Ovation Celebrity Elite Plus CE44P-SM Mid-Depth - Natural Spalted Maple Review

Psalter maple

I've had one of these now for over two years now and absolutely love it! I had the action done on it as low as it'll go when I bought it and highly recommend it ! The best action I've ever played and gorgeous looks . Electric sound great . My two complaints are the fret dots are so small they hide under the strings I personally put in larger ones 1/4" ( MOP WHITE ) much better… read more . Even the side dots are hard to see in low light conditions. The end of the fretboard has this pleasing shape over the body but I wish it was squared off instead to get to the higher notes . This.is my third Ovation and by far the best . I even changed out the tuners for the Daddario locking tuners that cut the excess string off . The originals were fine , this was a preference on my part . You won't poke your finger on a sharp string end because it hides it , they are great .got them from Sweetwater also .

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Update

My previous review I said the tuner that's built in did not work very well. The truth is I just didn't know how to use it very well. Once I learned it actually is spot on. This is a super guitar as easy to play as my electric the next a little narrow but fortunately I sing high in most of my stuff is with a capo. The sound of this guitar is amazing everybody that's heard it turns… read more around and has to listen because it is so crisp! And the amount of bass well not just the base but all the ranges that comes out of it, well it's really amazing. But I wanted to correct the last review because everything I said is true but the tuner was just different to me and I didn't exactly know how to use it so it was operator error and not the fault of the guitar.

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My guitar arrived

My third Ovation. I've owned one of every bowl size now and I think I like the mid depth best of all! It's closer to the guitars I was already playing in thickness. Only thing kind of laughable about this guitar is the rather inept tuner built in. I still use my Snark because it is faster easier and better not to forget accurate unlike the one built in sadly. Anyway, other than… read more this you will struggle to find fault with this. Flawlessly made. I spent a good deal of money to make another guitar I own a player I was very pleased with until this one arrived better than that one out of the box, no set up done on this one at all. It just came with a roughly 1.5 mm height at the 12th fret! I don't care how much money I've spent I've not run into this before! I couldn't be happier and it looks like a piece of furniture. Great purchase and my first from Sweetwater! Thanks James you took care of me! I'll be back!

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Gorgeous Guitar

An absolutely stunning guitar. Even shipped in the winter and left in the box inside for awhile, it still was in tune. And it has stayed in tune. It has a great full-bodied sound that is retained when amplified (Marshall MG50). The neck feels great and the string spacing is fine, even for my small hands. You can't go wrong getting this guitar … and ordering from Sweetwater. My… read more sales engineer, Chris Mosley, as usual was fantastic.

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Fantastic guitar

I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this guitar. Not only am I happy with the full sound but the action is spot on and don't let me forget to tell how beautiful it is, like a new piece of furniture.

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