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Location: Phoenix AZ | I am starting a little "project" and I am in need of any possible information that anyone has on the ACADEMY guitars. Spec sheets, photos, catalog, personal recollections, experiences, etc. I realize there is not a lot of documented history about this little orphan model (hence my project). Please send me anything you may have.
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Location: ranson,wva | ive got the KA-14 model..dont know much about it besides it was built as a educational insturment.id like to find a KA-17 like yours. not much help from me..lol jason |
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Location: Paris/France | I'm looking for an Academy since a long time.
I'll look in my material if I can help you.
I've got a lot of stuffs but I don't remember to have any documents for these guitars... :confused:
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | You collectors are a whole different breed.
Not that an Academy wouldn't be a wonderful find. But the obsession is a little......ooooo! look at that note! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . "Even after a month of being pinned to the top of the most informative Ovation guitar site in the world, this guitar is so rarely seen, there is little information on it" . . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Actually Jeff, I have aquired quite a lot of information about this little gem. Look for some nice detailed info and photos soon. Dave |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I was just, "Bumpin'" Dave...
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Location: Ballston Lake, N.Y. | Dave,
I'll be interested to read your info. I have a KA-14 ..Light Blue. I've been trying to find out what kind of case they originally came with. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Zen, I sent you a PM. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Do these by chance have a plastic neck? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | No. Appears there are two types of necks on the Academy. One is the same as (or very close to) the Matrix neck with aluminum fretboard. The other is a celeb. style (nato?) one piece wood neck with rosewood fretboard. Or as one of my advisors said "Maybe Academy guitars are like snowflakes - no two are the same". I can't give away too much info now or you won't buy the book.
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Location: GA USA | You may know this, but there is another ACADEMY on ebay now. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yeah, I saw that. This is the aluminum fretboard model. Interesting in that some of these are 14 fret and some 12 fret necks. The sound really is amazing for what these are made of. Dave |
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Location: NJ | Gee, . . I wonder . . .
. . WHO might it have been that was saying that,
. . . ALL ALONG??? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't know Cliff, some people say SO much that it all just turns into a blur.
Personal opinion, a super shallow Academy with OP-Pro electronics would be a really cool gigging guitar.
Dave |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | and a cutaway and a Kahler.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I just bid as much as I dared and it didn't make the top. It looks like it's in pretty good shape. Very similar to my Matrix. |
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Location: ranson,wva | both of mine have warped necks...iev got 2 of the KA-14's. im still searching for a KA-17...one day i shall find one......jason |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jason, are both of your KA-14's 12 fretters? |
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Location: ranson,wva | nope. one is a 12 with adjustable bridge 1 7/8 nut. the other is a 14 fretter with non adjustable bridge and 1 11/16 at the nut. the 14 fretter is identical to a black matrix neck. that one has a cracked top.
i bought both of them from the same seller. one on ebay and the other privetly....ive got about $75.00 in both. interesting wall hangers. jason |
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