The GS was Ovation's take on the Fender stratocaster. By the time this model was made Ovation had outsourced the production of bodies and necks to Samick in Korea, but the final assembly was done in the USA.

It is a typical Strat clone, strat-style body,  21 fret bolt-on maple necks with maple or rosewood fretboard. The six GS variations (designated model numbers 1412 through to 1419), each had different in the pickup options, came with or without pickguards or had  Kahler Flyer or a traditional vintage strat style vibrato unit.

The pickups were made by DiMarzio: either the DP-100 Super Distortion, the DP-103 PAF, the DP-108 single coils, or the DP-101 offset humbuckers. There were 6 finish options: black, white, red, blue, sunburst and natural.

Prices when new in 1984 started at $319.