History
Guitar building materials could not rocket science, but Charlie Kaman Aerospace and Aviation Applied Science, and the restoration of the Ovation guitar. Kaman, an aerospace engineer, a guitarist has been a long time and wanted to diversify his aviation and space companies. When he took the guitar from Martin to repair a warped neck, was offered a tour of the factory. He was surprised that the guitar maker there, with hand tools, animal glues and low-tech approaches to the guitar. Make
It is interesting to note that the company has offered to buy Martin guitars, but was rejected - twice. So he decided to expand his company into production guitar. Like most engineers, has addressed this problem, a guitar with technical precision. He formed a team of people able to analyze the problems, the solutions formed and tested. The Ovation Balladeer is the result of their efforts.
Body
One of the first things people notice is the guitar Ovation round back. This wasin one of those discoveries of engineering, the group Kaman. According to their research, the guitar sound very regularly prevented flat rear projection. So they took a ride. In addition, they made the back of a synthetic material - a plastic that Kaman knows because of his experience in the production of rotor blades of the helicopter was. This was another interesting innovation in guitar manufacturing.
Pickups
The acoustic guitars of the day suffered a lot fromFeedback on guitar, she is trying to strengthen. The Ovation guitar was an early adopter of preamps, onboard equalization and piezo pickups. This offered a great improvement in the reduction of feedback. And the sound of the Ovation was much more realistic and controlled than it was standard for acoustic guitars available. The piezo pickup, a further innovation for the Ovation Kaman, from design and production techniques, the standards were developed inAerospace.
I am sure that the knowledge of aviation electronics engineers also helped.
Celebrity
Celebrities are common in the music industry. Guitar manufacturers offer the celebrities in advertising and often the name of the celebrity must appear on a special model of the line of the guitar manufacturer. Glen Campbell, a popular entertainer in the 60s, who was known for his way of playing guitar, Ovation has approved the guitar and often played an ovation to hisComedy show.
This has contributed to the initial success is Ovation.
Summary
Since the founding of the company Ovation guitars innovative technology and design have been released.
Right from the beginning until today, the guitars are still some of the most coveted and desirable to create acoustic / electric in the world.
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