jannusguy2 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Introduced the gas turbine engine to helicopters as well as dual intermeshing helicopter rotors. He also invented the Ovation guitar "allowing musicians to amplify their guitars without the feedback that comes from using microphones." I would expect he was an interesting fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Introduced the gas turbine engine to helicopters as well as dual intermeshing helicopter rotors. He also invented the Ovation guitar "allowing musicians to amplify their guitars without the feedback that comes from using microphones." I would expect he was an interesting fellow. Duly noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Man, I can't believe the King of Ovation and Applause Guitars - KSdaddy - hasn't chimed in on this. I got into Ovations in the 70s and had at least one in my stable through the 80's. Certainly a great contributor to the musical instrument scene. RIP Charlie K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Man, I can't believe the King of Ovation and Applause Guitars - KSdaddy - hasn't chimed in on this. I got into Ovations in the 70s and had at least one in my stable through the 80's. Certainly a great contributor to the musical instrument scene. RIP Charlie K. Probably commiserating over on the OvationFanClub board. I'll check it out. Now where did I put my Birkenstock's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I lost interest in them. I still have one, a prototype (with stereo outputs) of the 1983 Collector's Edition. The serial number is the date it was made, pre-dating the "#x of #xxxx" serialization. Daryl Hall has #1, Nancy Wilson has #2. Mine was born before theirs. I had an identical one, strung the same, set up the same, and the prototype blew the production model away with extreme prejudice. I've gone inside and looked at the bracing and all, and couldn't see any difference. It's a super shallow bowl that sounds better than any deep bowl I've ever owned. It ain't goin' nowhere. As to the rest, they went away in the great "My wife is gone and I must further punish myself by shedding material things" purge of 2011. 13 instruments went away with more packing their bags. I even shed Ovation serial #093. I still have a half dozen US Applauses and a couple Academies. Those sound just too friggin' good to sell them on ebay for $31 apiece. Most times their plywood tops sound better than their more expensive solid topped (and crack prone) cousins. Or plastic tops in the case of the Academy (the only wood is the bridge!) My goal is to have one of each color they put out. And I have the 1000th one ever built, with note pad papers glued inside the bowl with the signatures of everyone on the assembly line and Bill Kaman, Charlie's son. I paid the princely sum of $130 for that one, or about 4X the average going price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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