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when does a stay-at-home dad have time to mow the grass?? |
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Location: big island | a heartfelt "mahalo", mark. i hear idaho is a fine place to live. i have friends that moved to coeur d'alene from kaua'i a few years ago. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Randy, that is a sweet looking set. Great stage combo for you. Bet the '06 doesn't take long to leave.
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Thanks for the pics Randy, they look great together.
Is that what is called grass in Hawaii? I have never seen blades so thick and long.
Great deal that you are offering on the W597 but it seems that my funds are in the renewal stage at the moment. Otherwise...GAS ATTACK!
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Location: big island | i think it's mostly a consortium of weeds posing as grass, jim.
mahalo dave and jim. although not quite the same hues, they do compliment each other and will certainly look good on stage hangin' from my double hercules. |
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'06 Adamas W597 Cobalt Blue |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Damn, blues my favorite color!
Good luck with the sale. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Lanaki, What a fabulous looking pair; I can see your smile even though you were behind the camera! Thanks for sharing and best wishes on the sale; I am sure it will not last long! :cool: |
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Location: big island | after conducting A/B comparisons over the past few days, i have come to the conclusion that the only thing the 1581-7 has over the W597 is volume. the clarity, sustain and full spectrum sound of the W597 surpasses the 1581 both acoustically and plugged in.
i'm now in the throes of deciding what my fickle self is gonna do. i am decidedly very particular about how the sound of a guitar falls on my ears. the 1688 12 string absolutely does it for me. its got it all: ease of play, the warm lows, the sweet mids and shimmering highs, volume and sustain for days all wrapped up in a package so beautiful to behold.
i don't know about the concept of us floating around in heaven strumming on harps but i've already got mine :p
if i can only find the illusive 6 stringer that offers all of these characteristics, i'll be a very content man. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | See Randy I told you there one or two special W597's out there that elluded those sad other guys. No idea why the magic doesn't work for them.
You and I lucked out to land a couple of them. Either that or our ears are made of cloth and we are blinded by the beauty of woven cobalt blue :-)
Shame the adamas 2 isn't a 1681 as the color match is great for the 12 I got from Mike. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | That's why I love the Millenium so much... amongst other things :) |
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Location: big island | mike,
isn't the millennium a glorified w597? |
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Location: big island | stuart,
clarke (haiku), who lives on maui also has a W597 cobalt that he likes alot.
you'd rather have a 1681 because it is non-cutaway and has double epaulettes? |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Pretty much, the cutaway is very nice but I never really play up the neck accoustic. I have rather fallen for the full bodied look and it would match the 1685-7. There is a teal one on Ebay at the moment with a BIN of $1250....I am severely tempted. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Awww no....I succumbed to temptation :-)
1681-teal coming to live in PA
Need to update this signature list some time soon :D |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Good grab Stuart. There was heavy drooling going on at this end. Thanks for saving me from myself.
I bet it will be fantastic! |
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Location: big island | waytago stuart! i was admiring the teal one too. congratulations! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Great pair of guitars Randy. I have the same cutaway and plan on upgrading my Custom Legend 12 to an Adamas 1 when a great deal comes my way. I too have always loved the looks of that cobalt, and almost picked one up some time ago, but I decided it would be just a little too greedy to want to have ALL the Ovation and Adamas guitars.
Congratulations! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Just another comment ... I really like the unplugged sound of the -7, but for some reason the electronics doesn't seem to do it justice. I was thinking about trying to see if there was a way to hook up one of those Fishman condenser combo-setups. (dont remember the name of it ..Rare Earth?? or something like that) Anyone have any ideas of how to capture that great acoustic sound for performances??? |
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Location: big island | vince,
which -7 are you referring to? the 1581 that you have in -8 color?
if so, i'd have to agree that the OP24 just does not do it justice.
i'm also tempted to add a treble epaulette and drill some holes!! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Yep, the 1581. I must have had my glasses off when I pushed the the number button. Mine is exactly like yours. I'm actually pretty happy with the tone quality. When I want the higher treble side to come out, I just pick up my Elite and use that. |
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Location: big island | the W597 is sold and on its way to the UK next week. |
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