Range			Year

0077-0099		1977

0100-0608		1978

0609-1058		1979

1059-1670		1980

1671-2668		1981

2669-3242		1982

3243-3859		1983

3860-4109		1984

4110-4251		1985

4252-4283		1986

4284-4427		1987

4428-4696		1988

4697-4974		1989

4975-5541		1990

5542-6278		1991

6279-7088		1992

7089-8159		1993

8160-9778		1994

9779-11213		1995

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, 513/16" deep
2 Artist bowl, 51/8" 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, 61/16" deep

Fourth digit denotes model, for first eight acoustic models:

1 Balladeer 2 Deluxe Balladeer 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:

1 Sunburst
2 Red
4 Natural
5 Black
6 White
7 LTD Nutmeg/Anniversary Brown/Beige/Tan
8 Blue
9 Brown
B Barnwood (gray-to-black sunburst)
H Honeyburst

Acoustic and Acoustic Electric

1966	Balladeer introduced. All with natural top, Grover Rotomatic tuners, dot fret markers, white-black-white binding, small or thin rosette with figure-8 chain link motif and grape bunch at 4 o'clock position. Less than 100 made before February 1967 move to New Hartford factory. Variations: very early with no rosette; some with extra diamond fret markers at twelfth fret.
1967 (Feb.)	Deluxe Balladeer introduced. Essentially a Balladeer with diamonds at twelfth fret, Grover Rotomatics (Balladeer now has Kluson tuners), five-ply top binding.
1967 (Sept.)	Classic introduced. No fret markers, twelve frets clear of body, flat fingerboard. Josh White model introduced. Twelve frets clear of body, wider neck, steel strings, dot markers with diamonds at twelfth fret. Model numbers introduced: Model #1 Balladeer Model #2 Deluxe Balladeer Model #3 Classic Model #4 Josh White Shaded brown sunburst top introduced Larger floral leaf rosette appears
1968 (Jan.)	Model #5 12-String introduced
1968 (July)	Semi-hollowbody Electric Storm series introduced (see separate listing) Model #6 Contemporary Folk Classic appears in the catalog, but is only produced as a prototype (probably during development of Glen Campbell model), with red, green, or blue bowl color option
1968 (Nov.)	Glen Campbell models and shallow "Artist" bowl introduced: Model #7 Glen Campbell Artist Balladeer Model #8 Glen Campbell 12-String Four-digit model numbers with K prefix introduced: K-1111 Balladeer K-1112 Custom Balladeer K-1113 Classic K-1114 Josh White K-1115 12-String K-1116 Contemporary Folk Classic (prototypes only) K-1117 Deluxe Balladeer K-1118 Glen Campbell 12-String K-1121 Artist Balladeer K-1123 Artist Classic K-1127 Glen Campbell Artist Balladeer
1970	Josh White model deleted after his death
1971 (May)	K-1124 Country Artist introduced. Similar to the Josh White but with shallow bowl, fourteen-fret neck, flat fingerboard, and nylon strings, replaces Josh White as the #4 model. Acoustic electric models introduced: K-1621 Electric Artist Balladeer K-1624 Electric Country Artist
1972 (June)	K prefix deleted from model names 1114 Folklore introduced (reintroduction of Josh White model) 1115 12-String renamed Pacemaker 1117 Deluxe Balladeer renamed Legend 1122 Classic Balladeer introduced 1614 Electric Folklore introduced 1615 Electric Pacemaker introduced 1617 Electric Legend introduced Solidbody electrics introduced (see separate listing)
1974	1116 Concert Classic introduced 1616 Electric Concert Classic introduced 1119 Custom Legend introduced 1619 Electric Custom Legend introduced
1976	New top finishes introduced: Red, White, or Blue Patriot Bicentennial introduced. Limited run of 1776 guitars, fancy version of Custom Legend with drum-and-flag decal and "1776*1976" on lower treble bout.
1976 (Sept.)	Adamas introduced in prototype form for artists and select dealers. The first 26 are prototypes; #27-#61 are a non-tooling production run; #62-#76 have a new headstock design and the Kaman bar neck reinforcement. Wooden epaulettes around soundholes change to a photographic Mylar material. Extensive tooling begins Sept. 1977. Dealers receive first production models in Dec. 1977. First production Adamas sold is a Model 1687, #0077-95. Suffix is guitar's natural frequency resonance. The first Adamas 12-String is #213. Charles H. Kaman signs the labels up to #600. At #600 C.W. (Bill) Kaman II begins signing labels. 1187 Acoustic Adamas 1188 Acoustic Adamas 12-String 1687 Adamas (acoustic electric) 1688 Adamas 12-String (acoustic electric)
1978	1157 Anniversary introduced 1657 Electric Anniversary introduced
1979	1587 Adamas cutaway introduced 1651 Legend Limited (electric only) introduced
1981	Adamas II models introduced. Standard Ovation neck and bridge, available as acoustic electric only. 1681 Adamas II 1685 Adamas II 12-String 1581 Adamas II cutaway
1982	Collectors' Series inaugurated (see separate listing) 1155 Custom Balladeer 12 introduced 1655 Electric Custom Balladeer 12 introduced 1156 Legend 12 introduced 1656 Electric Legend 12 introduced 1159 Custom Legend 12 introduced 1659 Electric Custom Legend 12 introduced Cutaway models introduced: 1661 Balladeer Cutaway 1667 Legend Cutaway 1677 Legend Shallow Cutaway 1669 Custom Legend Cutaway 1674 Country Artist cutaway 1663 Classic Cutaway Adamas cutaways Wood-top Adamas prototype produced. Number on label is N-19-82WTSL (WTSL for Wood Top Super Legend). Production model will be named Elite.
1982 (Oct.)	Elite appears on price list; production begins shortly thereafter. First catalog appearance is late 1983.
1983	Super-shallowbodies introduced
1988	Abalone trim added to Custom Legend and Electric Custom Legend