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Location: boulder | don't make them biscuits sale.....
well now that you are here..check out my guitars for sale.
how about this plane tag,
I will include the prototype adamas as well. adamas xswa extra shallow wood adamas...one of one prototype. A shallow body 1537 if you will, a heck of a player, played by MR. Kaman himself I would think. (not the youngster either ;) )
Only issue is there are some finish cracks on surface, not into wood. really sucks they are there, but...guitar still is a sweet player, as expected more so plugged in. Never thought I would sell this guitar. ( But I passed a lot 'I thought I would never's')... $1750 shipped in Conusa, paypal or us postal money order. Excellent shape brown ovation case included. More pics available also...
Now I also have a 1658 slothead for sale. A great , great playing 12 string...one knob on top of another electronics. I bought this 12 here on ofc, had it refinished at factory (and set up, new rossette, new bridge , etc). You can still see the original finish crack kind of, but the finish shines like a mirror over it. ( over all condition is better then good, the knockdowns are.... finish cracks on soundboard-very hard to see in pics-they are next to treble rossette-plus small one near neck, frets have good life, but are not brand new and there is a small finish crack on neck back-only in finish not even remotely into wood- and stable has not grown). With the $450 refinish, I am so losing money on this, but the karma of making her pretty again-is in my favor (i hope).
I am asking $835 shipped and paypalled. Hard shell case included.
I also have a custom legend 1719-cm 30 , if it's not mint i don't know what to call it. I am asking $1270 shipped and paypalled- (stuart's is cheaper BTW and looks just as nice-maybe him and hers???-hers and his also works!!)
Are you still reading? dude , you have a worse problem then me.... ok please don't forget I have a Takamine 417s for sale. Limited to 60 guitars (not 60 and we will just keep on building them- I mean 60!!)
This is a new yorker size. It is slightly smaller then a dread. More like a larger parlour size?? It projects sounds that are richer and fuller then you would think possible.
The little brother to the TAk 75s, and far cheaper.. SOLID KOA SIDES AND BACK, BEARCLAW TOP, LINE DRIVER (input is strap connector-electronics are all inside-out of sight). $1565 shipped and paypaled-I stupidly sent in a low ball offer on ebay and won this guitar-(yes I am an idiot sometimes if not more). It is essentially brand new, at a used price. Clear true tone, woody tambre, easy playing, electronics are the bomb-100% transparent.
hey if I say i woould sell my CEO-5 would you have any interest?? How about my cp thornton??
thanks for looking-once they are gone-they are gone for good.... |
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Location: boulder | sorry , I should clarify, on the adamas prototype, overall condition is excellent, frets look like they have hardly ever been played.
on the 1658 , the finish cracks are under the new finish, still visible from specific angles.
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Location: Parrish, FL | Arrrrrgh!!!!
Stop, stop, I'll talk. Just no more!
You and Stuart have no mercy. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Mike, how did you ever end up with that SS 1537? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not the youngster? QQF? The old man never saw this guitar.
October 13th 1982, and there were two protos finished that day, this was the second. The easy way to spot the protos and real early Elites is that they have Adamas 2 bridges. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The rest of that is a North Carolina address isn't it? 201 Riverside Drive, Morganton NC. Great place left there in 85. |
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Location: boulder | darn Mauvais, my version was more dramatic...
No, sorry about that, seemed like a good story when the seller told it to me. But Thanks for the info-Me Bad(lesson is just ask here first-doh).
Actually , your memory is righteous. I have a hard time finding my house if the car doesn't just drive itself there.
I should tell the story how John Landgraff corrected me on one of his pedals..or not.
peace , mike |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Try it sober, Mike. I found my house once but lost my car. Found it when the cops called and it was blocking the street in front of a friend's house. I remembered to lock the car, but forgot to put it in park and then forgot that I'd driven it. Good thing I wasn't driving it, or I'd have had a DUI. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Know a good legal counsil Mark? |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by BegginJIM:
Know a good legal council Mark? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I didn't then, but I was a good speller. Try "counsel". I think it's short for counsellor. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have played Mike's 1537 SSB and it sounds and plays REALLY REALLY NICE!
This will be both a great player but also a great collectors piece. Someone should grab this one.
Only 1 chance in 2 you will ever have a chance to own one. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I didn't then, but I was a good speller. Try "counsel". I think it's short for counsellor. Never coud spel wel Mark. but I did gradiate tha 6th grad! ;) |
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Location: boulder | Just so you all know, I always drive sober, where would I be without my license (no not driving licenseless either-I guess taking the bus :) )
Mike, how did you ever end up with that SS 1537? Trader J, it all started when I checked out the ovation website in fall 2004 and I noticed the 4 adamas anniversary models. Which put me in contact with Al and OFC. They were all I wanted, to bad they took so long to come out and I seemed to buy every guitar under the sun before they did. It just hasn't been the same since. I guess the shorter answer is ebay.
Has anyone ever noticed there is a category for 'other' in the ebay listings. that is an interesting category for sure.
on topic, the adamas is sweet sounding acoustically and plugged in. The finish cracks are visible from certain angles, but not all angles as the pics show. rare as rare can be...thanks mike |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Somebody needs to grab that one, it sounded really good when it was new, could have only gotten better. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | You guys crack me up!!!
Beal, after the sale is final, would you please write a book? Shoot, if you'll tell the story, I'll do the ghost writing!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Somebody needs to seriously (with spousal concent) kidnap Beal, take pictures of his guitars and post them - then sit him down and write another book.
That way Alpep can publish his book titled "That's not the Way I heard it!"
Followed by Kim Kellers "Memiors" (sp) and "The Official OFC Dictionary and Spellchuck". |
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| Arrrggghhh! Why do you guys do this to me? I'm gonna wind up gettin' divorced (again). |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just need somebody to come and take pictures, and then post them in the members section. I've been gathering all the children recently so they'll be here soon. But these are just the ones that are here now, so many got away over the years.
Did anyone grab this SS yet?
I've still got the high bid on the wideneck but there's time still left. |
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Location: boulder | more pics-I am hoping to show off the finish cracks...(darn them)
here we go
just cause I can
hope these help. I am hoping also to go play the sswa in about 15 minutes... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Those are little and mean nothing, just verification that it's old. |
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Location: SoCal | Beal, did you guys build this guitar at about the same time that you built the ssb Adamii for Glen? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I don't remember exactly when.
Look at it this way, Moosup is where all these were built and the Adamas started in 76, stopped in 77 and restarted at the end of 77 to start of 78. Moosup was closed in 83. So all this cool stuff was made in that 5 year period, 78-83, and with the Brilliant, Genius method of prototype serial numbers, you can tell exactly when the guitar was finished. |
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Location: SoCal | It might be time to call Nick again...... |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | My GCSSB Adamas was from '81, Mike's GCSSB Adamas from '82, so yes, pretty close. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As we get farther and farther away from that time, which end of the 5 year stretch it comes from means less and less. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | O.k., the SSB Adamas proto is now officially off the market, and it is staying in the OFC family. So is Improv No. 6. May have to lay some of SWMBO's courtyard bricks myself as a result. |
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Location: big island | is it also staying in colorado, brad???
nevermind. just figured out the bricks part. sweet and congrats! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice work Brad. Those are both sweet guitars! |
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