imagine there are too many drive tones I can't get using them both.

I guess it depends how you want to use the preamp. If you are looking for a clean tone then the Aguilar would be a great choice. Dirty tone, nothing beats the B7K or even comes close for me, and I reckon iv tried all of them. But of course, totally depends on the player, bass and amp

Nice buy, they don't really go for too much, seen a few on here for £40/£45 odd, so you could probably make 100% on it!

Well iv had a little time with my vintage now, albeit not in a band situation, and I enjoy it quite a lot. I find it really nice as a low gain drive just to warm up the signal, era knob is really good, almost like an elaborate tone knob. It's fantastic at driving the B7K too, the pair really can get almost any kind of overdrive tone between them, well chuffed. Just gotta wait for Doug to design a fuzz...

Stunning bass mate, do give me a bell if you ever decide to move it on! Take it it's tuned E-C?

Wow. What with more and more coated string alternatives being released all the time, what a way to shoot yourself in the foot. Unless everyone is about to do this?

Allianz have advised me they accept photos as proof of ownership without valuations so i will get a quote from them. Ill look into New Moon also, cheers

How very odd! Never seen anything like it, but i think there is very little chance it isn't genuine. If it was one of the very first JDs then i would just put it down to early experimenting with design, but it isn't.

And sadly, insurance is becoming so expensive for two reasons: to counter the significant increase in the number of people claiming on their insurance and, by far the most significant, PPI claims and the subsequent massive increase in FCA fees. Anyways, this is getting a little off topic, anyone with positive experiences with claims on specialist music insurance?

Again, it is because on the higher risk of a more expensive risk. The Underwriters would indeed reduce settlement by the percentage of inder insurance, but they can also declare under insurance so great that they will void the policy from inception. how about this: If the house was only insured for half it's value and, for the sake of discussion, half of the house suffered fire damage and would cost half the house's value (or the full sum insured) to repair, why should the insurers pay as if it were a total loss? They would quite appropriately pay 50% towards the repairs, as you have chosen to insure 50% of the value of your house.

Insurers will always opt to replace the instrument, rather than give a cash settlement. Almost always, if cash in lieu of repair/replacement is considered, it will be on a contribution basis only. That's certainly one reason why things need to be insured for what they are worth. Why should an insurer allow you to under-insure? For example, if you choose to insure a £5000 bass for £100, yes the insurance company will only pay £100 in the event of a claim for theft. But think also of the increase in risk, a bass worth £5000 is a lot more likely to be stolen than a bass worth £100, so the insurer would want a higher premium for that extra risk.