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the_8_string_king

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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« on: September 05, 2007, 08:15:32 PM »
Congratulations, Charles, on having your Masterpiece selected for COTM!  It's a stunning and truly exceptional Alembic, and an inspiration!
 
Your neck -and the neck of Thunder and Lightning made an impression on me, and certainly were influential in my selecting my neck laminates on my new custom 6-string... especially the outer Mahogany neck laminates.
 
Congratulations again on an incredibly unique and stunning masterpiece, and on it receiving well-deserved recognition as the COTM!

tbrannon

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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2007, 11:01:46 PM »
One of my all time favorites- awesome stuff Charles.  I enjoyed your Alembic rack photo essay as well.  Incredible setup for an incredible bass.

jacko

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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2007, 04:29:47 AM »
Wow! indeed. The blackened hardware sets off the front coco-bolo perfectly as does the mahogany based neck. Very nice indeed.
 
Graeme

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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2007, 07:46:24 PM »
Congrats!!!

crgaston

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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2007, 04:54:50 AM »
Thanks, guys.  Alembic deserves all the congratulations, though.  They're the ones who made it happen.  All I had to do was spend money and pester people!    :-)

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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 10:44:59 AM »
Welcome to the club charlie
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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2007, 11:03:02 AM »
Beautiful. Your bass has me thinking about black hardware on mine.

the_8_string_king

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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2007, 06:14:19 PM »
Ooh, I bet that would look good on your bass, Dave... that... or nickle or chrome...

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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2007, 03:05:53 AM »
My guitard (Hi, Justin!) told me tonight he's in love with your bass, so congrats from us both.  
I'll bring him into the fold yet!

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September COTM: Charles' Dragonfly... WOW!!!
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2007, 08:04:53 PM »
I've actually had the pleasure of playing this baby through my rig (F1-X, SF-2, Crown K2 and 8x10 SVT) and it has an amazing amount guts to it. Starting in the upper register and working my way down came very close to blowing some drivers! Looks, tone and excellent playability! Charles bugged the hell out of them on this one to get it right for him. Cheers Charles!!