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Location: Wooster, Ohio | http://www.giffen.com/namm/NAMM2007Day1.htm
In the middle of this is some pictures of adamas custom shop guitars. If you doubleclick you can enlarge it and see more detail. One on the left is kind of cool. Also gives you a feel for what is happening at NAMM.
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | Thanks for sharing. Don't you just love some of those guitars. |
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Thanks for sharin' indeed ! |
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| Always heard great things about the NAMM shows from a friend who was a regular. Maybe there's an OFC member at the show who will post the Ovation/Adamas displays for us... |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Its a shame that it is not open to the public. Won't that be a fun way to spend a few days. Is there any show open to the public that would be close to this?
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Location: NJ | If it were open to the public, it'd be a total CattleCar and none of the exhibitors'd be able to write any business.
Right now, I'm working (simultaneously) on a diamond show, a stationery show, an eyewear show, a giftwear show, a jewelry show, and a fancy food show. All of these are open to the "trade only" and have stringent requirements to admission. If they allowed the public, they be spending a goodly amount of time policing the booths to ensure nothing gets ripped-off, fielding questions from those who are "just looking", or perhaps MIGHT buy one unit, taking time/attention away from those looking to do BUSINESS, and allowing public access would probably quadruple the amount of traffic on an already overcrowded exhibit floor thereby causing legitimate attendees to shy away . . .
SOME shows do offer one "Publc Day", but Security/CrowdControl (post9/11) is a nightmare.
We just opened the NewYorkMotorcycle Show this weekend, and it's a mass of leather-clad human(?)ity lined-up around the corner to get in - mostly gawkers/wannabees who'll probably only "buy" from the accessory/trinket FleaMarket down in the lower level. I have an AccessBadge, but I tend to stay far away.
The REAL "fun" comes when the plastic surgeon's convention comes to town and you have to work out the logistics of the delivery/handling of plastic containers of severed cadaver heads used for procedural demonstrations . . .
. . . ahhh, "ShowBiz" . . .
Your best bet MIGHT be a large, "regional" guitar show, but those oftimes tend to be used/vintage FleaMarkets. |
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| A used/vintage guitar show would be cool...all the old-school stuff, might find some serious original issue O's.. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Steve - I went to a show in Reading, PA - they had new, used, vintage, parts, everything. It wasn't that big, so it really only took 1/2 a day to see all of it. It was worth it though and they did have some decent O stuff. StuartMiller picked up his Mandacello there. I got some good parts.
Here's a couple of links to sites that list shows:
Guitar Show Link 1
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by cliff:
The REAL "fun" comes when the plastic surgeon's convention comes to town and you have to work out the logistics of the delivery/handling of plastic containers of severed cadaver heads used for procedural demonstrations . . .
. . . ahhh, "ShowBiz" . . . And are you responsible for procurring such items? :eek:
Only in Jersey.... :(
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Are they ex-musician parts? |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Hmm, seems there's a few OFCer's we haven't heard from in a while... |
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Location: NJ | Knowing Moody, they're still having breakfast at Denny's right about now . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cwk2:
Are they ex-musician parts? At least they're working. |
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| Crimson Lake,
If there's a Carolina guitar show in Charlotte this year I could check that out. I guess the exhibitors do shows on a full-time basis. Be interesting to see how many O's and A's show up.
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by cwk2:
Are they ex-musician parts? At least they're working.
I never thought I would actually spit a beverage on my keyboard.  |
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Location: closely held secret | Happy I could help you achieve one of your life-goals, Rick! |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I can now die a happy man. In fact, I may be in one of Cliff's next trade shows. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Does anyone else think it is a little odd that I am the only person to post a picture of some of the Ovation guitars that were at NAMM and I am in Ohio and never left the state.
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Location: East Tennessee | Nothing is odd in this forum. |
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Location: NJ | Doesn't surprise me in the least . . . |
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Location: NJ | There was a bunch posted on the AcousticGuitar Board, but none of it (naturally) was Ovation-related. |
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Location: SoCal | Take a look in my gallery......
What I found interesting is that Ovation is really getting into shiny bowls. The guitar in the glass case is a 2080 that was hand painted.... the price tag was $10k.
The guitar that Witko is holding is whatever the Ute became, but it's got a shiny bowl that's got all kinds of sparkle in it.
There was also a 2080 with a shiny contour bowl.
Interesting stuff. If you really want to see what the Adamas Custom Shop can do, call for their catalog. When you order a guitar, you can mix and match to your hearts content. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Thanks Moody, I really like that shiny bowl. Is it the same material? Was the shiny bowl on that dark adamas.
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Some pictures from NAMM
