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Location: UK | Has anyone got one of these?
It would be appreciated if you could post any pics or copys of Promo lit, the only pic i can find is a low res jpeg, and thats small.
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Location: NJ | I think it is basically a cvt adamas with a blue body and the planets inlayed on the fingerboard. I played one and liked it most likely if the current crop of adamas guitars appeal to you then you will also like this one.
I will have to check my old catalogs for a pic but don;t wait for me my stuff is in such a mess I may never find it |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | What is a cvt adamas? |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Bill, the CVT is a (weavetop) adamas similar to a SMT(smoothtop).The difference is the weavetop that looks like the Adamas Q....The weaves come in cobalt blue,red,and natural graphite(black)..The melinium is a dressed up CVT(weavetop) with abalone bound body,moons an stars inlays on fingerbord.... |
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Location: NJ | Inlayed on the neck are the planets in our solar system in order. I thought the one I played was really cool...now add a carved bridge and headstock to it and you turned a special guitar into a REALLY special guitar. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | i would really ike to see a photo of that millenium edition, especially the planet inlay. i have also liked the look of the weave top guitars. they leave no doubt and put the technology right there for all to see. does anyone have a comment on sound quality difference between painted and natural tops on adamas and ovations in general? |
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Location: SoCal | I've got a photo that I can email to you, but have no idea how to post it here. Hey, I don't own a palm pilot either.
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Location: UK | So a weave top is better on sound? Hope so, ive never played an Ovation, only heard them.
I just decided to go to the top as they say and get and Adamas, maybe another month before i get my Mill :( (Shop and Ovation delays :rolleyes: long story!)
But i really also liked the look of the Elite Limited Russian Burr walnut top, with 300 year old Czar walnut, God that guitar looks soooo "Yummy" ( i could say summat else but dont know if the forum has an auto censor on it)
Never know, maybe ill get a IR payback (UK version of IRS)
Anyone got one of these Russians? only 100 made so they say.
As soon as i get my Mill, ill post some close ups to see the details, hope the site is up and working by then for us to post pics of our prides and joys. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I've not played a weave but part of the original Adamas was the unidirectional carbonium grafite. The fibres were dparallel to the strings and the birch core, a constant .030" thick I might add, was at a 30 degree angle to the grafite ( 2:00 for those looking at the guitar face on)
They were working on this weaver about the time I was packing. Guess the cross weave of the corbonium don't effect the sound???
I do recall the roundhole carboniums. We made one back in the 70's and it was awful. No sound. When marketing wanted to try it again I got out the door before it would be associated with me. Terrible guitar. |
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Location: Chicago | I don't know if these photos will be up for long, as I have put down a deposit on the guitar, and will pick it up Monday March 25, but you can get a look at it at this page on Elderly Instruments\' site. I'll probably take my own photos once I have it, and will post them.
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Location: SoCal | Here is also some pics of a Millennium. Enjoy
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/member_gallery/Ovation_Millennium.jpg
Russ, this is the photo I've been trying to send to you.
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | phaseshift; thanks for the link. i am speachless. that is one of the most unique guitars i have ever seen. if it plays like it looks, you have something very special. i'd be drumming my fingers and watching the clock and would be up early on the 25th.
can anyone tell me how they can do the intricate inlays like on this guitar. it looks so precise that my guess would be laser. we used that allot in my old shop for precision cutouts of metal (as well as plasma cutting). we farmed out the laser work as the equipment was expensive then. i paid $100 per hour in 1989 for laser time, but it was fast and highly accurate. it turned out to be the most cost effective in the long run. i could fax a black line drawing and pick up my pieces the same day. we also used laser for etching designs into the marble table tops we made. pure computer style technology. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | thanks for those photos paul. is this your guitar? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | NIce looking guitar.
They have a lazer machine so I'm sure it's done with that.
Anyone from Blmfd or New Hartford care to comment? |
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Location: UK | Thanks Phaseshift and Moodypi, mmm looks good.
Phase u lucky, im paying equiv of 2576 Dollars for mine, thats from Germany, in uk its about 3500 Dollars, no discounted stores over here im afraid.The UK ovation importer has got it sewn up.
Plus i cant get mine until first week in April.
Think ill make up for it tho
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Location: SoCal | Russ: It's not my guitar. Somebody was selling this on ebay. I have no doubt that the guitar sounds good, but despite what everybody here thinks, I think it's butt ugle. I also don't like the unfinished neck. I'll put up with an unfinished neck on Big Blue (my Adamas 12), but I think it's one of the ways that Ovation is trying to cut costs. And I believe that it cheapens the guitar.
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | hey pablo, what did that guitar go for on e bay? it is hard for me to think that the factory put all of that detail into that guitar and skimped on the finish on the neck. it just doesn't seem like they would save much by not finishing it. could it be for another reason? i would have to hold and play one to really have more of a basis for a solid opinion, but this old space cadet likes what he sees anyway. |
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Location: Chicago | I'm really looking forward to it. It's replacing my old Matrix, and it's the first high-end guitar I'll own. My main guitar for several years has been a Yamaha 12-string, but I'll be playing the hell out of my Millennium when I get it.
Does anyone know if Ovation will repair old Matrixes? Mine has a cracked top, a tuning button that's no longer gripping the metal peg, and naturally lots of wear on the aluminum molded frets. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | phaseshift one of my early guitars was a yamaha 12. ec 230 i think. i still have it more for sentimental reasons, but it has hung in there over the years and was good value for the bucks. it was something like $150 new if i recall.
you'll be driving a benz by comparison with that new millenium i'll bet. best of luck with it. russ |
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Location: NJ | phaseshift call the ovation service department and talk to John or Kim they can sometimes work miracles. |
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