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FOR SALE: ADAMAS WOODTOP COLLECTION - All Three Models
This is the BEST of BOTH worlds. The warmth and clarity of an Ovation woodtop guitar married with the depth, sustain and technology only available on Adamas ... The Adamas Woodtop Guitars are the pinnacle of Ovation/Adamas at their very best. I hate to let any of these go, but you just can't keep everything !!!
All three feature solid spruce top with inlaid wooden epaulets, hand laid fiberglass bowels with no access door, suspended top attachment ring, resin impregnated walnut fretboard, 5 piece neck, carved bridge, OP-PRO Studio and gold Schaller hardware
The models L-R:
- Adamas 2081WT, 6 string deep Contour cutaway in Honeyburst, MSRP $5299.
- Adamas 1681WT, 6 string deep bowl non-cutawat in Vintage Nutmeg, MSRP $5299.
- Adamas 2085WT, 12 string deep Contour cutaway in Vintage Natural, MSRP $5399.
ALL THREE for $7500. + S/H
ANY TWO for $5500. + S/H
Individual prices below if you only want one. Email or PM me if interested.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | FOR SALE: ADAMAS WOOD TOP model 2081WT-HB
- Solid spruce top in Honeyburst finish
- Inlaid epaulets of multiple wood types
- Hand laid fiberglass bowl, deep Contour cutaway
- 5 piece neck with multi wood heel cap
- Adamas suspension ring top attachment
- Adamas Carved walnut bridge
- Adamas resin impregnated walnut fretboard
- 1 11/16 nutwidth
- Elite style wooden fret markers
- Gloss finish walnut peghead facing with Adamas logo
- Gold Schaller hardware with Bone tuner buttons
- OP PRO Studio preamp electronics
- Ovation hardshell case
Guitar is in as-new condition, virtually un-played and no signs of ever being out of the case
$2500. + S/H
PM or Email me if interested
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Location: Phoenix AZ | FOR SALE: ADAMAS WOOD TOP model 1681WT-NM
- Solid spruce top in Nutmeg finish
- Inlaid epaulets of multiple wood types
- Hand laid fiberglass bowl, deep Non-cutaway
- 5 piece neck with multi wood heel cap
- Adamas suspension ring top attachment
- Adamas Carved walnut bridge
- Adamas resin impregnated walnut fretboard
- 1 11/16 nutwidth
- Elite style wooden fret markers
- Gloss finish walnut peghead facing with Adamas logo
- Gold Schaller hardware
- OP PRO Studio preamp electronics
- Ovation hardshell case
Guitar is in as-new condition, virtually un-played and no signs of ever being out of the case
$2900. + S/H
PM or Email me if interested
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Location: Phoenix AZ | FOR SALE: ADAMAS WOOD TOP 12-STRING model 2085WT-VN
- Solid spruce top in Vintage Natural finish
- Inlaid epaulets of multiple wood types
- Hand laid fiberglass bowl, deep Non-cutaway
- 5 piece neck with multi wood heel cap
- Adamas suspension ring top attachment
- Adamas Carved walnut bridge
- Adamas resin impregnated walnut fretboard
- 1 7/8 nutwidth
- Elite style wooden fret markers
- Gloss finish walnut peghead facing with Adamas logo
- Gold Schaller hardware
- OP PRO Studio preamp electronics
- Ovation hardshell case
Guitar is in excellent to new condition, virtually un-played but one very small white mark 1/16 inch on the bowl.
$3200. + S/H
PM or Email me if interested
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Not sure which 12 string you had at CasaBobbo a couple years back but man that was one awesome sounding 12 string guitar. |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | Oh. My. God!
Why, oh why do I come in here?
That top HB is the Adamas of my dreams.
How do these wood-topped A's compare with a "standard" A?
Sound, playability, timbre, depth etc? |
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Location: Canada | This sure is a group of beauties. But I would also like to ask an ignoramus question ... was it not the purpose of the Elite line to be a wood-topped Adamas? So I don't really get the point of the WT series, though am wondering if features like suspension ring and other details makes them more like an Adamas or more of a Super Elite on steroids... the lines blur.... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Yes, the suspension ring and hand-laid bowl would probably be the biggest distinctions that affect the sound. Also the satin-finish and the Adamas-style bridge. Definitely beauties! I'm drooling over the honey burst one!
Edited by dvd 2014-02-17 3:50 PM
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The Elite was an Ovation guitar in every sense exact that they punched a bunch of holes in the top to mimic the Adamas. It gave a different sound and a different look compared to the traditional Ovation center hole guitars of the day. At the time it was actually called the "Super Legend" or "Wood Top Adamas" But its DNA was Ovation.
The current Adamas Woodtop guitars start from a different angle. They start with everything that is Adamas but simply substitute the wood/graphite sandwich top for a solid wooden top. Indeed the lines do blur. I imagine of you wanted to you could custom order an Elite and have it built with the Adamas features and make it pretty much the same guitar. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I dunno what you're chasing Dave, but it must be something absolutely phenomenal? Man you've had some top-shelf stuff for sale recently.
I'd take that nutmeg one in half a second if I could!
It's gonna cause a pang or two to watch these slip by......You'll probably miss them a bit too.  |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Wow, what a set. I just bought a lotto ticket. |
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Location: Tennessee | I remember that 12 string ... it was indeed in residence at CasaBobbo when you were there T28. I remember SO playing Kashmir on it with Cliff giving Robert Plant a run for his money. WOW doesn't do it justice.
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Location: Orlando, FL | Wow, Just F'king WOW. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | stonebobbo - 2014-02-17 7:13 PM
I remember that 12 string ... it was indeed in residence at CasaBobbo when you were there T28. I remember SO playing Kashmir on it with Cliff giving Robert Plant a run for his money. WOW doesn't do it justice.
Yeah, that's the one. This 12-string is not for the faint of heart ... |
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Location: Des Moines, Iowa | Dang... I didn't realize becoming a member of this group would be so painful. I'm most definitely not ready for my first Adamas just yet... I'm kind of slowly venturing back into it after a bit of a lull in my playing. Until my most recent purchase of a really sweet 2001-year, USA-made, Legend 1867, I'm afraid my vintage Legend 1651 sat in the corner of my bedroom much more often than it did cradled in my lap. BUT... somewhere between getting the newer Legend, finding an older one that needs refurbished, joining this group, and finally... buying my first multi-sound holed Ovation Elite, well... I've been playing pretty much all night EVERY night for the last several months and when I'm not playing, all I can think about is getting home and playing.
After I enjoy my first Elite for a bit, I think I'll have to find a local authorized Ovation dealer and maybe pick up one of these Adamas guitars and find out what all the fuss is about, which is not to say that they're aren't already pretty darned appealing by virtue of their pedigree, their looks, and what my imagination has them sounding like.
I have to wonder too, as someone else asked, WHY? It sounds like you've been parting with some of your finest babies of late, so I hope it's in pursuit of your ultimate dream and not due to any hardships or tradgedies or other less desireable reason.
Good Luck with selling those babies, though I doubt you'll have too much trouble finding plenty of interested parties and I'm sure one of them will "find a way" to come up with those asking prices.
Now you'll all have to excuse me while I go lay on the bathroom floor with my head in the toilet, cause these babies are SICK... and I think I caught their disease! |
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Location: NJ | That 12-String is KILLER!!
One of th'Best(if not THE Best) 12's I've heard Heard/Played!
Would LOVE t'Grab-it for Gigs, . . . but Alas . . .
I think yer f@ckin'Nuts Dave for selling it, but g'Luck with th'Sale! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | cliff d. - 2014-02-18 8:43 AM
That 12-String is KILLER!!
One of th'Best(if not THE Best) 12's I've heard Heard/Played!
Would LOVE t'Grab-it for Gigs, . . . but Alas . . .
I think yer f@ckin'Nuts Dave for selling it, but g'Luck with th'Sale!
+1 What Cliff posted. But possibly being f@ckin'Nuts never stopped Dave before.. |
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Location: NJ | the 12 string is unbelieveable |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | This whole thread is a GAS GAS GAS! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | SillyLittleBoy - 2014-02-18 6:14 AM
I have to wonder too, as someone else asked, WHY? It sounds like you've been parting with some of your finest babies of late, so I hope it's in pursuit of your ultimate dream and not due to any hardships or tradgedies or other less desireable reason.
Thanks for the concern. No hardships here ... at least as far as I know.
Yes I have parted with a few nice instruments lately. But I'm certainly not without a few to still enjoy and have picked up some recent ones that don't get much talk here because they are not roundbacks. On balance I am more that adequately blessed, and more than grateful, to have what I have.
No matter if you think of them as tools, or think of them as art ... In the end they are just guitars.
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Location: Right now? | <p>I love the 1681. One of my favorites. I love them all. Arrrgggh. Good luck with your sale! I can hold onto them for you if you like ...</p><p> </p><p> Willa</p>
Edited by WillaMuse 2014-02-21 4:24 PM
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Location: Jet City | There was a time where I could argue with anyone that I have the greatest wood-topped Ovation 12 string on the planet.
I don't know that I can make that argument anymore with confidence. I'll have to put an "*" by it
*Does not include wood-topped Adamas
Dave, if I can get someone to by my Custom 12 for $3200, you'll have a buyer! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hey Damon, EVERYONE should think their guitar is the best on the planet !!! |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Hi Dave:
Can you tell me a little bit about the Vintage Natural finish on the 12 string? It appears from the photos to be opaque brown. Am I seeing this accurately or are you able to see the wood grain through this finish? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The finish is ALMOST opaque. You can see VERY faint evidence of the grain under certain lighting. But for all practical purposes you could just call it opaque and nobody would question you. |
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