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Ovation built this CDX24 Celebrity Deluxe acoustic electric guitar with sunburst finish to be a unique high quality instrument. Taking all of the aspects of a traditional acoustic and molding them to the needs of an electric guitar player.

Designed in collaboration with Al DiMeola and Melissa Etheridge, the rich, bright and super quiet OP30 preamp raises the bar in its class. Three bands of EQ plus the ability to shift the mid band to either a 450Hz or 970Hz gives you complete control over your sound and should please even the most discriminating player.

There`s also a Pre-Shape circuit that not only lifts the bass and treble, but also reduces "rumble" from frequencies below 40Hz. And of course there`s an on-board chromatic tuner.

Featuring a solid spruce top, mid-depth cutaway body, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, Ovation High Output pickup, OP30 Preamp, volume, 3 Band EQ, chromatic tuner controls, extended fretboard with 23 frets, snow flake abalone inlays, gold adjustable tuners, and a walnut pinless bridge.

This Ovation CDX24 Celebrity Deluxe guitar in Sunburst finish has a sound that suits any kind of music.

Mid-depth bowl for comfort without sacrificing sound Quality!


Features:

6 String Acoustic / Electric

Body Type: Mid-Depth Cutaway

Top: Solid Spruce

Bracing: Modified Quintad

Scale Length: 25 1/4"

Mahogany Neck

Fretboard: Rosewood

Abalone Snow Flake Inlays

Pinless Walnut Bridge w/ compensated saddle

Rosette: Inlaid Oak Leaf

Pickup: Ovation High Output

Nutwidth: 1 11/16"

Machines: Gold w/Pearl Buttons

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Ovation History:

IN 1966, AERONAUTICAL PIONEER CHARLIE KAMAN did what few have ever succeeded in doing - he revolutionized the acoustic guitar. Ovation guitars arrived on the scene with their round backs and new ideas. Professional musicians hailed the guitar`s performance and purists shook their heads.

In the early sixties, Kaman saw the need to diversify his aviation company into other markets where aerospace technology could create better products. As a longtime guitarist, he understood the needs of players and his extensive helicopter blade experience gave him a better understanding of vibration than any other guitarmaker.

"It wasn’t just a case of making a guitar," he continued, "with our background in aerospace, we had the technology to really make a better one." So in 1964, Charlie chose a small team of aerospace engineers and technicians for the project (several of whom were woodworking hobbyists as well) and set them off to work.

They were accustomed to doing things the Kaman way - identify the problem; explore the possible solutions; pick the best result and go with it. They discovered that the flat back of an acoustic guitar actually hindered the balance and projection.

So they broke the first rule of many and developed the roundback. The design improved projection, gave the guitar a better balance from bass through treble and made for a stronger and more rugged instrument.

As Charlie himself put it, "In helicopters, the engineers spend all their time trying to figure out how to remove vibration. To build a guitar, you spend your time trying to figure out how to put vibration in. But vibration is vibration."

Two years and many prototypes later, they brought the first production Ovation to life - the Balladeer. With the now-famous roundback, the first Ovations raised a lot of curious eyebrows in the music industry.