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Location: SW Mintsoda | Nancy - 2016-01-19 8:11 AM
Ok, there are:
Adamas 1, BearClaw
Adamas 2, Tear Drop
The Center Hole, Cutaway Legend
The Center Hole, Non-Cutaway Folklore
The Gold Leaf Black Elite
Are there 2 versions of the Gold Leaf Black Elites?
There is a Cutaway one with a Peg head, and a
Non-cutaway with a slot head - both have the 50th Phoenix on them...
Nancy,
Also note in the pics you posted (large pic of cutaway and inset pic of non-cutaway) that the cutaway version is 14 frets and the non-cutaway is 12 frets - for what it's worth... |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | 360Ovation - 2016-01-19 5:46
Nancy,
Also note in the pics you posted (large pic of cutaway and inset pic of non-cutaway) that the cutaway version is 14 frets and the non-cutaway is 12 frets - for what it's worth...
I am confused!!! Not that that is a new experience for me....
And... There is now listed 6 Anniversary Pieces instead of 5!
Nuts to this, I am going to go make a Cherry Pie, if anyone wants some, it will be ready in about an hour... I will still be confused, but I will be a happy confused! 
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | Damon67 - 2016-01-18 4:37 AM Specs for the 40th/50th Anniversary Guitars ...and Stuart says, 
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Location: Canada | Not only alpep has these but other stores are also taking orders: http://www.adirondackguitar.com/accoustics/Ovation/usa_menu.htm
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Their Specs are off too, I really am surprised that Al and the Dealers were not given more creditable Specifications. This from that Dealer's page for the TearDrop Adamas :
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One of Fifty!
Adamas 2098-AV40 Guitar Guitar
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List Price $12,600.00
Sell $9,599.00
Adamas 40th Anniversary Cutaway Contour Bowl
This Model is being Maunfactured for us Now - Very Limited Edition
Reserve Yours Now with a $500.00 Deposit
Balance of $9099.00 due when here to ship. We will email you actual Pictures of your Guitar before shipping. Happy Birthday Adamas! |
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Location: Canada | Yeah almost ready to send in that deposit ... |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | d'ovation - 2016-01-22 3:33 PM
Yeah almost ready to send in that deposit ...
THAT is exactly what happens when the information is incorrect. You lose prospective sales...
I saw that, and my jaw bounced off my kneecap! |
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| So I'm really really interested in the Cutaway Black Custom Elite.
Problem is that I already have a Black W597 that I like a lot. It sounds and plays great.
I can't justify bringing home another Black Cutaway Ovation so I need to decide whether to keep what I have or sell it to help fund the 50th Anniversary Custom Elite.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to play one first before I plunk down the change but that may not be possible. I was up at the Mothership and got to hear the very first 50th Anniversary Folklore and it sounded so sweet.
So I'll ask you folks who've owned Elites and Adamas how would you compare these two guitars?
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Jimmer - 2016-01-27 11:37 AM
So I'll ask you folks who've owned Elites and Adamas how would you compare these two guitars?
My Adamii sound different from my Ovations.
I have a W597T and it sounds different from my Elites.
I am not poetic enough to tell you how they sound different, but they are not the same.
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Location: Jet City | Jimmer - 2016-01-27 11:37 AM I can't justify bringing home another Black Cutaway Ovation You have an Adamas. This Elite is an Ovation. Apples and oranges, not even the same name on the headstock. Justification made... Buy the Elite, keep the Adamas. |
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| Damon67 - 2016-01-27 4:20 PM
Jimmer - 2016-01-27 11:37 AM I can't justify bringing home another Black Cutaway Ovation You have an Adamas. This Elite is an Ovation. Apples and oranges, not even the same name on the headstock. Justification made... Buy the Elite, keep the Adamas.
Yea yea yea I should've seen this coming. You are basically quoting the little voice in my head. I'd like to keep them both but...
Let me ask this differently. I've owned an Anniversary Legend a 12 string Custom Balladeer and 2 Adamas.
What does a Custom Elite sound like?
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Location: SoCal | Damon67 - 2016-01-27 1:20 PM
Jimmer - 2016-01-27 11:37 AM I can't justify bringing home another Black Cutaway Ovation You have an Adamas. This Elite is an Ovation. Apples and oranges, not even the same name on the headstock. Justification made... Buy the Elite, keep the Adamas.
This kind of logic just sounds so correct when Damon says it. Then I look at my bank account balance...... |
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Location: Utah | Damon67 - 2016-01-18 1:37 PM
Specs for the 40th/50th Anniversary Guitars
1198-AV40 40th Anniversary Adamas, Shallow Non-Cutaway Series: 40thAnniversary Adamas
Body Style: Mid Non-Cutaway
Top: Woven Twill Carbon Fiber
Top Finish: Ruby Gloss
Bracing: #47 Style Quintad
Body Binding: Cocobolo Binding with 3ply Wood Purfling
Epaulet: Cocobolo and Brass Bearclaws (#23 Adamas Style)
Which is it, shallow non-cutaway as the title says, or mid non-cutaway in the body of the description?
We need accurate and believable specs. I want to buy one of these 50th/40th anniversary guitars. Throw this old dog a bone in the form of solid finalized accurate specs!
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Location: Jet City | mid non-cutaway. the rest looks right |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Damon67 - 2016-01-28 12:49 PM
mid non-cutaway. the rest looks right
Damon, is it a contour, or a regular back???
I looked when Beal was holding his, and there were no electronics, the tag said that there were, but I couldn't see the back to see if it was a contour or not. |
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Location: Canada | Nancy - 2016-01-28 12:01 PM Damon67 - 2016-01-28 12:49 PM mid non-cutaway. the rest looks right Damon, is it a contour, or a regular back??? I looked when Beal was holding his, and there were no electronics, the tag said that there were, but I couldn't see the back to see if it was a contour or not. I don't think there are any contours without cutaway. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | YES!!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!
A nice full rounded belly for me!!!! |
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Location: Jet City | Correct, all contours are cutaway.
On the electronics I honestly don't remember. I thought it was all acoustic, but maybe there's a line driver and under saddle piezo on it. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | That model is offered as an acoustic, but there is an option for the line drive electronics. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Doin' Da Happy Dance!!!!
Thank You SO Much!!!! ) |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | Just had the impression when watching the latest video with Darren that there is no 'hole' on the backside of the new contour models?! How do they work on electronics, truss rod....?
Had a look at AX contour models, these do have a service hole....
Just wonderin'....?!
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Location: Canada | red-twins - 2016-02-01 1:28 PM Just had the impression when watching the latest video with Darren that there is no 'hole' on the backside of the new contour models?! How do they work on electronics, truss rod....? Had a look at AX contour models, these do have a service hole.... Just wonderin'....?! I think you just pop the pre-amp out and the hole might be big enough for some hands to reach in. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I was just looking at the Darren Wallace video and those contour bowls don't have a manhole cover.
At the "Roundback Roadshow" I was looking at a Wood-Top Adamas and it did not have a manhole cover.
Yeah, they said that you could work through the preamp hole... But I didn't believe them.
They do all of the bracing and such before they put it together, so none of them actually worked through that hole. Due to Charlie Kaman's experience with aircraft he thought an access panel was a good idea.
If I were to custom order from New Hartford, I would tell them that I want a manhole cover.
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Location: Jet City | Old Man Arthur - 2016-02-01 1:47 PM Yeah, they said that you could work through the preamp hole... But I didn't believe them. They do all of the bracing and such before they put it together, so none of them actually worked through that hole. There's something to their statement for sure. They have a manhole covwr on the bearclaw Adamas because there's no preamp hole, so they must have to get in there for something during mfg. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Or... there is no way to reach inside of a Bear-claw because of the bars on the holes.
So you need a manhole cover to get guitar picks and cashews out of it.
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Specs for the 40th/50th Anniversary Guitars (and a picture too)
