La lettera di Carlo Calenda che riporta alla Milano del 2005
La lettera di Carlo Calenda al Corriere della Sera fa tornare in mente Milano del 2005. Si era alla scadenza di un decennio di sindaco-amministratore […]
Ho migrato le chitarre di plastica
In occasione dell’aggiornamento del tema di OneMoreBlog ho pensato di portare nel blog la vecchia pagina statica sulle mie chitarre Ovation, divenuta un po’ arcaica.
Ovation reference: dates serials models colors
A series of tables and lists that summarise serial numbers, model codes and colors of the Ovation guitars from the beginning to the end of […]
Ovation Collectors series 1982-2011
Produced each year from 1982 in limited numbers, the Collectors Series gave Ovation the opportunity to launch new technologies and new designs, giving birth to […]
An article from the Kaman Ovation website
I found traces of this article that once appeared on the official Kaman Ovation website, in “our story” section in the first decade of 2000. Apparently […]
The Ovation bowls: history and materials
I found this March 2002 post by Bill Kaman on the Ovation Fan Club forum. I save it here, just in case, because it’s precious.
Useful links about Ovation
There’s a lot of interesting information about the roundbak guitars on the Internet. I try to collect the best links about Ovation in this page. […]
Ovation story: from Charlie Kaman to Bill to FMI to DW Drums
Ovation guitars deeply influenced the American music in the last quarter of the Twentieth Century. From 1966 to 2007 Ovation guitars has been a brand of […]
Ovation Adamas: the invincible guitar invented by a team of engineers
The Ovation Adamas is closer to an helicopter than to a traditional guitar. Being a guitar enthusiast, Charlie Kaman knew that a round soundhole puts […]
Charlie Kaman: the ingenious crazy splinter
Charlie Kaman is the ingenious crazy splinter in the history of the American guitar. Extraordinary character, scientist, businessman, inventor, Charlie leaves a precious heritage of […]
Gone but not forgotten: the Ovation guitars that I owned
For many years my acoustic guitars were almost exclusively Ovation. And for many years I had a lot of them, all together.. Then with advancing […]
Understanding the conceptual nature of Hung Kuen kung fu
Agter more than 44 years training the kung fu learned from master Chan Hon Chung, I still consider the traditional methods of teaching and training […]
Monte Stella e Giardino dei Giusti: invasivo e inutile quanto basta
Al Monte Stella – la cara Montagnetta – ho trascorso tantissimo tempo, prima da ragazzo negli anni 70, quando ci si poteva girare in moto, […]
Cesare Battisti e il tassista ucciso nella società malata
Cesare Battisti è stato condannato in via definitiva, quindi è giusto che sconti la pena a cui è stato condannato e il dolore per le […]
Me with my Ovation guitars: a photogallery from the 70s to today
This is a selection of pictures of me with my Ovation guitars. The oldest date back to the 70s.
Sfera Ebbasta e il demonio
“Nei suoi testi c’è il demonio!” e ancora “È un cantante schifoso è più schifoso chi lo va ad ascoltare se questa è la nuova […]
Evviva Starbucks a Milano al palazzo delle Poste
“Starbucks a Milano: 1200 persone in coda all’inaugurazione. Benissimo! Che fotografino e condividano sui social, è buona visibilità per la città. Ne sono orgoglioso. Su […]
Il surreale harakiri del PD
La nuova segreteria del Partito Democratico è talmente surreale da evermi spinto a seguire su Twitter l’hashtag #harakiriPD lanciato da Carlo Calenda. Manca solo Stefano Esposito […]