Kev

I was referring to this [quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='1176062' date='Mar 25 2011, 04:49 PM'] to my ears bass 1 sounds very much like a jazz bass / super jazz the fingerstyle clip reminds me of [b]my[/b] sadowsky! [/quote]

Yeah, in fairness yours does sound like quite a specialist case, so again i think it would be wise to obtain a valuation to keep on record anyway if you wanted it fully insured. judging by the £50 premium he is paying, i imagine the OP's instrument are far less valuable, and therefore can be insured under Musicguard/JLT without the need of a specialist valuation.

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1181306' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:15 PM']I applied to Musicguard for a quote & ended up in the same boat as the OP; they wanted a "qualified" valuation. Try getting one of them for a John Birch. I did have one from E&L Insurance (who are crap - see previous topics) which said £4500 (edit - yes I know - cloud cuckoo-land). I ended up with a letter from Bonhams but that wasn't good enough for MusicGuard. For the OP, it depends what you have & how far you are from a decent music shop, maybe a luthier, or the manufacturer. Basically all they're after is a Letterhead from a shop, saying in their opinion your gear is worth £££X.[/quote] What kind of valuations are we looking at here? for Vintage basses? For current stock basses? I have read nowhere that Musicguard require a qualified valuation, and their cover is New for Old so certainly the latter basses would need no form of valuation. If you have a particularly valuable vintage bass (pre cbs stuff perhaps, £4k and above), perhaps look for an insurance company that specialises in this? In any case, if you want to insure an instrument of such caliber/value then you should treat it like your grandmothers wedding ring or grandfathers pocket watch and obtain a Valuation anyway. Oh, and please AVOID Entertainment and Leisure at all costs, trust me you do not want to give them a penny of your money.

I have just taken out a policy with Musicguard. After analysing their policy wording/FAQ's (i work in insurance so am VERY aware of this kind of thing), in absence of a purchase receipt they need to see other forms of proof of ownership i.e. email correspondence/corresponding bank/paypal statements, photograph with you and the instrument (showing serial number), that kind of thing. insurance companies obviously have to place these limitation or anyone could claim for anything!! In regards to the use of instruments for paid work, this would be deemed as commercial use and so i imagine pretty much every home insurer would exclude any losses relating to that.

^^ To be honest, i think that is a little rude. Not a great advert for Thomann, this. Hope it all gets resolved for you.

I'm sure its good but can't bring myself to listen to that sort of music

Only one here, would have one or two others for the sake of it if i had more spare cash but i currently have zero GAS for any other bass

Liked both equally with both pups, but much preferred bass 2 with solo bridge and slap tone (maybe some sort of Warwick?) Do we find out what they are? Edit: Haha, what you get for skimming a thread! Surprised that the first bass was a budget chinese thing (although LOVE that someone compared it to their Sadowsky, confirming my beliefs regarding jazz copies ) but to my ears the differences in quality between the 2 in the second and third set of clips were quite apparent, i had a hunch it was a Warwick

Lovely set of Warwick's there, kept the best two i reckon

It's Fender product so quality control varies wildly. Some people have owned MIM's that sound better than the MIA's; the only MIM i have tried had build quality and playability to match a Squier Affinity.... Try before you buy and that should tell you everything you need to know, an a hell of a lot more than anyone can tell you on here

[quote name='sammy-bikes' post='1180241' date='Mar 28 2011, 11:10 PM']thanks, im watching a few on ebay to see how they turn out, why is the market so bad for second hand warwicks then? is it worth hanging on for a while longer or will it continue losing value?[/quote] Hmmm, difficult to say. Will be interesting to see if the middle east Warwick range that is beginning to take over their production will drive the german 'wick values up...

they have been selling recently between £400 and £600, worth alot more of course but for whatever mad reasons Warwick's are still selling for silly money.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1175451' date='Mar 25 2011, 12:17 AM']I want a 1x12 cab but there appears to be some confusion as to whether amps/cabs are included? Plus the missus will kill me![/quote] Under the scheme AFAIK they are not, however some shops do allow it.

[quote name='4 candles' post='1175219' date='Mar 24 2011, 08:57 PM']some advice. If you cant afford it now. then you cant afford it. advice 2. out of debt, out of danger advice 3. never a beggar or borrower be advice 4. a great bass player can make a cv squire sound better than a poor player with an Alembic Just my 2 pennies worth Regards Mark[/quote] Couldn't disagree with you more. I bought a £900 bass on the take it away scheme, now fully paid off and i sold it to buy my dream bass. There is no way i would have been able to do that had i not entered into that scheme,.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1174005' date='Mar 23 2011, 10:32 PM']Sue Ryder P-bass[/quote]

The bolt-on Thumbs were originally Ovangkol (early examples were walnut) however Warwick have recently changed that to Bubinga instead, and have reintroduced the Ovangkol model as a korean version to go alongside the corvette standards. Prior to this Bubinga BO's were not stock instruments. As far as i know the new Bubinga BO is replacing the german Ovangkol BO(Woo!). Be interesting to see the street price of the Korean thumb...

I don't think there is much arguement that Warwick basses second hand are the best value for money at the moment, the way the market is. On the same token, i would recommend you do NOT buy one brand new! Try before you buy. For your budget you can afford to get an older late eighties/early nineties handcrafted Warwick, which some prefer due to the neck profile and woods used (Wenge rather than the cheaper Ovangkol) amongst other things.