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Anyone like the adamas? http://www.geocities.jp/hak_world/ovation/govation.html

I kinda do & I kinda don't! Never seen one in person. I've been told they're not happy living in a humid environment so that rules them out for me! (Oh and I can't play an acoustic for crap!)

loved the shape, the sound is nice too.I have one chinese copy that has similar look and similar sound without costing so much.

And, of course, i always liked ovation electrics.....................

i love the Ovation electrics. The 60s semi acoustics are really cheap and really really good. I believe they were made very close to where VV grew up.

I think so. I think the wood is yellow birch like drums were made from back then.

Walnut fingerboard ? First time i heard if that.

Too Kenny Loggins for me. Earthy/hippie-ish.

Even the ones with the lightening bolts as sound holes were not appealing to my eyes.

you said it. unique sound though, if you like the sound of plastic. hehe

walnut fingerboard was common for some italian guitars.The ovation idea was great, marketing wise and also it was a practical solution for recodring guitars at the time, and the adamas has small holes to avoid feedback.The other side of the coin is tha t the ovation sound differs from a normal acoustic guitar, and it is very unique, this has advantages and disavantages.............

poserboy71 wrote:Too Kenny Loggins for me. Earthy/hippie-ish.

Even the ones with the lightening bolts as sound holes were not appealing to my eyes.

Just to be clear. I like KL and I also like Light Rock/Yacht Rock but...
Those guitars just remind me of the IMAGE of Yacht Rock/ bearded men,etc...
In fact, I believe it is MANDATORY to have a beard if you want to purchase these guitars.

Mark.was supposedly working on the jackson namm booth in 83 I think.

doublev2 wrote:Mark.was supposedly working on the jackson namm booth in 83 I think.

And WTF does this pertain to ?

I remember the yearly collectors editions ads now! Forgot about those.

oh, i posted the mark thing in the wrong topic, supposed to be in the Dana one. sorry.

mark st john i heard was hired to demo their guitars at NAMM at the end of 1983.

i was saying I didn't think Dana helped Mark get the gig but maybe he did. What I heard it was Grover J that suggested him to Kiss.

he didn't ,it was grover and also a old friend of mark who was working at Paul's apartment at the time.

yeah thats the story i heard.