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a rare one. Anybody have more info/history on these wood-top Adamii? |
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Location: boulder | i am first bidder, sort of serious about it-would be cool, depends on mood and money at last minute i suppose...
not sure of history-sellers story sounds good.. |
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| oops - I put in a bid, too. I'll back off and defer to you since you bid on it first. |
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Location: boulder | what, no i insist-you buy it...
....actually, buy it now, isn't bad price..but less is better...I'd guess reserve is at 1200-1300. but i am firmly of the belief you bid to win, if you do-cool, if you don't -cool for someone else. no worries. guitars, like wands, pick the people for them...
wait, maybe we could time share it??? all's we need is 10 other folks, we could all keep it for a month of the year... |
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Location: SoCal | that is not how it works g8r... bid away :)
otherwise, I'll buy it cheap and sell it to you for $100 more. |
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| I was only bidding on it for the "cool" factor. If SWMBO saw me bidding on yet another guitar (I bought 2 1619's in the past 10 days) I wouldn't see 2008! Besides, I'm still trying to convince her that I really need either Stuart Miller's or fugot's 1658. ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by fugot:
wait, maybe we could time share it??? all's we need is 10 other folks, we could all keep it for a month of the year... I got a Hundred-Fifty-Six Bucks! :D |
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Location: Paris/France | Only 50 made in 1994/95.
Custom made for Japan with a 100 years old spruce top, ebony fretboard and equiped with an Optima pre-amp.
I'm curious to hear the sound... ;)
MORE PICS HERE.
J :) |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Definitely a rare bird. I, too, wonder how it sounds compared to a composite top. |
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Location: Scotland | I would guess it would sound pretty similar to a 1537, as that's essentialy what it is apart from a few cosmetic details. That and the age of the top which is not really a big deal unless it had been played for a hundred years |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Isn't most old growth spruce that old or where they saying that it sat cut in a barn somewhere for 100 years.
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Saw on the web it was seasoned for 100 years.
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Location: Scotland | Hmmmm...."seasoned" basically means that the wood is stabilised by drying. This can be either by kiln-drying or air-drying. Most factories use the kiln method as air-drying takes a long time, and lumber stock which has been air-dried tends to be more expensive. Whether the length of seasoning would make a quantifiable in the tone is debateable. The only thing that makes a guitar open up is playing it. A 100 year-old guitar that has never been played is essentially NOS and wouldn't sound a whole lot different to the day it was built. That's why the best sounding vintage guitars are generally the ones that show a lot of playing wear. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Maybe 100 is younger than we think.
"My Froggy bottom F has german spruce which was bought by Michael Millard in germany from a bin labeled "cut between 1750 and 1895". The grain is extraordinarily tight so i imagine this tree germinated about the time JS Bach was conceived."
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| I did fine finishing in a custom home a few years ago which had yellow pine flooring that had come from a home which existed in the Civil War era, so the trees for that would were thought to have been planted around the time of Christopher Columbus. Pretty exotic looking wood that's for sure. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Someone took the fun out of this auction. Steve |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | $1500 for ANY Ovation/Adamas that there's only 50-100 of is a great deal. Even of the guitar sucks. The rarity of it will almost ensure that you will never lose money on it. Dave |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I was hoping that someone here got it, I would like to hear how it compares to a 1537.
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| Auction ended early. Maybe the seller found another way to pay off his hospital bills.. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Maybe the doctor plays guitar?
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