Author Topic: Me and my spoiler (Read 976 times)

mattheus · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:46:33 AM »

At least I didn't sleep with my bass... well, sort off... Not that I can remember..... (Just like the fact that I've never gone to bed with an ungly woman, but I sure woke up with a few...)

FC Bass · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2009, 03:46:38 AM »

You did not sleep with your bass? That's sick!

Be sure to take the Alembic to your Frysl?n gigs, I might be there to check if you do ;-)

Classified dutch part of this message:

Vanavond (Wolvega) gaat niet lukken, maar vrijdag 26 juni in Akkrum waarschijnlijk wel.
Dat kan ik op de fiets doen, wellicht kom ik even meefeesten :-)

mattheus · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2009, 03:20:06 PM »

Unfortunately the gig in Wolvega was cancelled. Some lunatic raced with his car into the crowd watching and celebrating our Queen (Queen's Day in Holland). Innocent people were killed in this tragic event. Many big events in Holland were cancelled as a respect to all those people involved. Again a cruel world has shown his ugly face....

57basstra · « **Reply #18 on:** April 30, 2009, 03:28:05 PM »

...thoughts and prayers are with those victims and their families....

David Houck · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2009, 05:20:54 PM »

I read about that this morning on BBC news. Especially tragic given the festive nature of the holiday.

mattheus · « **Reply #20 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:26:03 AM »

Here are some pictures of my Spoiler. With a flash you can clearly see the dings and dongs (it looks like the bass was on a battlefield..) Without a flash the bass looks fairly unharmed...

Enzo · « **Reply #21 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:57:53 PM »

This is the 2nd Spoiler I see with the pointer body shape. I'd love to have something like this.

mattheus · « **Reply #22 on:** May 02, 2009, 03:19:54 AM »

Sorry Enzo, but this one will never be on the market.... Somehow I have a weird kind of a relationship with it. I bought this bass new in '87 and was completely blown away by it. Shortly after that I bought myself a Series II, but that bass wasn't my cup of tea (can you imagine..). I sold the Series II and got myself a Status bass; which is a great bass for touring. The Spoiler stayed in it's case but kept shouting at me....

Enzo · « **Reply #23 on:** May 02, 2009, 08:34:45 AM »

Haha, I didn't mean to ask you to sell it to me !
I remember you to point, on the Status forum, at a Spoiler like this for sale in Holland. I think this is my favourite body shape.

mattheus · « **Reply #24 on:** May 04, 2009, 12:50:42 AM »

That's right. Not so long ago there was a similar Spoiler for sale here in the Netherlands. It had a dark facing wood, I can't recall what wood it was. I must admit that I also fancied that bass, together with my Spoiler they would make a nice couple...

mattheus · « **Reply #25 on:** May 05, 2009, 04:30:52 AM »

I heard from someone today that it should be possible to wipe the dings and dongs away with a good polisher like Commandant. I have no idea what that will do with the high glos finish of the bass. Has anyone got an idea, or better has anyone ever tried to polish up the finish of their bass with a polish like Commandant?

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 05, 2009, 05:40:38 AM »

Wow how did you not dig the SeriesII?...was it the neck set-up, or do you prefer a simpler electronics configuration,....by the way i love your bass. big body spoilers are very rare yours is the only one ive seen so far!

mattheus · « **Reply #27 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:42:35 AM »

Me and the SeriesII didn't match. First of all I must state clearly that it was one of the finest basses that I ever had, but....
Somehow it didn't feel right in my hands. I've set it up to make it similar to the Spoiler, but somehow the Spoiler felt more natural. For most of you that must sound pretty silly, but then again dutchmen are welknown for their being silly...
I use the bass live onstage a lot (around 120 gigs every year), and I need a bass that I can use pretty fast. With a SeriesII I have so mutch sounds in my hands and so many knobs that I keep tweaking my sound during the show. The SeriesII is a bass that can make almost very possible sound you need. And with that knowledge I am always tempted in every song to adjust the bass to be perfect for that song. With the Spoiler I don't have that problem, just because it has very simple but very effective electronics. Another thing that I encountered with the Spoiler was, that it sounded more tight compared to the SeriesII which had more bottom. For live shows I prefered the tight sound of the Spoiler. For studio use the SeiesII was my favorit...

I hope this explains a litte...

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 05, 2009, 08:57:05 AM »

Yep that pretty much explaines it all.........You've Been Spoiled!!!

mattheus · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:47:37 PM »

That's an understatement...

A very big THANK YOU; to all the people at Alembic!!!