| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 1164 Registered: 6-2000 |
 13151 | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 134 Registered: 1-2003 |
Gorgeous!! | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 101 Registered: 7-2003 |
Yeah, the purpleheart looks really great! But in this case it seems that it is not the normal Exploiter body but the Spyder body (the lower cutaway between those two are different). BTW I like this one more than the normal Exploiter style. Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 135 Registered: 1-2003 |
Question for everyone - what electronics are in this bass? Question for Mica - would you be prepared to disclose the value of this instrument (even if it's via e-mail and confidential of course). The reason I ask is that I'm considering something like this for my 40th birthday in 18 months time. Cheers, Rog | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 102 Registered: 7-2003 |
Rog, exact the same electronics than on the Spyders: the 20th Anniversary ones (2 vol, 2 tone, 2 Q, P/U selector, 1 stereo/mono switch, 1 switch for the side LEDīs). Oops, you got me. Of course I donīt know if this particular one has LED`s. As for me if I would order a new bass I would like to have an extra master vol pot on the lower horn like John had. Take care Oliver | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 103 Registered: 7-2003 |
Mica,Val, does this particular one have side LED`s? Is it long scale? It looks like medium to me... Many thanks for your info. Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 136 Registered: 1-2003 |
More questions... What pick-ups are the 20th Anniversary electronics then? Same as the Signature or the same as Seris I? What's the core wood? | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 104 Registered: 7-2003 |
Rog, the pickups used on the 20th and also on the Spyders are no Series. Series have single coil p/uīs while those on the 20th and Spyders are humbuckers. This is also another reason why the Spyder are the closest thing you can get to an orignal JE one; but not the same. So it still makes sense to order an original one with the single coils. On the Spyders the core wood is walnut, but on this particular it might be also walnut but with another layer of maple between the walnut and the purpleheart. So letīs save some money for an exact replica of Johnīs original basses...... Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 137 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thanks for the info! I'm not sure about saving some money Oliver - probably need to rob a bank ;-) | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 105 Registered: 7-2003 |
Okay, letīs get together. I also need some..... Maybe we go to Lloyds bank or....... OK, at the moment I have my Spyder 8 still in the pipeline for which I still need some money. But an exact JE Spyder....... But there is still the Hard Rock Cafe, you know? :-) Take care Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 138 Registered: 1-2003 |
Cheap flight to Berlin coming right up!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 106 Registered: 7-2003 |
Maybe we should do the european Alembic meeting at the HRC in Berlin? I think they will not even notice when the JE Spyder is missing...... :-) Oliver  (Message edited by senmen on October 22, 2003) | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 139 Registered: 1-2003 |
Is that the bass that failed at Live Aid or the one he played? | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 107 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hi Roq, this is exact the bass that failed at Live Aid. Do you know what happened back then? Was it the electronics? So is it worth to have it repaired? :-) I MUST HAVE IT........ Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 140 Registered: 1-2003 |
I've read that it was something stupid like a flat battery! Don't know that for sure though. | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 108 Registered: 7-2003 |
So, what are we doing here? Letīs go to Berlin..... :-) Oliver | ||
| rogertvr
Intermediate Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 141 Registered: 1-2003 |
I did say that it's only something that I've read!!!!!! | ||
| davehouck
Intermediate Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 172 Registered: 5-2002 |
In the US we have this new thing called Homeland Security. If your going to discuss over the web the procurement of funds through illicit means, you would be well advised to use a code of some kind. The appearance of the phrase "rob a bank" probably means this thread has already been downloaded and electronically analyzed in Langley, Virginia. Identities are being established and physical addresses determined; agents on the ground are being notified and mobilized. Don't be surprised if there is a knock at your door in the next five to ten minutes. <g> | ||
| senmen
Intermediate Member Username: senmen Post Number: 109 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hi Dave, not bad! Not bad! I found out some other interesting news about JEīs Spyders (the two ones with the pointed headstock) It seems that the one which is at the HRC was his main bass back then. This is exact the same bass he used in the video sequenques of the Shepherds Bush concert etc. This one has some significantly body differences to the other one: 1. The neck pickup is mounted closer to the end of the neck than on the second one 2. The dummy pickup is slightly broader than on the second one. 3. The upper body horn joins the neck at the 21th fret while the second one joins at the 20th fret. 4. The body on the HRC bass is slightly longer than the second one (note the positions of the power supply jack!) Oliver | ||
| bishopqdog
Junior Username: bishopqdog Post Number: 37 Registered: 7-2003 |
The purpleheart is very noteworthy indeed  | ||
| ox_junior
Junior Username: ox_junior Post Number: 12 Registered: 3-2004 |
I heard that the bass failed at Live Aid because one of his techs had done some custom rewiring for some reason, and had mistakenly crossed the wires that went to the battery. This wasn't discovered until he went to plug the bass in on-stage to do to the show! Oliver, you're closer to Berlin than I am. Perhaps if you end up with this bad boy, you'll be persuaded to let go of your Spyder??? Ha! Mike | ||
| senmen
Advanced Member Username: senmen Post Number: 260 Registered: 7-2003 |
Mike, I would like to. But for this I would need some good stockings as Paul TBO would say now.... :-) Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| exploiterplayer
Junior Username: exploiterplayer Post Number: 24 Registered: 12-2002 |
Very Nice Purpleheart Exploiter! A have had people mistake my 83' 5-A Flame Top Exploiter for a Spyder bass as well. | ||
| hasadari
New Username: hasadari Post Number: 7 Registered: 6-2005 |
Spectacular! | ||
| ed_r
New Username: ed_r Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2005 |
Amazing indeed. Oliver! Check your email! |
