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| yea that pic makes it look very small, I will get better pics of it. Hey beal do they know where all of these guitar are? Who were they made for? Do you have one? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | So what's the difference between a wood topped adamas and a carbon topped ovation? |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Tupperware:
So what's the difference between a wood topped adamas and a carbon topped ovation? One's got a wood top and one has a carbon fiber top. Jeez, that was easy......
The guitar like this one that I've played, has a big wood sound. Because of the trim ring, the deep bowl is slightly deeper, giving it more sound than a 1537. Very very good guitar. |
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Location: closely held secret | So why didn't they go to production with a model with a wood top and a trim ring? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Probably cost considerations. When it 1537 came out in 1981 is was about the same list price as a D28. Maybe they figured anything more expensive would be tough to sell and would canibalize the adamas market. Just a guess.
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| They should have, this guitar is amazing |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
So why didn't they go to production with a model with a wood top and a trim ring? Tup may be right. I don't know. Keep in mind that the 1537 only lasted in it's original configuration for about 1 1/2 years, at which time it started to be "cheapened" (?) in it's construction. |
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Location: closely held secret | Too good for it's own good. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Cool. Is there a story to go along with the guitar? |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Hey! That guitar looks just like the project guitar I was trying to design. So much for originality. Here was my photoshop enhanced combination of a 1537 and an Adamas I from last month ...
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Say Vince, change the head and bridge on your photoshop model, give it a shallow bowl, and you'd end up with one of these genuine factory Adamas prototypes . . .
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| Vince, Al has your photo shop project up for sale in his store. It is one of the ones I want to try if I can get down to see him when my orders come in.
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Location: So. Cal. | Another one: (no label inside, no signature from cwk2!)
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Is that the one Al has in his shop? |
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| So how many of these were ever made? And were they something Ovation was going to sell as a production piece? Or ?? What exactly are these other than very cool and very beautiful.
Al's has a slightly better look (if that's possible) I think it has a larger body. It has given me GAS since I first saw it. I need the carbon tops with the cutaway, modern electronics, and the slightly less collectable and not as valuable guitars for my gigs or I would have been working toward it a while ago. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by bvince:
Is that the one Al has in his shop? No, that's the one Playadamas has in his office. I would doubt if there were more than 5-10 of these built, at most. They were the prototypes for the 1537's. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | If I remember correctly, Al's is over-sized as compared to other O's/A's.... more Dreadish.... not the standard body size |
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| I put more pics up. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Cas, can you see cloth in the finish? look closely. This is not a joke. There could be very fine fiberglass cloth in the poleseter finish. Tell you anout it tomorrow. Post some more pics please. |
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| no it just wood |
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| I looked real close, but would i see it. It looks like wood and clear coat. How many are there of this model. Does the factory have any records on it. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Had one but i sold it.I was told by the factory employee who sold it to me that three woodtop proto's were made just before the elite series came out.I dont think Al's was one of the three.It was a wonderful sounding guitar,i just never played it.Never liked the feel of the neck on it.Felt baseball batlike.Heres a pic of it.
Soon after i had the custom slothead woodtop adamaslike built.The neck on this one is perfect and the sound is amazing in my view.
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Now that i see the pics of the one at the factory.That might be the one i had.It did not have any label in it so not having the CWK2 signature brought my value up at least $1500 |
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Location: Paris/France | These Adamas Wood Top are so nice...
Congrats CAS, you're a lucky guy!! ;)
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1687 wood top proto
