|
|
Joined:
April 2003
Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME | So I bought another one.
Another Academy
My other KA-14 is white with a blue tint. I had a KA-17 with the tan top but sold it off. I wonder how many different colors these things came in?
I'm up to eleven Os and As now, not counting one I stripped for parts. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Two colors: Cream white, and pastel blue. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
June 2006
Posts: 7307
Location: South of most, North of few | Wow KS, great price, but they killed you on the shipping. Those are great guitars. Congrats!! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
June 2007
Posts: 3084
Location: Brisbane Australia | I got killed on the shipping too...... :rolleyes:
Great pickup.......
AJ ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2005
Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I didn't know they had a pickup... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
June 2007
Posts: 3084
Location: Brisbane Australia | Go play your harp.......or is it a banjo.......
AJ :D |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2005
Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | You can't tell the difference between a harp and a banjo AJ? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Seymour, Tennessee | What is the story on these Academies?
When, how long, & where were they made? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2003
Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME | I get conflicting info. I emailed ovation and the person who responded barely heard of them. Not faulting them, just that even they don't seem to have much info.
I've read that they were made in '78-'79, but my pastel blue (looks white until it's sitting beside something that IS white!) is dated 1981 under the fingerboard extension. Somewhere I saw a Kaman memo dated 1983 that referenced them.
The KA-14 had the aluminum neck a la Moosup Applauses with a 12 fret neck. The only wood on them was the bridge. The KA-17 had a slot head wood neck. I had one of those a couple years ago and it was 'good' but wasn't as quirky as the KA-14 so it went away.
No idea if they were made alongside the Applauses in Moosup or at the Ovation factory. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2003
Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME | I should add that Academy guitars have been known to cause cancer, brain damage, loss of appetite, and various and sundry forms of dysfunction. I hereby volunteer to properly dispose of any and all Academy guitars. I will reimburse you for shipping.
You're welcome. |
|
| |
My KA-14 was lonely....