I never liked Ovations much Though I am sorry to see another guitar company leave the American scene. Les Paul man myself. Ovation’s sounded good enough but I just couldn’t go for the plastic rounded backs. They made the guitar more difficult to play if seated. I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or not but many Ova’s that I seen with several yrs. on them usually have cracked finishes on the top sound board running vertically in line with the neck. Go Gibson - but keep an eye on that Obama guy. He might be out to steal your wood again ;- )
Yup!
I've owned 2 over the years... Really nice ones... but I'll never buy another one for just that reason.
Charlie Kaman did some pretty amazing things in very different fields.