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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | STYLL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Almost there.One more day!!
Koa binding and headstock overlay.The trus cover and carving are walnut..
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Location: USA | not sure who won... but i know i didnt ... on to the next :)
this guitar is coming along great...cant wait for the finished product. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | a few more..
The brains and brawn behind this project.Brian Hendley.
close up of apeletes and bridge
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Location: NJ | sam
this has a wood top?
hmmmmmm. I bet you I can tell you how it will sound. |
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Location: SoCal | Al, are you thinking about the dreadnaught Elite you have? |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Al, it is a wood top from Ovation about 15-20 years old.Seasoned and aged just like me..So Al, tell me how it will sound? |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | nice tight grain pattern on the sound board!
can't wait to hear it, sam! TOTALLY ASTOUNDING!!! |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Phil, your welcome to play it during the SE gathering...
Heres a better view of the heel..
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | Thx for the update Sam, i found it very interesting. And thanks for the photographs as well ;) Hope you will enjoy this nice instrument ! |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Well, it is finished and in my hands!! Say hello to "ADAM"...
Along side the guitar that inspired this project
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Sure it's beautiful....
but you know what we really want to know. Out with it, Sam. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Jeff, i know.You want to know how it sounds.Well i dont quite know yet.It was delivered to my home at 2:15 am by Brian Hendley..I could not really play it loud because everyone wa asleep in the house exept for me..Now its morning here and some are still asleep and i still cant play it loud yet.
this is killing me!! Sound report to follow later this morning.. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Sam??
SAAaaam...
:mad: SAM!!! :mad:
Put down the F%&!king Guitar for second and tell us how it sounds before Jeff loses it!!
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Location: south east Michigan | Sam...I sure hope you can make to the next tour. I'd really like to meet your guitar...oh... I mean you. ;)
And because it's my job, I gotta ask of you can get a selection of some hi-res pics to me. This just might merit an entire page in the next calendar. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Brad, it's gonna be at the next tour...I mean the S.E. gathering...I hope... |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Well, here are my first thought about the guitar .As many of you may have noticed the size of the body is not quite as large as a full size adamas or any other regular ovation.In fact its probably about the size of a 97 collectors or maybe just slightly larger.Its more of a gibson blues king model in size and in sound.
The guitar sounds great already and seems very bright.The notes are very clear,crisp and woody sounding..It does not have overly powerful bass but when i use the ovation soundhole plugs on the lower bout it completely changes the sound of the guitar.It takes away some of the brightness and makes it more bassy.Overall it is a great sounding guitar far different from an ovation.I think it needs to vibrate and open up.It feels a bit stiff on day one.A couple of other things it may be i used the wrong strings .I used the new Martin SP fingerstyle strings and i will experiment many other strings this week to see how they sound.Overall this is a great guitar and i am very grateful to Brian Hendley for making this guitar for me.I will post more about the sound as i use different string to see how this guitar sounds..Anyone in the Atlanta area is welcome to come check it out and test drive it...Brad, i will send you some pics to your e-mail address for the calander..Thanks for asking |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Thanks, Sam. It will be interesting to see how it opens up over time. I know folks who place their new guitars in front of speakers with classical music at moderate volume for a few hours a day to speed the process.
Enjoy it. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Sam, I am totally humbled and speechless,
I am more than honored by your generous offer.
:D Bless you Man!!! :D I can't wait!!! :D |
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Location: NJ | sam
what bracing pattern does the top have? traditional Adamas? |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by alpep:
sam
this has a wood top?
hmmmmmm. I bet you I can tell you how it will sound. never mind I found the picture and answered my own question and now have different questions. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Al,questions??
here is another look at the bracing.Nothing like adamas
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Location: SoCal | I think this is a very cool guitar, but it shouldn't sound like an Ovation. It probably sounds more like a MacPherson or a Tacoma. Guitars with the soundport in the shoulder, but with a traditional X bracing pattern. Really, the only things that say "Ovation" are the headstock overlay, the bridge, and the soundholes.
With the woodtop, it more resembles an Elite than an Adamas. To really see what an Elite top would sound like on a wooden body, it would need the Quintad bracing pattern.
But I'd be willing to bet it sounds as good as it looks. The builder really knows his stuff. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Moody i originally asked the luthier about going with a quanted bracing pattern on this guitar but he did not think it was a good bracing pattern at all.We went with his design instead and im glad we did.The voicing on this guitar is very good and has alot of sustain.I cant wait for it open up.Im sure in 6 months it will sound very different.I had ordered a custom martin last year and after a month it really opened up and sounded great.
Heres a bit more about Brian Hendley.He has his own models that he builds and is a very good luthier.He has only built a handful of guitars but they are quite good.I own one of his prototypes and the wood adamas that he was kind enough to build for me.I dont know many luthiers who would have even considered this project and at a reasonable price.
http://www.gtrs4u.com/BrianHendley.htm |
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