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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Anyone play one of these new models? Anyone know if they are selling well? |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I haven't played a production model, but I do own a redwood top that was given the Adamas upgrades, including the suspension ring.
The biggest difference I notice between it and a similar, but more conventional guitar, is the incredible amount of sustain added. You also get a slight boost in volume, or at least it seems so to me.
If the suspension ring wasn't such an expensive upgrade, I'd definitely have more like it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | StandingOvation has one of them....maybe both a 6 and 12 string....I know the 12 string he had was killer.
hopefully he will chime in and give more of a description.
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Location: Utah | I played one at the Roadshow last summer. Excellent guitar! It is definitely a wood topped guitar in tone, aka an Ovation, as compared to what we think of as an Adamas. It did sound better than the regular production O's because of the suspension ring. The workmanship and the details were definitely a step above the run of the mill USA LX guitars, as one would expect given the pricing. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I really had the GAS for the one at the Roadshow. Had the booming base of a deep bowl Adamas, with a woody sound and less crispness of a graphite topped Adamas. It was as good as any wood topped guitar I had played. I bet they get even better when they open up more. |
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Location: NJ | I own one of the originals that is a dreadnaught body
I also played and sold the wood top 12 string that was at my roadshow.
It is a stellar guitar |
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Location: NJ | I own one of the originals that is a dreadnaught body
I also played and sold the wood top 12 string that was at my roadshow.
It is a stellar guitar |
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Location: Jet City | I played that same one right along side Mark. Had I not bought a new Custom Legend, and a new Adamas that same day, that one could very well have ended up on my wall.
Funny how there's so many complainers on the moving of production to Asia, yet not many have bought the ones that are still being made here... Aside from Dave anyway |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | stephent28 - 2012-06-13 11:57 PM
StandingOvation has one of them....maybe both a 6 and 12 string....I know the 12 string he had was killer.
hopefully he will chime in and give more of a description.
I've got all three:
6 string non cutaway deep bowl
6 string cutaway contour bowl
12 string cutaway contour bowl
All are outstanding guitars. Many years ago I made the wise-arse comment "Only thing that could be better than an adamas would be an adamas with a wood top". Somebody must have been listening ...
Hard to describe their sound. Not like a graphite top adamas, and not like a wood top ovation. Sort of like a new genetically engineered animal. Very unique and very, very easy to fall in love with. Not as loud as you might expect, but a more refined and elegent tone to my ears. With a gun to my head I could not tell you if they are better, worse or same as their graphite top counterparts. Just different in a very good kind of way.
Only down side is that (by ovation standards) they are pretty damn expensive.
Edited by Standingovation 2012-06-14 2:31 PM
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Anyone have experience with the new Wood Top Adamas Models?
