Originally Posted by
Rolla
Ovation started in 1966, so their early models certainly qualify. I remember Glen Campbell endorsed them in 1969. They're not my cuppa, but it would be cool to have one of his signature models from BITD.
Yes, I knew Ovations were being manufactured back then. Guitar shops in my home town of New Haven had a bunch of them, since the factory was just a few miles north of Hartford. "Shock" mostly referred to passage-of-time whiplash from being abruptly reminded of how old I am.
[Edit] I believe John Hartford endorsed them even earlier. Some of the local New Haven folkies were pretty catty about that - "They couldn't pay me enough to give up my D-18!" and so on. The moderates among those guys gossiped that John H. used the Ovations on stage but never otherwise.