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Seeking information about my vintage Ovation Applause AA-31 acoustic guitar. Made in Korea. Serial # 134919. Front is green. Ovation date-finder says 1978 for this serial number but I've also been told that production in Korea did not occur until the early 1980's. Would love to clarify this and even find a print ad or brochure with this guitar.
Any info would be helpful. THANKS!!I can't give you specifics, but I can tell you for certain that guitar wasn't made in the late 70s. I had a late 70s Applause back when they were new, and they didn't offer that model - it was still the AA-14 aluminum necked models that were in the line back then, and they moved to wood fingerboards a few years later - about 1982/83 IIRC. I'd almost be willing to bet your guitar was made in the 1980s, although it is possible it could have come from the 1990s. And FWIW, I think they called that color blue, not green. ********** 'Look at it this way: think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that.' - George Carlin 'It shouldn't be expected that people are necessarily doing what they appear to be doing on records.'
- Sir George Martin, All You Need Is Ears 'The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of money, the public will flock to the fruits and the scene will be healthy again.' - Bob Lefsetz. The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it. Mencken Citizens and Residents Of The United States and U.S Persons - USA PATRIOT Act Notice: You are hereby notified that under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, you may be placed under electronic surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site by intelligence or law enforcement agencies at any time or for any purpose for which they may deem fit, without your knowledge or permission and without the order or supervision of any court of law. As the provisions of the Act strictly prohibit, with fines and imprisonment, the managers of this site from disclosing such surveillance should it become known to us, you should assume that you are under surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site, electronic mail or any other form of electronic communication related thereto. Some info I found on the net The early Applause guitars did not say Ovation on them, because the plan was to sell them through a distributor rather than the Ovation sales force.
Epic Games, Inc.
The concept was to make cheaper copies of their own guitars before someone else did, and the goal was to build them with only one man-hour of labor involved. I don't think they ever reached that goal, but I believe that they were able to build them in less than 2 1/2 hours of man-hours.
They used the same back as the Ovations, but had a laminated top (Ovations were solid), and as someone mentioned, the necks were aluminum, and the fretboard, support rod, headstock, and frets were one piece. Then they molded the back of the neck out of a plastic material, and finished it to feel 'just like mahogany!' They were introduced in 1976 or 1977, and were built in Connecticut. There was one big difficulty.
The aluminum frets tended to wear quickly, and could not be replaced. The original plan had been that the necks would be easily interchangeable, and that you could have the entire neck replaced for less than it would cost to replace frets on a wooden fretboard. That never became a popular selling point. The next step was to cover the aluminum frets with nickel plating, which helped a little, but they still seemed to wear quickly. Around 1982 or 1983, they moved production of the Applause guitars to Korea, and at some point after that, they did away with the aluminum necks. About that same time, they introduced the Celebrity series priced to be between the Applause and Ovation brands. I can't recollect when Applause added 'by Ovation' to their logo.
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Seeking information about my vintage Ovation Applause AA-31 acoustic guitar. Made in Korea. Serial # 134919. Front is green. Ovation date-finder says 1978 for this serial number but I've also been told that production in Korea did not occur until the early 1980's. Would love to clarify this and even find a print ad or brochure with this guitar.
Any info would be helpful. THANKS!!I can't give you specifics, but I can tell you for certain that guitar wasn't made in the late 70s. I had a late 70s Applause back when they were new, and they didn't offer that model - it was still the AA-14 aluminum necked models that were in the line back then, and they moved to wood fingerboards a few years later - about 1982/83 IIRC. I'd almost be willing to bet your guitar was made in the 1980s, although it is possible it could have come from the 1990s. And FWIW, I think they called that color blue, not green. ********** 'Look at it this way: think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that.' - George Carlin 'It shouldn't be expected that people are necessarily doing what they appear to be doing on records.'
- Sir George Martin, All You Need Is Ears 'The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of money, the public will flock to the fruits and the scene will be healthy again.' - Bob Lefsetz. The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it. Mencken Citizens and Residents Of The United States and U.S Persons - USA PATRIOT Act Notice: You are hereby notified that under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, you may be placed under electronic surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site by intelligence or law enforcement agencies at any time or for any purpose for which they may deem fit, without your knowledge or permission and without the order or supervision of any court of law. As the provisions of the Act strictly prohibit, with fines and imprisonment, the managers of this site from disclosing such surveillance should it become known to us, you should assume that you are under surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site, electronic mail or any other form of electronic communication related thereto. Some info I found on the net The early Applause guitars did not say Ovation on them, because the plan was to sell them through a distributor rather than the Ovation sales force.
Epic Games, Inc.
The concept was to make cheaper copies of their own guitars before someone else did, and the goal was to build them with only one man-hour of labor involved. I don't think they ever reached that goal, but I believe that they were able to build them in less than 2 1/2 hours of man-hours.
They used the same back as the Ovations, but had a laminated top (Ovations were solid), and as someone mentioned, the necks were aluminum, and the fretboard, support rod, headstock, and frets were one piece. Then they molded the back of the neck out of a plastic material, and finished it to feel 'just like mahogany!' They were introduced in 1976 or 1977, and were built in Connecticut. There was one big difficulty.
The aluminum frets tended to wear quickly, and could not be replaced. The original plan had been that the necks would be easily interchangeable, and that you could have the entire neck replaced for less than it would cost to replace frets on a wooden fretboard. That never became a popular selling point. The next step was to cover the aluminum frets with nickel plating, which helped a little, but they still seemed to wear quickly. Around 1982 or 1983, they moved production of the Applause guitars to Korea, and at some point after that, they did away with the aluminum necks. About that same time, they introduced the Celebrity series priced to be between the Applause and Ovation brands. I can't recollect when Applause added 'by Ovation' to their logo.
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Seeking information about my vintage Ovation Applause AA-31 acoustic guitar. Made in Korea. Serial # 134919. Front is green. Ovation date-finder says 1978 for this serial number but I've also been told that production in Korea did not occur until the early 1980's. Would love to clarify this and even find a print ad or brochure with this guitar.
Any info would be helpful. THANKS!!I can't give you specifics, but I can tell you for certain that guitar wasn't made in the late 70s. I had a late 70s Applause back when they were new, and they didn't offer that model - it was still the AA-14 aluminum necked models that were in the line back then, and they moved to wood fingerboards a few years later - about 1982/83 IIRC. I'd almost be willing to bet your guitar was made in the 1980s, although it is possible it could have come from the 1990s. And FWIW, I think they called that color blue, not green. ********** 'Look at it this way: think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that.' - George Carlin 'It shouldn't be expected that people are necessarily doing what they appear to be doing on records.'
- Sir George Martin, All You Need Is Ears 'The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of money, the public will flock to the fruits and the scene will be healthy again.' - Bob Lefsetz. The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it. Mencken Citizens and Residents Of The United States and U.S Persons - USA PATRIOT Act Notice: You are hereby notified that under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, you may be placed under electronic surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site by intelligence or law enforcement agencies at any time or for any purpose for which they may deem fit, without your knowledge or permission and without the order or supervision of any court of law. As the provisions of the Act strictly prohibit, with fines and imprisonment, the managers of this site from disclosing such surveillance should it become known to us, you should assume that you are under surveillance while viewing this or any other similar web site, electronic mail or any other form of electronic communication related thereto. Some info I found on the net The early Applause guitars did not say Ovation on them, because the plan was to sell them through a distributor rather than the Ovation sales force.
Epic Games, Inc.
The concept was to make cheaper copies of their own guitars before someone else did, and the goal was to build them with only one man-hour of labor involved. I don't think they ever reached that goal, but I believe that they were able to build them in less than 2 1/2 hours of man-hours.
They used the same back as the Ovations, but had a laminated top (Ovations were solid), and as someone mentioned, the necks were aluminum, and the fretboard, support rod, headstock, and frets were one piece. Then they molded the back of the neck out of a plastic material, and finished it to feel 'just like mahogany!' They were introduced in 1976 or 1977, and were built in Connecticut. There was one big difficulty.
The aluminum frets tended to wear quickly, and could not be replaced. The original plan had been that the necks would be easily interchangeable, and that you could have the entire neck replaced for less than it would cost to replace frets on a wooden fretboard. That never became a popular selling point. The next step was to cover the aluminum frets with nickel plating, which helped a little, but they still seemed to wear quickly. Around 1982 or 1983, they moved production of the Applause guitars to Korea, and at some point after that, they did away with the aluminum necks. About that same time, they introduced the Celebrity series priced to be between the Applause and Ovation brands. I can't recollect when Applause added 'by Ovation' to their logo.
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