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Location: Canada | Mark in Boise - 2016-05-10 5:10 PM I forgot about the graphite strip in the Adamas neck and the Kaman Bar in the 1537. I'll have to go look for the differences in the fretboards. Too many guitars for me to remember all the differences. Plus, I haven't owned one of each like Standing Ovation has. I thought that graphite strip was only in the slotheads. Pretty sure the 1687 had a K-bar too. Though carved neck and fingerboard were walnut - is that what's used for the 1537 too? |
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Location: SoCal | The graphite strip was used in the original slotheads as well as the recreations of them (47RI, OFC I). The Kaman bar was introduced in the Adamas I's. Those necks were made out of walnut with a black walnut fingerboard. The 1537's had a standard Ovation 5 piece neck with a black walnut fingerboard, as did the Adamas II's. KBars were used in all USA built Ovations (I think) from about 1983 forward.
Questions?
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Location: Jet City | moody, p.i. - 2016-05-10 6:22 PM The graphite strip was used in the original slotheads as well as the recreations of them (47RI, OFC I). The Kaman bar was introduced in the Adamas I's. Those necks were made out of walnut with a black walnut fingerboard. The 1537's had a standard Ovation 5 piece neck with a black walnut fingerboard, as did the Adamas II's. KBars were used in all USA built Ovations (I think) from about 1983 forward. Questions? That was the long version to my answer... it's like the Adamas 2 |
NGD: 1537 with Adamas Epis
