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Location: Texas | OVATION ADAMAS 2080-NWT WOVEN CARBON GRAPHITE GUITAR 
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Location: Utica, NY | Try this for starters:
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/cgi-bin/ubb/non-cgi/ultimatebb.php?ub...
And I believe that Victor recently got one. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | What's the question? |
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Location: Texas | Gallerinski,your opinion of the Graphite top Adamas.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Exellent example of how FMI should NOT make the Ovation gits. of the future look like .. |
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Location: Texas | Thanx nervous for the link,seems like some fair deals on the 2080's out there.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by jstout:
Gallerinski,your opinion of the Graphite top Adamas.
good luck Similar styles, but I would choose for the OFC-II guitar over the 2080 in a heartbeat. |
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Location: Utica, NY | You're welcome. I have seen that and was looking at those as well before settling on my 1680. I do like the more modern appearance of this model, no fret markers, cutaway, aluminum and wood details, etc. But the 1680 is just so loved and revered I had to give it a try first. Should you decide to do this please report back. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I like my 1681 better! (As far as looks go.)
The 2080 may be a fine sounding and playing guitar, but it is fugly. :p
(I guess I don't get the "Batman/Catwoman" motif) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Watch it Arthur, you'll come off as a curmudgeon. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thank You! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I tend to think of this guitar as very "masculine;" it's very rugged looking, very spartan. It's not one that I can envision myself owning. I have played a couple, and liked them very much, but it doesn't call to me in that "I've-absolutely-got-to-have-this-one" voice.
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Location: East Tennessee | They have that Spartan look but they do sound very nice. |
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| Not something I'd be likely to buy but if I liked how it sounded and played I could live with the look of it. Most of the other Adamas guitars are far too ornate for me. That one is a bit too tech looking IMO but at least it's plain. |
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Location: Texas | That's the reason i like it pretty plain lookin,and from what i read here, really good sound.............good luck |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | But I still don't understand the Nike swoosh. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by TAFKAR:
But I still don't understand the Nike swoosh. The "swoosh" just matches the contour of the bowl.
I guess it's easier to realize in person, but I thought it was a brilliant piece of subtle attention to detail. |
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Location: big island | technically, it's an upside down "swoosh" if comparing to nike's. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Originally posted by lanaki:
technically, it's an upside down "swoosh" if comparing to nike's. Be right at home "Downunder" :D
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Location: Sydney, Australia | You'll need to recruit more guitar mules if you want one of them too AJ! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Don't like the cats eye |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Love it. Any issue I have with the looks (and I rally wasn't crazy abut it at first) went out the window when I heard it. I'm even less crazy about the OFC II looks but, again, when I heard it in Jersey, I loved it. The 1680 is a completely different animal but no less a top shelf guitar. |
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Location: Utah | If I had the money and if I felt I had the time to play it, the 2080 would be my next acoustic. The swoosh is neither good nor ugly, but I do like it better than eppis on that finish.
Al has had a deal out there that is the lowest price you'll see, plus it includes the iDea preamp as an extra. I don't know if the deal is still available, but if you're thinking of a 2080 you know that you have to call Al. |
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| I wasn't a fan until I saw and heard one in person. The pictures definitely don't do them justice. Soundwise they're killer. Deep and loud with that distinct Adamas tone.
Of course the one I really fell in love with was Beal's custom longneck with the super-manly neck. That is one incredible guitar. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by lanaki:
technically, it's an upside down "swoosh" if comparing to nike's. That's what the Nike swoosh looks like when you look at your own shoes. |
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Location: SoCal | The 2080 I like the best was a mistake, special ordered by Tom Tennent. I can't recall what he was supposed to be ordering but what he got was a 2080 with a different top and a 1680 12 fret neck on it. And it was stunning both to look at and to play. I believe that he was selling it or sold it a couple of years ago. Wish I had been in the position to buy it.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Best sounding ugly guitar I ever heard. |
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Location: Newington, CT | I own three of 'em -- including the aforementioned OFC II -- and I love 'em.
GREAT sound. I happen to like how they look, but that's just a quesztion of taste. Definitely more austere, though with a techie look. Very, very playable. Light and rugged. Stay in tune forever!
Lows are full-bodied and round. Highs are bright and loud. Mids are a beautiful combination of both. Very round, full, dark, warm sound. And they quiet down just beautifully. When not booming, they do sweet-and-pretty really well.
Pesonally, I love 'em. As mentioned at top, I own the one they are referring to above in this thread -- the OFC II that Weaser and G8r didn't like 'til they heard it. I recommend it highly.
Full disclosure...I'll probably sell one or two of them, as I have settled on the OFC II as the 2080 representative in my collection. However, I'll be selling them only because I don't play them enough to justify keeping them. They're just beautiful guitars! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
The 2080 I like the best was a mistake, special ordered by Tom Tennent. I can't recall what he was supposed to be ordering but what he got was a 2080 with a different top and a 1680 12 fret neck on it. And it was stunning both to look at and to play. I believe that he was selling it or sold it a couple of years ago. Wish I had been in the position to buy it.
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Location: France | Frankly, I have just received this morning my 2080 and it is an extraordinary guitar, less crystalline than the collectior 2008 but with a powerful sound, of nice low and nicer in reality than in photographs!!!!
I'm really very happy with this purchase!!!!! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | AlanM,
why do you have three of the same? |
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Location: Newington, CT | Long story short: Had none. Bought one in a package deal for an okay price.
Saw another from wwbw.com in a closeout sale for less than half what I paid for the first one. Bought it to turn it around, and haven't got around to it yet.
Really liked the guitar itself, so when Al came up with the OFC II that is kind of a Custom 2080, I decided to "upgrade" to that one.
Now, I'll probably sell the first two.
They're wonderful guitars, and with the bargain price that I got the second one for, I should be able to make my money back on them. I'd then end up with the OFC II as my "2080."
Kind of a convoluted path, but one that let me really experience the 2080 up close and personal. |
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