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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | I just noticed Kaki King's signature guitar is now listed on the Adamas website. It's a mid-depth with a whopping 1 7/8" nutwidth, and it's not blue.
1581-KK |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I don't know...something about the brass knuckle epi...too "hard" for me... |
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| Yep, brass knuckles is the first thing that came to mind when I saw that awhile ago. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Kaki played at the "Sunset Sounds" music festival at the River Stage just across the river from me tonight.
I only realised on Tuesday but the tickets were all sold out.
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Location: Newington, CT | But I LOVE the 1 7/8ths nut! I have hands like meathooks, and that works quite nicely. |
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Location: Flahdaw | That epi looks like a manifold gasket |
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| I'm sure that twenty-something Kaki is devastated that her guitar doesn't appeal to a bunch of boring fat old geezers. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Did you get fat, schroeder? |
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| Yes, though not by US standards. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Saying someone weighs 15 stones does not make me think thin (even tho on someone 6'3" that would probably be about average). |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | By US standards, I'm starving. I managed to keep up with the US average by gaining at least 5 pounds (that's a measure of weight, not money) over the holidays. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I gained five pounds myself, but it could be the new 1187 SSB that has been slung around my neck since it arrived two weeks ago. |
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by dark bar:
That epi looks like a manifold gasket Bingo... |
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| Originally posted by MusicMishka:
I don't know...something about the brass knuckle epi...too "hard" for me... Perfect! I was seeing it as clouds, a little too soft and feminine. But brass knuckles - yeah, I want one. |
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| Originally posted by dark bar:
That epi looks like a manifold gasket lol... it even has the bolt holes in the right places. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | So the consensus seems to be that it's a guitar for violent mechanics with big hands.
Does anyone here have callouses anywhere other than their fingertips? |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by TAFKAR:
So the consensus seems to be that it's a guitar for violent mechanics with big hands.
Or for pretty, petite 20-year old female singer/ songwriters....either one. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by TAFKAR:
Does anyone here have callouses anywhere other than their fingertips? Ummmm, sitting on a couple as I type... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'm guessing that this guitar will be made on an "as required" basis, meaning that your local GC ain't likely to have one hanging on the wall. So I would suspect that you could pretty easily order it to your required dimensions (bowl, nut) with too much hastle, but better check with Al about that. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by TAFKAR:
Does anyone here have callouses anywhere other than their fingertips? Ummmm, sitting on a couple as I type... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | it's a guitar for violet mechanics. |
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Location: Utah | I'm disappointed that it is a mid-bowl with 1 7/8 nut. It could be that Kaki plays such an instrument, I don't know. She plays a lot of extreme low tunings for which the deeper bowl is better suited.
My girls both loved Kaki's guitar in real life, and I think that the epi styling is intended to be a bit girly or rebellious from the standard epis. Us old fat guys may not be drawn to the styling, but the target audience in this household approves. |
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Location: Utah | And now that Sara's seen it, the credit card is in dire jeopardy! |
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Location: Milford, MI | I am either really old, or out of the loop! (or both) Who is Kaki? |
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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | Originally posted by tremor:
I am either really old, or out of the loop! (or both) Who is Kaki? Kaki King is a young lady that is known for her somewhat unconventional style of playing. She has her critics, but I enjoy a lot of her music.
Kaki King - Goby |
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Location: Utah | Kaki King, the only woman ever named to the official list of Guitar Gods. She's a petite lady who plays better than most of us combined on the OFC.
Check her out on Youtube. Her older stuff is full of tapping and fingerstyle, suitable for solo live performance though her recordings are multi-tracked. She started out young as a drummer, so her guitar playing has interesting percussiveness as well unusual tunings.
Her newer stuff is more commercial and features some singing. There is electric guitar on some of the newer songs.
She's got some movie credits for music scoring and soundtracks. August Rush features her as the hands of the guitarist and her actual playing is the soundtrack. She did some scoring on Into the Wild. |
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Location: Milford, MI | I will do some research. |
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Location: Milford, MI | WOW! I am out of the loop! I see she should have a guitar named after her. Amazing! |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Her Dad is also a member here!!
I'm really peeved I missed her here the other night.
AJ |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Looking at it with female-folk eyes, the brass knuckles or manifold gaskets never entered my mind. (And I was the one who always helped our dad work on our cars, so yes, I have had experience helping reseat one.) It didn't remind me of anything at first, but, just now, it dawned on me that it also looks like Battenburg lace.
I like it...
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | A Cloud?
or some kind of weird thermostat gasket... :p |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Interesting guitar |
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Location: atlanta | She had one with her when she visited for Christmas and she played it several times for me. To my ear it is capable of the same low tunings and beautiful deep bass of her original vintage 1581 II (her first record was made with that guitar and then it was stolen in a burglary...which originally caused me to find this forum and join up). Moody and Al probably remember me doing that--I was such a noob!
I played the guitar a little before she left for Australia. It makes harmonics at virtually every fret, and the neck is very fast...very much like an electric. The crown inlay surprised me, and I eventually decided that I liked it (although I must admit I did also like the little solid crown on her prototypes).
Hopefully it will be on display at NAMM and some of you will get a chance to form your own opinion about it.
Best regards to all--
Dave King
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Location: Upper Left USA | Congrats to Kaki and Dad!
Having pulled and replaced many a water pump on Ford small blocks my first impression of the Epi is of the Gasket. Glop a little RTV Red on the edges and you've nailed it.
The second impression is of Bubbles, which then turn to Clouds and then fade into an Anime sort of Power plasma burst.
Point being that cultural and media influences play a key role in how the "signature" is interpreted and Kaki is definately one or two generations ahead of my knuckle-bust'in days.
Keep it up! |
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Location: Utah | Dave, thanks for the input on the bass response. Can you shed any light on why they went with the black instead of the light blue top? |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Congrats to Kaki King (and Dave King) for the well deverved Adamas signature guitar !!
Hope to see it (and play it) in person one day...... |
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Location: Chicago | The brass knuckles ruin it for me.... |
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Location: Eugene, OR | Either bubbles or manifold gasket...... or bubbles leaking from under a manifold gasket. |
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Location: Eugene, OR | It's roughly the same pattern as the "bubbles" on this one:
http://www.ovationtribute.com/Adamas_Models/Adamas_Custom_Order/Ada... |
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Location: SoCal | Maybe if the epi had some detail, it wouldn't standout so much.
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Location: Munich, Germany | I like it!
Best regards,
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Location: Nashville TN. | Kool |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I've seen it in person at NAMM.
It certainly is a nice guitar.
Distinctive certainly, but not to my taste appearance wise.
I agree with the manifold/water pump gasket analogy.
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Location: Utah | Is the neck profile and fretboard radius profile normal? A certain 17 yr old daughter is lusting after this guitar, and we're trying to make it happen as a surprise. |
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Location: atlanta | She has just announced her 2010 spring tour in Europe and the U.S.
Venues and dates are:
March 7 Manchester Academy- Manchester, UK
March 10 La Scala- London
March 13 Parco Della Musica- Rome
March 14 Conservatorio Sala Puccini- Milan
March 15 L' Usine- Geneva
March 18 Universum- Stuttgart
March 19 Jazzhaus- Freiburg
March 20 Stereo Mondo Festival- Mannheim
March 21 Ampere- Munich
March 22 Beatpol- Dresden
March 24 Kulturekirche- Cologne
March 25 Lagerhaus- Bremen
March 26 MusikZentrum- Hannover
March 27 Gleis- Muenster
March 28 Knust- Hamburg
March 30 Mono- Oslo
March 31 First Aid- Gothenburg
April 1 Loppen- Copenhagen
April 3 Lido- Berlin
April 4 Zeche- Bochum
April 5 Tivoli- Utrecht
April 7 Lux- Nijmegen
April 8 Vera- Groningen
April 9 Melkweg- Amsterdam
April 11 Nouveau Casino- Paris
April 15 Music Hall of Williamsburg- Brooklyn
April 16 Bowery Ballroom- New York City
April 17 Middle East- Boston
April 19 Iron Horse- Northampton MA
April 20 Port City Music Hall- Portland Maine
April 21 Higher Ground- Burlington VT
April 28 Theater of the Living Arts- Philadelphia
April 29 9:30 Club- Washington DC
April 30 Cat's Cradle- Carrboro NC
May 1 Variety Playhouse- Atlanta
May 4 Beachland - Cleveland
May 5 The Ark- Ann Arbor
May 6 Park West- Chicago
May 7 High Noon Saloon- Madison WI
May 8 Varsity Theater- Minneapolis
May 9 The Waiting Room- Omaha
May 11 The Fox Theater- Boulder CO
May 12 Belly Up- Aspen
May 14 Neumos- Seattle
May 15 Wonder Ballroom- Portland OR
May 16 WOW Hall- Eugene OR
May 19 Knitting Factory- Reno
May 20 Mystic Theater- Petaluma CA
May 21 The Fillmore- San Francisco
May 22 The El Rey Theater- Los Angeles
May 24 The Belly Up- San Diego
May 25 The Glass House- Pomona CA
I hope some of you can catch one of the shows.
Best to all--
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Location: Utah | Does the guitar have the standard truss rod? The photo on the Adamas website doesn't show a truss rod cover, as if the photo has been touched up for marketing purposes and the TRC has disappeared. This isn't an old fashioned K-Bar neck is it? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | March 10 La Scala- London
WOOO! I'LL BE THERE! NICE ONE! |
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Location: atlanta | Here's a video of Rick Hall at NAMM discussing the KK model with someone from Premier Guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o9Xvuullc0
Dave K. |
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Location: Texas | Just out of curiousity: Is Ovations's Rick Hall related to Rickenbacker's John Hall? |
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Location: Right now? | Noah, I LOVE that guitar with all the detail! It has a Spanish flavor, at least to me.
I know I've seen it somewhere before. Can you give me some details on that guitar? I'm nosey. Is it Gallerinski's (Dave's)?
Love it. Is it yours?
Karen, when I saw Kaki's guitar for the first time, brass knuckles was the FIRST thing I saw, but you are right, it COULD be Battenburg lace!
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Not sure now, but last I knew the guitar belonged to Sam. It's an elite body with a classical neck and mini floral rosettes surrounding each elite hole. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by popcritic:
She has just announced her 2010 spring tour in Europe and the U.S.
It's good to have your kids working and out of the house. No longer a dependent on the tax form.
Now if I could only say the same about my bookie... |
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Location: Utah | Thanks for the link. Ovation should put more of this kind info up on their website. |
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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | Looks like Kaki King's Signature Model is now shipping as one showed up yesterday on eBay. I'm curious though, this one shows to have a 1 11/16" nutwidth. If anyone is interested, I think Al has one coming.
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Location: Paris/France | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Not sure now, but last I knew the guitar belonged to Sam. It's an elite body with a classical neck and mini floral rosettes surrounding each elite hole. Sam sold it 3 or 4 years ago and I don't know why I didn't bought it... MORE PICS HERE!!!
A 12 string was also made with the same epaulets (picture from Sam).
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by Nick B.:
Looks like Kaki King's Signature Model is now shipping as one showed up yesterday on eBay. I'm curious though, this one shows to have a 1 11/16" nutwidth. If anyone is interested, I think Al has one coming.
Nick The factory website says 1 7/8" nut. Perhaps the seller has it wrong on his auction. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | From a utilitarian perspective it looks like a great guitar. Looks pretty enough.
Overall I say it's a winner (even though I haven't gotten my mitts on one to test it out).
This is the first evidence I've seen that Fender is stepping up to the plate to put money into Ovation. (Wasn't the idea guitar already on the drawing board when Fender bought them?) Anyway, can't wait to tour the factory. |
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Location: NJ | the guitar plays well although I don't play her style |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by alpep:
although I don't play her style Really? That kinda surprises me. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | to each his own |
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Kaki King's signature guitar is now on the Adamas website