![]() ![]() On closer inspection, the frets were also pretty dirty and pitted. The whole of the top of the guitar was covered in sticky insulation material and the tuning pegs were rusted and gritty when I turned them. The strings were rusted and broke as soon as I tried to get the guitar in tune. I have to say that 19 years in the heat and cold had not been kind on the poor old Applause. Taking pity on it, I pulled it out of the loft and brought it down to see how it would sound after all those years (noting as I did it that I also have an Eko Ranger 6 in the loft as well!). #Guitarra electroacustica ovation applause full#Apparently, they were made by Ovation as a cheaper alternative to the full Ovation models and were an attempt by the company to make sure other companies didn’t produce cheaper versions of their trademark bowl back design – in effect they got into the cheap copy market for their own product!īack to my particular example and many years have passed since the guitar was purchased and for the biggest part of them, certainly since 2000 when we moved into our current house, the Applause has been laying in the loft forgotten.Ī couple of weeks ago I was in the loft putting away our cases after a weekend away and I saw the head of the guitar laying on the insulation material. I found this catalogue which includes the AE-32 which dates it from the late 1970s. There are volume and tone controls fitted to the side of the bowl, and a jack socket on the back. ![]() They were made in various colours although mine is the rather staid and boring looking natural finish. I know I used to own a Ranger 12 and traded it for another acoustic somewhere along the line so the Applause was probably the one.Īs an aside, to give some information, the Applause AE-32 is a round backed guitar with a body made of Lyramold (think plastic or fibreglass), a 20 fret rosewood fretboard, a mahogany neck, no cut away in the body and a pickup fitted under the bridge saddle. I can’t remember now what I paid for it, but I don’t think I bought it new and I have a vague recollection I may have traded an Eko Ranger 12 for it. Their low feedback and ability to cut through other band instruments made them ideal for playing alongside electric guitars and drums.Ovation Applause AE-32 Tone and Volume controls Ovations reached the height of their popularity in the 1980's, where they were more often than not seen during live performances by touring artists if acoustic guitars were being played. A lower-priced version of the bowl-back Ovation design, known as the Applause Guitar, has also been produced.ĭeveloped starting in 1966 and introduced as the 'Balladeer' in February, 1967, Ovation has sought to bring modern materials and construction techniques to guitar building. Ovation has also produced solid body electric guitars. Ovation guitars are differentiated by their composite synthetic bowl, rather than the traditional wooden back and sides of the modern acoustic guitar as produced by luthiers starting in the late 18th century. Ovation primarily manufactures acoustic guitars. The Ovation Guitar Company, a holding of Kaman Music Corporation, is a guitar manufacturing company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA. ![]()
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