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Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on July 25, 2011, 11:05:13 AM
Keavin has got me thinking about how many Alembic Dragon inlays there are in circulation.
 
So far I have found three.
Stanley Clarke

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109817.jpg)
 
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonsbreath.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonsbreath.html)
 
The Dragon's Wing

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109818.jpg)
 
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonwing.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonwing.html)
 
Dragon Magic

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109819.jpg)
 
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonmagic.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonmagic.html)
 
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Jazzyvee
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: FC Bass on July 25, 2011, 12:05:29 PM
I have a dragon behind my basses (when I'm playing) Does that count? :-)
 
There are some others here, Danno's 6 string Spoiler, a lefty Series bass and an old one (no 999?) as far as I know
 
Dragon magic is the best (guitar) of course, awesome guitar!
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: dannobasso on July 25, 2011, 12:11:50 PM
My 87(http://club.alembic.com/Images/394/109824.jpg)
http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/12244.html?1259637800 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8939)
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: FC Bass on July 25, 2011, 12:26:20 PM
Drool!
 
Here's the lefty:

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109829.jpg)
 
(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109830.jpg)
 
Clique (http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/28497.html target=_blank)
 
And the old one (though it's a body inlay)
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/109831.jpg)
 
Clique (http://www.prairiesun.com/Guitars/Dragon.html target=_blank)
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on July 25, 2011, 11:19:14 PM
I love the shape of that old bass. It seems a more elaborate version of Keavin's No:12
 
Jazzyvee
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jacko on August 08, 2011, 04:25:57 AM
Don't forget the old John Judge doubleneck (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8625)
 
Graeme
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on August 09, 2011, 12:12:11 AM
It's interesting that the John Judge Dragon is heading towards the body of the bass in contrast to the others which are heading towards the nut.
 
jazzyvee
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: nnek on August 09, 2011, 03:26:52 PM
But there are soldiers fighting it to turn it the other way!!!
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jacko on August 10, 2011, 08:34:54 AM
he's just being polite - there's a naked lady at the first fret :-)
 
Graeme
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: speicky on August 10, 2011, 08:51:29 AM
NOW I get the point !
The barbarians and this open-minded... female are the evil characters, and the dragon is the polite pet... LOL !
 
gave me a good laugh, thanks !
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: rdpoor on October 01, 2014, 03:56:11 PM
Okay.  I have the original story.  I worked for Alembic on and off starting 1972 for about four years.  I decided I wanted to buy an Alembic bass with an employee discount (who wouldn't?).
 
My brother commissioned the artwork for the dragon, and I ordered the bass.  I wanted a long-scale bass with omega tail, and a fairly straight neck (I used to play an old P bass with a neck like that.)
 
Susan Wickersham remembered correctly that I was left handed, and changed the custom order to be a left handed bass.  One problem: I play right handed.  Thus the first dragon bass was lovely (it's the one posted by fc_spoiler), but it wasn't for me.
 
I got the second one, and I'll have to post some pictures of it.  
 
But clearly Alembic liked the artwork, and made several more based on the artwork!  I'm proud of that.
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jacko on October 02, 2014, 12:47:35 AM
Cool story Robert and welcome to the club.  
 
Graeme
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: jazzyvee on October 02, 2014, 01:56:53 AM
Any more guitars with dragons? Surely mine can't be the only alembic guitar with a dragon can it?
 
How cool would that be?
Title: Anyone else got a Dragon Inlay on their Alembic?
Post by: David Houck on October 02, 2014, 03:04:59 PM
Welcome to the board Robert!