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Location: Paris/France | Too expensive for my budget but a very interesting piece of History!!
FOR SALE ON EBAY
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Ah Jérôme ,
just take off the bottom three high strung strings and play the 12's ya got.
A lot cheaper and more convertible. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | 'When I talked with Ovation they told me that it was such a pain in the neck to build that they would never built another one !"
Other than the custom saddle and nut, what would be difficult? Custom bracing? 
Beautifully unique! |
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| Maybe it's me, but it seems bass-ackwards. With the 3 treble strings doubled, only the D pair would be tuned an octave apart. I would think it would make more sense (and sound richer) to double the 3 bass strings since they're tuned an octave apart, and leave the 3 treble strings single to make it easier to play leads.
Still, a very cool guitar, if for nothing other than its being unique. Jérôme, you should see if the seller can provide nice hi-res pictures for your site. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Kinda reminds me of those half man/half woman exibits in depression-era carnivals.
Interesting, but something about it makes me uncomfortable... |
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| A hermaphradamas! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by G8r:
A hermaphradamas! Lol!
Good one! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | G8r, I think it's designed that way for fingerpickers. I have seen people string their 12-ers that way so that they get the true bass note when picking and not the octave. They still sound amazingly like a regular 12-er, but so much easier to pick. (I'm still trying to learn to fingerpick mine. For some reason I can train my fingers to drag across the strings, but my thumb still insists it is going to pluck UPWARD.) |
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| Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
G8r, I think it's designed that way for fingerpickers. I have seen people string their 12-ers that way so that they get the true bass note when picking and not the octave. They still sound amazingly like a regular 12-er, but so much easier to pick. Ahh, OK. That makes sense. Thanks. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | String it Rickenbacker style and finger pickin the bass strings would not be an issue. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | The B.C. Rich Bich 10-String was designed on this premise. The doubled strings are actually closer together than a normal 12-string so you can easily play leads. The low strings (the two not doubled) are free to BOOOOOOOM out for that that fingerpick those bass notes with their thumb. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Yeah, the fingerpicking angle makes sense...
I was pretty sure someone wouldn't have gone to all that trouble on a whim.
Does anyone know for certain who this was made for? |
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Location: Paris/France | Originally posted by stephent28:
Ah Jérôme ,
just take off the bottom three high strung strings and play the 12's ya got.
A lot cheaper and more convertible. Funny, that's what I said to my friends on my forum in France... :D
I've asked for detailed pics yesterday and the seller told me that he will let me know his decision after looking at my website.
If we know the serial, maybe Kim could tell us who was the first owner of this rare bird.
J :) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | there were a couple of wood top anniversarys made, in the red.
probably were a couple of these too, but they still are very rare. |
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Location: Indiana | There was a guy doing a single here in Nashville... late 70's, early 80's... using a 9 string wood top. Can't remember his name for the life of me.
Fun guit to play around with. The only one I've ever seen in 41 years of oogelin' O's. |
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Location: USA | I don't see how they can be too difficult to make, but if it is it's worth the money. If you really want a 9 string go with a Taylor. I know they aren't a Ovation/Adamas guitar, and I think they double the D-G-B instead of G-B-E, but they look good. There is always the Alvarez 9 string if you can find that too, which is criminally undervalued. |
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A rare Adamas 9 string !!