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Location: Volendam | Hi There
I'm the newest member and I have a question.
I have an Ovation guitar (the Best there is)
I can see on the inside the following info:
C.W. Kaman II
8 8391 611-93
Can anybody help me out here and let me know what kinda ovation it is,when it's built and what the price will be today for this guitar.
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Location: Scotland | From the little info you've provided it's most likely an Adamas 1, as it's signed by Beal, and they were with the only guitars at the time to carry that signature. The serial number 611 makes it circa 1979. The -93 suffix is the fundamental frequency of the soundbox (all early Adamas included this as the last 2 digits of the serial number) However you must have mis-read the other digits. The "8" would suggest the finish colour (blue) but what may be the 4-digit model code 8391 does not correspond to any Ovation model |
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Location: Volendam | Hi Paul,
The colar is in fact blue
And it looks like an Ovation Adamas I 1687GT
When you look at the following link you can see the guitar as I bought it from them. (don't mind the song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM4NMNxxyLI
Maybe you can see it better then |
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Location: Scotland | If it's a 12-string then the model number should be 1688. Maybe you read it upside down to get 8391 |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Good catch Paul.. 1688-8 This Soonyboy had emailed me and I was stumped on that model number with the 8 in the wrong place. Too funny. |
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Location: eastern united states | not a bad choice for a first guitar! lucky him. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | too bad about the signature, I hear that lowers the price. It's the greatest 12 string going other than that.
Interesting how the Brit from Scotland has the talent to read things upsidedown. Paul, is that from practice of actually being upside down? |
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Location: Scotland | You're thinking of Australia, Scotland is kinda sideways. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Oh right, Sorry...... |
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Location: Flahdaw | With the right combination of libations, one of Paul's eyeballs actually rotates 360 degrees, enabling him to not only read upside down but also walk in 2 different directions at the same time. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's true
That's why we love him.
Not everyone can do that........ |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by dark bar:
With the right combination of libations, one of Paul's eyeballs actually rotates 360 degrees, enabling him to not only read upside down but also walk in 2 different directions at the same time. More than that, every once in a while he'll say "Hump? What hump?"..... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | ...followed inevitiably by "My turn. MY TURN!!"
It's a show not to be missed. |
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Location: Volendam | Hi Guys,
I've got some more info.
It's an Ovation Adamas II
611-93
1688-8
As far as I'm told it's:
611 = 1979 (the started in 1979 with the serial 600
93 = sound box
11 = the 11th guitar that left the factory
1688 = 12-string
8 = Colour = Blue
Is this the guitar that's also known as the Glen Campbell >?????
Is this the correct way to read the serial? |
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Location: SoCal | As to the blue 12 string, yes. As to the rest, no.... |
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Location: Scotland | 1688 makes it an Adamas I as I told you already. An Adamas II 12 string had the model number 1685. Also the Adamas II did not have Bill's signature or the soundbox frequency. The only differences apart from that between the Adamas I and II are bridge/headstock design and neck construction. |
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