Unfortunately, the seam joining the sides to the thin back was prone to breakage. The innovation was the use of a thinner, synthetic back, because of its foreseen acoustic properties. Their first prototype had a conventional "dreadnought" body, with parallel front and back perpendicular to the sides. The R&D team spent months building and testing prototype instruments. Kaman founded Ovation Instruments, and in 1965 its engineers and luthiers (guitar makers) worked to improve acoustic guitars by changing their conventional materials. One of these was Charles McDonough, who created the Ovation Adamas model. For the project, Kaman chose a small team of aerospace engineers and technicians, several of whom were woodworking hobbyists as well.
Research and development of first models įiberglass round-back body (medium-depth) of Ovation Balladeer (1968)Ĭharles Kaman put a team of employees to work to invent a new guitar in 1964. production of Ovation and Adamas guitars, basses, ukuleles and mandolins. In addition to the Ovation brand, Drum Workshop also bought the New Hartford factory and reinstated the previously ceased U.S. The announcement was made on January 7, 2015. Shortly after closing the New Hartford factory it was announced that the Ovation brand had been sold to the company Drum Workshop, alongside a few other previously Fender-owned brands. production of other Fender-owned brands in that factory, as is known, Guild ( Guild Guitar Company) and Fender. Alongside Ovation and Adamas guitars, which were produced there for decades, Fender started a U.S. production of various acoustic guitars in the New Hartford factory. Before that announcement, Fender established a U.S. In 2014, Fender announced that they were closing the Ovation guitar factory in New Hartford, Connecticut, leaving all production of Ovation guitars overseas. In 2008, KMCMusicorp (and with that the Ovation brand) was sold to the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. įrom 1966 to 2007, Ovation guitars, and later on Adamas guitars, were a brand of KMCMusicorp, which itself was a subsidiary of Kaman Aircraft. Charles Kaman, still an avid guitar player, became interested in making guitars. In the early 1960s, however, financial problems from the failure of their commercial flight division forced them to expand into new markets, such as entertainment and leisure. The Kaman Corporation soon diversified, branching into nuclear weapons testing, commercial helicopter flight, development and testing of chemicals, and helicopter bearings production. Eventually, he founded a helicopter design company, Kaman Aircraft, in 1945. Kaman, an amateur guitarist from an early age, worked on helicopter design as an aerodynamicist at United. No international shipping (due to CITES restrictions on Rosewood).A mid-1970s Kaman Ovation Custom Balladeer 1612-4 acoustic electric guitar, next to a luteįounder Charles Kaman (1919–2011) developed the first prototypes of the Ovation guitar in 1965–1966. US BUYERS IN THE CONTINENTAL US PAY ACTUAL FEDEX SHIPPING COSTS (AK, HI, PR, Guam and APO/AE must choose USPS Priority Mail). The guitar will be packed securely and fully insured. The guitar plays and and sounds beautiful. The fingerboard is like new and has just been oiled/cleaned, the neck is straight, truss rod turns smoothly, the frets are in excellent condition with no wear, and a new set of strings has been installed. The back of the neck has some finish wear. There are finish chips/dings on the edges of the headstock and one nick on the top by the cutaway.
This guitar is Used and in Good Condition: this guitar has been played regularly but not abused.
Finish: Transparent Gray Burst (aged to a greenish hue).Also features a solid mahogany neck with dovetail heel/neck joint, walnut bridge and under-saddle piezo pickup with passive Volume/Tone controls. The Lyramold Roundback is the same as those used on Ovation guitars. It features a "ThruNeck" design a more playable, stable neck supports the fingerboard into the guitar body. The Applause AE-38 was the top-of-the-line Applause guitar in 1986 it was an import version of the USA made Ovation guitar of the time. This is a used 1985-1986 Applause (by Ovation) AE-38 acoustic-electric shallow depth cutaway guitar, made in Korea by Kaman.
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