Author Topic: My little christmas present for you all........ (Read 626 times)

senmen · « **on:** December 19, 2003, 07:28:36 AM »

Hi Mica, hi Val, hi guys,

as Mica promised to send us a little christmas present during the weekend, the JAE pics, I thought I should do the same.
Below plse find my little christmas present for you all, a very rare photo of John Entwistle with his original Spyder 8....

And yes Mica, my photo collection of Alembic Spyders is not the smallest, but I am eager to see yours.....

mattheus · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2003, 07:44:17 AM »

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Speechless

Thanks Oliver.

bigredbass · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2003, 07:50:51 AM »

I always thought it was an insight into his personality: Either it was a total lack of ego to inlay the notes on the fingerboard, or that he wanted to make you think he needed them !

God Rest John Entwistle.

J o e y

811952 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2003, 07:54:18 AM »

Anybody have a copy of Too Late The Hero? That album sealed the deal for me - I HAD to have an Alembic! I recall it had a lot of 8-string bass on it...
John

senmen · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2003, 09:19:53 AM »

John,
of course I have it. Originally since 1982.
Some of my friends say, it is poor due to the
texts and simple music.
But to me it is explosive and one of his best bass playing albums.

Oliver

jet_powers · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2003, 11:31:03 AM »

Thanks for the pics Spyderman! That is of course, one of the coolest basses ever. Only fitting for JAE was the coolest bass guitarist ever.

My copy of TLTH does sound bad. That's because I wore out the vinyl trying to learn his licks. I really should get that on CD if it's available...

JAE was also the reason I had to have an Alembic.

John Paul

senmen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2003, 01:21:01 PM »

John Paul,
of course the TLTH is available on CD!
And yes also this made me want an Alembic Spyder since the very first time I saw him playing them...

Oliver

rockandroller · « **Reply #7 on:** December 20, 2003, 09:38:29 PM »

TLTH is my favorite JE album.. you can buy it on amazon along with several more JE records ( including The Rock, Left for Live, the King Biscuit Show...) :

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-0849107-0013629

dfung60 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2003, 09:12:41 PM »

Yum.

This appears to be the graphite Exploiter-8. I believe this one had a very small photo on the letters page of Guitar Player mag years ago (before there was a Bass Player magazine!).

David Fung

mica · « **Reply #9 on:** December 21, 2003, 11:28:04 PM »

Hey Oliver,

Val's searching on Friday didn't yield any pics I could positively identify as John's, but I did post a few other goodies he found in new thread. Sorry we didn't find anything this time, but you know that as soon as I've got them we'll post them here right away. I will take a shot tomorrow of the poster of TLTH my mom has in her office.

David - I don't think this one is the graphite one, the front of the peghead is vermilion, but see the purpleheart laminates in the neck? Usually the graphite basses had a large bound neck overlay.

senmen · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2003, 06:48:20 AM »

Hi Mica, hi John, hi all,
don?t mind about the pics Mica. The ones you posted in the other thread are great!
As for the Spyder 8, to my knowledge John only had this particular ONE Spyder 8. This above shown is the same that is shown on the group shots with a big part of his then collection.
This Spyder 8 definetely has no graphite neck.
Mica, something that is still of strong interest for me is the electronics on the JAE Spyders.
You told me once about an old thread where you explained the electronics but I can?t find it.
Could you explain to me again the two pots and the switch on the lower horn?

Oliver (Spyderman)

dnburgess · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2003, 01:50:26 PM »

Oliver

Thought you might be interested in an interview with Greg Lake in the November 2003 issue of (British) Guitar Magazine, which includes the following:

Lake's claim that he's 'not really a collector' is borne out by the fact that none of the basses he used in the 70s and 80s - a Fender Jazz in King Crimson, then Alembics later on in ELP - are still in his possession....
'If I don't play 'em, I get rid of them,' he explains. 'Like the eight-string Alembic - I sold that to John Entwistle.'

David Houck · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:01:03 PM »

Speaking of Greg Lake and King Crimson, his bass work on 21st Century Schizoid Man is really nice. The instrumental section of that song is one of my all time favorites.

811952 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:07:33 PM »

Greg Lake is very underrated in my book. Tarkus on a long-scale 8-string with a pick at the speed Emerson played it live? And he sings too? Very, very underrated. That 8-string, BTW, was the very first 8-string I had ever seen.. And I LOVE Fanfare for the Common Man - great bass!!!
John

David Houck · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2003, 02:47:02 PM »

Tarkus is one of my all time favorite albums! Unfortunately I'm not sure I've even ever heard their version of Fanfare for the Common Man.