Buy Ovation Celebrity CC245 12-string Acoustic-electric Guitar, Honey BurstOvation Celebrity CC245 12-string Acoustic-electric Guitar, Honey Burst Product Description:
- Mid-Depth Cutaway
- Spruce Top
- Center Soundhole
Product Description
This celebrity 12-string features a spruce top with matched, lightweight bracing designed to enhance punch and projection. ovation’s classic mid-depth composite body delivers balanced acoustic tone and is comfortable to hold and play. the guitar’s center soundhole offers a traditional look, and its slim neck has an electric-style profile, 20 hand-finished nickel-silver frets, and low factory-set action. a cutaway insures easy access to the entire fretboard. with its 3-band equalizer and onboard tuner, the instrument’s op-4bt preamp provides players with flexible tone control in any performance setting.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Oh, what a glorious sound!
By Kathleen Bergeron
I love this guitar -- I purchased one of these Ovation Celebrity 12-strings about a year and a half ago. I also have an electric solid body guitar and a small 6-string acoustic, but this is the one with the most beautiful voice. It's just on a different plain from six string guitars, much like hearing a singing duet harmonizing. A concern I had before I bought it was tuning. How was I going to make sure all those strings were in tune, and, wasn't the tuning situation for 12-strings different? Not to worry, this thing has a built in electronic tuner. You just pop in a battery, push a button, and then whenever you hit a string, the device gives you the note you're closest to, as well as an arrow showing whether you're too high or too low. You just adjust the tension of the string accordingly. I would recommend getting Ovation's hard body case. It's an additional cost, and it's not cheap, but it gives you so much protection. There are "gig bags" as they call them that can be purchased for this, but they're pretty flimsy. This guitar, like all Ovations, looks unusual, although you cannot see it in the photo, you'd need a side shot for that. The bodies are made of a special high-tech plastic and the guitars have a rounded bottom, much different from other guitars. But there's a reason for that: It's an ideal shape, but not something you could easily accomplish with wood. When you hear "plastic," don't think that means they're cheaply made. Not so; this is a fine quality instrument. And when you hear the wonderful tone, you wonder how they could sell them for such a relatively low price. Perhaps the only drawback is that it has such a full-bodied sound -- as do most all 12-strings -- it may not be a good idea for those living in apartments or condos, unless you're very discreet in your playing.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Ovation won this battle
By Chicano Punk
Well I figured I wanted to try a different style of electric/acoustic guitar compare to the 6-string guitars and that is what I did. I bought this guitar because I have already heard this brand of guitars plugged in, and they sound very good. The sound they would amplify would sound very close to an acoustic guitar with a hint of the electric sound. So... when I went guitar shopping my option was between this model or the yamaha APX700-12. What I liked about these two guitars was that they were not above my spending limit and they both amplified a great sound. Both of the guitars had the equalizer parameters, electronic tuner, and obviously the 12-strings. These were the differences I noticed though. The Yamaha guitar has an original 12 string look, and an original 12 string guitar sound unplugged compare to the ovation. The ovation guitar has a larger body and when unplugged has a louder sound compare to the yamaha guitar unplugged. The design of the ovation guitar well obviously has a different look to it. Another difference is that the yamaha guitar cost's $100.00 more than the ovation guitar. I am sure the yamaha guitar has some great technology built in to it, but I know ovation is a pretty slick brand too on their electric technology. In my opinion both of the guitars sounded the same plugged-in, through the amp I was playing. Since I am a musican that plays a lot on local gigs with multiple bands (either pop rock or the spanish rancheras genre), I need a guitar that I can plug in and that amplifies a great sound to my audience. Since both of the guitars in my opinion sounded the same plugged in, and the ovation was $100 cheaper I settled for the Ovation guitar. Plus the equalizer it has, is awesome. The bass can amplify the guitar's body very deep, the mid can amplify great for your rythm, and the treble really can sense the struming from your pick or the muting from your strings, which in my opinion if you ever perform solo that option would be a big plus! I have to say my gigs sound very good, and I am satisfied with the sound it amplifies out through my speakers. I have not recorded with this guitar yet, so I do not know how it sounds when you record with it. So I am sorry if that is not helpful.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Buying something this personal online is tricky
By tahoebc
I bought this item via Amazon Prime and it arrived on the same day I left for a long Thanksgiving holiday. Didn't have time to check it out then so was quite excited when I came home after two weeks away. I overlooked the defects--yes, defects--more excited about finally having my 12 string than that maybe I should return it. First, the nut was WAY too high and the deflection to fret a 1st position note took super human strength, and finger tip pain management. Still I tried to play with it this way though the strings were so high I eventually found it unplayable for more than 5 minutes at a time. Next, there was a definite ding in the sixth fret on the main D (4th) string. More on that later. Rather than send it back for a high nut, I took it to a local luthier who was MORE than surprised by the nut height and for a mere $25 he took the nut down--by over the width of a quarter. Got it home and wow, what a difference in playability. Except for one thing, now with decent action the ding in the sixth fret on D came into play and anytime I fretted the D on that position it only played a totally dead string because now it high-centered on the seventh fret. Funny enough, the octave D was playable, only the main was effected. So again, took it back and this time is was much more to knock everything down to take that ding out of play. I only went through this to avoid the back an forth shipping and because otherwise I really like the guitar, and finally because I'd already started down the road of trying to make right out of wrong.OK, my stupid. Should have boxed it up and sent it straight back upon opening. But it seemed like such easy fixes but now I'm out $130 in labor, parts and new strings. Well, would have restrung sooner than later, so call it $115. Yes, my stupid BUT should Ovation have ever let a guitar pass through in this condition in the first place, much less the reseller KMC Music? Me thinks not. People who buy this sort of instrument typically have some play experience and know their way around a guitar. I am VERY upset a guitar in this condition was ever sent out and will NEVER buy another guitar online again. I'll buy next what I test play in the shop and take a few weeks to make my decision. If you buy, carefully inspect the piece upon opening and send it straight back if you find ANYTHING that just doesn't seem right.
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