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Ovation Guitar Company

The Ovation Guitar Company is a manufacturer of string instruments. Ovation primarily manufactures steel-string acoustic guitars (both 6 and 12-string versions) and nylon-string guitars, often with pickups for electric amplification.[5] In 2015, it became a subsidiary of Drum Workshop after being acquired from KMCMusicorp.[6]

Company type

Subsidiary

Musical instruments

Ovation Instruments, a division of Kaman Aircraft[1][2] (c. 1964)[history 1][history 2]

c. 1965, New Hartford, Connecticut

Charles Kaman

New Hartford, Connecticut

GEWA music Gmbh

ovationguitars.com

The company's Ovation and Adamas guitars are known for their round backs, which gives them a recognizable shape. The latter are also well known for the use of carbon fiber tops (instead of the typically wood tops for acoustic guitars). Apart from guitars, the company currently produces acoustic basses, mandolins and ukuleles.[3]

Toto's Steve Lukather plays an Adamas model

Toto's Steve Lukather plays an Adamas model

Al Di Meola playing his Custom Legend 1769 ADII [model 7]

Al Di Meola playing his Custom Legend 1769 ADII [model 7]

Melissa Etheridge with her Adamas signature model

Melissa Etheridge with her Adamas signature model

Heart's Nancy Wilson playing an Adamas

Heart's Nancy Wilson playing an Adamas

REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin playing an Ovation 1984-5 Collectors Series 6-string acoustic guitar during the band's 1984–85 Wheels Are Turnin' tour

REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin playing an Ovation 1984-5 Collectors Series 6-string acoustic guitar during the band's 1984–85 Wheels Are Turnin' tour

Legend and Standard Balladeer models have one large sound hole as on most acoustic guitars (Standard Balladeer, Legend, Custom Legend - produced in Korea).

Elites have several smaller sound holes (Standard Elite, Elite, Custom Elite - produced in Korea).

Kaman Music Corporation

Kaman Aircraft

Ovation UKII

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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"From the ratcheting of helicopters to a guitar's hum"

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Isaac Guillory

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"Connecticut firm makes guitars, helicopter blades from same fiberglass"

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Robert Fripp: From Crimson King to crafty master

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