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Year: 2026
Here is a report produced at the Ovation factory in New Hartford by WFSB, on the occasion of the brand's 60th anniversary, featuring an interview with Mr. Rick Hall. Find this video on the WFSB website: https://www.wfsb.com/video/2026/07/02/ovation-guitar-company/
Year: 2023
Year: 2023
Ovation Ultra Shorts Pitch-Black
Year: 2023
Ovation Ultra Shorts Silver-Shadow
Year: 2023
Ovation Ultra Shorts Vampira-Red
Year: 2023
Ovation Ultra Shorts Yukon-Spray
Year: 2023
When discerning players crave top-tier, American made Adamas guitars… These remarkable flagship instruments could only come from one place – the Ovation factory. This purpose-driven facility in New Hartford, Connecticut is both workshop and laboratory for a small team of dedicated luthiers and technicians who have one focus and one focus ONLY – custom-made, USA built Adamas guitars. These craftsmen have well over 100 years of combined Ovation-specific expertise. Utilizing their unique cumulative knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and the most sophisticated construction techniques available, the resulting Ovation and Adamas guitars offer a playing and performance experience that is completely off the charts. Please let us welcome you and show you around.
Year: 2007
By following the link below, you will reach the NAMM website where you’ll find two fascinating interviews with Bill Kaman from 2007 and 2017. In them, he shares the story of our favorite guitars and after all, who better than Bill Kaman to tell us this incredible story?? 😉👍 https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/bill-kaman
Year: 2006
Mr Charles Kaman Interview. That small video is excerpt from Ovation "Unique Voices DVD" who was made in 2006 to celebrate Ovation's 40th anniversary It's a rare video and the only I've ever seen of Mr Kaman.
Year: 2005
This is the 2005 Ovation Guitars 40th anniversary documentary DVD titled 'Unique Voices,' featuring interviews with notable guitarists including Glen Campbell, Melissa Etheridge, Al Di Meola, Kaki King, and Steve Lukather. The documentary chronicles how Charlie Kaman founded Ovation in 1966 using aerospace engineering principles to revolutionize the acoustic guitar. The DVD is hosted by Bill Kaman with music by Matt Smith, and was produced by Kaman Music Corp (KCG-673).
Year: 1997
This is a commemorative VHS of Charles H. Kaman at a Wright Memorial Celebration, featuring the subtitle 'Vision, Innovation & Achievement' and the tagline 'Moving America Up. Charles H. Kaman, the founder of Kaman Corporation (parent company of Ovation Guitars), featuring a black-and-white portrait photograph and a Wright Brothers Flyer trophy/award on the back cover. Many thanks to Nancy Hackett, Executive Director, Aero Club of Washington, for the permission to share this nice & unique video of Chrales H.Kaman with you.
Year: 1993
This is the packaging and insert material for a Japanese VHS release titled 'The American Guitars Vol.3 Ovation,' produced by Fuji Television Network and TV Man Union and distributed by Rittor Music in Japan (catalog number RMAG-003, released June 25, 1993). The video features Bill Kaman (Ovation's president) and guitarist Al Di Meola, covering the history and craftsmanship of Ovation guitars including their unique round-back 'Lyrachord' fiberglass construction. It is part of an 11-volume video series covering major American guitar brands including Rickenbacker, Gibson, Fender, Martin, and others. Here is the AI-generated translation of the leaflet: In 1965, the development of Ovation guitars began at Kaman Corporation in Connecticut, USA. At that time, Charles Kaman, the president of Kaman Corporation, was an enthusiast of country music—especially bluegrass—as well as an active guitar player. His demands and passion as a musician served as the catalyst to bring Ovation guitars into the world. As a place to create a new guitar, Kaman Corporation—a manufacturer producing precision machinery, primarily aircraft—was the perfect environment. The research technologies for "vibration" and "resonance" cultivated in the aerospace industry with helicopters and airplanes, the high level of expertise, the testing equipment, and the engineers could all be directly applied to guitar development. Detailed data on everything—guitar structure, sound vibration, materials, shape, size, and more—was recorded as Ovation's development progressed. As a result, the "Roundback," a shape unique to Ovation guitars, was born. Interestingly, this shape closely resembles the Renaissance lute, which is said to be the archetype of the guitar. Furthermore, regarding the material for the Roundback, a lightweight yet sturdy material was selected from aircraft components. Following further research, "LYRACHORD" was developed. Similar to the fiberglass used in motorboat hulls, it uses specially resin-processed fiberglass as a base material, molded into an extremely ultra-thin shape. Being a chemically synthesized resin material, it has no variation or warping, making it a revolutionary material that guarantees far superior strength compared to conventional guitars. This unique semi-parabolic resonant body—shaped like a radar reflector or a human ear—succeeded in producing a rich, overflowing, deep, and stable sound. Ovation continues to research new sounds for musicians driven by a desire to create new music.
Year: 1980
Mr Bill Kaman Interview That video is excerpt from the Japanese "American Guitar Vol #3" Video tape. Thanks to Kazuhiro Gamo for this great document. Mr Bill Kaman with Ovation #006
Year: 1977
This is a 1977 private-press vinyl LP album titled 'Going to the Dogs!' recorded by Charlie Kaman (founder of Kaman Music/Ovation Instruments) and his sons Bill and Steve, and Marcel Dadi, produced to benefit the Fidelco Foundation, Inc., a guide-dog charity based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The album features two sides of instrumental and vocal music, with all instruments supplied by Ovation Instruments, Inc. and Kaman Music Distributors.
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