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Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | What Damon said. The Ute is unique among Adamii. | ||
Nancy |
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Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Ok, Thank You Damon! So there are: (in the most basic standards) Adamas 1 - Textured carbon top, carved headstock and bridge, comes in wide and regular neck Adamas 2 - Textured carbon top, NO carved headstock and bridge, comes in wide and regular neck *** BOTH Adamas I and II have the Suspension Ring SMT - Smooth gloss top, plywood insert - thicker CVT - CrossWeave top, birch insert - thinner *** BOTH SMT and CVT have the Suspension Ring UTE - textured carbon top, NO suspension ring, wider neck 12 and 6 string versions Slothead can be used with nylon or steel strings Peghead can be used with Steel string only Classical - nylon only Please correct anything I have wrong. Thank You again!! | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12757 Location: Boise, Idaho | You missed a couple of the most recent ones, most notably the wood topped Adamas. I can't remember much about those, other than that I loved the one I played at a roadshow. Also, they never put any classical Adamas guitars into production. I think there was one prototype or one off with nylon strings that Jerome or somebody over there had. Maybe OMA will look it up for lazy me as soon as he finishes basking in his fame and glory. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | That's about it. Except maybe for the 1680, the 2080, the ME, the wood-topped... and the Q. Not to mention various customs and protos. | ||
Nancy |
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Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Waskel@Work - 2015-04-24 3:00 PM That's about it. Except maybe for the 1680, the 2080, the ME, the wood-topped... and the Q. Not to mention various customs and protos. LOL!!!! I have smoke coming out my ears, I think my brain is overheating... it is definitely not been used this much in a couple of years! LOL!!! I am feeling much better about understanding some of the terms and models, MUCH more than just a few days ago! Thank you all SO MUCH for your help! Now when I read your posts about different models, I will have a much better understanding of what you are talking about, and can see it in my head! Thank you SO much!!! | ||
d'ovation |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 848 Location: Canada | And of course there were the mythical slothead pre-production adamases that did not have model numbers just their individual numbers... | ||
Tony Calman |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 4619 Location: SoCal | As far as the 'wood topped Adamas', other than how we described the 1537, I believe that these were prototypes for the road shows and not a production item. As to the 2081WT w/hand laid bowl, like many others I have never seen one let alone played one. For a $5,399 msrp (advertised new for $3,627 on Amazon), not sure how many were produced. Prior posts were not in favor of the nylon Adamas or the non-epaulet style sound holes. | ||
Nancy |
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Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I am Red-Lining here.... | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Hmmm... We've never actually killed anyone with information before... There's a first time for everything. | ||
2wheeldrummer |
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Joined: February 2014 Posts: 706 Location: moline,illinois | naellis58 - 2015-04-24 2:45 PM Ok, Thank You Damon! So there are: (in the most basic standards) Adamas 1 - Textured carbon top, carved headstock and bridge, comes in wide and regular neck Adamas 2 - Textured carbon top, NO carved headstock and bridge, comes in wide and regular neck *** BOTH Adamas I and II have the Suspension Ring SMT - Smooth gloss top, plywood insert - thicker CVT - CrossWeave top, birch insert - thinner *** BOTH SMT and CVT have the Suspension Ring UTE - textured carbon top, NO suspension ring, wider neck 12 and 6 string versions Slothead can be used with nylon or steel strings Peghead can be used with Steel string only Classical - nylon only Please correct anything I have wrong. Thank You again!! OK not to further redline your brain but SMT is the thicker birch center with thinner unidirectional carbon fiber outer plies CVT is a thinner poplar center with slightly thicker cross-weave outer plies Niether has a suspension ring Plywood is reserved for Applause and Celebrity models LOL Edited by 2wheeldrummer 2015-04-24 7:16 PM | ||
Nancy |
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Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Waskel - I think that would be one of those situations, though rare, where being the First would not be an honor! LOL!!! Edited by Nancy 2015-04-24 7:52 PM | ||
Nancy |
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Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Thank You 2WheelDrummer!!! Now I have it! (And a major headache, and can smell burning hair, but I feel great having learned a ton of new things today!!!) Edited by Nancy 2015-04-24 8:07 PM | ||
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