Cosmo Valdemar

Indeed! He then moved on to ESP/LTD.

I remember these! Late 90s, I think it was? I never got the chance to play one but always loved the sideways knobs. There was a more extreme-styled version as well, and later they made instruments with standard knobs. A good friend has one of their guitars and it's a great instrument.

Nothing Left - Machine Head

Snooze Button - Snot

Mad thought - would it be possible to install the preamps into a pedal, thereby giving us humble SB700 players a chance to get those tones?

The Rock - The 'oo

Sweet Pain - KISS

Paperback Raita - Beatles

I adore the Fugazi bass tone but haven't come close to it with any Rickenbacker or Aria. I've always assumed it was the Aria but frustratingly I just can't get anywhere near it.

The Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison

Good to hear - I've been speaking with Aaron about a replacement for my 700, it seems to be getting weaker. He told me he can make an exact replacement but his more popular option is one with a bit more "oomph".

Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills - Pantera

Drowning - John Entwistle

Red Barchetta - Rush

The Chicken - Jaco

Angry Chair - AIC

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter

Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size

The SB-R60 was basically an SB700 with "standard" string spacing, as well as a couple of other minor differences. I never had them down as budget versions. They have different pickups as well - the R60 has a P-style layout and the 700 (and 1000) has two bar magnets under the cover. SB700 and SB-R60:

Feel Flows - Beach Boys

Reminds me of my old VFE Triumvirate. It's a good idea but I never felt there was sufficient separation between each band of distortion. That was quite a while ago so perhaps the technology has moved on. But, as you say, it all comes down to the flavour of distortion and if it's to your liking. The demo on the Zorg demo doesn't sound good to me but if you're recording with a Dano Longhorn with dead strings there's only so much tone you're going to get!

Plastic Man - Kinks

Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches

In Praise of Bacchus - Type O Negative