Incursioni storie e riflessioni di Alberto Biraghi
I am always upgrading and fine tuning my collection, so from time to time I let a guitar go. Please consider that all of my instruments are in superb condition for the age, with the original case. I always keep, use and service them with . . .
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In 2008 for the first time an Adamas appeared in the Collectors series after 25 years of woodtop Collectors vibes. The Adamas 2008-5 is the last Collectors guitar of the Kaman era.
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In occasione dell’aggiornamento del tema di OneMoreBlog ho pensato di portare nel blog la vecchia pagina statica sulle mie chitarre Ovation, divenuta un po’ arcaica.
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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. Years and models Original series from 1966 Range Date Comment 006-319 1966 three digits in red ink . . .
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Produced each year from 1982 in limited numbers, the Collectors Series gave Ovation the opportunity to launch new technologies and new designs, giving birth to stunning guitars, featuring gorgeous appointments and finishes. New necks, preamps, body sizes, shapes could be tested in the hands of . . .
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I found traces of this article that once appeared on the official Kaman Ovation website, in “our story” section in the first decade of 2000. Apparently the author was Brian Hoover (if anybody can confirm it I’d be glad to give him a sure credit). The . . .
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I found this March 2002 post by Bill Kaman on the Ovation Fan Club forum. I save it here, just in case, because it’s precious.
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There’s a lot of interesting information about the roundbak guitars on the Internet. I try to collect the best links about Ovation in this page. The Ovation Intruments Collectors Board Facebook page Ovation FanClub(tm) Group Facebook group The Ovation Decoder (by John Mitzel and Kim . . .
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The Adamas U681-T or “UTE” as the Ovation fans call it is the ultimate fingerpicking composite top roundback. It’s been produced in 2005 as a limited series of 100 guitars to commemorate the 40th anniversary of (I suppose) the year when Charlie Kaman considered building . . .
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From 1974 the Ovation Custom Legend (born upon request of Linda McCartney who wanted to give a Legend to Paul, but asked for fancier decoration) is the ultimate Ovation, the guitar that never disappoints, the Queen Bee of the woodtop family and for me the . . .
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Apparently a project dedicated to the European market, the Adamas 1591 aka Adamas 3 was built in the late Nineties to celebrate one of the first Adamas prototypes, the #17, which dates from the first half of the ’70s.
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I always admired the Folklore, evolution of the original Ovation Josh White after Josh’s death in 1969. The 1995 edition of the Folklore is a stunning guitar, with a wide flat ebony fingerboard with 14 frets clear of the body, a fancy wood rosette, a black . . .
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I am an avid fan of the Ovation Collectors Series since the reverend blue 1982 Legend. I like the Collectors project and surely the idea of putting together the full series is tempting. Fortunately (I should say) not all the Ovation Collectors suit my taste . . .
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I saw this nice guitar accidentally on Dave Guitar Shop’s website in 2002 and I bought it on the spot. The label says “Adamas custom built for Bill Kaman” and at the time Dave told me that it had been made in the color of . . .
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The Adamas 1881 is a special and rare Ovation guitar, the only one sporting a graphite top with a super shallow bowl. And in spite of being surprisingly thin, it delivers a decent amount of sound. Maybe it’s not as loud al my UTE nor . . .
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The Adamas (see the story here) is the Holy Grail of every Ovation enthusiast. The first I put my hands on is an Adamas 1587 that I purchased from Gruhn Guitars in the early 90s. When it was time to opened the box delivered by . . .
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I’ve always loved custom color guitars and this 1587 Adamas was one of the guitars I liked most on Ovationtribute. It has a story, because it was a present from Bill Kaman to Jol Dantzig, founder of Hamer Guitars (another guitar icon that I keep . . .
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After launching the Collectors series in 1982 with the full bowl blue guitar, Ovation with four super-shallow bowls. But in 1987 the deep bowl came back in a guitar designed to be the best sounding and looking instrument ever made in New Hartford.
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