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Location: Phoenix AZ | Textured Adamas
Total impulse buy. I have no freaking idea what this is. I just read "adamas new, textured top, acoustic only, wide neck, ..." and my mouse automatically gravitated to the BIN button like a freaking ouiji board. God help me.
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Location: East Tennessee | I don't know either. :confused:
But I like it. :D |
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Location: Paris/France | Thanks Dave,
I was ready to ckick on the BIN button but you're too fast!!
You saved me from another GAS attack... :D :D
Congrats. ;)
J :) |
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand | um...... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Even if you find it's not going to be a favorite I would doubt you're ever going to lose anything on that one, Dave. Good buy. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Very nice for a guitar purchased on impulse. Congrats! :) I like it! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Isn't this an export model??? I've been lusting after one of these on Al's website. Gorgeous guitar.
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Location: NJ | exactly |
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Location: ms | I like it,if it plays and sounds like it looks you can`t go wrong at that price. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | nice grab. |
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Location: SoCal | I've played these. Great guitars. |
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Location: closely held secret | I think it's purty. Too bad all your impulses aren't this good. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | PMS Tremors, Dave
(Post-Missed-SlotHead Tremours) |
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Location: Orange County, California | I know I'm going to get my but kicked for saying this, but I would rather have one of these than the AD I or II Re-issues... |
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Location: Waxahachie, Tx | Ah! acoustic, very nice. I wonder what the difference is between the W581TA-8 and the one on Brother Al's site, W681TA-8 they look very similar. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Nice grab, Dave! I had one similar (for export, think it was a W597-t8) but it was a cutaway. Sounded alot like the Millenium, IMHO. Just didn't care for the color. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Just a guess, but even though the seller said it was a "deep" bowl, maybe W581 is MIDd depth and W681 is deep. Adamas uses "5" to designate mid depth on other models like W597, Q597, etc. and uses 6 to designate deep bowls, 1681, 1687, 1680, etc. We'll see when it gets here. Actualy mid-depth might be kind of cool. Dave |
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Location: closely held secret | Uh, Dave... I don't know about your 1581, but mine's a deep bowl, not a mid. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Nice score Dave! I Wish I had the cash for the same type of score. Its' a beautiful Guitar. congrats! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Waskel:
Uh, Dave... I don't know about your 1581, but mine's a deep bowl, not a mid. Yeah, you're right. So much for that theory. I can't make sense of the model number. Maybe W581 is wide neck and W681 is standard. I don't know. Other than the neck widths they seem identical. Can't wait to get it and find out what the hell I've got. I do have a feeling I'm going to like it. Dave |
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Location: closely held secret | Yep, I've got a feeling your feeling may be correct. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I've got a feelin
a feelin deep inside, oh yeah |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | OK Stephen, that's far enough. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | MYSTERY SOLVED.
The eBay listing was clearly in error. The sticker inside the guitar says W681-TA, not 581. So this is identical to the ones on Al's site except it is acoustic only, hence the TA instead of just T. But a bigger issue that I'm quite disappointed about is that the neck is standard 1-11/16 width and NOT a wide neck 1-3/4 as it said on eBay. I only bought it because it was a wide neck. I've emailed the seller to politely complain about the errors in the listing.
But here's the kicker, the seller has 100% feedback and I'm sure will take the guitar back and refund my money. HOWEVER, this is just about the nicest sounding Adamas I have ever heard! Definately better than the Adamas II's that I have, even better than the cutaway 1581 canon. Maybe becaue it's acoustic only, I don't know. But the freaking thing sounds like a million bucks and I got it for what I would consider a very good deal. So I don't know WHAT to do. Although I guess it's a pretty nice problem to have.
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Location: Keller, TX | That's the pits, Dave. Bummer to have a problem like that! I'm sure someone here will offer to take it off your hands. |
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What The Hell Did I Just Buy ???
