{"id":5667,"date":"2011-02-03T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T21:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2011-02-05T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T15:47:43","slug":"inventor-of-the-dreaded-ovation-roundback-guitar-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/inventor-of-the-dreaded-ovation-roundback-guitar-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventor of the Dreaded Ovation Roundback Guitar Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Larry Coryell, looking EXACTLY how an Ovation Roundback player was meant to look.<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/em>Mad props!<\/em> to Townsman misterioso<\/strong> for sharing a link to the obituary for Charles H. Kaman<\/strong><\/a>, a pioneer in helicopter design and an all-around interesting man who also happened to invent one of the most dreaded pieces of musical gear, the Ovation Roundback acoustic guitar<\/a>. Just thinking of that guitar makes me cringe.<\/p>\n

My old guitar partner, Mike, used to have one of those things. Back in those days none of us had even a half-decent acoustic guitar, so when we needed an acoustic overdub on a 4-track demo, one of us would suck it up and play the Roundback. I hated the feel of that rounded, synthetic back<\/a> against my inevitably sweaty belly. I hated the way the bottom of that guitar slid out, as if I was trying to play slide guitar or serve appetizers off the top of it. Seriously, if you click on no other link in this piece, check out this one<\/a><\/strong>! If that’s not going to alert the Rock Crimes Commission to the depth of this guitar’s societal ills I don’t know what will.<\/p>\n

I thought the cutout and trim around the soundhole<\/a> were wimpy. Now matter how you looked at the back of those things<\/a> they were dog ugly:<\/p>\n