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John Denver's Adamas for sale
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4221 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Any JD fans out there....Preferably with LOTS of disposable income? Still kinda neat though..... ...or should I say "Far out!" JD\'s Adamas 12-string | ||
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | for 42,000 I would want John Denver to deliver it to me personally. | ||
Trader Jim |
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307 Location: South of most, North of few | For that much, they might just be able to arrange it. | ||
TAFKAR |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985 Location: Sydney, Australia | At least they could name the guitar properly: An Adamas Ultra!!? So was this Adamas put together in Korea and then checked over in the US? | ||
Jonmark Stone |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1553 Location: Indiana | Interesting price considering John didn't care for Ovations. He was good natured about it, but his opinion was strong. Definitely not one of his cherished instruments. | ||
Capo Guy |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394 Location: East Tennessee | I believe this was on eBay a couple of years ago. | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Circa 1980 1688-9 Adamas I 12 CWK2 signed...Makes my -7 look even better... 42 large...hmmmm hope they got the check.... :rolleyes: Great site tho...Denver was one of my favorites and a big 12 string influence...gone way too soon... | ||
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111 Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by Jonmark Stone: He had more than just the Adamas Interesting price considering John didn't care for Ovations. He was good natured about it, but his opinion was strong. Definitely not one of his cherished instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFy9IzcW6A | ||
PEZ |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111 Location: Nashville TN. | Here what it sounds like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zb3PR8XIY | ||
Jonmark Stone |
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1553 Location: Indiana | Originally posted by PEZ: Yeah. He had an Elite for a short while too. He had more than just the Adamas I had a great evening with him a year or so before he died. Having seen similar Ovation pic's I brought up the subject. He was really dismissive at that point in his life. Very into his Taylor's by then, his last word on the matter was "guitars should be made out of wood". That aside, really special guy. | ||
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654 Location: SoCal | Originally posted by PEZ: You know, he's not getting a very good tone from that CL. Some people just aren't meant to play Ovations....Originally posted by Jonmark Stone: He had more than just the Adamas Interesting price considering John didn't care for Ovations. He was good natured about it, but his opinion was strong. Definitely not one of his cherished instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFy9IzcW6A | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I contacted the owner of the JDGuitars site and gave him the updated info on the correct model numbers and names for Denver's Adamas guitars...also gave him Jerome's website address... | ||
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985 Location: Sydney, Australia | Think I'd rather have $40,000 and an Adamas with epis intact. | ||
PEZ |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111 Location: Nashville TN. | He was at his best Mic'ed guitar. I think I had forgotten how amazing his voice was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivZd4j5MBs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDDWy9Zb_4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWU8XWksg_0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUc41gKw0iQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkM-J5gM0G8&feature=related | ||
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 1330 Location: ms | His Yamaha sold for 62K. | ||
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I remember seeing them selling Jerry Garcia's USED guitar strings... [Forget for how much, but they were going for more than Elixir's... More than somebody's trash should] I also think it sux that the Yamaha went for more than they are asking for the Adamas... But the leaves did get knocked-off the Adamas. | ||
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Joined: June 2007 Posts: 3084 Location: Brisbane Australia | I like John Denver and I also like Adamas guitars. Just not that much!!! AJ | ||
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Can't see the video at work .... is he playing "I'm leaving on an experimental aircraft" | ||
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13984 Location: Upper Left USA | an4340, I too, made a comment like that with a friend of mine, Dan, and soon found out how small the world really is. It seems that in Dan's early career he had been a Ranch Hand/Chef/Maintenance/Body Guard on John Denver's ranch. He took the Exp. Airplane thing hard. I Googled the report and found it was an unfortunate mixture of fuel tank switch placement and garavity. But I do enjoy the wit! | ||
moody, p.i. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654 Location: SoCal | It was pilot error. After Denver's death, at a gathering of friends, I was asked to play something of Denver's. I know it was a tacky choice, but I did Forest Lawn...... | ||
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Joined: August 2004 Posts: 709 Location: Germany | Capo Guy is right, it was offered on ebay in February 2006. There was a 35k bid but the auction ended with the reserve not met. Don't know if it was sold or not. Anyway, this was the seller's auction text: "In 1971, I moved to Aspen Colorado where the first two people I happened to meet were John and Annie Denver. This was before John had become the well-known entertainer that he is famous for today. Our friendship developed over many campfires and time spent together and in 1975 John asked me if I would work for him. By 1980, I had become John's road manager, political liaison and record producer. The albums I produced were "Seasons of the Heart", "It's About Time", Greatest Hits, Vol. III, and "The Muppets in the Mountains." As John's road manager, I hired Steve Voudouris to be our guitar technician and he introduced John to Ovation guitars. We used them primarily for live concerts as their construction made them basically indestructible and, at the time, they had the best electronics of any system available. John played this Ovation twelve-string guitar in many, many concerts while performing some of his best-known songs including Calypso, Annies Song and Eagle and the Hawk. Inside the guitar is a Adamas by Ovation sticker. It is hand signed by C.W. Kaman II. Also has - no. 656-94 and at a right angle to these numbers are the numbers 1688-9." Interesting guitar I'd like to own but would pay not more than one-tenth of what he wants for it. Karl | ||
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1553 Location: Indiana | Originally posted by moody, p.i.: The NTSB actually divided the fault between pilot error and a builder implemented change to the aircraft design... with the emphasis on pilot error. It was pilot error. The Long-EZ aircraft is certified "Experimental" because it is a plans built design (not factory built). It actually has an extremely safe record, docile flight characteristics, nearly impossible to stall unless improperly loaded. It was designed by Burt Rutan of Space Ship One fame, one of the preeminent aircraft designers of our time. The construction plans call for the fuel tank switch to be mounted in front of the pilot... the traditional location. Since the Long-EZ is a "pusher" design (engine/prop in the back), the builder decided it would make the plane safer to avoid plumbing the fuel lines past the pilot location to the front panel, so he placed it on the bulk head behind the seat just over the pilot's left shoulder, deviating from the plans. Having only owned the plane a few days, John was unfamiliar with the new arrangement. It was shown in the NTSB investigation, that the body twist in order to access the fuel switch could easily cause the pilot to deflect both the stick left/down, and the left rudder peddle at the same time, causing the aircraft to bank and dive. Cruising at only 500 ft above the bay, concentrating on turning the fuel switch, John literally flew into the water at approximately 130 knots in a matter of seconds. John was a commercially rated pilot with nearly 3000 hours flight time. But flying is unforgiving of momentary inattention whether by a low time flyer or an experienced pilot. October 12 1997 was a very sad day. | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13984 Location: Upper Left USA | Similar to trying to reach with your left hand to pull down your seat belt without the Cop behind you noticing - while your cell phone rings with "the Boss" ringtone and the car in front of you stalls... It don't take much. | ||
MusicMishka |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5563 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | My first car was a '64 1/2 Mustang coupe...the door lock was located at equal height and just behind my left shoulder...on my first trip with my new drivers license, I tried to lock the door while driving...I tried using my elbow and eventually turned to lock it with my left hand...I involuntarily moved the wheel to the right when I turned and the next instant the car dropped into the ditch on its side...fortunately I wasn't going fast and little damage was done...one of the hardest things I had to do was call my Dad to tell him... It can happen in an instant and that’s what happened to John's plane... Yes, it was an extremely sad day...he had a great gift…and he used it well…so did Harry Chapin… | ||
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Oh I know. It was a horrible death. I feel sorry for him, but still that song went thru my head. | ||
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