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Location: Indiana | Not promoting the sale... just thought this was very cool. https://reverb.com/item/4666940-ovation-parlor-custom-12-string
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Location: SoCal | http://ovationtribute.com/Models%20Rares/1658-X_Parlor_12S/1658-X_P... |
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Location: Indiana | Thanks PM... thought I had memorized O'tribute. 
This could be an interesting alt sound in the studio. And a fun couch guitar. |
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Location: Canada | OMG, I want it so bad, but alas no funds. Too bad this was not on the market last year  There are some incredible guitars for sale - who is this "Idaho Shop"?
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Location: When?? | Mark may know them. Maybe he'll end up with it. A very cool guitar. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I didn't notice that and never heard of it. I suspect Samuels might. |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | OOOhhhh that´s a temptation for the 12string player... and I´ve just spent so much money for a Stella....why not half a year ago? |
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Location: SW Mintsoda | If Ovation still has that bowl mold, they need to bring it out and make some 6-string parlors... very cool indeed. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nobody noticed this one? https://reverb.com/item/4666883-ovation-adamas-parlor
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Location: When?? | Leave it to Arthur to add another drop of catalyst into the mix. I like the 6 string better. |
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Location: Canada | That's not all. I think there were a a few parlors ordered by a fellow named John Mitzel, all possibly based on the '97 collectors. There were probably more than 1000 of the collectors made in 97/98 and I see quite afew of them around on ebay etc. 
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I traded my 1987 Collector's to Mitzdawg for the Koa Parlor. No regrets....  
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The bridge on that guitar has a weird white halo around it, almost like it popped off and was re-glued. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I can assure you that the bridge is as mint as the day it left the factory. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | so does it have a 1 3/4 nut? |
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Location: Canada | From what I gather from old posts it has an original Custom Legend neck. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Samuels - 2017-03-24 6:06 PM
I can assure you that the bridge is as mint as the day it left the factory. Really? I've never seen an Adamas with this white halo around the bridge.
If this is your guitar, perhaps you could post a close-up image of the bridge like what was taken for the CL Parlor? 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The only owners of this guitar were myself and the gentleman who made the order John Mitzel, and neither of us sent it anywhere to have it repaired. It is how the factory made it, but I can take another picture later this weekend so it is easier to see. In the meantime, here's a picture John sent in to the tribute site, and you can see this "halo" there as well.
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Location: Utah | So what does the parlor Adamas sound like? |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Samuels - 2017-03-24 9:16 PM
The only owners of this guitar were myself and the gentleman who made the order John Mitzel, and neither of us sent it anywhere to have it repaired. It is how the factory made it, but I can take another picture later this weekend so it is easier to see. In the meantime, here's a picture John sent in to the tribute site, and you can see this "halo" there as well.
Fair enough.
FWIW, I'm not trying to gin your sale. I noticed a weird aspect to the photos posted and only wanted to bring it up for discussion. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I understand Dan, and I wasn't even going to chime in on this thread until it was suggested that the bridge had popped off and was reglued. I'm trying not to jump to the defensive as I've heard nothing but great things about you, and it just now feels that I have to prove something I know not to be true, which is difficult as I am not as much of an expert as many other people on here are. So I'm not sure what to say, because it is there, but to me it is not an indication of damage or of the bridge being reglued as it wasn't. I honestly never even noticed it until it was brought up here.
So I looked a bit closer and noticed that in the right lighting it also shows up in a couple of other locations as well. So maybe it just left the factory this way? I also reached out to John Mitzel this week to make sure, and he confirmed that in his possession nothing was removed, replaced, adjusted, or repaired. So the only owners of this Parlor were John and I, and neither of us had anything removed, replaced, adjusted, or repaired.
So I’m not quite sure what else to say now. I realize I'm still somewhat of a new member here, and if my character/honesty was ever in question please refer to Mark in Boise or Nancy who know me quite well. And please feel free to contact John as well if you know him to confirm any of this. Though I know he doesn't hop on here as he once did.
(That's also a dog hair below the bridge in the first picture, not a crack or scratch, in case anyone was wondering)
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Sam,
Thanks for the pics and info. As you say, it's probably just the combination of camera angle, lighting, reflectivity and color of the surface that makes this visible.
FWIW, bridges pop off sound boards and are re-glued with alarming regularity. This isn't a bad thing. In fact, that's why Ovation started bolting down the bridges on stained wood tops. The bridge popped off my 1619 one night after I re-built it. It made a heck of a racket, scaring the pet birds and sleeping wife.
I wasn't questioning your character or honesty.
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Location: Texas | When not being played, is it usually hanging on the wall or sitting on a stand (instead of being stored in a case)?
If so, that "halo" might just be dust that doesn't get easily picked up when wiping off the guitar? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I played that guitar and never noticed what you are talking about. I wasn't examining it with any eye toward buying it, but with admiration for an extremely rare guitar. It's stunning in both looks and sound. |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | While you all are discussing I grabbed it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | DetlefMichel - 2017-10-09 10:18 AM
While you all are discussing I grabbed it.
Which one? I need to check up on Sam. The whole summer went by and we never got together. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | DetlefMichel - 2017-10-09 11:18 AM
While you all are discussing I grabbed it.
CONGRATULATIONS DetlefMichel!!!!!!
It is going to the BEST Home!! Please let us know how it sounds? I can't imagine a 12 string Parlor, so much sound in a little package!!! And it is Gorgeous!!!
And Congratulations Sam! Although I am sure you will miss it, so Rare and So Beautiful!! |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Mark in Boise - 2017-10-09 7:45 PM
While you all are discussing I grabbed it.
Which one? .
The 12 string. It´s on the way to Germany...I will have to be patient the next weeks.
But Sam does not need to be too unhappy, he got my red Adamas for it.
I will report everything about the guitar later. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Congrats to both of you. Now I really need to get in touch with Sam. |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Detlef!!
Jetzt musst Du mich aber mal besuchen (oder ich Dich)! Das Ding interessiert mich nämlich sehr. Die Nutweite sieht auf dem Bild sehr schmal aus...
Bernie
in English for those who can't speak German:
Congratulations Detlef,
now you have to visit me ( or I you). This thing is very interesting to me. The nutwidth looks very narrow on the picture.....
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Whoops. Not sure how it happened, but I posted on the wrong thread.
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Location: When?? | @Dan - "Whoops. Not sure how it happened, but I posted on the wrong thread."
You will receive a violation notice in the mail within 14 days which will also note the amount of the fine.
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Location: Flahdaw | Here's a bizarre thought.... Did they EVER make a parlor longneck???? |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Darkbar - 2017-10-14 12:15 AM
Here's a bizarre thought.... Did they EVER make a parlor longneck????
Wouldn´t it be too head-heavy? And parlor guitars are not very bassy.
What I am waiting for is an Ovation JUMBO guitar. Or better, Jumbo 12string. But please with contour bowl. |
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