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Location: Paris/France | ...since yesterday evening!!!
I don't know by which part of that story I must begin??
I've been contacted some days ago by a kind woman in France whom was looking for information about her Adamas 1687-7.
Like always, I've done my best to be as accurate as possible and when I asked her for the serial her reply was #0125-83.
You can imagine how I was excited when I read that serial and I asked for more pics.
The pics were not very good but the guitar seems to be in good condition.
With the help of Beal, I gave her a reply with all the infos that I've collected about the very early Adamas.
After some emails, I was ready to write that she can call me in the future if she wants to sell it (without any hope...) but I haven't had enough time because she wrote me before that she will be glad to sell it to me... :eek:
So I took my car yesterday to see that beauty and of course I was immediately in love with that Adamas.
After some coffees and a hard negociation ;) , I've decided that I can't go back home without that instrument.
I bought it and she's now at home... ;)
Life is sometimes very sweet and I will remember that sunday as a great day (even if it was raining...) because it was so unexpected to find such a guitar here in France.
That FANTASTIC Adamas was sleeping only 20 miles away from my house and it's just like she was waiting for me.
Sorry if my post is a little bit too long but that instrument and that story deserves these words with bad English!! :D
And because pics are better than words, please FOLLOW THAT LINK!!
Thanks for reading me.
J :)
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Location: Vernon CT | Jerome,
Congrats!!! Gorgeous guitar. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Fantastic, Jerome, you're a very lucky man. Enjoy! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | That is a beauty Jerome!! Congrats on a great guitar and a great find. |
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| If the lady had looked like Madame Sarkozy it really would have been Christmas for you!
Congratulations! |
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Location: Pennsylvania | Why would you write you wrote in "bad English?"
A) Your English in your post exceeds many an Anglophone's English writing abilities
B) Your English writing skills are better than my French
C) Awesome! Congrats on your new Guitar
-p.s. your English writing is ce' magnifique. |
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Location: Cincinnati | -p.s. your English writing is ce' magnifique Ditto for the Adamas. Congratulations. |
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Location: ranson,wva | jerome ye old dog you have got to be one of the luckiest sob's i knwo..lol congrats that a beautiful adamas brother..... |
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| Wow, what a lucky find! Beautiful guitar. Congratulations. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Jerome... Great find!!! Congrats!
How long did they continue including the Frequency Response after the S/N on the A's? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Really, really Nice. |
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Location: Paris/France | Originally posted by cholloway:
Jerome... Great find!!! Congrats!
How long did they continue including the Frequency Response after the S/N on the A's? Thanks guys!!
I'll try to make better pics next week end under the natural light of the sun.
I have to find a nice place to take those pics.
I don't know if there's a rule for the Frenquency on the labels.
I've seen Adamas I from the 80's without and Adamas II from the 90's with the frenquency...
Maybe Beal could tell us??
J :) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | What a great love story. Or, would this be this be a slice of life (Amelia stuff)? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Fantastic my friend! It could not have a better home...
(OK, OK, I hear everyone out there saying "Yes it could: mine!")...
Just ignore them Jerome!
Congrats! :D ;) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jerome,
Thanks for bringing one back to the OFC family.
Very nice guitar. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wow, Jerome. It's not luck. It's payback for all the work you did on the Ovation Tribute site.
And like AM said, don't apologize for your English. My standard line for any European is "Your English is much better than my ______." |
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Location: Paris/France | You've seen the pics, now you can listen to the sound.
She's played by my friend Pascal whom is the leader of the "French White Thumbpick Mafia"... :D :D :D
I will change the string with D'Addario EXP-16 this week end and I'm ure that she will sounds much better with that set because extra light gauge is not the best for that kind of guitar!!
I hope you will enjoy the sound even the poor quality of that video!!
ADAMAS #0125-83 BY PASCAL
J :) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Jerome, first of all let me offer my congratulations! That is a beautiful guitar. But I must warn you, it looks like you will need some type of weapon to get it out of Pascal's arms. I think he really likes it too... :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | C'est Bon. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 
My '81 1687-7 #1745 getting put through the paces by Cliff while Al plays #2500. I have some video of Matt playing it at his concert: it sounds wonderful...
Congrats Jerome on adding a Crown Jewel to your collection!! I feel the same way about mine! |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Congratulation Jerome !! Very nice guitar indeed. I like that kind of color.
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Jerome: congrats... and if your english is "bad" then my english should give every reader a headache.
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Location: Michigan | Here you go JEROME Very nice guitar.GWB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O_fCs5Buwg |
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Location: Paris/France | Thank you all !! ;)
J :) |
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