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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Are all Adamas made with wood braces, or some made with carbon-fibre bracing? I would think that would make a significant difference. Since I'm one of the BFLG, this will likely remain in the realm of esoteric information. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I believe all adamas bracing is spruce except for maybe the Q. Dave |
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Location: NJ | Q is spruce as well . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Well there you go, then the Academy would be the only Ovation/Adamas acoustic guitar with out wooden braces!
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Location: Germany | I wonder, why they changed the Adamas bracing after a few thousand specimen. The early ones (up to circa #4000) had a lateral-brace which is missing on the later ones.
Any ideas?
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | The compression was lengthwise, not width wise. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 47RI and OFC Guitar have the lateral brace. |
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Location: NJ | Does the SlotHead have it as well? (I assume it would).
Not having an access door, I can't see inside of mine . . |
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Location: South of most, North of few | You've got to get real small Cliff, and go in through one of the 22 holes.. :cool:
Boy, the cross brace on the first pic looks like they cut the slots out with a pair of pliers. :eek: |
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Location: NJ | ". . You've got to get real small Cliff, and go in through one of the 22 holes . ."
Unfortunately, those Meds are "Out of Network" on my HMO. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by cliff:
". . You've got to get real small Cliff. ."
Unfortunately, those Meds are "Out of Network" on my HMO. Go ask Alice. .. |
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Location: NJ | oddly enough, I "closed" with that tune last Fri. night . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
Does the SlotHead have it as well? (I assume it would) Yes, it is the sameon the slothead, at least on mine. The lateral bace in CR's photo looks percision cut with a laser guided mitre-saw compared to the one on #42. Mine looks like it was fabricated by mice trying to find an access route to the pantry. But you can't argue that it sure friggin sounds GOOD ...
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Location: NJ | Mebbe they had Glen's Mom holding the mouse while it chewed thru the brace . . . |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Thanks for the conjectural analysis, esteemed colleagues! And, especially, to Karl, for that exquisite image of the Adamas bracing. I never knew they were tapered like that! Good to know, since I may be replicating a cedar-top cutaway, one-of-these-days. |
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Adamas bracing- an esoteric, albeit practical, inquiry