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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | $975.00 shipped (in lower 48) in OHS case (which has straploks attached to the exterior see "Opics".)
I will also provide AirMail estimates and ship internationally.
I'm making room for a custom order Adamas
This 1537 is in extraordinary condition. Was seen and played at the 2006 OFC tour by many members here. I can't call it mint, but it's close. Sounds terrific. Plays terrific. Electronics are perfect. You will not be disappointed.
Pictures on my "Opics" page (there are two 1537s on that page. This one is in the 3 photos just before the u681t). I can also provide detailed pictures on request. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and what wide neck might this be, Jeffery? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 1-7/8" wideneck slothead, 12fret cutaway, middepth, Unidirectional reverse redburst with the suspension ring. Bass and Treble holes. Pure acoustic. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
1-7/8" wideneck slothead, 12fret cutaway, middepth, Unidirectional reverse redburst. Bass and Treble holes. Should be a GREAT guitar !!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | MMMMMMMMMM, that does sound tasty. |
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Location: closely held secret | I played this 1537 last month. Very nice!
If you're in the market for a 1537 (I would be, but for this 'money' infatuation Jeff has...) this is a great example. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Waskel, I paid a little more for mine and it was money well spent. |
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Location: SoCal | Unidirectional? Like the U681? Like the original Adamas?
That oughta be a great guitar! But it should be in blue. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jeff's 1537 is nice. It'll be a good pickup for someone here. HURRY. Dave |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
But it should be in blue. Phhhhsssstttt!!!!!!!!!
Jeff has the right idea. That redburst is awesome. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Can I borrow some money?? I'll even pay intrest, (just not the 23% my CC would charge me for a cash advance!!)
This is to quote another member, "The best sounding 1537, even better than mine". Jeff wont call it mint only because he's freakishly particular about some things, like the dog hair under the strings in one of his pics.... :D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by stephent28:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
But it should be in blue. Phhhhsssstttt!!!!!!!!!
Jeff has the right idea. That redburst is awesome.
Fred,
My damn dog is shedding like confetti at the New Year's Parade.
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Location: Orlando, FL | Jeff, what great specs for a custom Adamas! As always you have very good (and specific) taste in guitars.
Good luck with the 1537 sale. Somebody will be very happy with that one. |
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Location: Paris/France | Jeff,
Your 1537 is very nice!!!
And I'm anxious to see your custom Adamas... ;)
J :) |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | VERY nice guitar. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Yikes, I'd better call this one early...
"I'm first in line for the Jeff's new Adamas Tour!" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Weaser P:
"I'm first in line for the Jeff's new Adamas Tour!" I will be accompanying this one... |
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Location: Orange County, California | You want to go to Disneyland? BRING THE U581TA!! :D |
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Location: NJ | Best I can do is MAYBE lunch at Satriale's . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I can get us in, Cliff |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I should add...
this guitar has no battery screw in the waist as later 1537's..... |
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International shipping and estimates can be provided... |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I might add a few comments here, having just acquired a 1537. For those who don't have some of the nicer Ovation and Adamas guitars that everyone raves about on this board, you won't find a better value in a first class instrument than the 1537.
The deep bowl, floating fretboard, stereo electronics and first class spruce top on these guitars all add up to an amazing instrument for both acoustic and plugged in use. It is exceptionally good for recording, with the stereo output placing the listener inside the instrument and surrounded by it's exceptional sound. It has an incredible balance between a smooth mellow low end and a clean crisp high end.
In the time I've spent playing around with recording since I acquired mine, I am absolutely amazed that I can produce in my living room such an incredible sound. When compared with my recording attempts with my S771, this guitar produces a professional sounding result as opposed to a home-recorded amatuer sound. I thought some of my S771 stuff sounded pretty good but I never thought I could produce what I've been able to achieve with the 1537. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Update....
I will entertain reasonable offers from OFC members for a week and then I will put this guitar on Ebay with a reserve. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I can't believe nobody has grabbed this yet. This is a beautiful example of an incredible guitar. Whoever buys it will be very happy with it. It would be nice to keep it in the OFC. |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by Designzilla:
I can't believe nobody has grabbed this yet. This is a beautiful example of an incredible guitar. Whoever buys it will be very happy with it. It would be nice to keep it in the OFC. i just bought a 1537, so discretionary funds are low -- even still, i've been tempted, just from a hoarding instinct i suppose, to grab this as well.
I have Stephan's Black 1537, this natural one would be a great companion. Ah well, perhaps in a few months.
These really are great sounding guitars -- so unique.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Sale Pending. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Dang!! :eek: |
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Location: closely held secret | Good. I can't take the pressure much longer. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Waskel, I'll try to bring my 1537 over to Portland in August just to show you what you're missing. Since I'll be driving the Boxster over on the 5th, I might not have room. If I take the 1537 over as my passenger, would you keep it for a couple weeks so I can bring it back after the 19th? On the 19th we'll be taking my daughter back to UP, so I may not have room for my guitar on the way up, but would have lots of room on the way back. |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Waskel, I'll try to bring my 1537 over to Portland in August just to show you what you're missing. Mine will be there :)
Still, it would be great to hear them side by side for comparison.
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Location: closely held secret | Mark, I'd love to. Keeping it is easy. Giving it back might be harder...
I got to play Jeff W's in CT last month (jammin with Al and Cliff on Moondance!) and enjoyed it. I'm trying to justify getting one... maybe if I have yours for a couple weeks my wife will fall in love with the sound. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Our old lawnmower went ka-put last weekend. I made sure Mrs. Slipkid went with me to pick out a new one. I made it clear that whatever she liked and felt most comfortable with was the one we would get.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hopefully, it was a model she will get to ride ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | Got to hand it to you, Brad. Now you'll get the pleasure of pushing around a lawn mower that your wife is comfortable. Very clever, indeed. |
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Location: south east Michigan | When we got it home first thing Pam wanted to do was cut the grass even though it was done just 3 days before.
But enough hi-jacking...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My favorite lawnmower (true) story: Jim, one of the attorneys in the office, walks into Gerry's office and catches him getting a hug from his attractive secretary. She embarassingly explains that Gerry just gave her his wheelbarrow. Without missing a beat, Jim says, "What do I get if I give you my riding lawnmower?" |
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Location: Upper Left USA | When I married my Bride she came with a John Deere Lawnmower and a wheelbarrow.
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Sounds like the perfect girl! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Brad,
What attachments come with that mower? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Love talkin' attachments but where are we on the 1537? Did the sale go through? Inquiring minds need to know!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Sold.
To an esteemed colleague in the mid-west. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Wonderful. Great to hear that it stayed in the family. Maybe next time it comes around, I'll be able to take a shot at it. |
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Location: NJ | Reminds me of a funny story at work:
One of my co-workers was getting married (his third) and sent out invitations.
Another co-worker was going to be out of town producing a show that weekend and sent the following RSVP:
". . . Terribly sorry that I won't be able to attend your Wedding . . . but I PROMISE that I'll make it to the Next One . . ." |
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Location: SoCal | 1537's are such great guitars! I've been trying different strings on mine and was just not happy with the sound I was getting. Wednesday night at the Chop Shop at West LA Music, I was given a set of Adamas 1818's (lights). I put them on last night and found that rich deep mellow sound that I had been searching to re-find.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'll let him reveal himself.
That's cool the Adamas 1818's are workin for ya, Paul. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Don't you mean "expose" himself?! Jeff, You're slipping man... :D :p :D :p
I like the 1818's too. They're not "the greatest string for every guitar", I they hit the 8-9 ring on most. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Hey guys...I'm the "esteemed" colleague. Kind of reminds me when my neighbor said they were looking for someone "mature" to watch their kid for a couple hours. My wife and I looked at each other and laughed and said we better go get our daughter.
I've always wanted to tell someone "the check's in the mail!" and now I've done it. I'm looking forward to receiving this beauty. Certainly looks like Jeff's done a great job of taking care of it. Also picked up a nice tip on Adamas strings from Moody.
I told my wife a couple years ago I'd love to buy a NEW guitar someday. And each time I buy a guitar, they seem to get older and older.
Looks like I'll have to sell my Adamas 1681-5 to make room for the 1537. And like so many others here, I'm looking forward to checking out Jeff's new custom Adamas. Great stuff. Love those O's!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I know you've been looking for a long time Jim. If you sell the Adamas, you'll just start looking for another one. Variety is the spice of life, so keep it. |
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Looks like I'll have to sell my Adamas 1681-5 to make room for the 1537. And like so many others here, I'm looking forward to checking out Jeff's new custom Adamas. Great stuff. Love those O's!
Jim [/QB] Goodness Jim, a 1681 would have been one I was interested in trading my 1537 for a month ago....you are going to love the 1537.
On the topic of strings, I just replaced my Elixirs with some 1818's and I guess I am not quite as happy with them. I find them to be kind of "ringy" whereas the Elixirs where more mellow sounding. Not a bad sound, just different than what I have had on it for the last 10 years. I am going to run with them for a while and see if they mellow out a bit with time. |
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Location: Long Island, NY | "On the topic of strings, I just replaced my Elixirs with some 1818's and I guess I am not quite as happy with them. I find them to be kind of "ringy" whereas the Elixirs where more mellow sounding. Not a bad sound, just different than what I have had on it for the last 10 years. I am going to run with them for a while and see if they mellow out a bit with time."
I've been using Elixir Custom Light Nanowebs for quite a while now, but I recently put a set of Dean Markley Alchemy Gold strings on my 1537 and they sound exceptionally well. Good bass tones, very bright, lots of nice overtones but without the "ringy" sound that I've found with every set of phosphur bronze strings. Like Moody, I've tried many different strings on the 1537, and to my ear these are the best.
BTW, I've get strings from Sweetwater now because they don't charge for shipping.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Just want to thank everyone who jumped in on this thread to support the sell.
THANKS!
and Jim, I hope you really enjoy this guitar. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Flipsyde, I just ordered a set of the Dean Markley Alchemy Golds to try out. I've heard good things about these strings but have never personally tried them. Do you know if they also have them available for 12 strings.
Jeff: I feel a much higher degree of confidence buying from the OFC instead of Ebay. I'm sure I'll love the 1537. Let's just hope for good shipping now. |
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Location: SoCal | Jim, you should feel very good buying Jeff's 1537. It's a great guitar.
Now that you've had your 1773LX for a while, what do you think of it? |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Hey Moody:
Here's how I feel about my 1773 LX. I like it a lot and I play it at least a little bit every day. However, for me, I don't like it as much as my Adamas 1681. And because I just bought Jeff's 1537, I'm going to have a tough decision to make. I need to sell one guitar. That's because in a recent moment of weakness, I bid on an old Pacemaker (I've wanted one for a long time) and actually won it. It was one of those deals where the seller wasn't paying attention and had the auction ending at 3:00 AM. So I placed a low bid before going to bed and found out the next morning that I'd won. This happened right before buying Jeff's 1537. My wife knows about the 1537 but I haven't figured out how to tell her I bought 2 guitars at the same time! I really wasn't expecting to win the Pacemaker so it was sort of an accident! I'm sure my wife will buy that one! The fun part is that this is a good bad situation to be in. I'll have to choose between some very fine guitars and I'll get to keep all but one. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Jim,
Sent you a PM, maybe we can work something out...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Jim, try "Oops." I did the 2 guitar deal in one day with the Classic and Custom Balladeer. Then I did the ebay oops on the Ultra GS and had to have an amp, so I bought it the same day. After a year she got over it, but then this Spring I bought the Country Artist off Craigslist and almost the same day got surprised when I had the high bid on the Folklore. I only got minor grief for those 2.
So the moral of the story is, if SWMBO is going to give you a bad time for buying a guitar, you may as well do 2 at once. You'll feel worse for selling one than you felt for buying 2. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Wow Mark. Now I don't feel so bad. That's a great story! I'm breaking the news to my wife tonight. I can use your story to help smooth things over. I'll end up with 5 guitars and I think that's enough...at least for now. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by stellarjim:
I can use your story to help smooth things over. I'll end up with 5 guitars and I think that's enough...at least for now. OK. I should have used a disclaimer: "All stunts performed by professional excusemaker. Do not try this at home."
And don't ever say you have enough guitars. My daughter bought me a T shirt that says "you can never have too many guitars." I wear it all the time. |
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