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Location: Paris/France | So, you will surely love my next guitar!!! ;)
With the precious help of a great and so kind Ovation fan from japan, I'll be soon the proud owner of a wonderful Adamas 1713-X Nylon Wood Top.
I don't know much of this model and I only know 2 including this one but according the pics, it's a fantastic looking instrument.
Maybe it has been produced as a ltd series for Japan only???
Some will say that it's more an Ovation than an Adamas guitar and they will probably be right because she don't have a carbon top but it doesn't matter, I love it.
The main specs are Cedar top, Adamas fan bracing, Epaulets sound holes, walnut Adamas fretboard and 2" nut width (to be confirmed).
To hold such a rare and nice guitar in my arms was so unexpected and it will be soon a reality.
Be sure that I'll post some detailed pictures as soon as she will be at home in 3 or 4 weeks.
J :)
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Location: south east Michigan | Now there's something you don't see everyday.
Very nice! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Very nice. Looks like a shallow bowl. I have its steel string brother (a 1982 prototype) with many similarities (shape, bowl, epaulet detail, purfling detail, fret board and markers). This nylon string version looks new and is gorgeous. What are the electronics? |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | How do you find these things Jerome? That's one handsome instrument, and probably has the sound to match its appearance.
Congratulations on another great acquisition! :) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Looks like a nylon string 1537. NICE !!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | I hope it's not a shallow bowl. |
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Location: Bellevue, Washington | Looks like an Artist bowl to me, but dang Jerome, BEAUTIFUL guitar!!! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Nice. Odd they would call it a 1713, the number for the Classic model, if it didn't have a deep bowl, center hole. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Wow, glad that worked out for you!!!
What a wonderful guitar that is!
Best regards,
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Location: Thailand | I surely love this guitar!!!
Congratulations.
povation |
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Location: NJ | very nice |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | That looks spectacular, Jerome. Congratulations on a very rare find in such great shape. Enjoy. |
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Location: New Jersey / New York | Nice one, Jérôme!!! |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | What a nice one! Congrats, Jerome! |
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Location: California | Wow, a wide neck classical nylon string Adamas guitar with a walnut fretboard/bridge and cedar top. Let us know how this one plays and sounds. Congratulations. |
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Location: Texas | WOW! I want one!
Man, Ovation really is not in touch with reality, there are so many great models that we all dream about like this one that if they were available and affordable we would be so crazy about them and buying them too!
But forget custom orders, too much money.
Like I have been looking for an Adamas 1881 super shallow bowl and can not find one, and so are many other OFCers, looking for a looooooooong time and nothing.
Oh well, congrats Jerome. |
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Location: Indiana | Très bon Jérôme. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Simply stunning! Congratulations! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | That's a real beaut! |
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Location: Denver, CO | Lovely indeed. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | WOW, Enjoy |
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Location: Paris/France | Thank you guys.
It's a 1992 model (according the serial), mid bowl and PO-24 pre-amp.
How do you find these things Jerome? Every morning and evening, I'm watching the sales on Ebay, on online shops in USA and Japan.
This one was in Japan and I was lucky to get it.
It would not have been possible without my contact in Japan... ;)
Dave is right, it looks like a Nylon 1537.
I don't know how it will be sounding because the Adamas Fan bracing is surely not the best for Nylon string but I'm confident, it's an Adamas...
I'll post an mp3 to listen to its sound when it will be in France.
J :)
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Beautiful Guitar! Congratulations Jerome. Good works tend to come around full circle. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | sweet! |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | WOW!
I want a nylon O so bad but I'd never even thought of them making an Elite-style model.
Wonder how it'll sound as opposed to the round-hole nylon O's.
Spectacular looking guitar Jerome.
Congratulations and I'm quite jealous :) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Gorgeous. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Great git Jerome! |
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Location: Tennessee | That's a very pretty guitar. Very unusual mix of features too. Terrific find. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Very nice find Jerome.
Congrats for your new beautiful baby :) |
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Location: SoCal | There was a super shallow bowl like this that was seen on this board 5-6 years ago, and Glen Campbell had a ssb Adamas nylon string with the same 14 fret to the body, 2 inch at the nut neck, about 30 years ago. A member of the board (fairly inactive) has it now.... |
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Location: SoCal | By the way, that's a beautiful guitar! Probably built around 1993-4. A cross between a country artist (14 frets to the body, and bridge placement) and a classical (2 inch nut) on an Elite body. A very very special order...... |
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Location: Indiana | I had two SSB classics built like that. One cedar, one spruce. Traditional ivoryish binding though. My best friend owns them both.
I'll see if I can get some better pictures.
Here's the spruce top...
(Yes, the mullet is long gone... swear.)
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Location: SoCal | Over on the Chet Atkins board, people pay a fortune for Kirk Sands nylon strings or Gibson Studio Classic nylon strings that are nothing more than Ovation ssb nylon strings at twice the price.
Don't lie about the mullet --- you still have it! |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Hey Jerome,
what a nice find. Congrats. Now it's in the best hands!
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Location: Paris/France | Hi,
The 1713-X is arrived today and first, I'd like to thank Kazu from Japan for his help and kindness.
Nothing could be possible without him!!!
This is a stunning instrument in near mint condition and my first impression are very very good.
It's a great sounding guitar even if it's a mid bowl and the color of the cedar top is very nice.
As it's a nylon string guitar, nothing compares to an Ovation steel string but she's got a very good projection.
The action is very low and the playability is simply perfect.
It's a great looking guitar too and it's the perfect combination between a 1537, a Country Artist and an Adamas.
I haven't plugged it in yet but I'll test it during the next two days as I'll be alone at home. ;)
The very good surprise is that she's equipped with a 1 7/8 neck just (it's probably a CA neck...) so it's perfect for my hands and the walnut fretboard is wonderful.
So, I'm very very very happy to own such a rare and wonderful guitar and I'll try to record something soon to share its sound with you.
J :)
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now that is a Beautiful Guitar there, Jerome. |
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Location: SoCal | Beautiful! Congratulations my friend.... |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Beautiful guitar. Congratulation Jerome ! |
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Location: SoCal | Jerome, have somebody else play it and you listen. It never ceases to amaze me how much tone comes from Ovations that you don't hear when playing the guitar.
This last weekend, I had somebody playing my 1773LX while I listened and was thrilled to discover how much sound actually comes from it. This is even more true with multi hole O's.... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | That is a beautiful rare find! Congrats and enjoy! |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Wow, congrats, Jerome!
And yes, Kazu is a great guy!!!
You have to play this thing plugged! Ovation Nylons are not very impressing played acoustic only, but plugged in - WOW!
Enjoy it, best regards,
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Nice addition Jerome...Enjoy! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I really love the wood grain on this guitar.
Jerome, now that you have a wood topped Adamas NYLON string, maybe you should also get a wood topped Adamas TWELVE string !!! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Wow! Just beautiful! Absolument beau! |
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | An awesome guitar for an awesome Ovation fan.
This one might fall in your hands Jerome ! |
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