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From the official Ovation Web Site

THREE DIGIT SERIES

THREE DIGIT SERIES (Number range)	YEAR MADE	Comment
006-319	1966	Three digits in red ink
320-999	1967 (Feb-Nov)	New Hartford; three digits in red ink
1000-	1967 (Nov)-1968 (July)	Four digits in black ink, no letter prefix
10000-	1970 (Feb)-1972 (May)	Five digits, no letter prefix
A+3 Digits	1968 (July-Nov)
B+3 Digits	1968 (Nov)-1969 (Feb)
B+5 Digits	1974-1979	Magnum solid body basses
C+3 Digits	1969 (Feb-Sept)
D+3 Digits	1969 (Sept)-1970 (Feb)
E+4 Digits	1973 (Jan)-1975 (Feb)	Solidbodies
E+5 Digits	1975 (Feb)-1980	Solidbodies
E+6 Digits	1980 (late)-1981	Some UK IIs (does not reflect production)
F,G prefix	1968 (July)-1970 (Feb)
H,I,J,L prefix	1970-1973	Electric Storm Series

Four Digit Series

	First digit is always 1
Second digit is type of guitar:
	1 Acoustic roundbacks (also semi-hollowbody electrics)
	2 Solidbody and semi-hollowbody electrics
	3 Ultra acoustics
	4 Solidbody
	5 Acoustic electric cutaway Adamas and II/Elite/Ultra electric
	6 Acoustic electric roundbacks
	7 Deep
	8 Shallow

Third digit denotes bowl depth on acoustic and acoustic electrics:
	1 Standard bowl, 5 13/16" deep
	2 Artist bowl, 5 1/8" deep
	3 Elite/Matrix electric deep bowl
	4 Matrix shallow bowl
	5 Custom Balladeer, Legend, Legend 12, Custom Legend 12, Anniversary
	6 Cutaway electric, deep bowl
	7 Cutaway electric, shallow bowl
	8 Adamas, 6 1/16" deep

Fourth digit denotes mode, for the first eight acoustic models:
	1 Balladeer
	2 Deluxe Baladeer
	3 Classic
	4 Josh White
	5 12-String
	6 Contemporary Folk Classic
	7 Glen Campbell Artist Balladeer
	8 Glen Campbell 12-String

Color code follows hyphen after model number: (Please, follow this link) Ovation & Adamas Colors Chart

SIX DIGIT SERIES
1971-Present (Except Adamas)

SIX DIGIT SERIES (Number range)	YEAR MADE
000001-007000	1972 (May-Dec)
020001-039000	1974
039001-067000	1975
067001-086000	1976
086001-103000	1977 (Jan-Sept)
103001-126000	1977 (Sept)-1978 (Apr)
126001-157000	1978 (Apr-Dec)
157001-203000	1979
211011-214933	1980
214934-263633	1981
263634-291456	1982
291457-302669	1983
302670-303319	1984	Elites Only
315001-339187	1984	Balladeers Only
303320-356000	1985-1986
357000-367999	1987
368000-382106	1988
382107-392900	1989
403760-420400	1990
421000-430680	1990
400001-403676	1991
430681-446000	1991
402700-406000	1992
446001-457810	1992
457811-470769	1993
470770-484400	1994
484401-501470	1995
501471-518689	1996
518690-528368	1997
528369-536826	1998
536827-545890	1999
545891-555979	2000
555980-564478	2001
564479-571883	2002
571884-579654	2003
579655-592919	2004
592920-601450	2005
601451-609566	2006
609567-618494	2007
618495-620263	2008
620264-621209	2009
621210-621981	2010
621982-622147	2011
622148-622419	2012
622420-622539	2013

ADAMAS SERIES
Series starts with 0077 in September 1977