The Helicopter-Inspired Guitar: The Story of Charles Kaman and Ovation Guitars
Year: 2009
This is an internal Ovation technical document dated 8/10/77 that logs sound evaluations of numerous guitar prototypes and production models numbered sequentially from 1 through 76. Each entry records detailed acoustic characteristics including bass response, treble clarity, mid-range presence, tin pan resonance, and sustain, with evaluations attributed to various staff members (SC, SS, T, Pg) across dates ranging from late 1974 through mid-1977. The document appears to track the iterative development and refinement of Ovation guitar sound quality, culminating in references to the Adamas model with new core in the final entry (#76).
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