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Location: Germany | To my knowledge only a few of these birds were made and they never went into production. At least one of them is still played live on stage after all these years! Take a look:
Sigi Schwab and Percussion Project
Thanks Jerome for hosting the pics. Enjoy,
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Location: NJ | why the duct tape |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | looks like he's trying to mute the bass... |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ...He also has the soundholes blocked off... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jerome, that's the same headstock design as your new guitar ! |
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Location: Thailand | Hi,
I love the Adamas I 1687-8 SSB
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Location: SoCal | I've never seen one of these before. The only nylon string Adamas top I've ever seen or played is the Adamas Country Artist built for Glen Campbell. This is very cool. I wonder, with the deep bowl, how it sounds acoustically.... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | With tape and foam on the bridge, sealed up soundholes and some fuzzy thing on the headstock I doubt acoustic sound was very high on his list of priorities. 14 fretter. I wonder what the nut width is. Cool guitar. I put nylon strings on my U681 once and it wasn't half bad. Dave |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It was a wide neck. Sigi is the Al Dimeola of Germany and has used Ovations for a looooong time. We've done a bunch of special stuff for him. He was one of the first to get onboard with the midi stuff. |
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Location: SoCal | Wide neck.... 2"? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Great pics.
Karl, when you posed for the pics did you get to ask him much about the guitar? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | probably 1 7/8, maybe 2 I don't remember. It is flat. |
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Location: Paris/France | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Jerome, that's the same headstock design as your new guitar ! You're right!!!
I love this design and it's half an Adamas and half a Folklore.
Two of the greatest O's in one guitar... ;)
This Nylon is incredible!!!
I regret that it has not been produced as a regular model.
J :)
PS: thanks Karl for the pics... :) |
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Location: Germany | We didn't talk too much about the guitar. I realized that Sigi is very proud to own it as he claimed that it's one of two ever made classical Adamas (?). The cord on the headstock presses down the strings and he thinks this brings additional 1 or 2 dB volume. Yes, the idea behind the tape and foam is to attenuate the bass strings. Maybe his personal taste. I have no idea how it sounds acoustically. The rear access door was missing and in this condition the acoustic sound must be terrible. Right Dave, he doesn't care about that cause this guitar is only played on stage. And there it did a great job!
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Location: SoCal | That guitar's goin' to me when Wong croaks! |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
That guitar's goin' to me when Wong croaks! I think Wong will outlive us all. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I know a way around that, Al. |
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Location: CT | That duct tape is gonna gum up that nice bridge. |
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Location: NJ | That's a really nice guitar that MasterWong has there! . . .
. . . but why is Richie Cunningham playing it?? |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I know a way around that, Al. Guys, lets not start the Pirate vs. Ninjas debate here.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
. . . but why is Richie Cunningham playing it?? and he just loves posting the gratuitous crotch shot. |
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Classical Adamas Prototype