Adamas I 1182-2 Red

Ovation Adamas II 1182/1682 Wide Neck with Kaman Bar Parts Diagram and List

Year: 1980

This is an official Ovation Instruments, Inc. parts diagram and parts list document for the Adamas II models 1182 and 1682 with wide neck and Kaman Bar truss rod system. The document includes an exploded-view illustration of the guitar with numbered components and a corresponding parts list organized by sections: Neck, Bowl & Top, Bowl, and Top (Acoustic Models Only). All parts are listed with their specific Ovation part numbers and descriptions, serving as a reference for repair, replacement, and identification of components.

Adamas Ovation - French Guitar Strings Advertisement

Year: 1982

This is a French-language advertisement for Adamas guitar strings by Ovation, featuring the new Adamas II guitar model. The ad emphasizes the superior quality of Adamas strings, highlighting their composite gauging, phosphor bronze construction, solid copper core ball ends, and precision manufacturing by Kaman Aerospace.

Ovation Adamas II - French Guitar Review

Year: 1980

A detailed French-language review ('bancs d'essais' meaning 'test bench/review') of the Ovation Adamas II guitar, spanning two pages with annotated diagrams of the instrument's front, back, and neck. The review covers the guitar's key features including its carbon fiber top (Fibronic sandwich construction), walnut neck impregnated with resin, 24-fret fingerboard, gold oil-bath tuners, bone nut, 8 piezo pickups, parabolic back, and built-in electronics with volume and tone controls. The article provides a thorough technical assessment of the guitar's construction, playability, and sound characteristics. (Excerpt from "Sono" magazine #32 from Nov, 1980)

Adamas Ovation - French Guitar Strings Advertisement

Year: 1982

This is a French-language advertisement for Adamas guitar strings by Ovation, featuring the new Adamas II guitar model. The ad emphasizes the superior quality of Adamas strings, explaining their technical features including composite gauging, phosphor bronze construction, and ball-end design, with text describing why Adamas strings are considered the best.

Ovation Adamas II 1182/1682 Wide Neck with Kaman Bar Parts Diagram and List

Year: 1980

This is an official Ovation Instruments, Inc. parts diagram and parts list document for the Adamas II models 1182 and 1682 with wide neck and Kaman Bar truss rod system. The document includes an exploded-view illustration of the guitar with numbered components and a corresponding parts list organized by sections: Neck, Bowl & Top, Bowl, and Top (Acoustic Models Only). All parts are listed with their specific Ovation part numbers and descriptions, serving as a reference for repair, replacement, and identification of components.

Ovation Adamas II: Imagination Becomes Reality - Magazine Advertisement

Year: 1982

This is a single-page magazine advertisement for the Ovation Adamas II guitar, showcasing multiple color variants including black, blue, and white models. The ad highlights key features such as a carbon graphite top, 22 scientifically positioned soundholes, Lyrachord Roundback bowl, Kaman Bar neck reinforcement system, and built-in stereo acoustic-electric pickup system. Published by Ovation Instruments, Inc., a Kaman Company, based in Bloomfield, CT, the ad invites readers to send $1.50 for a full color Adamas catalog.

Adamas II 1182-7 Acoustic Only

Year: 1982

This unique guitar is a combination of adamas I body and adamas II neck!! I love the idea that it's the "missing link" between these two legendary model because I'm the lucky owner of this beauty!! I'd like to thank M.Bill Kaman who gave me this important information about the story of this guitar.     

Adamas 1182-7 Epaulet

Adamas 1182-7 Epaulet

Adamas II 1182-7 Proto Headstock

Adamas II 1182-7 Proto Headstock