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Location: Paris/France | I had a very good contact with the seller but he prefer to sell it locally as it's easier for him than to ship to France.
I'm a little bit disappointed but I do well understand and I hope that this nice guitar will finally land in a good OFC home... ;)
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Location: California | The person got back from the holidays and returned my messages. The factory proto WT Adamas with sound ring is in its way to the factory! New electronics and adjustments will put this one in a nice shape. I am really excited about playing this guitar.
So, this could be one of those prepoduction prototypes with the Adamas ring; but don't know how many of these are out there, besides the one Beal owns. I was able to find some information about the 1537's prototypes,Elite/Super Legends:
moddy, pi and Beal posted in a thread the following:
moody, p.i.
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posted November 18, 2005 03:25 PM
I just got off the phone with Nick Mackin, who was one of the main guys behind the 1537's. He told me the following:
1. R&D started in March 1979
2. The first 18, which were prototypes, were built in the last quarter of 1982
3. Production started in January 1983. 5 were built that month.
4. 13 were built in February and 40 in March.
5. A total of 1082 were built in 1983.
6. The production of 1537's continued in Moosup during 1984, building 20-25 per month.
7. Production moved to New Hartford in 1985.
So now we know that 1082 were built in 1983 and between 240 and 300 were built in 1984, for a total not exceeding about 1400 total production of 1537's.
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Beal
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posted November 19, 2005 06:06 PM
The first 18 would be exactly like the rest of production I'd think so they're out there somewhere. There were a few with the Adamas ring, Sam has/had one of these. It would include the cty and 12 strings.
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I wonder how many of the Adamas ring were made?
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| Excellent, congrats! Full report when you get it. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Congratulations Hector! It's good to finally see some good luck come your way, especially after all that you went through with with your 1537. I hope this guitar ends up as good as it looks like it will. Make sure you have a good case for it (: ... come to think of it, Patch still has a very nice black one in the for sale section. |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Hey Hector, Congrats! I've tryed to contact the seller a few times but without any success.
I'm glad it'll come to the family here.
I'll want to read a review on it here, okay?
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Location: northern virginia | Sweet! I'm thrilled that it is going to someone that will cherish it. Good deal! (literally!) |
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Location: Nashville TN. | that age it should sound amazing |
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