Anathama I think you have a great idea my violin is dark but I might be able to figure it out. Unfortunatly I couldnt draw a straight line with a ruler to save my life lol. Fiddlerman did the airbrushing effect the sound of your violin? And would anyone know if they make sharpies in red and blue? I have only seen black and as far as artistic abilities.... well once the idea popped in my head i cant stop dreaming of new ideas for both traditional violins and home made electric violins where I KNOW paint and body design would not effect the sound quality.

OK Its gonna take time to find someone I trust to do the customization on my fiddle. I know its called a violin in here everywhere but I figured if I was gonna learn fiddle I should call it a fiddle. But on the long lost topic of the dragon violin/fiddle I think I have an idea. I am thinking the final product would be an electric model. I will attempt to post my idea here as I seem to be able to come up with great (in my opinion lol) concept ideas. But lack the aptitude to bring them from the theoretical to reality.

 OK here goes. The dragons body will be small chrome articulated pieces of metal. Imagine basically the classic skeleton dragon from the celtic mythos. Now shrink it down to a lil over 2 feet long, basically, as it can be made any size needed. Articulate the tail to form the basic shape of the top of a question mark (?) lose the dot at the bottom. The tail can be left somewhat articulated for ease of movement and the tip of the tail would be the classic heart shape. The tail would go from the left shoulder around the back of the neck across the right shoulder a lil inside the right collar bone and the the heart shaped tip would rest against the chest.

The body of the violin/fiddle would be the body of the dragon itself. The skeletal pelvis would house the tuning knobs.and the hind legs would be tucked in as if in flight.But both the hip joints knee joints and ankle joints would have recessed screws to allow the individual owner to move the hind legs into a position against their shoulder/collar bone area  for maximum comfort and to also be a built in adjustable shoulder rest if desired.

The gap from the top of the pelvis to the bottom of the rib cage would give you the area you need to bow. Attached to the shoulder blades would be the wings formed into a slightly spread pose and then formed into a slight curl for both asthetics (sp?) and to keep them out of the way. Put removeable small weights in the underside of either the ribs or the wings to keep them hidden and to allow each player or owner to adjust for perfect balance.

The neck can be made using both the chrome style of metal vertabrae (sp?) and a clear epoxy to give it a manageble area for proper fingering.The spikes in the base of the skull would act as the friction pegs. As its an electric violin/fiddle you could add LED eyes and definatly give this beauty and open roaring mouth.

All adjustments for the sound and hookups can be hidden in the underside of the pelvis. And most definatly give it headphone hook ups there as well.

 Ok first what do you guys think? and second if you know any artist willing to make one please foard my design idea to them. And if any company would like to produce this model I only ask one small insignificant thing..... I get one free lol

Well if you know anyone in the buisness that can take this idea from conception to reality  please feel free to see what they think. And if they could throw one my way once its in the production phase that would be an added bonus. If not ...well... maybe I could get a discounted price for coming up with the idea lol

the idea of the weights were for balance. By using the articulated tail around the back of the neck and setting the back legs against the left side of your chest as a stablizing point i didnt want the violin to be off sided on the weight issue. But as has been pointed out to me before I have a habit of over thinking things.

Well I guess we will see. I just sent off an e-mail to KK Music Store asking someone to contact me. I actually asked if someone in the R&D dept could contact me I really hope they HAVE a R&D dept lol. I will wait a few days to see if I get a response. If so I will post the result here. If not I will try again and again. Worst thing they could say is no and I have heard it sooo many times in my life it holds no surprises lol.