Model #1986 · Family: 1986
pearl white w/ abalone; OP-24+
Year: 1986
This is a single-page advertisement for Ovation's 1986 Collector's Series guitar, commemorating the company's twentieth anniversary. The ad features a black and white color scheme guitar with pearlescent finish and genuine abalone inlays. It mentions Mark O'Connor as an endorsing artist and highlights the guitar's premium features including fast action Bar Hybrid neck, OP-24 active EQ system, and jumbo frets.
Year: 1987
Premium US catalog for the Ovation 1987 Collectors Series Limited Edition, the sixth in the annual series begun in 1982. Limited to 1,000 instruments. Features a letter from Bill Kaman (President), detailed descriptions of the 1987 model with deep bowl cutaway, hand-selected AAA Sitka Spruce top with nutmeg stain, Adamas-style epaulets in exotic woods (maple, mahogany, teak, padauk), abalone purfling and inlays, 24-karat gold tuning machines, carved walnut bridge, 6 piezo crystal pickup, OP-24 3-band active EQ, and burled walnut veneer peghead. Includes a retrospective of all prior Collectors Series models (1982-1986) with photos, and a signed closing letter from C. William Kaman II. Published by Ovation Instruments, Inc., Kaman Music Corporation.
Year: 1986
This is a Japanese-market brochure for the Ovation Collector's Series 1986 Limited Edition, celebrating Ovation's 20th Anniversary. The brochure features white-finished cutaway acoustic-electric guitars in both 6-string and 12-string configurations, with detailed specifications including Sitka Spruce tops, Super Shallow Bowl Cutaway bodies, abalone inlays, and OP-24 Active Equalization electronics. The guitars are limited to 150 units and are priced in Japanese Yen.
Year: 1996
This is Ovation Instruments' 1996 Collectors' Edition brochure celebrating thirty years of innovation, documenting the history of the Collectors' Series from 1982 through 1996. It details each annual limited-edition model's specifications, production numbers, and technological innovations including the development of the Optima, OP-24Plus, OptiMax, and HexFX electronics systems. The document includes a complete spec chart listing all Collectors' Series models from 1982-1996 and a Certificate of Authenticity for the 1996 model (1996-TPB, Transparent Burgundy, mid-depth cutaway, HexFX electronics, limited to 1,280 units).
Year: 1986
This 1986 Ovation guitar catalog presents comprehensive specifications for the complete Ovation line, including Elite, Custom Legend, Legend, Balladeer, Ultra, Celebrity, and Classic series guitars. The catalog features detailed specification tables for each model series, highlighting their acoustic and acoustic-electric variants, along with information about the 1986 20th Anniversary Collector's Series limited edition guitars. It also includes sections on guitar cases, authorized dealers, and Kaman strings.
Year: 1987
This is a German-language Ovation guitar price list dated October 1987, covering the full range of Ovation and Applause models available in the German market. It includes pricing in Deutsche Marks (DM) for series including Classic, Collectors', Adamas, Applause, Celebrity, Ultra, Balladeer, Legend, Custom Legend, and Elite, as well as Guitar-to-MIDI systems, Guitar Cases, and accessories. All prices are listed as non-binding recommended retail prices (unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen).
Year: 1994
Comprehensive Japanese magazine feature on Ovation guitars covering the full product lineup, rare and discontinued models, Collectors Series 1982-1994, Adamas series, regular lineup, and electric guitars. Includes a Bill Kaman interview, technical articles on Ovation construction secrets (roundback body, preamp/control, bracing, Kaman bar), Ovation history from founding through 1994, and interviews with Japanese Ovation players including Gontiti, Amano Kiyotsugu, Ishida Nagaiki, and Tokutake Hirofumi.
Year: 1986
1986 Collector's (1858 exemplaires 6 cordes et 392 exemplaires 12 cordes produits) Model 1986 Collector's Specifications: (from official Ovation Web Site) 6 or 12 String Acoustic/Electric Body Type: Super Shallow C/A Top: Sitka Spruce Bracing: Ovation Scale Length: 25 1/4" Scale: Fretboard: Ebony, Ivory Binding Fret Inlay: Abalone Bridge: Walnut Rosette: Abalone Pickup: Piezoelectric Nutwidth: 1 11/16" Machines: Black Case: Preamp OP24+:
Year: 1986
Many Thanks to Povation from Thailand for these very nice photos (1986)
Year: 1986
This is the Certificate of Authenticity for a 1986 Ovation Collectors' Series guitar, commemorating the company's 20th anniversary (1966-1986). The certificate confirms it is a limited quantity production run with a unique combination of features and color that will not be reproduced again. It is signed by William Kaman II, President of Ovation Instruments, Inc.
Year: 1986
1986 Collectors rosette
Year: 1986
1986 Collector Label
Year: 1986
1986 6 Strings Collector's Headstock Thanks to Kim Messer for sharing this picture with us.👍🏻
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Year: 1986
This is a single-page advertisement for Ovation's 1986 Collector's Series guitar, commemorating the company's twentieth anniversary. The ad features a black and white color scheme guitar with pearlescent finish and genuine abalone inlays. It mentions Mark O'Connor as an endorsing artist and highlights the guitar's premium features including fast action Bar Hybrid neck, OP-24 active EQ system, and jumbo frets.
Year: 1987
Premium US catalog for the Ovation 1987 Collectors Series Limited Edition, the sixth in the annual series begun in 1982. Limited to 1,000 instruments. Features a letter from Bill Kaman (President), detailed descriptions of the 1987 model with deep bowl cutaway, hand-selected AAA Sitka Spruce top with nutmeg stain, Adamas-style epaulets in exotic woods (maple, mahogany, teak, padauk), abalone purfling and inlays, 24-karat gold tuning machines, carved walnut bridge, 6 piezo crystal pickup, OP-24 3-band active EQ, and burled walnut veneer peghead. Includes a retrospective of all prior Collectors Series models (1982-1986) with photos, and a signed closing letter from C. William Kaman II. Published by Ovation Instruments, Inc., Kaman Music Corporation.
Year: 1986
This is a Japanese-market brochure for the Ovation Collector's Series 1986 Limited Edition, celebrating Ovation's 20th Anniversary. The brochure features white-finished cutaway acoustic-electric guitars in both 6-string and 12-string configurations, with detailed specifications including Sitka Spruce tops, Super Shallow Bowl Cutaway bodies, abalone inlays, and OP-24 Active Equalization electronics. The guitars are limited to 150 units and are priced in Japanese Yen.
Year: 1996
This is Ovation Instruments' 1996 Collectors' Edition brochure celebrating thirty years of innovation, documenting the history of the Collectors' Series from 1982 through 1996. It details each annual limited-edition model's specifications, production numbers, and technological innovations including the development of the Optima, OP-24Plus, OptiMax, and HexFX electronics systems. The document includes a complete spec chart listing all Collectors' Series models from 1982-1996 and a Certificate of Authenticity for the 1996 model (1996-TPB, Transparent Burgundy, mid-depth cutaway, HexFX electronics, limited to 1,280 units).
Year: 1986
This 1986 Ovation guitar catalog presents comprehensive specifications for the complete Ovation line, including Elite, Custom Legend, Legend, Balladeer, Ultra, Celebrity, and Classic series guitars. The catalog features detailed specification tables for each model series, highlighting their acoustic and acoustic-electric variants, along with information about the 1986 20th Anniversary Collector's Series limited edition guitars. It also includes sections on guitar cases, authorized dealers, and Kaman strings.
Year: 1987
This is a German-language Ovation guitar price list dated October 1987, covering the full range of Ovation and Applause models available in the German market. It includes pricing in Deutsche Marks (DM) for series including Classic, Collectors', Adamas, Applause, Celebrity, Ultra, Balladeer, Legend, Custom Legend, and Elite, as well as Guitar-to-MIDI systems, Guitar Cases, and accessories. All prices are listed as non-binding recommended retail prices (unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen).
Year: 1994
Comprehensive Japanese magazine feature on Ovation guitars covering the full product lineup, rare and discontinued models, Collectors Series 1982-1994, Adamas series, regular lineup, and electric guitars. Includes a Bill Kaman interview, technical articles on Ovation construction secrets (roundback body, preamp/control, bracing, Kaman bar), Ovation history from founding through 1994, and interviews with Japanese Ovation players including Gontiti, Amano Kiyotsugu, Ishida Nagaiki, and Tokutake Hirofumi.
Year: 1986
1986 Collector's (1858 exemplaires 6 cordes et 392 exemplaires 12 cordes produits) Model 1986 Collector's Specifications: (from official Ovation Web Site) 6 or 12 String Acoustic/Electric Body Type: Super Shallow C/A Top: Sitka Spruce Bracing: Ovation Scale Length: 25 1/4" Scale: Fretboard: Ebony, Ivory Binding Fret Inlay: Abalone Bridge: Walnut Rosette: Abalone Pickup: Piezoelectric Nutwidth: 1 11/16" Machines: Black Case: Preamp OP24+:
Year: 1986
Many Thanks to Povation from Thailand for these very nice photos (1986)
Year: 1986
This is the Certificate of Authenticity for a 1986 Ovation Collectors' Series guitar, commemorating the company's 20th anniversary (1966-1986). The certificate confirms it is a limited quantity production run with a unique combination of features and color that will not be reproduced again. It is signed by William Kaman II, President of Ovation Instruments, Inc.
Year: 1986
1986 Collectors rosette
Year: 1986
1986 Collector Label
Year: 1986
1986 6 Strings Collector's Headstock Thanks to Kim Messer for sharing this picture with us.👍🏻
