The Adamas Viper proto...

I really dig the headstock logo, "Adamas" coming out of the O.

The Lace pickups not only fit in perfect with the overall design, but sound awesome too.

Don Lace stopped by to see how the Adamas handled his pickups. Bill gave a quick demo (sorry, the video's a bit out of sync)

The imports are very impressive. I sat down with most of the new 2016 models and they were just plain nice, no getting around it. The vibrant colors, the use of exotic woods, and the overall fit and finish turned the eye of every passer by. Can I tell the difference from the new USA models to the imports, well of course, but can I tell these new imports from the older LX models like say a 1771LX?? Not quite as easy.

I've embraced Ovation's use of color over the years, it's one of the things I think set the brand apart from the other wood colored boxes. If you look at my collection I have red, white, blue, brown, gray, black, etc... yes, even natural too. These new models have kicked it up a notch. Yeah, there are the original Legends and Elites, but the new colors were what everyone seemed to be grabbing for.

This green one was Bill's assistant Mike's idea. He found this color/wood combo on some drum shells and told Bill they needed to do it. Bill surprised him later with it. I like it, what do you think?

I really like this color combo up close. I do wish they matched the top sides better though...

Everyone seemed to be drawn to this one, and yes, "Creamsicle" was the theme that seemed to strike a chord (no pun intened, ok maybe a little).

One of my favorites for sure. I hope they continue to do other things with the bowl than make it black.

I like the white one too...

Oops, let's not forget the Applesauce...

Lita and Rudy doing some role reversal...

Back to normal...

Rudy liked the doubleneck.

Lita's face lit up when she started in on the Elite T 12er.

She REALLY liked it. After that she started tellin me how she did "Close My Eyes Forever" (duet with Ozzy) on her Ovation 12 string, and that she still has and LOVES that guitar. OK, she was probably telling everyone, but in my mind she was talking only to me.

Then in came this ol' gas station dude messin' with my action...

Just throwin' out the charm...

And then added the wit...

So I gave up on that idea and moved on.

StephenT28 chose to stand next to the dude...

I chose to snuggle up to Lita instead.

I know this one's already been shown by another, but it's a good one so I'm posting too. It would have been good to  have a chance to plug in with these guys... another time.

Kim Keller and um.... jeez, Dave, what's your name on here now, Tupperware? Gallerinski? I forget. And my newly met OFC friend Mario who I gave way too much of a hard time to at dinner that eve. It was the tequila talking Mario

 And the Bills...

Old Man Arthur - 2016-01-25 10:08 PM Screw it... I'll say it. Why does everybody feel a need to change the Ovation Headstock?

My opinion on the matter... Nearly every manufacturer uses various shaped headstocks. This ain't like no other Ovation/Adamas ever. It deserves it's own headstock. It's Darren's design, and i like the thing.

If they were changing all the headstocks I'd have issues for sure, but that's not what's going on here.

Chris, I can't speak to the sounds and tones too much with the noise factor there. My comments are more to the 3 Fs... fit, finish and feel.

We're going to try to get something going a week from Saturday, you interested? There are some other musical guests coming in from out of state. Your fiddle would be a glorious addition.