Roger and I have decided to let the tailpiece have a break until the final assembly. After the pickups and bridge and knobs are installed, I'll place the candidates in place for photos and then Roger can decide what suits him best.  
 
Got the knobs - they look great!

(psssst, hey Paul, actually it's better if there is NOTHING between you and your stockings  )
 

Hey, what's up with the bass?

Hey Stoney,
all ok mate?
I also asked Roger last week about the Dragon.
Seems that there are no news yet.
I am also so eager to see more of this great
instrument.....
 
Oliver (Spyderman)

Hey there Oliver.
All is well, thanks. Have a great New year. Are you giggin' on New Year's Eve?  I'm just hanging around with some friends, my wife, Brown Bass, Acme x 10 and my EA iAmP800 (400 watts into 1x10...imagine that)  
 
stoney

Hi Stoney,
all ok on my side.
No we will have some friends tomorrow here to party into the new year.
BTW do you have Johns The Rock CD?
I just received a copy and I am suprised about this. It is really great. OK, half of the songs are not written by John and the CD sounds very 80ies like, but there is some really great bass playing of John on it......
 
Oliver (Spyderman)

Rog's bass is in the setup room now. Mike's making the tailpieces this week for a test fitting (sitting on top of the bass for pics) so we can decide with Roger what the best shape will be.

If you would like to proceed to this month's featured custom, there is something you might just be interested in seeing...
 
http://www.alembicguitars.net/info/featured_custom.html

Com'on people ...there is nothing to see here anymore. Dino ...late again ...close the door behind you when you leave, we go to the Featured Custom department, Brother Roger is paying cigars and a beer!!!
 
Paul the bad one

Sorry Paul,  
I was sleeping off a rough weekend of work.  Better late than never though.
 
Roger, all I can say is Oh My.  This is truely a work of art.  The elves at Alembic succeeded once again to bring your dreams to reality.  That really is a gift!!!!
Chimay and cigars all around!!!!
 
Oops, forgot to close the door.....

Rough weekend eeeeh ...
C'mon brother Paul the fake 1.
Tell me all about it!
Don't bother the others they all went to see that Rog-guitar-dragon-thing!
 
Paul the bad one

Roger,
 
I just saw your bass on Superbass.  Are you selling it or has another one been made?  It's still a great looking bass.  I just wish I could afford it.  Dreaming...

Dreamer,
 
You missed this thread: Dragon Wing II
 
They made THREE dragon wings, Rog got the deluxe custom one with the dragon FB inlay, Superbass Steve Frank got the mid-spec one, and Bass Central got the budget one (Spider Ollie bought it). You'll notice I used quote marks because there is no such thing as a substandard or low-budget Alembic, just varying degreees of expensive, more expensive, and unbelievably expensive.
 
Cheers
 
Kevin

Update on Dragon Wings
 
The UK distributor just picked up Dragon  # IV, a Deluxe Quilted Maple front and back. I hear he sold it while it was under construction. The new owner also has Spyders in his collection as well.
 
Beaver at Bass Central has reordered a Dragon for store stock, look for it maybe by the end of September.
 
-susan

Looks like the Dragon Wing design is going to be a big hit!!!  I see a limited edition run in the future....
 
Oxnac (a la Carson's Carnac)