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Location: europe | i thought that the slotheads only had the batterie cover on the side and the first production run had it decentral at the back.
i have a book american guitars from tom wheeler which includes an ovation chapter. there is a photo of an adamas I which has the batterie cover of a slothead but the peghead of the production run.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Hi Gerald;
No, the earliest non-slothead Adamas 1 guitars also had the side bowl access door. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | These are the sexiest guitars ever made!
Even in B&W!
Charlie and Bill (and company): WELL DONE! |
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Location: europe | thks wayne, i did not know that. now i know.
how long did they use that, i have #327 which has the access door decentral at the back. |
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Location: Scotland | No fingerboard inlays. That's a really early production example. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | I'm not sure, Gerald, but it would have been very early, probably around #100 or sooner. |
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Location: europe | mike - you could not say it better. |
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Location: europe | i just checked jerome´s #125 which has the round door at the back. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'd go with the 100 or lower. |
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Location: Germany | Gerald, what is the exact book title?
Karl |
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Location: europe | hi karl - the title is: AMERICAN GUITARS AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY - TOM WHEELER
that is a great book, i have the hardcover edition from the early 80s. this book is one reason why i am a vintage guitar fan. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | In about 1992, my wife bought me The "Ultimate Guitar Book" by Tony Rice...boy, if only she had known what a can of worms that would open, she probably would have just gotten me socks and underwear! |
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Location: Scotland | Wayne, That book was by Tony Bacon, not Tony Rice, you're getting your authors/food-types all mixed up. |
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Location: europe | ,-))))) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | He meant Tony Rice, the picker. |
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