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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | I know the Adamas top is very thin but I have wondered if there is any chance Adamas guitars could inlay the Epaulets similar to the Ovation Elite models.
Just curious.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Don't believe that's possible, but what do I know. I don't build 'em, I just buy 'em. Dave |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The Adamas top is about .060 thick. The veneers that make up the epaulets are about .060 thick, so that would be a no. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | How about instead of inlaying them, they just go all the way through.
But then you've got the problem of how to finish the top of the epaulet if its flush with a textured top Adamas...
Maybe better to just leave things as they are. |
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Location: Japan | I bet they could inlay them down through the first layer of carbon and the wood, leaving the bottom layer.
I'd thought about that after seeing the inlaid epaulets and I think with them being so far off to the side that there would be little or no trade-off in sound or strength.
Could look pretty cool too, having just a little rise and contoured edges. This way would solve any problem with the textured top as well. |
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Location: NJ | How about just LOSE them, alt'gether . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | THAT's what I want to see. Keep the holes (bass side), lose the eppi's. An Adamas version of the 1778T. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I think Cliff is right.
There is a lot of design ideas to explore in different hole shapes and decorative bindings. |
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Location: CT | I like the epi's, keep them. The Elite T loses them to make the guitar more affordable, but to me it's boring. I also prefer the look of the raised ones to the inlaid ones even on the wood tops. To me the 1537 is much more attractive than the new Elites. If you don't like epi's on your Adamas, just take them off. Problem solved. |
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Location: south east Michigan | If you don't like epi's on your Adamas, just take them off. Problem solved.
But that's not the point. I'd like to see something fresh. Think out of the box. For example... the oval, tortoise bound hole on that special koa is very, very nice. |
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Location: NJ | I'm still kicking myself for not buying Dave's StealthAdamas . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
I'm still kicking myself for not buying Dave's StealthAdamas . . . I'm kicking myself for selling it! Would have been an awesome gigging guitar for you. The look of the SMT tops without epaulets is very, very cool.
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Location: NJ | (whimper . . ) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Cliff,
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Location: NJ | s'not the same. |
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Location: CT | ....boring.... |
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Location: NJ | austere. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | slimming |
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Location: south east Michigan | fashionably sparse |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | unbling
throw an umlaut on there and call it a fashion trend |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Besides the round back, the Epaulets are kinda' the Adamas/Ovation signature. Another idea would be to do a single-side with a solid/single piece of ebony on a black top. That way the epaulet wouldn't stand out as much, but still be there.
I personally like the Epaulets. To me it looks like a bird's wing, and still very cool |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | How about if they were made out of photo-paper and pressed on, oh never mind, that's been done. |
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