| Author | Message | ||
| senmen
Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 594 Registered: 7-2003 |
For sale: Alembic John Entwistle Spyder 8string, best condition with original case. Asking USD 6000 plus shipping Plse send me a mail: senmen@web.de Many thanks Oliver | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 54 Registered: 8-2005 |
as long as i'm sufing the for sale and trade thread.... SOLD! to the guy with more money than sense! | ||
| senmen
Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 596 Registered: 7-2003 |
T, yes, thanks for the update which I hadnīt done yet and many thanks for your trust. I am now waiting for "Tears for John" to come in which will be my main bass in the future.... Oliver | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 55 Registered: 8-2005 |
man, the waiting is killing me... Location Date Local Time Activity DUSSELDORF, DE 08/15/2006 12:06 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN DUSSELDORF, DE 08/14/2006 11:26 P.M. EXPORT SCAN 08/14/2006 11:25 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN 08/14/2006 10:18 P.M. 08/14/2006 8:53 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN ESCHWEILER-WEISWEILE, DE 08/14/2006 8:06 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN 08/14/2006 7:48 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 229 Registered: 4-2005 |
Wow...that's a great Punk Rock song you have going there, Tim....cool title, too | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 56 Registered: 8-2005 |
thanks. looks like it will be here friday after all. i have a rehersal friday night, i dunno about showing up with a bass that i've never played before (can playing an 8-string be more difficult than playing a fretless? i dunno.) i haven't decided if i wanna risk it yet. the suspense is killing me. | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 57 Registered: 8-2005 |
Well the spyder arrived today. i pulled it out of the box, tuned it up and an hour later i had to force myself to put it down! This thing is too much fun to play! It balances much better than my 80's distilate exploiter and i don't feel like my right hand is getting forced up over the fretboard. many thanks to oliver for dealing with me on this one. i hope you're as happy with your new bass as i am with this one! also many thanks to brian for buying my series I which helped to finance this deal. last i heard he was a happy camper too. i'll post pictures later of my new acquisition with the rest of my small alembic family later when i've had a chance to come down from the rush! | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 236 Registered: 4-2005 |
Congrats, man! "Play On!" | ||
| brianm
Junior Username: brianm Post Number: 42 Registered: 8-2005 |
Looking forward to the pics of your new bass Tim. btw I love the series I, thanks for selling it to me. | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 240 Registered: 4-2005 |
Just curious, Tim. Did you also pull the trigger on your old Exploiter on ebay a few weeks ago that had wound up in Memphis? | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 58 Registered: 8-2005 |
i took this thing to rehersal last night. played it for 4 hours and could not put it down. my backup bass never left its case. setup and intonation were perfect right out of the box. no neck dive. i'd guess it weighs about 12 lbs. not light, but certainly lighter than my series II 5-string and balances better to boot. the sound is fantastic. the bass string is below the octave string on this one. i play finger style and with just a little right hand technique adjustment, i can have either a subtle top end or in-your-face twang from the octave string. very versatile. we play modern and classic rock and it never sounded out of place. having owned 7 alembics ranging from a distallate to a series II, i have to say that alembic totally outdid themselves on this one. >>>Just curious, Tim. Did you also pull the trigger on your old Exploiter on ebay a few weeks ago that had wound up in Memphis?<<< well funny that you should mention that bass. that's what put me down this road. i traded that bass away when i bought my series II. that's one of the few basses that i regret selling. i was waffling on buying it and somebody else won the auction. feeling dissappointed, i saw oliver's for sale, made a couple of inquiries and the rest is history. i have to say that i'm much happier with this one than i would have been with my old one. | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 63 Registered: 8-2005 |
dunno if this is the best place to post this but here goes.... my other basses are gathering dust. our band just retooled (new drummer, new singer, new name probably too) just about the time this bass showed up. it's pretty much become an integral part of our sound. we're doing a large outdoor gig on the 9th and so a big crowd's gonna get to see and hear it in action. here's a shot of it in its new home....  | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 254 Registered: 4-2005 |
W0W...no six string guitar player, cool! | ||
| jet_powers
Advanced Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 284 Registered: 2-2003 |
And... a lefty drummer! | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2464 Registered: 9-2002 |
Y'now ...I'm not so into that 8 string ... but that small bodied medium scaled fretless series makes me drooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...oooooooooooooooooooooooool Paul TBO Rats ...Tim ...you owe me a knew keyboard! | ||
| series_iii
Member Username: series_iii Post Number: 64 Registered: 8-2005 |
yeah the guitar player was taking a beer break on this song. we were doing "never been any reason" by head east with just vocals bass and drums. it was awesome! i can pretty much push a 2nd instrumentalist clear outta the room with that 8-string if i'm of the mind to. i guess lefty drummers are rare, no? at any rate i'm almost always set up stage right so it's kinda nice to hear the high hat better. actually that fretless is a long scale (just measured it to be sure) it's known in some circles as the steve fossen bass. usually it gets played on about 1/3 of our songs but lately all of my other basses have been taking a back seat to the spyder! i dunno why i even bothered to take it outta the case! | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 942 Registered: 7-2002 |
I wanted that bass really bad when it was at Bunny Bass but I did not have the money at the time. Oh well... Valentino | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2465 Registered: 9-2002 |
Well brother Val ...great minds think alike! What ...long scale ?????????????????????? Even more drooooooooooooooooooooo-ooool |
