Comparing my two Ovation Elite Guitars, the model 1868 Super Shallow Bowl to the model 1578 Mid Bowl скачать в хорошем качестве

Comparing my two Ovation Elite Guitars, the model 1868 Super Shallow Bowl to the model 1578 Mid Bowl

Ovation Guitars! Comparing my 1992 Elite model 1868 to my 2008 Elite model 1578 Ultra Deluxe. They have the same basic High Output Ovation Piezo Pickup...but the 1868 has the Super Shallow Bowl and the OP-24 preamp and the 1578 has the Mid Bowl and the OP-Pro preamp. Time Stamps.... 0:00-3:05 Intro and basic overview 3:06-4:31 Natural Acoustic Sound comparison with a Marantz MPM100 condenser mic 4:31-6:36 Apology for the difference in string age 6:37-12:07 Comparing the basic "plugged-in" sounds 12:08-20:25 Specifications, differences, similarities & comparison parameters utilized 20:26-22:46 Closing & Thanks! 1868 specs (1992 made in New Hartford, CT. U.S.A.) Solid Spruce Top with Multi Sound Hole design (3 tone Sunburst w/matching headstock) Multi piece Hardwood Epaulets 5 piece Mahogany & Maple "V" shaped neck joins the body at 14th fret Rosewood fretboard with triangle wood fret markers "Kaman Bar" reinforced neck Super Shallow Bowl Lyrachord back (4 1/4" outer measurement not including bridge) Rosewood top loading bridge OP-24 preamp with High Output Ovation Piezo Pickup Gold Schaller Tuning machines 1578 specs (2008 designed in U.S. made in Korea, Final assembly & inspection at New Hartford, CT, U.S.A.) Solid Bear Claw Spruce top with Multi Sound Hole design (Natural) 1 piece Mahogany neck, medium "C" joining body at 14th fret Rosewood fretboard with snowflake Abalone fret markers Adjustable Truss Rod Mid Bowl Lyrachord back (5 3/8" outer measurement not including bridge) Rosewood top loading bridge OP-Pro preamp with High Output Ovation Piezo Pickup Gold "Ovation" branded tuning machines with Pearloid Buttons Ovation Guitars.... History.... "On the banks of the Farmington River in new Hartford, Connecticut, there’s an old New England brick building that was home to Ovation Instruments and of course, the original acoustic roundback guitars. Ovation was a subsidiary of the Kaman Corporation, an aerospace company employing more than 2,700 employees, with 25% of them being scientists, engineers and technicians. Charles Kaman, the president and a guitar enthusiast, decided that his company could apply its technology to the age-old art of guitar making. In 1966, after 18 months of testing and research, the Kaman engineers concluded that the most efficient shape for a guitar back is semi-parabolic. The sound such a shape produced from any given energy input was, they found, measurably richer, fuller, deeper and more constant from top to bottom of the scale. Having made this determination as to shape, the engineers next undertook to find a better material. Since the early Crusades, flat-backed, straight-sided guitars have been made of wood. But the Kaman people felt that even the best woods had serious limitations. Among the limitations: Wood is difficult if not impossible to contour to the new round shape. It would require the use of internal bracing and reinforcing members, and, as in conventional guitars, these members would act as baffles, substantially dampening and absorbing the sounds, and setting up non-repetitive vibration patterns which the human ear hears as noise. A guitar top must vibrate to help amplify tone. To vibrate properly, it must be extremely thin and thin wood is, of course, fragile. Sound, like light, reflects best from a smooth surface, and wood is porous. The cellular structure of wood and the natural oils in it vary considerably, not only from one guitar to another, but within a single instrument. The varying densities thus created make it extremely difficult to achieve consistent vibrating characteristics. To develop a material free of such characteristic disadvantages, Kaman’s engineers first made acoustical studies of many of the exceedingly strong yet lightweight laminar substances they had perfected for use in aircraft rotors, fairings, radomes, missile nose cones and other aerospace components often exposed to high vibrational stress. Encouraged by what they found in these studies, and using them as a base, they then developed and tested many new materials. Finally they found one, the molecular structure of which actually could be “tuned” (chemically and by heat treating) to a precise degree of resonance. WE CALL IT LYRACHORD Lyrachord is still the material we use today, to create these truly remarkable instruments. Listen for yourself. Hear the rounder, fuller, totally unique sound of the Ovation Roundback. Let your own ear confirm the difference that aerospace technology has created. We think you’ll agree, you’ve never heard it so good......" Subscribe! Comment, LIKE! ... and ... Share with your Friends! My Music is found through most sources for digital download & streaming. Please add my Music to your playlists today! Thank You so very much for watching! Take Care.....