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Location: Arizona | Has anyone played a wood top Adamas before? I think in '88 Ovation made 50 wood top Adamas 681 models for export to Japan only. The sitka was supposed to be seasoned for at least one hundred years. I saw one on the bay and another overseas. Lost Art also has a similar prototype. I have played a 1587 deep cb and a 1187 reissue and am curious about the woodtop in terms of sound and feel. Any feedback is well appreciated. Thanks. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I thought the " Elite " was a wood topped Adamas.. :)
Vic |
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Location: NJ | The wood-topped Adamas evolved into the Elite. |
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Location: SoCal | One of our members has an actual wood topped Adamas. Beautiful, great sounding guitar. Even made me sound good..... |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Hi Maliboo,
you are talking about the NV681-ARB.
I know of one member on this board who has one. Maybe he is chiming in to tell more.
Best regards,
Kurt |
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Location: big island | one of those was listed on eBay very recently. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Is a wood topped adamas still called an adamas? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Is a wood topped adamas still called an adamas? |
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Location: NJ | Is Jackson Browne?
Does Al Hirt?
Is Perry White?
Is Loretta Young?
Does Lucille Ball? |
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Location: NJ | How about Woodamas?? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
One of our members has an actual wood topped Adamas. Beautiful, great sounding guitar. Even made me sound good..... I've seen one as well, a shallow bowl, wood-topped Adamas, with airline tags bearing the name Charles W. Kaman, currently belonging to a fellow OFC member. |
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Location: Arizona | Kurt, you are correct. If you can prompt your friend, I would love to hear his feedback on the nv681? I have played a 1587 deep cb and an 1187 reissue. Thanks. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
Is Jackson Browne?
Does Al Hirt?
Is Perry White?
Is Loretta Young?
Does Lucille Ball? If your twin sibling passes away are you still a twin? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Actually the BEST sounding wood topped adamas is that Dreadnaught size that Al has. That thing is amazing. Sadly I don't think there is enough IOU's in the world to pry it out of his hands. Dave |
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Location: NJ | That thing IS a cannon!! . . . |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by cliff:
Is Jackson Browne?
Does Al Hirt?
Is Perry White?
Is Loretta Young?
Does Lucille Ball? Was Marvin Gaye? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There were a few made back before the elites, less than 10 I think. Those would be the ones to get. Doesn't Sam have one of those?
I don't recall the Nakao ones but we were always doing things like that for them so it's possible. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Call it a Samada. |
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Location: NJ | I think that name was taken with Sam's wood-box pseudoAdamas . . . |
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Location: big island | what's samada you? |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by lanaki:
what's samada you? That's Rocky's alma mater.
P.S. I played a wood topped Adamas a couple of months back. It was very sweet. But then I played the next guitar handed to me, which was an original slothead. More sweet. ;) Al's WTAD is killer. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Are there any pics of those around?
(I know, I know. I'm hooked on guitar porn.) |
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Location: big island | check on jerome's site through kurt's link posted above. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | APHRODISIAC (OYSTERS)
(Shel Silverstein / Pat Dailey)
Now, listen to me, folks...
Hear what I say.
You got to eat oysters everyday
They'll put your love life back on track
They're nature's own aphrodisiac.
Ohh, ohhh... yes it's true
What a little oyster can do for you.
Ohh, ohhh... ain't it fun
Here's some things them oysters done...
They made Jim Beam
They made Allen Thick
They made Jonathan Swift
And they made Gracie Slick
They made Victor Mature
And they made Tom Petty
They started Willie Waylon
And they got Helen Reddy.
They made Tom Cruise
They made Oscar Wilde
They gave Gary Hart
But they gave Gomer Piles
They made William Hurt
They made Lucille Ball
They made Wilson Picket
And that ain't all.
Ohh, ohhh... yes it's true
What a little oyster can do for you.
Ohh, ohhh... ain't it fun
Here's some more them oysters done.
They made Stevie Wonder
And they made old John Wayne
They made Saul Bellow
And caused Thomas Paine
Turned Clint Black
And turned Barry White
Made Doris' Day
And Gladys' Knight.
They gave Bob Hope
They gave Percy Faith
They made Marvin Gaye
But they made George Straight
They made Bobby's Short
And Lester's Flatt
And hey... they even did more than that.
Ohh, ohhh... yes it's true
What a little oyster can do for you.
Ohh, ohhh... ain't it fun
Here's some more them oysters done.
They got George Bush
They made Bozo a Clown
They got Bobby Bare
And made Ezra Pound
They made Gallo Wine
They made Merle Haggard
They Made Andy Devine
They made Jimmy Swagger
They made Rich Little
And made Hughie Long
They made BB King
And they made Neil's Armstrong
And if you ask my wife,
She'll tell you quite gaily
Best of all they made old Pat Daily.
Ohh, ohhh... yes it's true
What a little oyster can do for you.
Ohh, ohhh... ain't it fun
That's all about oysters
Now we're done. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | So to recapitulate..
..the Adamas was made..
..flaws were found..
..and to do away with those flaws..
..The ELITE was made..
..model 1537..
..and I got one.. :)
Vic
..eat my frequensies.. |
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Sitka Spruce Adamas???