The R&D team builds and tests prototype instruments. Kaman founded Ovation Instruments.Įngineers and luthiers work to improve acoustic guitars by changing their conventional materials. One of these was Charles McDonough, who later created the Ovation Adamas model. Acoustic and Acoustic Electric 1964Ĭharles Kaman chose a small team of aerospace engineers and technicians, several of whom were woodworking hobbyists as well, to work to invent a new guitar. They may differ slightly from the first production or official introduction dates in the text. The dates in this chronology reflect actual appearances of models, determined from price lists and the recollections of sales representatives and dealers. 7 LTD Nutmeg/Anniversary Brown/Beige/Tan.Color code follows hyphen after model number (but I am not quite sure for all of them):.5 Custom Balladeer Legend Legend 12 Custom Legend 12 Anniversary.Third digit denotes bowl depth on acoustic and acoustic electrics:.5 Acoustic electric cutaway Adamas and II/Elite/Ultra electric.2 Solidbody and semi-hollowbody electrics.1 Acoustic roundbacks (also semi-hollowbody electrics).6 -Standard Elites, widenecks, some Adamas.Everything changed and became sort of messy from the Seventies, so the best way to be shure is using the Ovation Decoder. The model 4 digit codes for the original models. Ovation: six digits series from 1971 Range Some UK IIs (does not reflect production) Years and models Original series from 1966 Rangeįour digits in black ink, no letter prefix A series of tables and lists that summarise serial numbers, model codes and colors of the Ovation guitars from the beginning to the end of the 20th Century.
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