I finally took the plunge and finished the transaction to acquire a Spyder 4 through Bass Central.  Oliver (Spyderman) has corrupted me, and I just had to have one!  I should have it within a week.  No pics yet, but I'll post when I get it.  Oliver, it's all your fault!  If you hadn't posted pics of your Spyders, well, ... you get the idea.  If I'm ever in Germany, I'll look you up, and we can swap Spyder stories!
 
    Mica, Susan, Ron, thanks for making the best basses in the world, in advance.
 
Regards,
 
Alan

Alan,
many congrats to your decision in buying a Spyder 4. You will see that this is one of the best basses ever.
Plse post some pics when you have em.
Maybe we should establish a Spyder Owners Club within the community here?
 
Take care
Oliver (Spyderman)

Goooooo-od
We had already a interior-alembic-elf-speakers-club.
Now we got the attack of the spyderman coming.
Oh-my-oh-my...
 
Paul the bad one

Paul,
 
In response, the below lyrics are sung to the tune of the theme to the Spiderman cartoon ...
 
First verse
 
Spyderman, Spyderman,
Oliver said get one if you can,
Maple top, walnut core,
Had one Alembic, now got one more,
Hey there, Al's now a Spyderman ...
 
second verse
 
Is it here, I can't wait,
Anticipating the delivery date,
purpleheart and maple neck,
makes other basses look like they're wrecks,
hey there, there goes the Spyderman
 
bridge
 
At the gig just last night,
Between sets at the time,
The LED's did light,
My neck down the side ...
 
third verse
 
Spyderman, Spyderman,
Friendly neighborhood Spyderman,
thunderous tone, can't ignore,
Spyder owners are hard core,  
Look out here comes the Spyderman
 
outro
 
To him, life is a Spyder hang-up
Wherever Alembics show up,
You'll find the Spyderman
 
Not only do we have our own language, we've now got our own theme song!
 
Regards,
 
Alan

***sigh***
 
oh well ...
 
but you forgot the beer in the last verse!!!
 
 
Paul the bad one

Here's to the Alembic Arachnids!  Slainte!
Congratulations Alan
 
Sam

Wow, really cool....
Alan, didn?t know you?re such a good composer.
I take it with one of John?s songs which speaks right out of my heart:
Everybody calls me the Quiet One, you can?see, but you can?t hear me...
Except when I am playing bass........... :-)
 
Oliver

Excellent arrangement! It brings back memories of childhood (late '60s,early '70s) when Spiderman, oops, I mean Spyderman, was my favorite superhero. Glad to hear that you're 'expecting'...I hope delivery goes well!!! (remember, patience is a virtue...)

Oh boy! Another one for me to be jealous about!
 
Congrats Alan!
 
JP

 
 
(Message edited by ajdover on February 09, 2004)

JP,
 
    Hey, there's a lot of folks around here with beautiful instruments to be jealous about ... Hell, Oliver has a Spyder 8!  I have not yet begun to fight (with apologies to John Paul Jones, the sailor, not the bass player)!
 
    Appreciate the congrats.  However, I'm already planning my next Alembic (when I save the money) ... an Europa 4.  
 
Thanks,
 
Alan
 
P.S.  As soon as I have pics, I'll post them.  Beaver at Bass Central asked the good folks in Santa Rosa to take pictures to post on the Bass Central website, so he might have them sooner than I will.  You can get to the Bass Central site via the dealer link here on the Alembic site.

Gee.... you'd think I'd be satisfied with my own 4 Alembics. What an ingrate I am! Still, there's something about those Spyders.... I especially groove on the ones with the V headstock. I've expressed my jealousy for Spyder Ollie's collection before in these pages. I even offered him all four of my Alembics for his two, but he wouldn't bite! And I don't blame him. Not one bit..
 
John Paul the envious and ungrateful one
 
(How many more of the seven deadly sins do I need to acquire?)

Folks,
 
Spyderman, Spyderman,
Al's officially a Spyderman,
Oliver's happy, as is Al,
Now they'll be the best of pals,
Hey there, they are the Spydermen ....
 
(sung to the tune of the theme to the Spiderman cartoon)
 
I'm having a huge amount of difficulty in trying to get pix posted.  The 150K max size is killing me.  Anyone got suggestions?  I've tried resizing it a zillion times, but I can't get it to where it needs to be, and I can't remember how I did it last time (for my Exploiter and other instruments).  Suggestions?
 
Alan

Glad you got the bass! Try this - resize so the longest edge doesn't exceed 800 pixels, then save with more compression (usually a lower quality number - around 5 or 6).
 
Otherwise, email me the pic and I'll resize it for you.

Spyders of the world - UNITE !!!!
 
Oliver (one of those Spydermen)