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| Al, You were right. It was a horrible price.
the guitar arrived a few minutes ago.. nicely packed, came with all original paperwork(from Rock n Rhythm Guitars), preamp brochure, original warranty card/owners manual(unregistered), key, service center brochure, pre-sale checklist, hang tags, and a nice minty '97 catalog.
the guitar... well I have to tell you guys...
OMFG!!! It's freakin' beautiful!! and sounds like a choir backed by a symphony orchestra!!!
I get it!!
wasn't planning on having an Adamas this nice till I retired... but I really don't mind.
Thanks guys for pointing me slowly in the right direction.
so what ya think? other than the fact that my lawn needs a new lawn.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | It looks beautiful Glenn. Bet it sounds sensational. Your lawn looks like an Australian lawn :) |
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Location: closely held secret | Well, he is in Melbourne... |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | :D :D :D |
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Location: big island | mahhhhvelous, dahling, simply mahhhhvelous!
just don't strike a match. your new guitar will melt in the wild grass fire. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Nice. I really like that in the black. Enjoy that one, Glenn. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Let Matilda graze where she wants, that's a nice guitar! |
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I get it!!
After you have tried out a textured top Adamas, it's a whole different ballgame.
Wait...
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Yep... I can here it from here. |
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| This is one wonderful and inspirationally loud and bright guitar and the bottom end is awesome... I can't wait till I have a deep one.....later.
it's not completely flawless(what is?) there's a scratch on the waist between the preamp and the battery box that scrapes through/over the binding..
a black sharpie or furniture crayon will make it go away for the most part tho.
other than that no other blems.. the strings are fresh, and there's a shim in the accessory hole.. so someone has at least restrung it once... there's like no fret wear and all of the wood surfaces are fresh with no oil/sweat staining...
I really like the natural/oiled neck and it has a slightly rounder/fuller profile than the 2985 had.
still getting used to the tuner timing out on me...
the action is really nice and low..the only 12 I've had that even came close to playing this low without a buzz was my first 1758.. this is better.
comparing this to any of the Ovation 12s I've had is like impossible... definitely a different breed.
I hope I can get the Bluebird/UKXII set up this nicely.
back to marveling and exploring.
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Amazingly-Detached..:
still getting used to the tuner timing out on me...
Glenn tune it faster, glenn ;) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Congrats Glen. It's a real beauty! Great deal too! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Congratulations. Very nice guitar.
Your lawn looks better than mine.
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Location: Thailand | Congratulations. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Everybody has said all the intelligent stuff...
That's Purdy! |
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Location: NJ | guess i told you so....... |
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Location: Michigan | ive never seen a black adamas before WOW that makes them very appealing. I would LOVE a black 6 string mid bowl. |
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| Originally posted by Jkf_Alone:
ive never seen a black adamas before WOW that makes them very appealing. till now, I have never been a fan of Black guitars due to the whole smudge/smear/fingerprint issue with the gloss finishes,and have had some very nice ones.. but sold them because of that reason.
then my buddy Al got one of the New Black Elites and I got the Adamas... Textured top or Bowl paint... no more fingerprints or smudges.
Black guitars(at least these 2) are ok with me now.
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Location: Melbourne Fl. | Beautiful guitar Glenn,you won't be selling that anytime soon...........Hmmm,it seems everytime I get a goodie,you top me.Dangerous game,this one-upsmanship........what next? an AD or ME? I'm out of room/s.lol congrats my friend. slydog |
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| your 82 collectors came from?
your spillerized viper came from?
your 85 collectors 12 came from?
your Ovation A/E bass came from?
your 1615 pacemaker came from?
your Crate CA125?
I think I missed a couple...no worries tho man..
my library's your library, and vice versa..
and guys he's added about 8 or 10 Os and As to that as well as a synth, pa, cabs, and 4 or 5 other vintage Fs and Gs...
all happened after I showed him my Balladeer..
3 years ago..
oops.... :rolleyes: :D ;)
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You've got to be kidding me!!!