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Location: Brentwood,TN | This was custom built and I received it December of 2003. It is a 1688 -7. It has the OP50 preamp. The bowl was painted brown along with the decorative trim. Upgraded schaller tuners. Gold flaking on top and also on bowl.Thunderous sound!
Email me if you are in the market for a serious 12-string! |
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Location: SoCal | Guys and gals...this is a great opportunity.
I had bought this in 8/04 from Chris, traded back to Chris for his -8 only at his request. I can attest that this is a beautiful guitar. This has the OP-50 w/XLR !!!
I have been told that there are no plans for a 1688 reissue. Only other option is to special order - long wait and more expensive.
If someone absolutely needs a -8, we can negotiate a 3-way deal.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Tony, Duh! of course we all "absolutely need one". Dave |
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Location: Upper Left USA | ...sniff... Since I have not seen a dollar figure I'm guessing that it's beyond my "if you have to ask" price.
M(drooling in the northwest)Woody
Ps - Am I going color blind? |
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Location: SoCal | These are really great 12 strings. I've had mine for about 9-10 years and would never consider selling it. I've played it against 12's of different makes and models and it's simply the best. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Paul is dead on. My 1688 is simply the best 12 I have ever played. I call it Big Blue :D ;) :cool: |
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Location: NJ | What kind of friggin' idiot would go and "name" his guitar with a stupid . . . .
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NICE Guitar. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | :D :rolleyes: |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by stephent28:
Paul is dead Hasn't that rumor already been around for like 40 years ??? Please come up with something better than that, will you. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Another misquote by Dave.
and people wonder why they get confused around here. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Listen you 2 bit banjer picker - I did not mis quote you. You said those 3 words, in that order, PAUL IS DEAD. Am I wrong? Do I need to post a neckid picture of my backside fer you all to know I'm right?
Ignore the person who just typed that previous paragraph. He hasn't been himself since another members started calling him names.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hmmmmm...
OK....another quote taken out of context by Dave ;) |
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Location: SoCal | But I am dead..... In liu of flowers, send money to my widow (made out to Dead Paul's Guitar Fund)...... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | PayPal accepted? |
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Location: East Tennessee | moody,
Would your widow take an Adamas in lieu of flowers? :D
The Dead Paul's Guitar Fund. Wasn't that the title of a movie starring Robin Williams? :confused:
BTW nice looking Guitar. (My feeble attempt to get this post back on topic. ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Mike, got me laughing good with that one....
And yeah, it's a great guitar. Whoever buys this one is gonna be a very very happy camper..... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | (Ok, if this thread is going for goofy humor, it's prolly got me written all over it...)
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Whoever buys this one is gonna be a very very happy camper..... Hunh? You ken sleep in it too? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Weaser,
Almost made me snort my coffee. :D |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Whoops. :p |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OK, I tried the email thing with no response, so I'll ask the question here ... How much are you asking for this? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not that my opinion means anything, but these are probably the best ever in the world 12 strings. I only have 1 twelve and it's a 1688-8, very dark solid blue. (well there's a black long neck adamas too but we won't talk about that) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Its OK bill, I'm swinging the other way now! I have an "A" scale Papoose to keep me from getting long, deep GAS pains.
Although the idea of a matching lowstrung "A" tuned Baritone to offset it keeps slipping in.
Too much Ice Cream and not enough spoons to go around. Eventually they will have to make an ANS necked adamas 12 Baritone. It is just a matter of time and whining!
I want this one but the timing is all wrong.
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Location: SoCal | I can't speak for Chris but I believe he is asking $2,300.
Again, this is as new as you can get without the long, long wait for a special order. |
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Location: SoCal | You know, the fact that the only 12 that Bill has is one of these speaks tons for it. I happen to agree with him regarding his assessment and I do have more than one 12. It's just the best 12 out there. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | You are not helping any! Well, me anyway. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | My 1688-8 is one of the few guitars I can honestly say will never leave the stable. Simply fantastic! |
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Location: SoCal | It is fortunate that most have never played the 1688 (or 1687)...maybe even more fortunate that many of us haven't played one of the original slotheads. What we don't know or experience sometimes helps us with GAS (kind of like driving a Ferrari makes it easier to get into the van or pickup in the morning to go to work.)
Course, all of the talk on the OFC just reminds that there are the special guitars out there.
When I asked several factory and OFC'ers about the Adamas, it was recommended that I go with the textured top...I like the SMT and CVT but the textured top (1687 - old and reissue, 1688, 1681 and new U681T) are really that good! |
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| w2, how much you want for the black longneck adamas?
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Good Question, I don't think I want to sell it. It keeps the Silver long neck 6 string company. Both are pretty important pieces in the stable, even if they don't get played very much. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Steve, join up with Woody and myself. We are lobbying the mothership to custom build us a 12 string longneck. The more people interested, the better our chances.
Besides....we know they have made one in the past ;) |
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| Steph, what kind of specs are we talking about here?...I would actually like them to build me a 6-string center-hole longscale mid-bowl with either a CVT or SMT top, depending on which top works better with the bracing...(w-2 you're they only guy I know with a 6 AND a 12 longneck...)Steph, I owned a 1758 once and the neck was quite nice...I imagine a longscale 12 neck would be about the same..
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| Paul Who?
Yeah.. back to the subject... Anyone interested in a 12 string that has no equal for sound, this is it. if your not sure of the price it's worth asking. My 1688-7 is the best 12 string I have ever played and I will never sell it.
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Adamas 12 string Beige -7 custom built