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Location: UK | OK folks, 1st posting. Good to be here
Question for the history buffs out there.
I have an Adamas 2 12 string 1685-8. I was never able to exactly remember the year I got it but the serial number 1324 suggests it was built in 1980. The Adamas timeline says they released the Adamas 2 in '82. Am I wrong or was mine one of the very 1st to be released? It certainly seems to have been built way before the release date.
By the way. The guitar is simply wonderful - my pride and joy! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I also have Adamas II's with s/n's in the 1800 range, so maybe one of 2 things is wrong. Either the timeline is wrong about when A2 was introduced or the s/n correlation to year is wrong. Dave
PS - Welcome to the club. |
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Location: UK | Many thanks for the response, I think you are right.
I was very lucky that my folks saved extremely hard and bought me my guitar after seeing Brian May from Queen play an Ovation 12 string live here in the UK. That concert I think was in '82 which kinda fits in with the timeine. Other than that i suppose it could have genuinely been built before but wasnt released till 82.
Totally agree with your website by the way. Ive never played a better sounding or easier to play 12 string and doubt I ever will.
If I can find out how to post pictures, i'll put em up.
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Location: Converse, Texas | Schroeder: You guys from the UK have a funny accent.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Positives about the UK:
They speak actual english!
When they host a World Championship event they actually invite other Countries! |
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| My wife and daughter are deeply impressed that I know the Mayor of Nike Texas. My standing in this family has gone up by several miles. I am forever in your debt.
However, quit with the attitude, it's OUR language. ;)
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Location: Midland, MI | The best thing about the UK is that they invented the word 'chav,' which is utterly descriptive.
Well, that and Guinness.
And Bombay Sapphire.
And the Cooper Mini (the real ones, not those new ones).
And the Triumph TR6 (in red, not that BRG crap)
Hrmm...guess there's more than I thought.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I think that they were started around 1980. By 82 I was in North Carolina and the Ad 2 had been around a while then. |
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Location: UK | blimey the British are here!!
I can stick with me Wolverhampton accent then!! |
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| I think the Irish might have been involved with Guinness. I have partaken of the noble fluid myself this evening. See - we speak the language.
On the other hand, we did send you Herman's Hermits, the Rover Sterling and The Duchess of Pork.
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Location: UK | I think I found my sonic Nirvarna in 82. I may be missing out but I havent tried the new versions. Are they much better now?. Mine is mellowing nicely. Only volume and tone though, nowt complicated pre-amp wise |
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| W2 and Jon H.
You must learn to stay on thread. |
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Location: UK | yeah I can see this could get confusing... i'll try to keep up |
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Location: NJ | Ever since Guinness lost the contract to import Bass over here, Smithwick's suddenly appeared on the scene . . . not bad stuff . . .
TR6's were shite . . . . . SPITFIRE, baby!! ;) |
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We have Hillary.
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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | I used to play the Banjo AND and my daily driver is a PT Cruiser... Kewl car and if I hadn't started up with the "banjer" I wouldn't of ended up HERE... I am presently employed by the same company for 26 yrs that was started by a Brit...
This seems to be on topic...
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Strange, I drink beer, speak english, started with the Banjo, think the cuiser is cool and ended up here too?! Holy cow, it's like deja vu! |
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How old??