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Location: ranson,wva | only 5 more days till my 1114 arives from woody!!! the exciment is growing more and more every day...jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | im already looking for a new addition to my collection..the problme is im not shure if the guitar i have in mind even was or is made?? what im looking for is a shallow bowl, noncutaway a/e,natural finish multi soundhole.....not right now but sometime in the near future..jason |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Wasn't there one of the Collector's models kind of like that? |
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Location: ranson,wva | thats what i thought but i looked at ovarion and i couldnt find one in current models or models from past..maybe i overlooked it?? jason |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Non cutaway supershallow guitars are pretty rare. Fugot's got 2 (contempory folk classic, 1537) and I've got 1 (Adamas I). The palm tree reso at the factory is also a SS noncut. Probably there have been some customs and limited runs, but they sure don't show up very often. None of the collectors series were supershallow noncuts. Dave |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | In my experience, fwiw, Dave is correct. A shallow bowl multi-hole guitar without a cutaway may be very hard to find. |
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Location: closely held secret | When you think about it, it makes sense. How much demand would there be for a non-cutaway that is really only useful plugged in? |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Ovation made a shallow bowl Adamas as a special run for Sam Ash, and those guitars tended to suck acoustically because the body wasn't deep enough to generate the air necessary to make the top sound as good as it should. |
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Location: south east Michigan | "Shallow Bowl Adamas" would be right near the top of my list of oxymorons. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | The difference between oxymoron and moron is shallow. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Yeah, one oxy... |
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Location: ranson,wva | changed my mind..gotta have a deep bowl!!!! |
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Location: Oregon | I like shallow bowls 'cause I like the slim and easy to manuever aspect, but I wouldn't buy an Adamas shallow... thats boring *snooze* |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
"Shallow Bowl Adamas" would be right near the top of my list of oxymorons. Not sure about those Sam Ash guitars, but I do know of one supershallow Adamas (non cutaway) that in fact sounds very nice acoustically. I may be just a tab biased, but honestly this thing out-sounds many other (deeper) guitars in my collection.
Custom Adamas
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | That's a nice guitar, Dave. The Sam Ash run was cutaway, and perhaps that is what makes the difference. I may have made an overgeneralization, but I have had 3-4 of them, and didn't like the sound of any of them.
My professor of Greek was fond of saying, "Greek is a language of rules and for every rule there are exceptions." Given that Allan Holdsworth is an exceptional guitarist, it isn't surprising that this guitar is an exception. And I am glad that you have it. What a great addition to an already fine collection! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yeah, I think there are exceptions. I had a shallow SMT and it absolutely sucked acoustically. Same for every other SS I have every played except for an elite 12 string and this adamas. Guess you gotta try them all to know what you like and don't like (a nice full time job). Dave |
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Location: ranson,wva | i guess i could settle for a cutaway ssb....prefer us made but will settle for a celeb...jason |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Don't settle if you don't have to. With patience, you will find a good buy on a USA model. It will be worth it. |
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only 5 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!