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