Kev

When is it shipping mate? Ordered mine on tuesday but no signs of it from postie yet.

Ordered

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1202544' date='Apr 17 2011, 12:28 PM']Newly acquired 1990 Streamer Stage I [/quote] Yup, thats the model streamer i want, just stunning with that neck!

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.