He took it out, wined and dined it, proposed, married, had kids, the whole 9 yards! He absolutely wailed on it. In fact, during one passage where he was pounding away power chords that would make ac/dc cringe in fear, I believe he blew out one of the house speakers! He really got some amazing tones out of it, including some unusual lead type tones and sometimes sounded like he was using an envelope follower, though I couldn't see if there were any pedals at his feet. Another highlight was when Stanley played flamenco guitar on his stand up bass!
It's funny, there was a young hippie couple sharing our table. When Stanley took out Dragon's Breath, I turned to my wife and said He's playing THE Alembic. The young hippie guy turns to me and tells me that Stanley has actually been playing Alembic for years! LOL I explained to him that I didn't mean an Alembic, but rather THE Alembic and told him about Dragon's Breath. It was cool to realize that my hands had touched it before Stanley's. (I was up at the shop before it was delivered to Stanley - but I was sworn to secrecy!).
That's Alembic for you, they create a presentation work of art to honor Stanley that just happens to also be an awesome instrument appropriate for performance too.
Bill, tgo
