Hi Terry,
Thanks for your kind comments! I'm certainly a very lucky guy.
It's not been out of the house since it arrived. I'm rather fearful that the undesirable element would take a liking to it, and whilst it's insured, it's irreplaceable. Another example couldn't be the same. Everyone who's seen it has been stunned by it though. Ask Oliver (aka Senmen), I met him in Hilversum when I collected it from Edwin at The Bass Connection. Oliver played it for a while, the thread is still around on the Club somewhere.
It's certainly a fine instrument!
Cheers,
Rog