| Author | Message | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 370 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hi Guys, yes, with the Spyder8 it took longer than planned. So now today it arrived and I could add it to the small family which is now represented by: Spyder 4, number 4 of 50 Spyder 8, number 8 of 25 Warwick Buzzard Limited, Number 3 Ovation Elite acoustic bass, Johns personal one. Next in the line will be the Dragon Wing..... Pics will come at a later point. I have to organise a digital cam. Many greetings from Spyderland. Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 598 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oliver Congratulations! Great collection you have I'm looking forward to the photos. How about adding your Eden rig to the pics? Sam | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2003 |
Oliver, The wait is painful but worth it! It's always great to see a fellow John Entwhistle admirer adding awesome axes to his collection and paying tribute to John at the same time. Can't wait for the pics. Jeff | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 562 Registered: 9-2003 |
Congratulations Oliver! You are the consumate JAE collector on this site for sure. Perhaps you are only exceeded by those who encroached on Sotheby's with a large checkbook and a penchant for JAE. I imagine someday you'll make at least one of the elusive original OX Spyders your own. Until then, enjoy what you got for many years to come. | ||
| ajdover
Intermediate Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 125 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oliver, Congrats from a fellow Spyderman. You are truly an Entwistle freak! Hope you enjoy it and that it brings you many hours of happiness. Alan Spyder 7 of 50 P.S. Check out my new Pedulla MVP 4 in the Miscellaneous section of the board. | ||
| stoney
Advanced Member Username: stoney Post Number: 328 Registered: 7-2002 |
Congrats Oliver. Now go to the music store and get a can of 64th notes to feed her! | ||
| ox_junior
Intermediate Member Username: ox_junior Post Number: 165 Registered: 3-2004 |
Yummy! Spyders love 64th notes!!! Hurray to all the Spydermen. Just tooting our own horn. Mike | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 371 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hi Guys, many thanks for the good wishes. I never knew how great an 8string sounds. It is really amazing and now I realise how many times John used an 8string only as a backing part! I will try to organise a digicam to take some photos. Attached a photo taken with my mobile phone cam for a first slight look. Sorry for the bad quality. Oliver (Spyderman)  | ||
| ox_junior
Intermediate Member Username: ox_junior Post Number: 166 Registered: 3-2004 |
So happy together!!! Ba ba ba ba ba!!! Sorry, had lame coffee this morning. Looking good Ollie! MB | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1660 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ollie ,,,,i just LOOOOOOOOOVE those pictures ...VERY Spyderish! ***sigh*** ok ....I'll drive direction Aachen / Köln again. Paul tbo ok-ok-ok ...I heard you ...ok ...I'll take Bonnie!!! But keep those SPyders on a leech ....huh strap. | ||
| lowlife
Intermediate Member Username: lowlife Post Number: 136 Registered: 12-2003 |
I just couldn't resist. Sung to the tune of My Favorite Things... Spyders and Spoilers and walnut Orions Series and Distilates and ebony Europas yadda, yadda, yadda, Don't worry, I won't quit my day job. Ellery (Lowlife) | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1664 Registered: 9-2002 |
Shooo-shoooo Ellery ...back to work!! | ||
| ajdover
Intermediate Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 127 Registered: 11-2003 |
Oliver, Gratuliere on your new acquisition. It looks great! You are the Spyderman indeed! All the best, Alan Spyder 7 of 50 | ||
| the_mule
Advanced Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 278 Registered: 1-2004 |
Oliver, congratulations! Those Spyders look very scary lurking in the dark. I can understand why Paul has doubts about Bonnie's safety. Is the Dragon Wing thing 'in progress' already, or something for the future? A maple DW would certainly be the perfect partner for those mean Spyder machines! Wilfred | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 376 Registered: 7-2003 |
Wilfred, yep the DW is in progress now. So the collection is slightly growing. :-) But there are still so many wishes..... And of course main target is one of Johns original Spyders...... :-) Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| jlpicard
Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 86 Registered: 7-2002 |
An 8 string Alembic must be a truly awe inspiring sound indeed!! | ||
| bigbadbill
Intermediate Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 123 Registered: 10-2003 |
I wish I had one.....congrats Oliver! | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 378 Registered: 7-2003 |
Jean Luc :-), BigBad, the 8string Spyder is really amazing. A very great and unique sound. I have the same string setup ordered like John had to play it mainly with a pick to be able to play Johns riffs like in Success Story or Trick of the Light or so. But it is also very good playable with fingers! The next in the line will be a Dragon Wing, John´s last design. But my biggest wish, an original Spyder from John, has not turned up yet.... :-) Many greetings from Spyderland Oliver | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 65 Registered: 12-2003 |
Oliver, Once again, congratulations on a tremendous aquisition, and I will bet that the bass sounds awesomely full! Do you know on what recordings John used an 8 string? I want to listen again! Thanks Oliver. | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 379 Registered: 7-2003 |
Jeff, I have to relisten to the CD´s to list them all. Here are a few: Success Story, Trick of the Light, You.... I have to relisten again. There are many on the Too Late The Hero album as well as some on the The Rock CD. But The Rock was completely recorded with Warwick basses, even the fretless and 8string. A great source is the audio cassette training course of John where he is playing extensively with his Alembic Spyder 8string. Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 66 Registered: 12-2003 |
Oliver, I'm taking a guess here, but it sounds like John is using an Alembic on a few of the Who's really popular songs, like, You Better, You Bet, Another Tricky Day, The Real Me, but I don't know for sure. Do you have any information on his choice of bass with these songs? Thanks Oliver! | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 380 Registered: 7-2003 |
Jeff, as for You Better You Bet and Another Tricky Day it was definetely an Alembic. The original version of The Real Me - dunno! But the second version on the Quadrophenia soundtrack was also re-recorded with an Alembic. Oliver | ||
| geddy
Junior Username: geddy Post Number: 15 Registered: 7-2004 |
Sooo, does anyone know how many of the JE spiders are left at the mothership? I assume not many if any. Also is the spyder shape something you can order in a custom or would it be the standard exploiter? | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 67 Registered: 12-2003 |
Oliver, As always, you are a valuable source of JE/Who information. Thanks. Jeff. | ||
| stoney
Advanced Member Username: stoney Post Number: 333 Registered: 7-2002 |
I believe you can order the Exploiter body with whichever headstock and electronics you wish. | ||
| geddy
Junior Username: geddy Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2004 |
stoney- but I think the spider shape differs from the exploiter in it's contour cuts. I'm wondering if the spyder is offered on customs of if there's any JE spyders left. | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 382 Registered: 7-2003 |
Geddy, guys, there are three Spyders known to be left in the world. Johns then main Spyder (the one which failed at the Live Aid Gig) is currently at the Hard Rock Vault in Orlando. It was located for many years in the Berlin HRC, but after the Sotheby´s auction they thought to bring an instrument with such a high value to the vault. The second Spyder he used (also with the pointed headstock) was sold at the Sotheby´s auction. I am still on the search to locate this instrument. The V-head Spyder was also auctioned at the Sotheby´s event. Also here no chance to locate it yet. In an old statement Mica said that they made at least 6 different Spyders for John. The above three and three different 8strings. I have only seen one of those; this one is also in Johns book but was not in Johns posession anymore. Whereabouts? Don´t know. Also the other two 8strings did not uncover yet. Following Mica one of the 8strings was equipped with a V-headstock! I have never seen a photo of it but I really would like to know where they put the tuners on the V. In general the body designs Exploiter - Spyder Limited - John´s Spyders is really different. Even the Limited Spyders do not have the shape of Johns original ones. Take a look at some photos. The two pointed Spyders that John had were very similar in body design, but the pickup spacing was different. The V-head body was totally different to the others and matches more the current limited Spyders. I still dream of getting one of his originals or at least an exact replica. But even this would burn a deep hole in my pocket..... Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| kenbass4
Intermediate Member Username: kenbass4 Post Number: 134 Registered: 10-2003 |
Actually, I think Geddy's (If only HE played Alembics!) question was more along the lines of How many MORE Spyders will Alembic make of the current run? Are all 75 sold yet? (50 4-string, 25 8-string) Ken (TEO) | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 383 Registered: 7-2003 |
Ken,Geddy, sorry if I understood wrong. If I am informed well about half of the Spyder4´s are still available. Don´t know for the 8strings. Maybe Mica can tell us..... Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| geddy
Junior Username: geddy Post Number: 20 Registered: 7-2004 |
Thanks guys, ken yes you're right I'm wondering if the "reissue" spyders (4 string) are still available new, not actually looking for one of JE's personals! If only! Senmen you answered exactly what I was trying to find out about, which is can we still get the JE style spyder body, (which I prefer)? quote: "In general the body designs Exploiter - Spyder Limited - John´s Spyders is really different. Even the Limited Spyders do not have the shape of Johns original ones. Take a look at some photos." |
