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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Well said, Tony. I'm in a little different position. Give me any decent guitar with electronics and with the right amp, I can make it work. The fortunate thing about most of the Ovation models and all of the Adamas line is that they're professional grade instruments, so picking which one is "better" is very subjective at best. The biggest downside is our own personal limitation in what we can do with them. I listened in awe as Matt Smith used an entry level Celebrity at one of his dealership appearances. With eyes closed, you'd have sworn that guitar was much higher up the value scale. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to indulge myself with these beautiful valuable instruments. New, old, original, reissue, whatever, I really love them all and can make every one of them work for my needs. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I forgot about the Hohn Lennon Limited, one of my favorites. It's been a long time since I played one. I'd be interested in comparing one to a Patriot.
On that note, I'm easier to please than Alan. If someone would like to bring over a 74 CL, an original K1111 and a couple of original slotheads, I'd be happy to participate in a comparison. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I forgot about the Hohn Lennon Limited, one of my favorites. Well said there, Fat Fingers. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I forgot about the Hohn Lennon Limited, one of my favorites. It's been a long time since I played one. I'd be interested in comparing one to a Patriot.
On that note, I'm easier to please than Alan. If someone would like to bring over a 74 CL, an original K1111 and a couple of original slotheads, I'd be happy to participate in a comparison. Oh, I'd do THAT comparison too! No problem at all! Same fee: two Adamii.
Pretty flexible, eh? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Oops. I noticed that typo after it was too late to edit. I'll have to go back and see if I talked about Jarry Chapin, too. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Soooooooooooo...kin ye tell Ah'm a-hooked on Adamii?
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Kin ye? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Alan, you're in Connecticut, where it should be easy to compare Ovations. In Boise, that's not so easy. That's why I'm offering to do the comparison for free. I'll let you take back the guitars you brought. It's cost me a bunch of money to travel around the country and world to try other people's Ovations, but I can't seem to entice any of the OFC to visit here. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Alan, you're in Connecticut, where it should be easy to compare Ovations. In Boise, that's not so easy. That's why I'm offering to do the comparison for free. I'll let you take back the guitars you brought. It's cost me a bunch of money to travel around the country and world to try other people's Ovations, but I can't seem to entice any of the OFC to visit here. I know what you mean! If I had the time and the wherewithal, I'd visit your neck o'the woods in a heartbeat! (well, in a Jeep).
At least your place has the distinction of being the place people visit and never want to leave. Ct's pretty much the exact opposite of that: they want to visit, then can't wait to leave. Don't really blame 'em.
However, we DO have the Adamas manufacturing center! Maybe THAT's why the rest of the state is crappy: God lets you have only one great thing. In Idaho's case that's, well, Idaho. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I can't seem to entice any of the OFC to visit here. You convinced us all that your wife is a scary person to be around if too many guitars/players show up! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's good that Idaho is getting a better reputation. I didn't realize that my wife scared anyone but me. You guys don't have anything to worry about. She doesn't care what you spend your money on. She thoroughly enjoyed the 4 hour jam I had with Karl in Rothenberg. She just didn't like the part where I decided I had to have one of those #47s. |
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Location: closely held secret | She didn't scare me. It might have been the other way around. She sure disappeared fast. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Heeeeeyyy...I didn't give anyone permission to use my picture!
(I'm the one int he back who hasn;t brushed his teeth yet.) |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | You know, I've never actually gotten to play an Addams but I do have a dream of owning one someday.
With people talking about how older guitars sound better, I have to agree and just assume it's the same with the A's as with the O's.
Maybe it's nostalgia or simply missing him, but when I play my Dad's old Shiney Bowl, the sound just blows away my other two.
Admittedly they are super shallow bowls, but it sounds better to me than other deep bowl Ovations I've had a chance to play too.
Anyway, one of these days I'll get an A, might have to turn criminal to get the dough though.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Michael,
Just keep the eyes and ears open and in the For Sale section.
Sometimes there are great deals that pop up unexpectedly.
Also, talk to Mr. Big. He had some import Adamaii a while back that most people who had played them said sounded really good at a ridiculously cheap price. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
She didn't scare me. It might have been the other way around. She sure disappeared fast. Kinda like bears. Everyone says they are more afraid of you than you are of them, but they don't seem to wet their pants when you stumble on them. |
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Original Adamas vs Reissues
