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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I was going to post a link, but instead I'll just say, if you haven't signed up to recieve Al's newsletter yet, now would be a great time to do so. There are pictures of the coolest guitar I've ever seen in this month's edition. :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Let me be the first to say... Well done Alison. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Thanks, Brad! The question is, how in the world am I going to sleep until it gets here on Monday? I dreamed about this guitar in the beginning. It was a dream that gave me the idea to have it made. Now that it's done, I keep waking up from dreams about it and can't get back to sleep. (But I'm playing some great guitar in the middle of the night!) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | It will be a monster and I can guarantee that it will sound as good as it looks! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I love custom orders. Post lots of pics when it arrives so the rest of us can share your excitement. |
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Location: Bellevue, Washington | Nice guitar! Congrats!
That Tak is pretty nice too.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Just to be clear, we're not talking about the picture of Temp and I at NAMM, right?
Beautiful custom, Alison!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | At first I thought Alison was talking about the Takamine (which is a beautiful guitar), but then scrolled down to that gorgeous Adamas. I love the epis.
I think I looked away from the computer the first time in order to rest my eyes after I saw the NAMM picture. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | No to worry over the NAMM pic Mark.
You still get to drool over the Woody. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'm pretty sure she was talking about Temp. In profile no less......
Great guitar Alison, who thought up the inlays?
Thank God two schmucks walking in the rain in Frankfort hit on the idea to put a 14 fret neck on a 12 fret body bridge placement and tune it to D. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Beal, some of my country western friends suggested I have my name inlaid on the fretboard. I hope they weren't TOO insulted when I told them how tacky that was. But it got me thinking. With my last name being what it is, I couldn't resist. And when the factory wanted a picture to go by, I couldn't find one I liked so I just drew that and sent it to them. I guess that makes it a custom custom.
And yeah, tell those two schmucks I said thanks! |
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Location: Seacoast NH | Gorgeous! |
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Location: Utah | It's beautiful! |
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Location: Indiana | Very cool. |
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Location: Flahdaw | That's nice. Chances are if I owned it, I'd tune it down to C. I wonder how squirrelly it would get? |
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Location: Tennessee | Not much at all. Just got to adjust the string gauge maybe. I used to tune my longneck b-to-b from time to time and it was terrific. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yep, what Bobbo said. Heavier strings (like a baritone set ) and it sounds great and growly. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | or get some telephone cable like Matt Smith and cause an earthquake! |
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Location: Texas | Honestly, that is one of the most stunning-looking guitars I've ever seen. It's very unique and eye-catching without looking gaudy or over-the-top. If possible, you'll have to post some clips so we can hear it, if not, send it to me and I'll record it and return it... eventually... ;)
It looks like there's a swan on the trc also? Nice!
Congratulations, great concept, and perfect execution by the wizards at the Mothership.... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Congratulations Allison: it's beautiful, and it suits you wonderfully. No doubt the sound should echo across the SD landscape and bounce around the Black Hills....very cool! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Very Nice Alison! That's a real beauty. Please record something so we can hear you bring it to life, and more pictures!!!
What's the story on the epaulets? It's hard to tell from the pictures. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | And I will get to play this baby when I go back to South Dakota next September! :D |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | The truss rod cover has an "A" in the Adamas script. It COULD stand for Adamas, but then again, it might just stand for Alison. ;)
Choosing the epi's was the most vivid part of the dream that inspired me to have this made. I wanted a grey pearlized material. When they asked for a picture, all I could find was that stuff they used to make dinette set out of in the 50's. It's called "grey cracked ice". They tried to match it as closely as they could, and it looks like they nailed it.
My friends Brad and Bonnie are building a recording studio even as I type. I will definitely do some recording with this bad boy.
I am a lousy singer, but I'm even worse when I'm not in a comfortable key. A lot of the songs I have written are in A, and I don't want to change the key because then I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the open A and E basses. And of course to me, the guitar part is way more important than the vocals. So the upshot is, you will all get to hear a lot of the songs I've written that NOBODY has ever heard before. (Sure hope I can remember them all. :D ) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | use the Daddario EJ19 set, green package, 14 to 59 I think. They'll go to B or up to D quite easily.
I like mine at C or C# |
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| Stunning guitar.
Why did you choose not to have an ebony board? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Originally posted by schroeder:
Stunning guitar.
Why did you choose not to have an ebony board? I really like the way the maple inlays on the walnut fretboards look on my other four Adamas'. Kind of a "peanut butter cup" effect. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Alison,
It is indeed a beaut. A close up of the epis is a must when you get your hands on it. That puppy is going to rumble - it's going to be like a long neck 1680 with the deep bowl and unfinished carbon fibre top. |
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Location: eastern united states | that's a beautiful guitar alison. one of the most stunning examples of an adamas i've ever seen! my jealousy level is at a 10.5 ! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | "Why did you choose not to have an ebony board?"
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I think it looks a bit more symetrical with the brown going from the headstock down, and repeated at the bridge. Is there a story behind the swans, or do you just like swans? |
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Location: Jet City | It looks nice and all, but... I WANNA PLAY IT!
I bet that baby'll boom.
Alison, can I come over to your house to play? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Can we do another Black Hills Jam? I loved that trip and hope to do it again if I ever retire. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | BVince, I've never met a Swan I didn't like. :D
And yeah, we will do another Black Hills jam. I was going to do one this past summer, but I wanted to wait until this came in. I had hoped I would get it by the END of summer at least, but it took just shy of a year. I think they had a hard time with the skinny little necks on those swans. And I know toward the end, the supplier was late getting the epi material to them.
Anyway, my UPS guy told me yesterday that it might come early because they have so many extra trucks running at this time of year and it hasn't gotten that busy for them yet. According to the tracking number, it left Minneapolis at quarter to five this morning. It's about eight and a half hours from Minneapolis to Rapid City, and another hour between Rapid and here. That means it MIGHT, just MIGHT come this afternoon.
Probably not though. I'm TRYING not to get my hopes up. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Don'tcha just love the "waiting for the truck" game? |
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Location: eastern united states | don't know if i coulda waited for a truck on that beauty. knowing my impatience at such things, beaking it in at the mothership wouldn't have been a bad idea to me. but thats only 6 hrs away to me. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | It's about three or four days for me. Besides, when I moved away from Connecticut, I left the traffic jams and pollution and rude people and yes, believe it or not, huge snowstorms, behind forever.
Now I live in a place where people never lock their doors, everyone waves and says "hi", the air is the cleanest in the country, and although it does snow some in winter, those snowy days alternate with bright sunshine and 60 degrees, all through the winter.
Besides, as all who attended the Black Hill jam last year will tell you, we have BEAUTIFUL scenery. And it's about to become even prettier here - I think the greys and browns of that guitar will fit in nicely! :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | She's right. The Black Hills have some great scenery. We went there on our honeymoon in 1977. The roads didn't seem as steep, narrow and windy after 33 years of living in the mountains, but maybe it was because we were driving a Porsche this time instead of a 71 VW van. |
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Location: Jet City | we have a new 4 door Mini Countryman Cooper S we're itchin to drive somewhere.
Mark, we were almost headed in your direction the week after Christmas, but looks like we're adjusting our plans some. Victoria Island is looking like the destination. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by stepchildusmc:
don't know if i coulda waited for a truck on that beauty. knowing my impatience at such things, beaking it in at the mothership wouldn't have been a bad idea to me. but thats only 6 hrs away to me. A year ago I couldn't wait for the UPS truick, so I took a trip up to Alison's to pick up a Patriot. It was well worth the effort. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | So Alison,
WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS?
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | :D I can't take the pictures until I get it. It won't be here until Monday afternoon. |
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