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Location: Berkeley, CA | I'm really coveting the W587t-7 on Al's site...
How does it differ from a W597? (and is it feasible/simple to switch the Optima out to an OP50?) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Ask Al.
Swapping Optima to OP50 is not straight forward. |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | I sent him a related e-mail on Monday, and still haven't heard back from him. :-/ |
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Location: SoCal | You can't swap an Optima for an OP50. They use different shape cans and while Ovation can patch small holes in a body, it's too much. |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Daaaaaaaaaaaaarnit. I really like working with the pre-shape sound. |
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Location: NJ | I never got your e mail please resend it |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Sent |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | So, what about taking an Adamas II, and swapping out the two-knobber for an OP50? :p |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The new two knobbers sound awfully good. Is there something about the OP50 you can't live without? |
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Location: boulder | I will try to answer, but well you know...the W587 is a deep bowl cutaway, semi textured top a/e. I say semi textured because I think it is between the original textured tops and the SMT smooth tops. The W681t-a that I bought on Ebay, has this type of top. The W681t-a is the best $400 bucks I spent for an Adamas. Of course it's acoustic only which might help.
hope it helps, plus the w587 Al has, is in color #7, my favorite. hope it helps mike |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | There're a few things about the OP50 that I really like; the preshape is great, but I really would like the 4-band EQ. I have one song in particular that needs a deep cut on the bass/lo-mids to sound right through a pickup. Also, I almost never play in standard tuning, so the onboard tuner is a must, too.
Maybe I should be looking at the 2080... the VIP may get close enough to what I need. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The best excuse I've heard for owning multiple guitars is so that you can tune each differently. Try that. |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Sounds good, you can buy me a few! I'll start with Al's W587, and a 2080 and Adamas II should do me nicely in a week or so. ;) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I get to buy an Adamas for myself first. I haven't got that far yet, nor have I tried multiple tunings. I just heard someone else use that excuse. |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | How does someone go about having 10 Ovations (I almost ran out of fingers!) and not have an Adamas? :confused:
... and how does someone else go about not having an Ovation at all, and being on the OFC? :p |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | There's just no accounting for personal taste. Dave |
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What's an Adamas W587?