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Location: south east Michigan | Are there any new Adamas models?? |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by v74:
wanna see the new adamas model It wasn't that impressive. Black, Adamas II cutaway with bass side epi's. The binding ring was very plain.
There was nothing in the Ovation area that impressed me.
No, I take that back. The iDea preamp and guitar was very cool.
But as far as serious players guitars, there were the 3 Adamii, an DeMiola, (DiMeola?), and the 09C and that was it. I've been bummed the last 2 years by the Ovatons at NAMM...... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Paul, I don't think it's a new adamas "model". I think it's a one-off and if I'm not mistaken Al put his name on it before any other dealer.
Agree, the whole iDEA thing was super cool. And the 09C was nice except for the price. Other than that I think the Daisy Rock display was way better. |
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Location: NJ | Dave; d'ya know what the pre-amp "engine" is on the iDea??
In other words, what pre-amp did they "start" with before tacking-on the extra stuff?? . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Not sure. I think it's basically an OP-Pro minus the EQ bypass button. And the rotary volume is replaced with a much more linear slide control. But what goes on under the hood, who knows.
An interesting note, the iDEA preamp (maybe any preamp) with the thinline pickup of the iDEA guitar sounds sort of crappy to me. But in a quality guitar with an OPP pickup I think it sounds wonderful. I'm using my iDEA mostly in the KOA-12er or the 09C Adamas and as far as the basic pre-amp performance it sounds every bit as good as the native preamps in those models. |
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Location: NJ | ". . But in a quality guitar with an OPP pickup I think it sounds wonderful. I'm using my iDEA mostly in the KOA-12er . ."
y'Just answered my NextQuestion.
Thx. |
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Location: closely held secret | Cliff, if it helps with your research any - I put the OPPro in the Koala for church yesterday, and it sounded very nice.
Much better to my ears than the VIP. I got several compliments on the sound, and it doesn't eat batteries like a kid with a bowl full of M&Ms... |
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Location: NJ | iDea work w/XLR??
(I guess I probably SHOULD be going to "iDea For Dummies" w this sh!t, eh?? . . ) |
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Originally posted by v74:
wanna see the new adamas model It wasn't that impressive. Black, Adamas II cutaway with bass side epi's. The binding ring was very plain.
There was nothing in the Ovation area that impressed me.
No, I take that back. The iDea preamp and guitar was very cool.
But as far as serious players guitars, there were the 3 Adamii, an DeMiola, (DiMeola?), and the 09C and that was it. I've been bummed the last 2 years by the Ovatons at NAMM...... |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
". . But in a quality guitar with an OPP pickup I think it sounds wonderful. I'm using my iDEA mostly in the KOA-12er . ."
y'Just answered my NextQuestion.
Thx. Cliff: I was planning on stopping by your gig on Saturday. I'll bring over an OpPro for you. I've got two of them so I can spare one for a while. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
iDea work w/XLR??
(I guess I probably SHOULD be going to "iDea For Dummies" w this sh!t, eh?? . . ) Yes, works with XLR. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Paul, I don't think it's a new adamas "model". I think it's a one-off and if I'm not mistaken Al put his name on it before any other dealer. So Al, when are you planning to tell us about this guitar? And remember, we are very visual learners. We'd also like to touch and listen, but that is probably asking too much. |
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Location: NJ | just got back from CA
adamas II single epaulet cutaway op pro studio rosewood fingerboard 5 piece neck $4K list
I should be seeing it in the next few weeks |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Enjoyed becoming familiar with the iDea guitar. Pretty intuitive, but I needed more time to get the looping/recording feature timed correctly to be able to play along with it. Matt demo'd its use with a pre-recorded track, which was excellent, but I could only find two tracks on the model I tried. This was my first visit to NAMM. The amount of gear is just mind-blowing. Thanks to Al for letting me follow him around for a few hours and collect all the free swag. He demonstrated his experience with these kinds of shows as he knew exactly where to find it. I was particularly impressed with three things . . . the number of free demos by major endorsee stars (George Benson, Brian Wilson, Leo Kottke, Joe Satriani, tons of others), Gibson's Robot guitar (they had several dozen to experiment with and it was a lot of fun), and my favorite, gazing at the Martin D-100 (available for $50,000 - see your dealer). Thanks to Moody and his wife for hosting the get-together and chance to meet new friends and reacquaint with old ones. It was some of the best food I had all week. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Brian Wilson is still alive?? |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Beal:
Brian Wilson is still alive?? Define "alive"… ;)
Actually, he put out a new CD a few months ago. No new territory, but great if you are a Brian Wilson fan:
That Lucky Old Sun |
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Location: NJ | ". . Brian Wilson is still alive?? . . ."
If he was playing the Gibson Robot Guitar, . . how would you KNOW?? |
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