Ovation UKII
Ovation UKII, or Ultra Kaman II, is a solid body electric guitar produced by Ovation Guitars.
The guitar featured a hollow body aluminum frame encased in a mold of urelite, a dense urethane foam. This made the guitar light, and the hollowness gave it a very distinct sound. The neck of the guitar was glued to the body and then bolted to the frame, so that along with the hollow body this would allow for maximum sustain. The pickups were custom-made by Ovation. Each coil was wound 10,000 times, more than most pickups, resulting in a high amplitude. The pickups also included switches that would switch the wiring in the pickups from in series to parallel, effectively turning hum bucker into a single coil in sound quality on the fly. The guitar also had a mono and a stereo output, where the stereo separated the two pickups into their own channels.
The UKII came in several varieties:
- Chrome or gold hardware
- Several finishes usually painted to look like the grain of wood
- Abalone rectangle inlays or mother of pearl bowties on the fretboard which was made of ebony
- An optional pickguard