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Adamas

1581-KK Kaki King

The World’s Most Advanced Acoustic Guitar

Experimental guitar virtuoso Kaki King collaborated with the Adamas R&D team to design this high-performance instrument. Representing the ultimate craftsmanship from Ovation’s flagship workshop in New Hartford, Connecticut, the Kaki King Signature features a black carbon-fiber suspended soundboard with Adamas fan bracing and bass-string soundholes, and a classic deep bowl cutaway composite body. The 5-piece mahogany/maple neck has a rosewood fretboard, and signature Kaki King appointments include white soundhole epaulets and a 12th-fret crown logo inlay. The Kaki King Signature sports Ovation’s High Output pickup and OP-Pro preamp, and Kaki personally signs the label on each of these stellar guitars.

Deep Bowl

Ovation’s Deep Bowl body generates maximum unamplified volume and enormous low end, yet it’s easier to hold and play then a traditional jumbo-body guitar. Models sporting Deep Bowl bodies also perform impressively when plugged in, thanks to Ovation’s advanced onboard electronics. A “sonic cannon” that shines either unplugged or through a sound system or stage amp, a Deep Bowl Ovation offers the best of both electric and acoustic worlds.

OP-Pro

Designed in collaboration with jazz guitarist Al Di Meola and acoustic rocker Melissa Etheridge, the OP-Pro combines state-of-the-art audio quality with exclusive features designed to meet the needs of professional guitarists. The easy-to-operate unit offers 3-band EQ, a preset tone enhancement circuit, a battery status light, and a chromatic tuner. The OP-Pro will please even the most discriminating player.

OP-Pro pre-amp

Adamas

1581-KK Kaki King

Specs

Description:: 6 String Acoustic / Electric
Body Type:: Deep Bowl Cutaway
Top:: Carbon Fiber
Bracing:: Adamas Fan Bracing
Fretboard:: Rosewood
Fret Inlay:: 12th Fret Kaki Crown

Bridge:: Walnut w/ Rosewood Stain
Sound Hole:: Muti Bass Side Only
Preamp:: OP-Pro
Pickup:: Ovation High Output
Nutwidth:: 1 11/16"
Machines:: Gold Schaller
Case:: 9158-0 Deluxe Molded Case

Adamas

1581-KK Kaki King

The World’s Most Advanced Acoustic Guitar

Introduced in 1976, the Adamas was born of the same innovative spirit that developed the shape, design, and function of the Ovation roundback. Today, more than three decades after its introduction, the Adamas remains the most advanced acoustic guitar ever made.

Adamas is the Latin word for diamond in its native form—carbon. Kaman Aerospace used carbon fiber to make cutting-edge components for satellites and supersonic aircrafts. Realizing that carbon fiber had the potential to create a pure and balanced soundboard for his guitars, Charlie Kaman and his engineers began lab trials to create a carbon-fiber top for the Ovation. They discovered that when properly engineered, carbon fiber—or graphite—behaves very much like wood.

The Adamas soundboard is made from long fibers of aerospace-grade graphite designed to resonate and respond like spruce. At one-third the weight of a spruce top, the Adamas soundboard has a bold and clear voice, quicker response, and vibrates longer than a traditional spruce top. Adamas models feature Ovation’s pioneering Mid-Depth or Deep Bowl composite bodies.

More than 30 years since the first Adamas prototypes were introduced to the world and stage, Ovation engineers continue their R&D on this groundbreaking instrument and Charlie’s visionary concept. With its space-age materials and meticulous construction, the Adamas represents the perfect blend of art and science.