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Originally Posted by jdinaz

Beautiful ! I like the color on the Adamas...tell us more about the tone and playability.

The Adamas is very balanced with no woofy notes or extra-loud or -soft notes anywhere on the fingerboard. The tone is clear and a little crystalline but not as crystalline-like as IMHO the King Of Crystalliness a RainSong WS1000 Classic Series guitar. The Adamas I 2087-8 has a pleasing sound but its tone would never be confused with the thunderousness of a Martin HD-28 or an Adamas 2080 NWT. The Adamas I 2087GT-8 from a recordist's or live performer's needs would be a dream due to its even tonal volume across and up-and-down the fingerboard. The Adamas tops are a laminate with two outer .005-inch thick layers of carbon fiber with a thin wooden center ply. The overall soundboard is .035-inch thick.

Playability is typically Ovation in that it almost feels like an electric guitar. Some more aggressive players may want to adjust the truss rod to impart a bit more neck-relief than Ovation generally ships with its guitars.