Bane wrote:
shew man am i glad this is a guitar forum...for your sakes hahaha ?
Because the Ovation doesn't qualify? ?
Jokes aside:
Lyrachord (the material used for Ovation bowls) was developed as an anti-vibrational coating for helicopter blades by Kaman Aerospace. Charlie Kaman is also a guitarist and figured the stability would be good for the back and sides of a guitar and developed the Ovation, which was a huge success (at first). This was mainly due to the fact that it was the first guitar to incorporate piezo pickups, getting closer to a "real" acoustic sound than any method short of micing up, but without the feedback issues of using mics.
Charlie Kaman has always played Guild guitars and has never used Ovations himself.
