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Location: in the land of enchantment | Hi, all! Just joined to learn more and share what I know about my guitar.Here's what I know so far: I bought it in the late '90's.(At least I think that was me.) I was told at the time that it was one of 3 made. Uh-huh.I got curious a couple days ago about it, (o.k., so I'm a little slow.) so I hit the web in search of info, and here's what I found out:
Kim at Ovation said:
"The serial number dates the guitar to January 1995, although the components may be a bit older than the assembled & finished product. It was never produced as a model, although apparently a couple escaped from the factory as gifts, employee sales, etc."
Mike (thanks Mike!) said:
"An Adamas 3 as I called them, (although there was a real 3 with triangleish shaped holes). There were about 30 of these made. The necks came from Status basses in England.
A very cool guitar, I've got one. They sounded real good and were well made. The other Adamas 3 came off as trying to be cheap, which is exactly what it was. It had a wood neck.As you probably figured out the GN means Grafite Neck
To answer the question Miles, It's not a Q proto, it came before the Q, eearly 90s if I recall correctly.Very rare and cool guitar."
And this is what is said on the Ovationtribute.com site:
"I do not know the exact history of this guitar but 3 copies seems to have been made.
Probably built in 1998, the neck is made of carbon and the holes are directly inspired
of the Prototype #23 whom is at the factory in New Hartford."
This is all I've found out, anyone else have anything to add?
I haven't quite figured out how to add the pictures to this post, but there are some not-quite-professional pics in an album under my user name. I think...
Looking forward to seeing what everyone has to say.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Welcome! Of course you know photos would be nice. |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | hey, it worked...let's see if I can figure out how to add the other 2. Thanks for the welcome.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Welcome redcat!
You really are a tease... more pics, please!
"I see white bait..." :D |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | 
As I said, they are not the best quality, but this sweetie is minty-fresh, with a loud, deep voice.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wonderfully unique Adamas, and you already learned how to post photos! A double wow! |
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Location: CA | Why didn't I think of that — a guitar with cupholders! Seriously, that's a new one on me (which happens about every week on this site). Very pretty and unusual guitar. What are the 'chopsticks' made of and how are they attached? |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | hahaha...the 'chopsticks' seem to be made out of plastic, and attached with glue, as there don't seem to be any 'attachments' on the inside. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Wow, it even has a snot blob! And I thought slot head Celebs were rare... 
That's about the most unique Ovation ever! CONGRATS! 
I do like the charcoal grid concept to keep the hot briquettes outta the body...  |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | but unfortunately the BBQ sauce puddles all over the the inside. |
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Oh yeah, welcome! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | And it's got bars to keep the cat outta there...
Isn't there one of those on the Wall of Fame at the factory? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Yes, there is. I remember referring to it as the Hannibal Lector Signature Adamas. Very cool to have something that rare. Welcome to the site. |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | Thanks for the welcome, all. I wonder why the Ovation guy didn't mention it was on the wall of fame. He seemed to think it was an escapee from the factory. How it hitched a ride to the burbs of Chicago, and into a guitar shop, well, I'll never know. |
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Location: SoCal | Where's the "land of enchantment"?
And, welcome. Interesting guitar..... |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | it's on the bottom of my license plate...hehehehehe |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | ... out yonder where's there nuttin' but miles and miles of nuttin' but miles and miles...
I spent a month out there one week! :D
Got a great story 'bout one of Clovis' local LE finest... great guy! That also includes the 'Greasy Pig' restaurant and the VFW... |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | oops...the message from "Mike" was actually sent to me from Miles, who forwarded the answer from Beal. sooo sorry. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Welcome...and thanks for giving me a raging case of GAS...lol
Seriously, what a very cool guitar....Thanks for sharing it...
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Location: Upper Left USA | Very unique, rare and special... and here we are nicknaming it Sushi-bar-Special.
Welcome and great entrance!
What's next? |
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Location: in the land of enchantment | Thanks all...next? hmmm...maybe the 12 string, 1 of 12, made for Melissa Etheridge, circa 1995...at least that was what I was told...but first need to pry it out of a friend's hands, to confirm. But 'till then, this is it. Right now, I'm looking for more info on this one. Once it quits raining out here in the desert, I hope to take better pics of the now renamed Sushi-bar-Special. |
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Where's the "land of enchantment"? We were just talking about Madrid the other day. Well, I was talking about yours but the other folks were talking about the land of sangria.
Nice, rare guitar. How is the neck attached? The other graphite neck Ovations (ok, ok Adamii) were a "neck through" design.
About the sound holes ... I'll bet Kaki King could tune those chopsticks and add some real different sounds to her mix. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Speechless! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Glad you got the name right.
The necks were bolted on just like the K-bar types from that time period.
The sound hole covers are copies of the ones on #23(or is that #19?) that I always thought were the coolest, so I had them do recreations for these guitars.
Of the 30 or so made most were sold, so that's how it made it to Chicago. |
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