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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | There is another 1537 on ebay. Starting at $950 and not sure if that is good or not.
Elite 1537
Couple of questions. Looking at the sellers web-site with pictures, this one has a red spacer where the wood binding meets the body of the guitar. My 1537 does not have that. Is this normal????
Also, I did find that my guitar is missing one of the pointers (the tone knob). Is this something you can just carve out of a piece of maple and epoxy on, or should I just leave it as is. I don't really care whether it is there or not, but just curious.
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Location: Orlando, FL | That "red spacer" is not on mine either. I wonder what the heck thst is??? Other than that, it looks very clean.
As far as price, I paid $900 for mine. I wouldn't sell it for twice that. |
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Location: Tennessee | Jeff, you might be able to get one of the pointers from the factory ... with the reissues that have the two-knobbers they may have a few laying around.
I don't think mine has a red binding strip either, but I'm in DC so I can't check for a few days. But I think I would've noticed. |
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Location: Tennessee | P.S. The seller says "original case" but mine came with the older style brown case. The one in the auction looks a lot more current. |
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Location: SoCal | I don't see a red spacer. What are you guys talking about? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Mine does not have this.
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | This is the rare and coveted "Red Streak" series that was only made on two Mondays in April of 1983...very desireable piece...could bring as much as $18,000.00 on the open market. |
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Location: NJ | . . . it all came about when KMC's "SafeSex" campaign went just a BIT too far . . . |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | :eek: |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Originally posted by cliff:
. . . it all came about when KMC's "SafeSex" campaign went just a BIT too far . . . I thought that was only with the Adamas models, which are "textured for her pleasure". |
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Location: NJ | Well, . . . the SlotHeads WERE "ribbed". . . . |
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| Why would he white out the serial number? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | A lot of people don't like to list serial numbers because they can be used by unscrupulous scam artists when selling bogus gear.
A 301xxx is one of the early ones. Looks very nice and a good price. |
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Location: SoCal | Ok. I didn't look at the additional pics. I've never seen that red stripe on a 1537 before. But it does look like a nice guitar. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Is this the additional "spacer" that is talked about on Adamas guitars that makes the bowl 1/4" deeper? It does look like a spacer and give the appearance that the bowl is deeper. Also notice that it has neither "pointer" in place.
I also agree that the case looks like it is from a later model as the "original" case on all of the 1537s I have seen is brown.
Very odd....what do you suppose, some one off highly collectible prize, or one that has been refurbed with incorrect parts. I thought for sure you 1537 lovers would have the answer to this oddity. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | My guess is it was refurbished, and the spacer was used to perhaps correct imperfections or misalignment with the bowl and soundboard (like perhaps some warping or damage to face and original binding?).
Just an uneducated guess. Either way, nice guitar! |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | The more I compare it to my 1537, the more differences I see too (suggesting a refurb). The actual binding looks different to me too. Lighter in color or something.
Hope someone snags it here then gets the story on it. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Look close at the top. It looks like there's a repaired crack where the two halves of the top meet, below the bridge.
That red spacer is not from the factory. |
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Location: closely held secret | Maybe it's some kind of trim tape, and not a spacer at all. Though why they would do that is beyond me, unless it's hiding something, like a top separation. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Has anyone asked him about it?
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | These being considered the "wood top Adamas", could it be that the extra red binding was a spacer the approximate the depth of the carbon-topped Adamii? It is an early one, after all.
Just a thought.
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Location: SoCal | I have # 301004 which, per Paul's information, makes it a pre-production.
No red binding/spacer... |
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Location: SoCal | No 1537 that I've ever seen has that red spacer. 1537's had a standard deep bowl depth. I've got no idea what that red strip is. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Here's just another thought (I really have no real knowledge about it either)... I was told by Kim that the walnut binding was a very difficult thing to accomplish, and that is probably why they stopped doing it. With that in mind .. if it was sent in for top repair, and they didn't want to mess with attempting to re-bind with that original walnut, perhaps they cut it off and re-attached it using the red binding to cover the edge? I know, it's probably a dumb idea, but it's almost as good as the "coveted 2-Monday issue idea:)" |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Hey, I had that 2 Monday thing on good authority! I saw it on the Antiques Road Show!!!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's an early one if the bowl is original, because it doesn't have the battery screw. Mine came in an old, beat up case that is black, but I don't know if it was original. If it wasn't, somebody sure beat the hell out of a new one. The red stripe appears to be anyone's guess. Bowl replaced? |
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Another 1537 on the bay