YES YES YES.!!!!!!!!!!!!   IT'S ALL MINE.  FINALLY.   AND YES, IT'S FOR SALE.  IT WILL BE ON EBAY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITHN IT'S 8-STRING SISTER.  
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE PAIR BEFORE THE AUCTION,  YOU CAN PURCHASE THEM FOR RETAIL.  I AM NOT BREAKING UP THIS PAIR.
CONTACT ME AT 408-836-6973 OR ALEMBICDOC@AOL.COM

My mom and dad and I will be at Guitar Showcase in San Jose tomorrow around 1:00 to deliver the 8-string counterpart to this bass.  
 
I hope whoever gets this set has a Fordasaurus or other large vehicle for transport - the cases are absolutely huge!

There hasn't been any more news on the Spiders for nearly two months and there's no reference to them on the main Alembic site. Are they available (if so, what cost?) or all sold out?

Hello David,
 
you can find one 4 string Spider bass at this link:
 
http://www.basscentral.com/
 
Good luck
 
Valentino

I guess I will NEVER see one of these in a left hand.  I undertsand the collectors perspective, however, I WANNA PLAY ONE!!!!
Sometimes it sucks to be lefty.

If you order one in lefthanded you can see it everyday. So far, nobody has reserved on in lefty.

I absolutely love my Spyder bass, it's never in the case, it sits on a stand so I can look at it all day with glazed adoring eyes. I take it to gigs and the people in the crowd come up to the stage and gawk at it in disbelief and admiration of it's beauty. (At first I thought it was me, but they're really looking at the Spyder)