Prototype #0079-96
Merci beaucoup à Kazuhiro Gamo du Japon pour ces très belles photos. --------------------------------------------------------------- Many Thanks to Kazuhiro Gamo from Japan for these very nice photos. |
| The description of this unique model: "This adamas is 1687-B(brown)serial number 0079-96(the suffix 96 is the guitars natural frequency responce), so this would be the third production adamas sold.The label inside the guitar is personally signed by ovation founder Charles H Kaman and is dated Jan 1978, it also has the model 1687-B and serial number 0079-96..The other unique thing about this adamas is the color.Brown was offered as a color option later in production but not this darker shade of brown.The regular brown color was a two tone burst finish with much lighter sand brown finish. ----- In my feeling, the neck was a bit thin than mass-production early Adamas. Plus, the leaf ornament on the headstock was made in 2 pieces. The ornament was glued on the base headstock plate." |
(Jan, 1978)
