After years of reading about Alembics and wishing and thinking maybe some day, it finally happened.  A couple weeks ago I visited Alan Dover in NC after corresponding for a couple months.  He offered his Spyder (No. 7 or 50) to me as he has a custom Spyder being built by Alembic.
 
I came home with Spyder and she constantly amazes me with her sound range.  My other basses that I still have all sound good in their own right, but Spyder is just fabulous.  My other basses are:  Fender Precision Lite, Line 6 Variax Four and a B.C. Rich Mockingbird Heritage.
 
This coming weekend will be my first job with her.  Really looking forward to it!
 
Dean

Hi Dean.  
 
Sweet.
 
Congratulations and welcome to the club.  
 
Kimberly  

Welcome to the club dean and congratulations on your spider. I've seen the pics and she sure is a beauty.
 
graeme

The pictures look great Dean as I commented over in the showcase as well.
Again, welcome and wishing you many years of enjoyment with your Spyder!
Art