Maker
Ovation Guitar Company
Manufacturer of guitars
Ovation is an American guitar maker founded in 1966, known for acoustic-electric guitars built with rounded synthetic 'roundback' bowls in place of traditional wooden backs.
Models
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Ovation Standard Balladeer 2771AX
Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States
The Ovation Standard Balladeer 2771AX descends from the original 1966 Balladeer that launched the roundback guitar. It pairs a solid A-grade Sitka spruce top and scalloped X-bracing with a deep-contour Lyrachord bowl, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, a pau ferro fingerboard, and the OCP1K pickup with OP-Pro preamp.
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Ovation Legend 2077AX
Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States
The Ovation Legend 2077AX is a deep-contour cutaway roundback acoustic-electric with a AA solid spruce top, LX scalloped bracing, a single round soundhole with the inlaid pearl oak-leaf rosette, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, an ebony fingerboard, and the OCP-1K pickup with OP-Pro Studio preamp.
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Ovation Celebrity Series
Acoustic guitar · China
The Celebrity Series is Ovation's imported, value-priced line of roundback acoustic-electric guitars, offering the Lyrachord bowl, solid spruce tops, multi-soundhole designs, and onboard electronics at an accessible price.
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Ovation Adamas Series
Acoustic guitar · United States
The Adamas Series is Ovation's flagship line, built in New Hartford, Connecticut. Its guitars replace the traditional wooden soundboard with an ultra-thin carbon-graphite-and-birch composite top and use multiple upper-bout soundholes over a Lyrachord roundback bowl for a powerful, articulate amplified voice.
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Ovation Deacon
Electric guitar · United States
A more upscale companion to the Breadwinner, sharing its distinctive angled body shape but adding higher-grade appointments. Like the Breadwinner, it used active onboard electronics and reflected Ovation's experimental approach to electric guitars.
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Ovation Pro Series
Acoustic guitar
The Pro Series gathers Ovation's historic roundback acoustic-electric models, including the Balladeer, Legend, and Elite, built around the Lyrachord composite bowl with solid spruce tops and Ovation pickup-and-preamp systems.
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Ovation Celebrity Elite CE44
Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · China
The Ovation Celebrity Elite CE44 is an imported, value-priced roundback acoustic-electric with a mid-depth Lyrachord body, a solid spruce top with scalloped X-bracing, Ovation's multiple upper-bout soundholes, a nato neck with ovangkol fingerboard, and an Ovation Slimline pickup with OP-4BT preamp. It is made in China.
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Ovation Adamas 2087GT
Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States
The Ovation Adamas 2087GT is a flagship roundback acoustic-electric with an ultra-thin carbon-graphite-and-birch composite top, Ovation's signature multiple upper-bout soundholes, a deep-contour Lyrachord bowl, a cutaway, and an aluminum Kaman Bar neck reinforcement. It is built in Ovation's New Hartford, Connecticut custom shop.
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Ovation Elite 2078AX
Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States
The Ovation Elite 2078AX is a deep-contour cutaway roundback acoustic-electric featuring a deluxe AA solid spruce top with LX scalloped bracing, Ovation's signature multiple upper-bout soundholes inlaid with exotic hardwoods, a five-piece mahogany and maple neck, and the OP-Pro Studio preamp with onboard compressor.
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Ovation Breadwinner
Electric guitar · United States
An unconventional solid-body electric Ovation introduced in the early 1970s, recognizable by its distinctive comma-shaped, ergonomically angled body. It featured early active onboard electronics, an unusual choice for the era.
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Ovation UKII
Electric guitar · United States
An unusual lightweight solid-body Ovation from around 1980, built with an internal aluminum frame and a molded synthetic body to create a durable, very light instrument. It was one of several short-lived experiments in Ovation's electric guitar line.
Sources
Categories
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Electric Guitars
Solid-body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric guitars.
Representative model
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Ovation Adamas 2087GT
Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States
The Ovation Adamas 2087GT is a flagship roundback acoustic-electric with an ultra-thin carbon-graphite-and-birch composite top, Ovation's signature multiple upper-bout soundholes, a deep-contour Lyrachord bowl, a cutaway, and an aluminum Kaman Bar neck reinforcement. It is built in Ovation's New Hartford, Connecticut custom shop.