Ovation guitars in the 1980s

Through the 1980s, Kaman Corporation / Kaman Music Corporation (KMC Musicorp after 2007) controlled the Ovation name, and 1 plant built it: New Hartford CT (Kaman/Ovation plant).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1 era touch the 1980s across 1 line. Nothing changed inside the decade, so every Ovation from these years is the same version on its line.

Year by year

Eras in the 1980s

Other brands in the 1980s

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• Guild in the 1980s
• Heritage in the 1980s
• Ibanez in the 1980s
• Martin in the 1980s
• PRS in the 1980s
• Taylor in the 1980s

Ovation, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   Hamer Guitarsgraded community

   • "acquired by… Fender… on December 31, 2007"Ovation in the 1980s: owners and plants
2. 2
   Kaman Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2007graded primary

   • On December 31, 2007, we completed the previously announced saleOvation in the 1980s: owners and plants
3. 3
   Kaman Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2008graded primary

   • On December 31, 2007, we completed the sale of all of the capital stock of our wholly owned subsidiaryOvation in the 1980s: owners and plants
4. 4
   Kaman Corp. 8-K exhibit 99.1 (Ovation/KMC sale closing)graded primary

   • on December 31, 2007, the company completed its previously announced saleOvation in the 1980s: owners and plants
5. 5
   Fender to close Ovation factory in Connecticutgraded secondary

   • "built Ovation… for the last 47 years"Ovation in the 1980s: owners and plants
6. 6
   Fender to cease US production of Ovation guitarsgraded secondary

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