Model #D868-X
OP24+
Year: 1999
Official Japanese market price list for Ovation and Adamas guitars for 1999, covering the full product line including Adamas, Legend, Elite, Balladeer, Folklore, Longneck, Viper, Classic, Country, Mandolin, Mandocello, Collectors Edition, and Custom Shop collections with prices in Japanese Yen.
Year: 1997
This is a single-page Ovation guitar advertisement featuring endorser Richie Sambora holding a custom black Ovation double-neck roundback guitar against a red curtain backdrop. The ad carries the slogan 'If You're Gonna Play Out – You Gotta Plug In' and highlights Sambora's use of Ovation guitars in demanding live stage environments. It directs readers to purchase at an Authorized Ovation dealer and references www.KamanMusic.com
Year: 1994
This document is a special order package for a custom Ovation Doubleneck Bass (Model D868-X, Order #DN090) commissioned for professional bassist Jonas Hellborg, dated September 1994 with an estimated delivery of December 15, 1994. The instrument features highly customized specifications including parallel 4-string fretted (top) and fretless (bottom) necks, black transparent finish, ebony fingerboards, abalone/purple purfling, f-holes instead of epaulets, no electronics (pickups wired to two separate output jacks), and 'Jimmy Page depth' bowl. The package includes the main special order form, multiple shop order sheets for fretboard, neck assembly, top/bowl, and final assembly, correspondence from Woody Wahlen detailing Jonas Hellborg's requirements, internal notes, and multiple f-hole design templates/cutouts. This unique bass was offered for sale on eBay in 2007. A few years later, my friend Dan from the USA retrieved the related documents when the New Hartford factory closed down following the Fender era. Dan managed to save these documents and very kindly shared them with me so I could present them to you. Thank you very much much Dan 👍
