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Location: Chicago 'Burbs | Here's a link to all his ebay items. Look at these and realize... these are the ones he's selling!
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I'm no expert on the Ovation/Adamas line though I imagine hanging
around here will change that. A friend of mine in OH has a
prototype that he bought from a Kaman family member.
Thought you guys might be jazzed. It's the first SS bowl in 1982.
He's a real collector... I'm hoping to give this thing a strum someday.
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Location: SoCal | made 10/13/82...maybe he will comment on this one |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | XSWA = Extra Shallow Woodtop Adamas. Basically a supershallow 1537. Interesting in that there are only a very few non-cutaway supershallow bowls. Dave |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Pretty cool. Non cutaway shallows ARE rare. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Tasty! |
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Location: SoCal | This may have been the first WOOD topped ssb. I think the Glen Campbell Adamas prototypes were built earlier in 1982. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | While not a fan of SSB's in general, this one looks like a definite keeper. Bet it sounds great! |
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Location: Central Florida | Wow... Nice!!! |
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Location: Cincinnati, OH | Down2theC,
You have an email in your "My Profile" from me.
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by Tony Calman:
made 10/13/82...maybe he will comment on this one Wow, I turned 24 on that day. This looks remarkably like the 1537 I just bought except for the rounded corners on the bridge and, of course, the shallow bowl. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Moody, the two Glen guitars were back in May. 051982 is mine.
TuppyDave has got this one right it's basically a SS 1537. We'd have to ask Nick why he built this one, probably just to see if he could.
Nice guitar. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | The GC Adamas steel string ss bowl proto (if that is what Paul was refering to) was July 8, 1981. You signed it Bill...it's gotta be the truth!
Mike Wong's GC Adamas Classical proto was sometime in '82 but I forget the exact date.
Wayne
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Location: NJ | I'd say that's pretty much the DNAevidence on THAT one . . . |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | This will probably be considered a sin by some of you, but if I had that guitar, I'd send it to the mothership to have it changed out to a deep bowl. I don't really care about a sticker. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by bvince:
This will probably be considered a sin by some of you, but if I had that guitar, I'd send it to the mothership to have it changed out to a deep bowl. OUCH! |
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Location: So. Cal. | Wayne,
The GC Adamas Nylon proto. has "020382" written on the label. |
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Location: Chicago 'Burbs | Originally posted by Bluebird:
The GC Adamas steel string ss bowl proto (if that is what Paul was refering to) was July 8, 1981. You signed it Bill...it's gotta be the truth!
Mike Wong's GC Adamas Classical proto was sometime in '82 but I forget the exact date.
Wayne
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Location: SoCal | I think that it might be a first -- a first wood topped super shallow bowl guitar. And probably the only ssb 1537 to boot! That's about as rare as you can get.
And to top it off, it's a beautiful guitar to boot.
Somebody mentioned the rounded corners of the bridge... that's a bridge from an Adamas II. Those were also used on Bill and Glen's prototypes. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I thought that we were going on about this being a wood SS. The Adamas SS were slightly before this as the evidence shows. This could be the first SS wood top, have to have Nick confirm that. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The interesting thing is the existence of non-cutaway supershallow bowl mold. First production supershallows were the cutaways, I think 83 Collector. Only other supershallow noncutaways I know of were the Folk Classics. Dave |
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Location: Chicago 'Burbs | Sounds like '82 was a busy year for figuring out what to do with the SS models. What to take to market and what looks/sounds good for the '83 lineup. Plus look at all the models making a debut in '82. Whew! |
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Location: Chicago 'Burbs | Hey guys... My friend is putting this up for auction on Ebay. Should be active in the next couple days and I'll post the link when it's there. Thought there'd be a few that would be interested. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It's who you know! |
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Location: Tennessee | This ought to be interesting. |
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Location: boulder | where do we think it will end up price wise?
Sure looks like a player. peace mike |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Good luck, Mike. This one has awakened the trawler. Bet it's going to be a furious flurry at the end. |
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Location: Chicago 'Burbs | Originally posted by fugot:
where do we think it will end up price wise?
Sure looks like a player. peace mike Who really knows with a proto? From the other auctions, he usually lets the bidders decide that. Good luck... should be an interesting week. (Pace yourself) |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I doubt that I will be in the hunt for this but I live about an hour and half away. Might be worth just going down there and struming it to see what it is like. It really is a interesting piece.
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Location: Tennessee | I didn't realize that this actually has Adamas on the headstock ... are there any other Adamii out there with a wooden top? |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Yeah, it has the Adamas style inlays, knob pointers and bridge, otherwise the equivalent of a SSB 1537.
It's out of my price range already, but for anyone who currently owns a 1537-4, this would be a great companion. |
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Adamas SS proto on ebay.