The Ovation guitar was a revolution in the history of violin making. His innovations include the use of synthetic materials used in the construction of the guitar, which mathematically constructed "disconnect" the use of on-board preamp and piezo pickups, and the series of offset holes Adamas. This article provides an overview of the origins of this American original, and its cheaper cousin, the guitar Applause.
Charles Kaman, an aeronautical engineer and amateur guitarist,Born 1917 He played guitar from an early age, and studied aeronautical engineering at the school. After college he worked in the design of a helicopter. Eventually, Charlie was a national competition for guitar and made it to the final. As a result he was given the opportunity to guitar with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to play. Dorsey offered him a job in the band, but was forced Kaman Aviation and rejected.
In 1945 Charlie founded his own design firm Helicopter, KamanAircraft. The company was a great success and has grown steadily into bankruptcy in 1960, when the commercial aircraft division. Consequently, Kaman looking to diversify outside the aircraft, and defense business.
During this period, he got his deformed Charlie Martin Martin Guitar factory for repair. He visited the facility, and was shocked that Martin guitars built by hand with a hammer, glue and clothespins. He has offered to buy the company and the modernizationProduction, but declined to CF Martin and Martin wanted to keep a family affair.
Kaman has decided to start its production activities guitar. He assembled a team of engineers, aviation, the ideal of designing acoustic guitar. The result of the "bowl back," Ovation, a rounded back of a glass fiber composite was similar materials used in aircraft. The particular shape of the back as expected, the sound waves inside the guitar to maximize attention for the transmission of sound.
TheOvation guitar songwriter first, 1967 was introduced in 1971, paving the way for the electro-acoustic Ovation guitar and added, piezo-electric preamp and EQ, a part of their guitars. In 1980, Ovations had taken with professional guitarists and were used extensively on stage. Included guitarist Glen Campbell ovation on stage, Al Di Meola, Jimmy Page, and many others.
When Charlie Kaman did not play the guitar, or had not studied aviation and aerospace, or ifMartin did not need a repair at the same time, Kaman Industries that need to diversify, we did Ovation Applause guitar or guitar today.
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