Ovation Academy Guitar |
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This 1978
Academy model is certainly one of the more unique guitars ever built by
Kaman Music. Targeted at the educational buyer, they set out to
build a low cost, low maintenance, bulletproof guitar. To this
end, they actually developed a soundboard which contains NO wood.
Not even the braces. The entire top, including soundboard, braces
and binding is made of good old plastic. The plastic is high
density and fabricated to mimic the vibration of a wooden top. The
model KA-17 is a 12-fret wide neck with slotted headstock. To hear
this guitar you would never guess its construction. The sound is
amazingly good. To be fair, you would not likely confuse it with
the sound of a top of the line wood topped or Adamas guitar. But
it's plastic, for goodness sake. I often refer to this model as
the ultimate "front porch" guitar, meaning that even if it
starts to rain you can still sit out on the porch and strum away. Click
HERE for
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