Author Topic: Spyder bound for Australia (Read 713 times)

senmen · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2003, 11:36:09 PM »

Dnburgess,
keep us updated when you received it.
I will post some scans of mine tomorrow.

Many greetings
Oliver

palembic · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2003, 12:14:15 AM »

Beer ...beer

Beer ...Beer...?
Somebody said beer here?

Paul the bad one

PS1: I'm not THAT beerdrinker. I mean, I don't drink huge quantities. I LIKE beer, Duvel is my favourite!
PS2: good idea that Frankfurter Messe thing. However: that kind of exhibitions always give me a headache!

dnburgess · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2003, 10:50:38 PM »

The bass was delivered to my office in a HUGE box. Initial visual impression - this is one of the best looking instruments - correction, THE best looking instrument that I have ever seen! The flame maple has a three dimensional quality which isn't conveyed in the photographs.

Once home, much tuning (next acquisition - a rack mount tuner) later, first note is a glorious open E - sounds something like a grand piano. I quickly discover limitations of my playing technique - being used to a very fast short scale S1 I have developed some sloppy habits. The longer scale is a stretch - plus I need to improve my fingering to ensure both strings in the pair fret properly - something I hadn't thought about.

The sound is huge and beautiful - but will take a lot of getting used to before I can take full advantage. I think the sound will improve further when the strings settle down and lose a bit of brightness.

Interestingly, lots of fun was had with fingerstyle playing above the 7th fret where there lives an almost electric piano like sound.

I'll get back to you in about a year...

senmen · « **Reply #18 on:** July 15, 2003, 11:38:40 PM »

David,

many congrats on your new baby.
This is great, isn?t it?
I will post scans of mine soon.

Many greetings
Oliver

dnburgess · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2003, 05:15:43 PM »

OK, I'm starting to come to grips with this instrument - never having played an 8-string before.

I have christened it my WMD. Not only must guitarists stand back, but keyboardists too - yet another surprise, this is an amazing funk machine - imagine a Superstition style Clavinet with SLAM. This morning I rewrote and funkified one of my band's songs.

As expected, this is the bass of death on heavier lines.

Am thinking how cool it would be to have a matching 4-string...but then that would be too indulgent. Wouldn't it?

valvil · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2003, 06:55:17 PM »

No, it wouldn't..makes perfect sense to me...I bet Rami would agree...

Valentino

senmen · « **Reply #21 on:** July 21, 2003, 05:11:24 AM »

HI Dnburgess,

so how is your new baby doing?
How is your 8string strung?
Octave string behind the bass strings (E,Eoctave,A,Aoctave,D,Doctave and G,Goctave) or the octave strings before the bass strings like the original Entwistle 8string was?
I am planning to buy a Spyder 8string also to match my 4string and am thinking how to what string setting to use...
Can you send me some scans of your 8string?

Oliver

dnburgess · « **Reply #22 on:** July 21, 2003, 04:43:46 PM »

Oliver

Yes - octave strings behind the bass strings.

I am having a lot of fun exploring this instrument - there is a huge range of tones available via the tone controls and pickups. Insterestingly it responds very well to subtle fingerstyle playing - as my original motivation was obtain a WMD against my guitarist. [You should have seen his look of stunned disbelief when I opened the case - he readily admitted it was the most amzing instrument he had ever seen. The piece de resistance was when I turned on the fingerboard side LEDs - he nearly fell over. (I may have sold an Alembic 6 string guitar.) ]

The comments in the Entwhistle thread about his light touch was a useful insight.

Regards
David