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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Not mine and not in great condition. Shipping is very expensive too. But might be a deal for someone...
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Location: SoCal | That\'s
%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1]That\'s
the first Mill-CB I\'ve ever seen with a top like that.
Mine(and every other one I've seen) has a cobalt blue top and you see the weave.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | dweezil sez:
Not mine and not in great condition. Shipping is very expensive too. But might be a deal for someone...
Ebarf
...especially if you like action about 2" high ;) 
This might need to be shipped to the MS.
Nobody treated this poor thing with the respect it deserves. :eek: |
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Location: New Hampsha | That's an SMT top? S'posed to be a cobalt CVT.
And what's the deal on the treble-side epi? An "innie" that's been added to so that now it's a huge "outie?" |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | It a MUTANT ! |
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Location: Right now? | Isn't that a Japanese model? Jerome ... do you know?
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Location: New Hampsha | Originally posted by WillaMuse:
Isn't that a Japanese model? Jerome ... do you know?
:p
Willa I can field that one - the Japanese 20th century models did have a blue SMT Adamas called "The Universe" but it said "20th Century" (not Millennium) and the epis were a ghostly (ghastly blue) and not shaped like that Treble one.
This one has a story. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "This one has a story."
Probably a long and sad one at that... |
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Location: Right now? | the Japanese 20th century models did have a blue SMT Adamas called "The Universe" but it said "20th Century" (not Millennium) and the epis were a ghostly (ghastly blue) and not shaped like that Treble one.
Very interesting, John.
Some info here:
Millennium Info from Jerome\'s Ovation Tribute Site
Brochure from Jerome\'s Ovation Tribute page
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Location: Colorado | Not a mutant, but certainly looks like a Frankenstein. Look at the headstock front very closely. That is a carbon fiber cobalt blue finished headstock face--this looks like a Mill neck and fretboard. The label looks good enough, but the bass side epi looks like it was glued with too much glue by someone other than the factory.
There's probably more that I missed. |
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Location: New Hampsha | Anyone have a copy of the Millennium catalog or brochure? Where was it advertised? |
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Location: SoCal | My Mill-CB's serial# is in the range for 2000. This one's serial# is in the 2001 serial# range. |
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Location: New Hampsha | Mine's serial number is even later (17922). |
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Location: Right now? | Mine's #16595
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Location: Right now? | Well, I tried to resize the photo but it was too late. Sorry gang!
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Location: SoCal | Ask Jeff, he can tell you how to make your image really big....
I checked, mine looks just like yours Willa. |
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Location: Paris/France | I've looked in my docs but I can't find anything about this guitar!!
The treble epaulet is surely not original.
Not my cup of tea... :rolleyes:
J :) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Okay so it needs some work...nothing that the MS can't fix...having toured the factory I have seen extra parts: from one series or another that are not being used currently...since the serial number places it as a 2001, the logical answer is a Millennium built with an original neck mated to an SMT top...and yes, its been abused, unloved, and poorly repaired...but it can be fixed and may end up a bargain...just as soon as that awful treble epi is replaced... |
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Location: Right now? | Noah, on second look, I realize my pic is still smaller than the other ones in this post, haha! When I posted it, I thought it would come out the size of the preview photo on the Ning site, which is where I copied the shortcut to the image, but it seems they transfer over in their larger size ... oh, well.
So, Mikey ... you gonna get this one and fix 'er up? If it stays around the current price, that might work out!
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Location: Right now? | Jerome ... ugh! That treble epaulet is AWFUL ... good grief.
So that's what they write up in a listing as "rare" huh? Yep, it's rare fer sure ... geesh! Really, really B A D. "Frankenstein" indeed!
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Location: Phoenix AZ | probably the owner was scratching the top with his pic so he added to the epaulet to give some extra protection. |
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| Originally posted by WillaMuse:
... it seems they transfer over in their larger size ... oh, well.
Doesn't matter if they do.
Right click cursor over the image and select "View Image" will reduce to fit screen size although it loses some sharpness if there's a lot to be compressed. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Joe Rotax:
Right click cursor over the image and select "View Image" What's a "Right Click" ? |
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| You're joking, right? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | No joke at all.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | All that is well and good, but this is still disturbing...
It looks like you could put you finger underneath the Low E string.
And it looks like someone glued the 'tongue' of the fretboard to the top.
This goes to show that you can Destroy an Adamas just like any other Ovation. :p |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yup. If the planet inlays are worth the price of the guitar to you than go for it. But other than that I think the rest of the guitar is for shit. I wouldn't waste my time or money, but that's just me. |
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| Originally posted by Gallerinski:
No joke at all.
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Location: New Hampsha | Leaving those of us with no curiosity behind; I find this guitar interesting from a hisoty standpoint.
Yes it's been mistreated, and it's been hacked.
BUT:
1) I can't find any mention of a blue SMT top on any other model. None of us who had or have Mill-CBs have one that resembles it. Does anyone know about a blue/green SMT top?
2) The neck is "right."
3) the label is "right."
4) the writing on the label is "right."
Beat and mistreated, this could still be a very rare model. It's worth discussing and researching. (If you aren't interested, go eat your cookie.)
We've already uncovered an interesting tidbit about Mill-CB serial numbers - they span a couple of years. That deserves some study as well.
I hope I'm not the only one! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I think SMT tops came in dark grey, dark red, and dark blue |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | A classic case of why they do neck resets...happens everyday...#189 was that bad or worse....MS had it like new in a few weeks... |
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