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Location: Texas | If there were a few original Slothead Adamas guitars available for sale at around $10K or so, would you buy one?
Or would you buy something else?
I would not.
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'd retire. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I would buy something else. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Honestly, at this point in my life, I'd probably opt to pick up a couple different custom guitars instead. I might kick myself for it 20 years from now, but that's a lot of dough to shell out for one guitar, particularly when it's not for me an "ideal" performance guitar. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I would buy something else. Dave, don't you already have one? :rolleyes: |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I think I would because I'm obsessive that way, but I already have an OFC Adamas. While it is not an "original slothead" I am fairly sure that in 30 years those 12 guitars will be revered in a similar fashion to the original ones for at least that reason.
A snapshot in time where Ovation took the time to really attempt to re-recreate what they did with those original guitars. While the success or not of the recreating will only be realized over time, the fact that it was even done will (should) go down in the next version of The History Of the Ovation Guitar.
So back to the question, that would be the reason for owning an original also if I could. To show the "before" and "after" if you will. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Dave, don't you already have one? . ."
THAT's why he'd buy something else (as would I).
Mebbe a custom-build Adamas doubleneck (or a Q). . . |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Let's see... Pay rent and utilities for a year, or buy a guitar that I'd be scared to play cuz I might damage it? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'd pay someone to steal Cliff's. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Had the opportunity last year, but chose a different route. If and when the opportunity again arises, I might reach a different decision. |
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Location: NJ | ". . I'd pay someone to steal Cliff's . ."
why? . . you know where the key is . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | If 10 grand was peanuts to me.... sure, but not in todays economic climate. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
". . I'd pay someone to steal Cliff's . ."
why? . . you know where the key is . . . ehh, right.
(must be some truth to the adage, "most criminals are stupid") |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | i'd rather take kevin ryan.
maybe they're worth 10k to collectors, but i don't think they sound good enough to validate such an expense. |
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Location: SoCal | I probably wouldn't buy one if I had the bucks to spend in the guitar fund. My respect for them is evidenced by my buying and OFC guitar, but at this point, they are mostly museum pieces. I prefer guitars that I can take out and play. If I had $10k, I'd probably first get a Collings SJ, and then go from there.
With only two exceptions all of my guitars can be taken out and played without worry. The exceptions are a Martin 0018 from 1914 and a 68/69 GC Deluxe Balladeer. Both of those I'd worry about...... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | No. If I wouldn't feel comfortable playing out with it, I wouldn't buy it.
Guitars are tools (or toys) not museum pieces.
Leave 'em for the collectors.
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Location: Vermont USA | I would buy a Q. And oh yea Cliff pm me as to where the key is.
Thanks Pauly
Also a crime such as this would give Moody something to do. |
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| It would have to be an investment, and there are better investments...go figure.. (I'd really rather have a 1537 or 1547 that I would play) |
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Location: Tennessee | I had the opportunity and the resources to buy one recently but passed. I do have a "Ding!-O" so that entered in, but the truth is that I am more of a player than a collector and I have no need to have one just to have one.
With that said, if there was historical significance, then the story is different. If Paul McCartney's slothead was available for 10K, I'd snap it up in an instance. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Yes |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'd buy one ... for every OFC member!
But seriously, no. I think I'd rather have one of those 2080D baritones made, and have money left over for a couple of warmoth projects. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If I had the money and didn't have anything else that demanded it, I would. I'd play it, too. But I'd rather spend the $10K on a bit earlier retirement, so I could have time to play the ones I've got. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Yes! It's on my short list! |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Nope....as others have said, I buy 'em to play 'em, not to look at them.
The 2008C is as close as I will get, and it is plenty good enough. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I bought mine because I wanted to and had the opportunity to have a special piece of Ovation history, something that was personal to me.
And I am very glad I did.
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Who would buy an original Slothead Adamas if they had the money?
