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P er the 100th post on this blog about the beloved, I want to briefly tell with great effort of memory, my first encounter with the Ovation. I do not remember, and to be honest I have not done research yet, when the Ovation is landed in Italy, and who was the first distributor. I just remember that until the early 70s and only in large cities and in the concerts are starting to see some Ovation: we exchanged information with friends or read on Hello 2001 or The Wild Bunch dell'Ovation performance and how "new" electro / acoustic field between the musicians were taking the time.

The first Ovation seen and touched by the "live" was a magnificent "Anniversary" lobster color of a dear friend. It was in 1976. A beautiful guitar, brand new. You can imagine the excitement. I was 18, but I still remember that time. We were in the living room in his house with the others in our group. He (the owner dell'Ovation) at the time also played a Tama (produced by Ibanez), which reflects the dread Martin (also the beautiful guitar).

I was playing with all Ibanez Jumbo maple (nice guitar, but I lost track of where it is left alone in the photo you see in b / w [yes, I am ...]). I remember that I was particularly stunned by the sound of quell'Ovation I had only heard and dreamed of listening to the records of America (historical endorsers). I do not know what happened to the Anniversary of my friend and I never dared to ask how much it cost. If you take a look at lists USA The price would be over $ 500 (then .... !!!). The other "appearances" dell'Ovation for me have been on television or in concert From / De Gregori (Banana Republic Tour) I went to see the late '70s in Grosseto. Before you used to have one for me I had to wait years. Celebrity was a made in Korea orange. Sold shortly thereafter. It starts from the first step ..... I remember that the distributor was then Casale Bauer.

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Balladeer of these posts ....

The parent, the first to have the "nomen". The guitar that he gave away everything and that has become the offspring of all the models that we know today: the Balladeer. The name, as you know, he was given after the presentation to the release of 14 November 1966, followed by a series of road shows and participation in trade fairs. That evening she performed a folk group the "Balladeers" network, which then was named for the guitar. Legend has it that the guitars (the Balladeer) that they played that night had obviously not yet the name engraved on the palette and the rating labels. They played really the first units left the factory. However, in an article of '66 always says that "the Balladeers" were a young band from the Connecticut Valley. Official invitation to the event instead Balladeers are presented as a folk group of Hampden, Massachusetts. Mystery or error? But where does the name Balladeers?
As a simple translation of the Balladeers are those who "sing ballads." Appears to be easy and appropriate name for a folk band, right? Wrong. Also legend has it that our folk group could not find a name for affection. "All the good ones are taken" refer to the chronicles of the time. They seem to have got its name after witnessing a bizarre incident in a small town in south-western U.S. pretend, specialized racing on the grass. That day they were witnesses and victims of the incident that saw two John Deere tractors of the brand (the yellow and green) that dragged two wagons full of grass, clash. The leader of the group, observing the wreckage, said "it looked like a ball of Deeres" in reference to John Deere tractors. Another member of the group (the banjo-player) said "THAT'S IT; Balladeeres!". The "e" in the final then was removed because irrelevant but a legend was born. You can believe or not, but that's it.
A study done on the net I found, like other bands or guitarists, photos or articles Balladeers. The only coupling could be the photo from the 1972 Ovation catalog that propose opening. Those portraits would be the "Balladeers. The story continues .........

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The inn-ovation guitar ... the bowl - Part 2

Sound is a rapid vibration that propagates in air density. When the vibration is expanding in a uniform and repetitive form, it is perceived as "tone". On the guitar, these changes are repetitive produced by the vibration of the strings, submitted by them to the table across the bridge, which, together with the bank acting as a "pump" to propagate the changes in air density in the cavity of the bowl. The quality and volume of sound produced in this way are determined by the size and shape of the bowl and the material it is made.

With regard to the shape of the bowl, were analyzed in all possible forms of Kaman known guitars. All ancient and modern instruments were X-rayed, vibrated, measured, disassembled and reassembled.

were made of each guitar sound signatures recording vibrational characteristics throughout the tonal spectrum. Some guitars gave good results, the top and chest vibrated with the right size for full scale harmonic with constant input of energy. Other the other hand had the opposite characteristics, and some showed that the nodal points, with no input of energy, were the top vibrate. After months of analysis to the Kaman had accumulated perhaps the largest collection of audio signatures (or profiles) of the acoustic guitar as possible, with these data in hand to use as a guide, develop and test every possible form "original" speaker to understand what improvements could be made. As said earlier, it took 2 years of studies and tests and 70 original drawings before we see the birth of the "bowl" as we know it today.

The bowl was (and is) that returned a dish so rich, clear and deep, the energy imparted by the top, with harmonics that were no longer than fundamental tones. An ideal form as that of ancient lute that it recalls. Officially opened on 14 November 1966 with a gala dinner at the Hotel America in Hartford, Connecticut in the presence of 300 guests, including journalists and industry experts. No scientific instrument was necessary to make it clear to all defendants who first heard the debut of the new guitar, that something extraordinary had happened in the way of producing acoustic guitars. That night they performed the Balladeers and Josh White, the first endorser Ovation.

The Ovation roundback was probably the most important scientific advance of the last 400 years in the manufacture of guitars.

PS: The first picture was extracted from a brochure of the time and shows the stack of "shoes" of fiberglass and the press, where a once inserted, are impregnated with resin and pressed into shape to form the "bowl".