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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | NO, told the wife to listen for the doorbell and I am keeping my fingers crossed. When I checked UPS website this AM, it still showed guitar in Illinois. Site hadn't been updated.....I hope! |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | IT'S WORTH THE WAIT!!! |
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Location: SoCal | 21129 but can't play until I get back from dental... |
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U681T List Update
The List:
Fugot #21127
Tony #21129
JeffW #22138
Zchord ???
StephenT ???
Alaskan Fly Guy #21145
StandingO ???
Noah ??? |
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Location: SoCal | For those with the guitar...was a little surprised that my neck looks like a 1537 with a floating fretboard that someone glued down...not flush, looks like it was filled with glue. Last 1/2 inch of the fretboard is suspended.
Pretty good gap...wonder what it would sound like with a "floating fretboard"? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Tony, how about a quick review/comparison to the existing faves. My should show up today.....of course, today I am busy until after 7pm so won't even get home till after 8....
Hopefully will get to unpack and relax with new toy. |
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Location: SoCal | Stephen, as a "performer", everything that has been written before is true.
Only had a short time to play it (daughter's taxes and everything else) so can't compare with the others yet.
Course, as you know, Noah had a little UPS damage and there are some other concerns. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | After being gone a few days, I was excited to see some more posts on this subject as folks received their guitars. Not much happening tho. Glad Tony got his and I'm guessing Mr.T will have his in hand today.
I spent a lot of time with this guitar over the last week and really like it. As I was most excited about the way it sounded (and that's why I bought it) looks didn't really matter to me...I don't think it's all that good looking a guitar...tho nearly, everyone else who's seen it, thinks it is.
It does have some minor, yet noticable, fit and finish issues. Of all the O/A's I have owned this the only that has noticable flaws in the workmanship and finish.
Still sounds and plays f*%king great. |
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Location: Tampa, Florida | I love the look, but agree about finish issues. took off the manhole cover and checked out the inside. Some stray glue. It's a real nice guitar. I love it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Mine finally came it. Unpacked it, looked at it in the case, strummed it while in the case (not in tune) and decided I was too damn tired to tune it up and mess with it tonight. Waited this long, another day doesn't matter. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | U681T List Update
The List:
Fugot #21127
Tony #21129
JeffW #22138
Zchord ???
Alaskan Fly Guy #21145
StephenT #21147
StandingO ???
Noah ??? |
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Location: SoCal | Noah has 21139 |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Adamas U681T-5 Limited Edition of 100
Original Owners Updated List:
PlayAdamas- Prototype W681TA #20318
Woz- Prototype W681TA #20319
Fugot- #21127
Tony C- # 21129
Noah- #21139
JeffW- #21138
Alaskan Fly Guy -#21145
Zchord- #21168
StephenT -#22147
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Sadly, The wait for the "white" sheep of the family will be a long one. But I'm not complaining. I'm putting $5 a week in the cookie jar.
But Al, I think the other owners would agree with me that if you still have that one un-sold one, you should send that to me as a loaner until mine is ready. I'm only half joking!
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Now there's a service perk. Al, I'd put an ankle monitor on it. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Add me to the short list at #21169. I had been searching for a 12 fret,1st generation Folklore for some time, but this U618T is better than I expected. It's futile to try to describe tone on the internet, but think of the '97 Collectors Edition with more bottom. Sounds incredible.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Adamas U681T-5 Limited Edition of 100
Original Owners Updated List:
PlayAdamas- Prototype W681TA #20318
Woz- Prototype W681TA #20319
Fugot- #21127
Tony C- # 21129
JeffW- #21138
Noah- #21139
Alaskan Fly Guy -#21145
StephenT -#21147
Zchord- #21168
Patsbro- #21169
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Finally got to spend some time with the newbie tonight. Overall impressions are very nice sound and sloppy workmanship for a limited edition run.
I have a hairline crack on the freboard binding on the 5th fret, easily felt by sliding your finger along the edge. Few other minor niggles that I have seen but I spent tonight playing it and not really inspecting it. I will do that more closely this weekend.
You would think that with this being one of the limited edition flagship offerings, that they would go the extra mile to make it really special. By comparison, the workmanship on the FD14 and the 1719-30CM are flawless.
The flag is currently at 3/4 mast due to workmanship. I am going to play it some more over the next few days along side the current favs...FD14, 1719CM, 1537, and 1681 and then do my new rankings (like anybody really cares what I think anyway!) based on sound and ease of play.
This kind of quality stuff never happened when W2 was captain of the ship (at least not so blantantly)!
Makes me wonder what surprises lay in store if I drop $4-5K on the OFC guitar or #47! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Stephen,
You raise a good point about the future reissues. Somewhere in this thread I mentioned that the workmanship and finish is of a lower quality than I would expect from Ovation and if it is this poor on a high end limited issue...no way will I spend 4-5 grand on one of the coming reissues. I'm on the list for one of the reissues now, but I'll need to be assured that Ovation has worked out the bugs and that they will be of flawless finish and workmanship.
Have to say though...It does sound great.
And you got a bound fretboard??? |
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Location: SoCal | Rick Hall and Frank Untermyer need to read this thread. Ovation q.c. is usually very very good. If there are problems, they need to be aware of them.
Anybody else finding any issues with their Admans 12 slothead? |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | I have to agree with the lower quality workmanship on this limited guitar than we are used to. I was also somewhat surprised with the flaws I have found on mine. I was thinking seriously about the #47 OFC guitar to add to the collection as well but now I'm in a holding pattern on my decision. This guitar does sound and play wonderfully though (and that is why I bought it). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Paul,
I am giving serious thought to writing a letter to the Mothership. It is sorta of easy for me to overlook the workmanship flaws because this guitar sounds and plays so well but, if I could feel a fracture in the neck binding, as Mr.T describes, I would be less inclined to let things slide. And as I hear about flaws from others, I am having an even harder time overlooking these things.
My guitar has very small dings in the headstock, the 3rd and 4th strings rub against the TRC and have marred the egde, visible mill marks along the length of the neck, sloppy epaulet application (looks like they wiped costic adhesive excess from around the epaulet, leaving a smoothed border in the textured top), And the Preamp housing rattled, until I went through and tightened the housing screws, and the 1/8inch pickup plug shield. |
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Location: SoCal | First, contact Al and let him know. I'm certain that he would work on it on your behalf. The people at Ovation read this board regularly. This is not the kind of stuff that they want to hear, but they do know that this type of product shouldn't be leaving the factory.
Call Al. Of course, I'm assuming that you got the guitar thru him? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Al,
Should I write a letter to Rick??? |
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UPS JUST DELIVERED...
