Ovation Factory Tour

Interesting. I would’ve loved to have seen how they glued the top down and what glue?

Plastic guitars , not sure.

I have a deep bowl made there, I live in the tropics, and Ovation is the most stable guitar and look and plays top notch,, unique and solid! authentic tone! God, now I realized seeing this, the more I appreciate the build! Thank You Ovation for creating a beast!

Charles must’ve been high

Can I get a neck for my ovation, which broke while travelling

More chemicals you could shake a stick at...and I don't care who plays them...I never liked them!

I like the technology but they sound like plastic.

Ovation guitars are plastic!!! Hello! Wake up!!

Great tour God bless you all for sharing knowledge and awesome sounding guitar outro.

amazing legacy , from reverb and Sweetwater listings it's difficult to know if any USA guitars are still being built or what's going on with Ovation or who owns Ovation

I purchased my very first Ovation guitar back in 1979, it was a very beautiful Balladeer. I've owned many several Ovation guitars, my most favorite is the custom Legend Plus KOA Burst; utterly fantastic in beauty & playability. I've tried other top brand guitars but have always, always, always come back to Ovation. I've learned through spending literally thousands of dollars over the last 51 years that I've been playing that OVATION Guitars will never be beat regardless of how good the other wanna-be brands get to be; End Of Story!!! Thanks, Jeff.

i​ Love​ ovation​ no.1617

I have one of these, worst acoustic I own.

I am a novice player and own three Ovation guitars. They are eye candy to me, sound great and play wonderfully. I love them!!! Enjoyed the tour and hope Ovation will always be with us.

What an awesome video! I have two old school 1970's Ovations a 12 string and a 1776-1976 Patriot and love them both. I wondered if Ovation can install electrics into the Patriot? Fascinating video and saved it to watch again and again. My thanks to all the Ovation employees who made this possible!

Did you have a few tokes along the way?

I'm in the process of replacing - yes, replacing - the top on an old Applause (budget Ovation line from the 70s) acousic. This video helped me understanding the original construction, and gave me some ideas how I could potentially replicate some of the same techniques on my project.

Super cool video. Thanks

I can't afford an Ovation, but I love my Applause.

hey chuck..... take a haircut. freakin mophead.

I've been waiting on a back order for a a 44c Classic Ovation from Guitar Center for three months..can I buy direct from Premier..Does Premier have a catalog.

I'm surprised this factory stayed in CT after all these years. All other industry moved south or closed.

great.

I am seeing this 9 years after filmed and I am glad to see that Ovation is still with us.

The thing I like about this factory unlike say Martin's factory is here each member of the team of builders is doing several procedures creating variety for them.

At Martin it seems as though each procedure is repeated over and over and over, day after day after day. Honestly, if I only ran a body around a router for receiving binding day in day out I'd go bat shit crazy.

I even as a hobby build stringed instruments myself and thankfully when in the shop what comes next is not a repeat unless I am building two simultaneously.

As it falls off his lap

Your guitars sound like crap ! Look everyone , this is my new plastic body guitar !

I sold my old Ovation because the bowl kept slipping into a horizontal position (watch old Glen Campbell videos to see the problem). Now they've fixed the problem with a new bowl profile I'm going to buy a new Ovation. Unbeatable guitars.

Charles hangover is really aging poorly in this tour :P

AIT MENGULET

I just got a celebrity from Cali with the Myrtle wood. Beautiful guitar but I have some issues with it. They are big in my opinion but I still like the guitar. Older model with round bowl. I'm thinking, it keeps sliding down my lap. I'm a skinny guy so I like that it's round but it won't stay even if I stand. 2. The headstock is quite narrow and the flair is so low that I cannot do chords qt the first fret because the wings get in the way. Overall a beautiful guitar but not for me. Not this one anyhow.

The “Mr Ovation” guy kinda makes me wanna puke.

I recently bought a 1778T black Ovation when my other of 19 years was stolen. I've come to love this guitar, but since I've had it 2 things have happened that my old smoke black ovation never had a issue with. First after I bought it from this guy, it looked perfect. He'd had it reset up and cleans up before selling it. I had it for 3 weeks. Played about 15 90 minute sets over that period. One day out the sun was hitting it pretty good, but was not a extreme heat. I put the guitar to bed in its case. The next day I pulled it out to play, and there was a crack from the end of the guitar face to the bridge. I was crestfallen. I had an American made Ovation and in 3 weeks this happened with me doing nothing to the guitar. My other Ovation a Celebrity I believe over 19 years in the same area never had a problem handling the same conditions. The 2nd issue was the paint of the face below my stings about a half inch down has now chipped away. Again I found this odd, because in 19 years of playing my other Ovation, that area was not scratched at all. The body was a bit thinner, so maybe that's somehow effected my strumming and picking, but I don't feel like that's so. So this guitar, which like my other, I treat like my baby, some how has developed these defects. I'm frankly distraught about it. I got this at a good price because the owner needed money, but I still find it hard to comprehend how this has happened. To me, this should not be happening to a guitar of this supposed quality. I'd like to get it brought back to spec paint wise after the crack is repaired. But from what I understand it's a specialty paint made by some motorcycle painter. I was told it's not worth it, but I just can't see leaving the guitar how it is. What can you tell me.

The comment that the factory humidity “won’t change” after was just plain silly

it was falling off his leg when he held it up to it lol.

I sent my early ovation to them for some neck work, it had an original embossed ovation label in the sound hole, when they sent it back it was replaced by a paper label. Never will forgive them for that. Thrives!

Super! As a banjo maker I really enjoyed the tour! I always wanted to make a weissenborn lap guitar out of Koa but where could I get the wood?

After this video instead of sell my guitar, I want to buy more ovation guitar models

Two words: grip tape

Stewmac clamps, LOL!

An impressive research and study and use of materials and techniques! An immense effort to activate the production lines. Guitars built in an artisanal way to the rule of art with incredible technologies and materials! Unbeatable!

Why not go to Korea as most of Ovations are made there ??? Truth hurts Ovation lmao

I'm an Ovation fan.
have 3 ovation celebrity deluxe in good condition...
i want to have adamas USA ovation.

where is the difference between Ovation Adamas and Ovation korea?

is the latest ovation model also produced in korea?

Are there any Ovation adamas dealers in Indonesia?
thank you

These guitars suck. Always have and even more since i saw this? They should go all the way and mold a wood backing instead of PLASTIC, that would be impressive. All the chemical adhesives and plastic gives off a very stinky smell, yuk. And ya, back in the day the stupid roundback slips off your leg. The roundback should be inside and square outside. If it wasn't for the Neck and Fretboard, this guit would be nothing. It's just a wood top Acoustic guitar. 80% of the body is Plastic! For the Price i would expect a lot more fancy classy inlays. Way more. These guitars are based on hype, namely Nancy Wilson. It's all Nancy novelty. Big deal.

These guitars are a nightmare to repair.

What happened to the guys finger in the video.

Finally gave my '76 Custom Balladeer to my daughter for safe keeping. Love them both!

Why does my CE44 say it was “Crafted in China” at the top of the back of the neck?