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Location: Sydney, Australia | Ovation just posted a photo of a new Adamas at NAMM.
12 fret, slot head shiny top, non cutaway.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | So, is that the new 'Ute"? |
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Location: Jet City | are the eppies inlayed? is it wood or composite? |
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Location: Utah | It costs about twice what a Ute did.
Looks great, though. |
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Location: Burbank | I really like the new 1672 LTD Deluxe Balladeer. I forgot to take a pic. I'll do it tomorrow. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Yeah buy a used 12ver Adamas for 1/3rd the price. I don't see anything earth shattering in that picture |
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Location: Right now? | The epaulets look terrible!
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Location: SoCal | I played that guitar yesterday. At first glance, it looks like U681. Always thought the Ute was good, but that it was a bit bass-heavy. Let me make a couple of observations. First, it's a mid depth bowl. It's extemely balanced in it's sound. Second, it's crystal clear in it's sound. It just rings and rings. In this guitar, that's a very good thing. Third, it's extremely light weight. Just a joy to hold.
I think the epaulets were of the glue on variety. Don't know that with a carbon fiber top you could do inlaid. The guitar looks much better in person than it does in the photo.
I don't know if it will sell, but it is a killer instrument. First Ovation/Adamas I've seen in quite a while that I really liked. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Willa - 2014-01-25 8:29 AM
The epaulets look terrible!
As does the end of the fingerboard....
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Location: Flahdaw | Those fingerboards look completely out of place on a non-cutaway. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | When it comes to guitars, playability comes first. Tone comes next. As for looks, who cares? Moody said it sounded great. I'm not going to run out and buy one right now beacuse I can't afford it, but if I had the money I would consider it, and if it had the balance and clarity he described, I would own one. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | CanterburyStrings - 2014-01-25 11:36 AM
As for looks, who cares?
For those of us who cannot play... We'd like to look Good while doing it. 
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Location: Nashville TN. | What is MSRP on it? |
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Location: SoCal | This is the second time I've played an Adamas of this configuration. In 2004 Ovation came out with the #47 reissue. Great guitar. But a member here took it one step further and had a really great guitar built. It was the #47 but built with a mid depth bowl. I played that back in 2006 and was blown away by it. Essentially, the same guitar. Here's a link to Jerome's site with info on it. The only thing Jerome doesn't say is that it's a mid depth bowl.
http://ovationtribute.com/Adamas_Models/Adamas_Custom_Order/Adamas_...
As to cost, I think it's between $5-6k. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Well, at least they tried something ... ANYTHING. No doubt it is everything Moddy says it is. They DO know how to build a great Adamas guitar, no doubt about that. But are the dozen or so that they sell going to save the company? Hmmm
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when marketing pitched their 2014 campaign to the brass. OK Witko, what's marketing got up their sleeve this year and how much will it help the bottom line? Well sir, we're going to take this model that sold a few hundred copies back in 2006 to a small circle of friends and we're going to reengineer it into a modern version priced appropriately for it's class. Target market is aging open mic-ers and we expect to sell about 12 of them.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I think it's good they are still producing innovative high-end guitars. I don't think sales of them matter that much. People will go on-line, drool and then buy something cheaper, but it increases the sales of other Ovations. Car manufacturers don't sell many of their top models, but they draw people into showrooms. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | And Al posted this photo of an Adamas headstock
http://ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=113... |
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Location: Paris/France | Adamas was one of the most innovative guitars brand in the past 40 years so it's good to discover a new model. According the pics, this guitar seems to keep the spirit of the previous models. We had the AI, AII, AIII, the "Q", CVT & SMT, Ute, the reissues series etc... and I admit that I love the look of this one. But to be honnest, I hate the picture of the Headstock posted by Al !! Are you sure this one came from an Ovation??  Why putting this big white "O" on a non Ovation headstock??  I wish them to sell a lot of them but it's definitively not for me, I'm probably too old now to accept so many changes in less time. J  |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | No idea why this photo won't post (A little help OMA?). But this is the guitar in question - no bridge pins, and the carbon fibre inlay on the head is a nod to it's Adamas status. I like it a lot more when I see the whole thing.
Here's the link: http://ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=113...
<p><img src="../photos/get-photo.asp?photoid=3269" border="0" width="800" height="599" /></p>
Edited by TAFKAR 2014-01-26 6:15 PM
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Location: Sydney, Australia | <p><img src="../photos/get-photo.asp?photoid=3269" border="0" width="699" height="449" /></p>
Son of a &$#@ why won't the image appear - when I preview, it's there!
Edited by TAFKAR 2014-01-26 6:28 PM
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Location: Flahdaw | Yeah. The carbon fiber headstock inlay is very cool |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | richard.parker - 2014-01-26 4:22 PM
Son of a &$#@ why won't the image appear - when I preview, it's there!
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Location: SoCal | Never even looked at that guitar. Was never a fan of the 2080's. I've got pictures of the other Adamas. I'll shoot them off to somebody who can post them.
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New Adamas at NAMM
