I found this via www.whowouldbuythat.com.
I can’t see a serious player strapping this beast on. Maybe some 80’s hair metal band, perhaps.
Still, you have to admire the fact that it’s handmade.
But…but…
It’s not a Rickenbacker. So you’re right. Why would anyone buy it?
Damn straight, my '78 rick 4001 would send that silly spider scurrying to the highest corner of the garage. talk about resonance.
But, I am slightly intreagued…I picture myself in tight spandex, with an articulated spider bass limb resting ever so gently on my nether region, as my band mates stare in disbeleif at how quickly I can strike the low ‘E’.
It’s cool, but how does it sound?
It looks pretty awesome, but I think I’ll wait until I can afford to be a collector.
And while I respect Rickenbacker, I’m a Fender Jazz Bass man, myself.
Please add El Capitan Acoustic 5-string to that sentence…than you have my collection 
It’s apples and oranges, if I want my listeners to feel their ribcage shake with rich overtones, I grab my rick. If I want to punch them in the chest with a nice rich thud, I grab my Fender. I’m not allowed to plug in the amp when wife and kid are home, hence the acoustic
Oh, well don’t think that I wouldn’t have a Rickenbacker if I had the money for more basses. 
As of right now, I’m playing in a loud and fast hard rock band; the Fender was definitely the way to go.
That instrument looks like a Transformer.
I’ve seen some pretty outlandish bass guitars in my life (check out some old photos of the Red Elvises to see Igor’s Monster), but this thing is ridiculous. I want to get into playing bass again, but this thing really makes me want to avoid the guitar.
Now, if it were a stand up…
For $3,600 it better transform into the lover of your dreams after the show and perform immoral sex acts on you for the rest of the night. Damn, that’s an expensive instrument!
Yeah, that’s hideous, and hideously expensive too. I guess I’m old and out of it, but I like what some call “furniture” basses–you know, wood-grain showing on the top. But worst of all, this Tarantula thing has frets. I don’t like speed bumps.
In case you haven’t seen this page, here are a few more unusual basses:
Mr. Simmons. Paging Mr. Gene Simmons…
I would never play that. That has to be one of the most moronic looking basses I have ever seen.
I’ll stick to my midnight wine 5 String Fender Jazz Bass.
3600 bucks is NOT expensive for a handmade instrument. I have been looking for an upgrade to my current classical guitar but to get anything that would be a definate improvement I would have to pay around $7000.
I thought for sure this was gonna be about this, even though it’s real old.
For a handmade instrument that I can take seriously, I would agree. For a handmade classical guitar, not at all outrageous. For a bass guitar that looks like a spider, with a neck that can’t be adjusted without removing it first, it’s at least 1000 times what I would pay for it. Even at $3.60, I’d have to think about it. No disrespect to Mr. Entwhistle, of course.
[sub]If it were fretless I’d probably give $3.60 for it. Well, I’d still have to think about it.[/sub]
Ugh, If I ever saw anyone playing that thing I would die laughing.
It’s obvious - John Entwistle. Spider, get it?
That is ugly.
MrO, I can agree with you that I wouldn’t pay for that instrument at all but the price really isn’t that high for a luthier made instrument (assuming it is luthier made rather than artist made).
$3,500 is pretty cheap for a instrument, just not that instrument!