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Location: St. Charles, MI | I’m a newbie here, just having discovered this site. It so happens that I own (and am getting ready to sell) an Adamas Wide-Neck, but I lack certain important information about it. I found a site that contains a matrix of information dating Ovation (including Adamas) models. The columns contained the production year, and the rows defined the models in question. According to this matrix, the Adamas Wide-Necks were only produced in 1984 and 85, with 1995 instruments produced each of those two years – but I’ve seen references to this model being produced in the latter 70’s. Can anyone shed light on this question?
As far as my instrument is concerned, there are two numbers printed on the internal label that are laid out perpendicular to each other. The first is “0173-95” while the other (which I suspect is the model number with perhaps the last digit of the year it was produced) is “1689-8” which might mean a model # 1689 made in 1978. Can anyone verify this conclusion? It is also personally signed by Bill Kaman (although he may have signed them all).
Lastly, I have little idea what to ask for this guitar. I saw in one of the other posts here that a Wide-Neck sold on eBay for around $3000.00. I was only hoping to get about half of this. My instrument is a blue reverse-sunburst. It is all original and fully functional. The only problem is some flaking away of the very top finish around the wood framing of the sound holes, which the guitar techs at Elderly Instruments (about 1.5 hours from my home) assured me was no threat to the structural integrity of the instrument. Any rough guesses as to what this guitar may be worth? I can send some jpg’s of it to anyone interested. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Welcome to the OFC!
You are in the right place. I suspect you will be visited by at least three spirits, A Behavior Modification Instructor, A retired Gas Station Owner and some guy named Paul (this will make sense later).
Sounds like a lovely Adamas I with the 0173 being the serial number, the 95 being the resonance/frequency of the top. The 1689 is the model and the -8 is the color.
All this is in the reference and the archives of this site.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hi. If you really want $1500. we have a deal! But honestly, that would be taking advantage of you. Recently Adamas I guitars have been selling for around $2000. The wide necks are more rare, but also desired by less people. Not sure about the year relationship to wide neck availability. I think the wide neck was listed as a "standard" model for just a few years, but it was certainly available (and still is) if you ask for it and maybe pay some extra for it. I have played two wide neck Adamas and unfortunately, it's just a little too wide at 1-7/8. A 1-3/4 width like the FD14 and many of the Martins would have been more desirable, at least to me. |
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Location: St. Charles, MI | Thanks so much for the great information! Standingovation, if you would send me your email (quantafire@att.net) I'll send you a couple of pics, so you can see if would be sometnign you still might want.
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Mike |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Another one in the stable Standing man? Might check if it's the old man's signature, it should be and not the young kid's. His isn't worth much unless it's on a letter of unauthenfriginticity. |
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Adamas Wide-Neck Info need
