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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 1164
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 9:33 pm:   Edit Post

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rogertvr
Intermediate Member
Username: rogertvr

Post Number: 134
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 11:53 pm:   Edit Post

Gorgeous!!
senmen
Intermediate Member
Username: senmen

Post Number: 101
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 12:26 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 1:45 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 2:12 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 2:31 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 3:28 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 3:37 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 4:52 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 5:06 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 5:30 am:   Edit Post

Cheap flight to Berlin coming right up!!!!!!!!!!
senmen
Intermediate Member
Username: senmen

Post Number: 106
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 5:40 am:   Edit Post

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...... :-)

OliverStill in the HRC.....

(Message edited by senmen on October 22, 2003)
rogertvr
Intermediate Member
Username: rogertvr

Post Number: 139
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:16 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:24 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:26 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:31 am:   Edit Post

So, what are we doing here?
Letīs go to Berlin..... :-)

Oliver
rogertvr
Intermediate Member
Username: rogertvr

Post Number: 141
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:34 am:   Edit Post

I did say that it's only something that I've read!!!!!!
davehouck
Intermediate Member
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 172
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 6:49 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 7:10 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 7:02 am:   Edit Post

The purpleheart is very noteworthy indeed :-)
ox_junior
Junior
Username: ox_junior

Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 2:35 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 6:37 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 2:37 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 4:38 pm:   Edit Post

Spectacular!
ed_r
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Username: ed_r

Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 8:50 pm:   Edit Post

Amazing indeed. Oliver! Check your email!

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