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john bange |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 205 Location: seattle, wa | I've always been drawn back to Ovations...for keeps , now, it seems. My question is, how do the Adamas guitars sound without being plugged in. This may be a stupid question but, I have never played one...never considered one...never even held one. I am done playing in a band and now, only play in living rooms and in front of campfires. Do they project out of those little sound holes? | ||
CanterburyStrings |
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Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Oh yes, they project! They are LOUD! The ones with the holes on the bass side only are very bassy. The ones with the holes on both sides are well balanced (lots of bass but bright trebles too.) The ones with a cutaway and holes on both sides are particularly great sounding. The sound is different from a wood top. With a wood top you generally don't get as much volume but you do get that wood "ring". An Adamas might be said to have a drier sound. Plugged in they are just what you would expect. Of course it depends on the amp you use, but they sound fantastic. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | An Adamas with a smooth top in one thing. An Adamas with a textured is a whole other animal. . | ||
Standingovation |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197 Location: Phoenix AZ | The only Adamas analogy I think of would be to stand next to a grand piano and listen to someplay play. Then OPEN THE TOP of the piano. THAT's how much better an Adamas sounds than your average wood top Ovation. | ||
Beal |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch | Love your pick Dave, now that's a tshirt if I ever saw one | ||
Standingovation |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197 Location: Phoenix AZ | cwk2 - 2014-09-30 3:05 PM Love your pick Dave, now that's a tshirt if I ever saw one The irony is that there is a typo that you of all people could probably chuckle at ... says 1996 instead of 1966. 'zat about right? | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12754 Location: Boise, Idaho | I thought I saw that and was trying to figure out whether it was a typo or something deep and mysterious. | ||
Leo |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 44 Location: Mexico City | "how do the Adamas guitars sound without being plugged in" Dawn good. I have a 1598 merb 12 string. Great volume, fantastic vibration, like if you have an amp with reverb effect plugged in, but without plugged. If you play rock, you´ll enjoy it. Depending on the strings you use, it may sound muddy. Listen to some you tube videos. However the Thomastik infeld spectrum strings beautifies the sound. "Do they project out of those little sound holes? " Yes, they project more than a standard guitar with center hole. | ||
TAFKAR |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985 Location: Sydney, Australia | I've never played a wood box that I would swap for my Adamas '08 collectors. | ||
FlySig |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 4042 Location: Utah | The top to my Adamas 2080 is very responsive to differences in right hand technique. My daughter's Ute is the same, so I presume it is a characteristic of the material itself. For someone with decent right hand technique (not me!) the Adamas would bring much more to the party than a wood top. | ||
john bange |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 205 Location: seattle, wa | Is anyone just using fingernails? Would I need to use a flat pick? | ||
Jimmer |
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Joined: May 2013 Posts: 152 | Brad Durasa - 2014-09-30 3:53 PM An Adamas with a smooth top in one thing. An Adamas with a textured is a whole other animal. . How so? What do they sound like to you? I have a W597 but I've always coveted a 1687. | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12754 Location: Boise, Idaho | john bange - 2014-10-01 9:29 AM Is anyone just using fingernails? Would I need to use a flat pick? I primarily fingerpick and the Adamas guitars are louder than the wood tops. Even moreso with a pick. To paraphrase Mark Knopfler, "a plectrum is a mini-amplifier". | ||
CanterburyStrings |
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Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I only use my nails and I play very softly. That's why if I'm playing with other people I ALWAYS use an Adamas because it's the only one loud enough for me to be heard. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Yeah... C.S. plays guitar like a girl !! | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12754 Location: Boise, Idaho | Incidentally, even the same model guitars could have a difference in volume. The #47 RI and the OFC I, for example, were the subject of a thread a few years ago. People claimed that the #47RI sounded louder, even though they were both reissues of the original Adamas slotheads, the only significant difference was the OFC guitars have electronics. I didn't believe it until I had both and they both were on the wall next to each other. I could strum both with my finger and notice a distinct volume difference in the 47RI. They were both louder than the Ovation wood tops. The Ute may be the loudest of all. | ||
TAFKAR |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985 Location: Sydney, Australia | john bange - 2014-10-02 3:29 AM Is anyone just using fingernails? Would I need to use a flat pick? I use both (not at the same time) | ||
CanterburyStrings |
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Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Brad Durasa - 2014-10-02 2:31 PM Yeah... C.S. plays guitar like a girl !! Why yes. Yes I do. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan |
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Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I have a Textured Top W597, a "W597T"... So someone went outta their way to put a Textured Top on a normally smooth top CVT. I have never played this guitar side-by-side with a smooth top Adamas so I cannot make a definitive statement about which sounds better. | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I don't know if this will be helpful...
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john bange |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 205 Location: seattle, wa | thank you, OMA, I guess I need an Adamas...they were very close...pick or nails exactly the info I was looking for | ||
d'ovation |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 848 Location: Canada | I think I want one too though I have never seen one in person. Will keep my eyes peeled on the for sale section, missed a few nice ones as I was only interested in 12-string. But now I think I need a 6-string in my life ... | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12754 Location: Boise, Idaho | I had never played an Adamas and probably wouldn't have recognized one before I joined this forum. I bought the Ute just based on rave reviews here. It took a bit of getting used to, because I was hooked on the Ovation sound and it was different. We've grown close over the years and if I want a light guitar that really projects for fingerstyle, that's the one I'd take. I should have bought one of the 6 12 string Utes that Al commissioned, but I just never play a 12. I still haven't heard one of those 6 Utes. I imagine they are the best sounding 12 strings out there. | ||
Jimmer |
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Joined: May 2013 Posts: 152 | arthurseery - 2014-10-01 7:31 PM I don't know if this will be helpful... Hey thanks a lot for putting that video up. You're Adamas are the opposite in color and texture of what I'll probably end up with. I like the W597 smooth top that I have but I really want a deep bowl 1687. My W597 is black and I'd like to get a Blue 1687 with a textured top. Was thinking about selling the W597 to fund it but... It's hard to part with a nice guitar you know. | ||
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