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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | There has been some 1537 activity over the past couple of weeks. Some have changed hands and there are some new arrivals to the clan. Also, all you 1538 and 1547 owners join the list, but make sure you reference the model number as well.
If you will; Add your serial number to the list as well as date acquired...
1537s in ascending serial order:
301004- Tony Calman
301075- Standing Ovation
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook
301904- Designzilla-3/05
302415- Moody P.I.
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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| i currently have three 1537 & one 1538 (12-string version).
they r in storage; will look up their serial #.
probably 301001 .... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm speechless. |
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Location: SoCal | 3 1537's? Wow.
With such a high number, I feel like I must be a latecomer to the 1537 club. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Better late than never. Now if I just knew what MY 1537 sounded like... Oh well, soon. |
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Location: So. Cal. | Does the wood top Adamas (with Adamas style headstock and bridge, 2-knobs) prototype belong to this 1537 family? It's basically the same wooden body guitar. Bill? |
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Location: boulder | 1537s in ascending serial order:
301004- Tony Calman
301075- Standing Ovation
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05
302415- Moody P.I.
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082
I have seen about three on the internet belonging to different non-OFC folks. Maybe one or two that somehow made it to japan, but on websites I couldn't read, only see that someone owned them. Does Jerome know of any in Europe? Peace mike |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by playadamas:
Does the wood top Adamas (with Adamas style headstock and bridge, 2-knobs) prototype belong to this 1537 family? It's basically the same wooden body guitar. Bill? Hmmm. Good question. I don't know. You should send it to me for review. Only after a thorough, and what I am sure would be a necessarily lengthy evaluation, could we possibly determine suitablity for inclusion in the list.
(All submissions for list approval cannot be returned and become the exclusive property of 1537 List Manager INC. All rights reserved.) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Updated:
301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05
302415- Moody P.I.
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: SoCal | Ok. I've had mine since 1993. When did everybody else get theirs? |
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301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural-(original owner?)
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Got mine 01/05 |
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301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: SoCal | I'm the second owner of mine. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | correction made. |
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Location: hatzic lake, bc, canada. | 1991..Got it in trade for a Shure PA system.There is a possibility that i may be selling it,a couple of months ago i lost the tips of my second and third fingers(left hand,go figure).The irony of that is,..i'm actually left handed and when i started playing it was more convenient to be a righty,guess it's to late to change now. |
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301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat-1991
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural-(original owner?)
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | John,
Sorry to hear about the loss of your fingers. Unfortunate.. and even more so as a guitar player. Any thoughts about batting lefty again and using the right hand on the neck?
Hope you have healed well. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | John,
No excuse to give up. Tony Iommi, one of the metal pioneers had a very similar injury and almost gave up guitar.
Instead he made metal tips to wear on his fingers and went on to form Black Sabbath. |
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Location: hatzic lake, bc, canada. | You have to take into account that Tony Iommi,started out with more talent in his pinky finger than i'll ever have.I think at age 54 to try and play left handed i'd be 97 yrs old by the time i'd mastered the 4 chords i know now.And hey it's not so bad i'll start playing slide on the Tele,you never know i may get good at it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Plus you can tune to an open E chord and barre like crazy while your playing that slide! |
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301004- Tony Calman, 12/04, natural
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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301004- Tony Calman, 12/04, natural
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat-1991
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082
Mr. Adamas-?????? X 3 |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Jeff,
Has Mr. Adamas gotten back to you with info on his various models? |
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| Updated:
301004- Tony Calman, 12/04, natural
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat-1991
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082
** Mr. Adamas - 301xxx -- 3 x 1537, 302xxx -- 1 x 1538 |
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| guys, the guitars are in storage. i remember my 1537 r 301xxx & 1538 302xxx.
i don't even know how many guitars i have =( some r still unplayed, new in box, e.g. 01 & 02 collector's edition ... not good to have GAS!!!
too many guitars, not enough space =( |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | O.K. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | You know Mr. Adamas,
It is possible some of those guitars have concealed damage.....being in storage and all, and never having been opened.
Let me be the first to offer my services as a guitar checker-outer to make sure everything is ok. I don't think it would take more than 6-12 months with each guitar to give it a proper going over. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Updated:
301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Alpep
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302091- Cardinalflyer-1994
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082
Noah-??? |
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Location: SoCal | Al still has #301428 listed for sale on his web site… maybe I’m just renting it?
#302447 has cleared Customs and should be here on the 31st. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Updated:3/29
301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Noah-3/05 Natural
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302091- Cardinalflyer-1994
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302447- Noah 3/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | PlayAdamas, I would consider the WTA to be the proto of the 1537. It is different in the ring construction but the objective and purpose in building them was the same. The WTA proced too hard to produce so the design evolved to the 1537
There were a small amount of the WTA guitars made, less than ten I think. Then the two protos (mine and Glen's) and then production. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Jeff, I think you have the wrong serial on Noah's 2nd 1537 (unless the serial in his post is wrong). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Yer right. Now correct. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Just as a point of interest, I saw a Randy Travis compilation cd with what looked to be a mid-eighties pic on the front. He was clearly playing a 1537...the wooden knobs and wood binding were hanging out for all to see...
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Sounds like an email to him through his website is in order. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Wayne,
What Album? |
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Location: SoCal | I saw a book on Austin City Limits and saw that Travis played a 1537 there in the mid 80's. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Be fun to try and track it down...maybe it's in OFC hands. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | This one...
I'm glad to be able to contribute something to this thread since I have no serial # to submit as of yet!
Wayne |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Thanks Wayne,
Maybe you could talk Mr. Adamas outta partin' with one of the three he has in storage. |
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Location: SoCal | Wayne:
If you ever get a 1537, you'll be in high hog heaven! It won't replace your GC DB. It's a different sound altogether. I apologize up front for the analogy (I didn't come up with this, Goober did), but the GC DB is like a D-18, the 1537 like a D-28. But better. One's brighter, ones deeper. Both great. |
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Location: SoCal | :confused: 1537 (serial #302447) coming from Canada lost by UPS. :confused:
Estimated Delivery changed from the 28th to the 31st due to a delay at Customs Clearing.
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[*]Departure Scan Mar.24th Plattsburgh, NY.
[*]Arrival Scan Mar.30th Vernon, CA.
[*]UPS International was contacted yesterday afternoon when the Driver did not have it.
[*]Vernon, CA told UPS Supply Chain Solutions that there was no Physical Arrival Scan.
[*]They believe it never left NY.
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Just can't wait to hear from UPS :confused: |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Don't dispair yet, Noah...in these cross-border transactions, often the paperwork is sent ahead of the guitar and the package has to catch up with it. I makes it confusing when trying to track. Also, holdups for custom clearance (especially post 9/11) are common.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Updated:4/15/05
301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation (10/04) sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- Dolbyscat
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Noah-3/05 Natural
301644- Mike Cook (fugot) 2/05
301772- Shawn
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302091- Cardinalflyer-1994
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302447- Noah 3/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** Mr. Adamas - 301xxx -- 3 x 1537, 302xxx -- 1 x 1538
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Noah, did your 1537 arrive ok (as in one piece)?
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Bluebird:
Noah, did your 1537 arrive ok (as in one piece)? YES... in one piece!
But along its journey from Montreal, #302447 was obviously handled incorrectly.
UPS finally found it in their Salt Lake City Overgoods Warehouse (Lost & Found) without any shipping documents or labels on or in the box. :rolleyes:
I had told them it was in its original KAMAN box. Along with its model# & serial#, they were able to confirm that they had found it. :)
UPS International said that the box was damaged and it would be repacked.
They got it here overnight. It arrived in the original box which was not damaged :confused: , but obviously resealed numerous times. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Phheeew! |
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301004- Tony Calman
301075- StandingOvation -10/04- sunburst
301081- Jeff Whitehead-2/04-natural
301241- LeftyThatPlaysRighty-4/05
301283- Mitchrx
301347- Stonebobbo
301428- Noah-3/05 Natural
301644- Mike Cook (fugot)-2/05
301772- Shawn
301904- Designzilla-3/05-natural
302091- Cardinalflyer-1994
302415- Moody P.I.-1993-natural
302433- Stephen Terry- 1/05-natural
302447- Noah 3/05-natural
302670- Frank10101
** Mr. Adamas - 301xxx -- 3 x 1537, 302xxx -- 1 x 1538
** CWK2- 051982 prototype.
** Glen- either 051882 or 052082 |
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