Adamas I vs. Adamas II

Standingovation Posted 2003-09-08 11:51 AM (#204500) Subject: Adamas I vs. Adamas II Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197 Location: Phoenix AZ Question - is there any reason an Adamas I and an Adamas II of the same vintage and style (i.e. deep bowl non cutaway) should sound any different unplugged? Dave Beal Posted 2003-09-08 12:23 PM (#204501 - in reply to #204500) Subject: Re: Adamas I vs. Adamas II Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch yes moody, p.i. Posted 2003-09-08 12:24 PM (#204502 - in reply to #204500) Subject: Re: Adamas I vs. Adamas II Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664 Location: SoCal Now I'm curious. Why? Beal Posted 2003-09-08 12:28 PM (#204503 - in reply to #204500) Subject: Re: Adamas I vs. Adamas II Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch The 1 had the braces weighed and matched and each pair had to be with in a certain range. Then 2 used the braces as they came off the cutting machine. The shape and size of the bridge was sligfhtly different too. All that said, it is splitting hairs, sometimes under a microscope. Paul Templeman Posted 2003-09-12 6:57 PM (#204504 - in reply to #204500) Subject: Re: Adamas I vs. Adamas II Joined: February 2002 Posts: 5750 Location: Scotland Yep, it's never predictable, even with synthetic materials. Among the guitars in Michael Wong's (PlayAdamas) collection is an Adamas 2. It's one of the best guitars I've ever heard. We had it side by side with several of his Adamas 1's and a bunch of very tasty collectors editions. They were all great sounding guitars, but it was that Adamas 2 we went back to every time.