Ovation Celebrity CC245 12-string Acoustic-electric Guitar, Honey Burst

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...Read more

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...Read more

I am a professional "amateur" guitarist.

I am 55 and have played guitar on-and-off for my own pleasure since I was 15.

This Ovation is one of the best instruments I have ever played. Rich full sound as an acoustic and electric.

Not enough superlatives in my vocabulary to express how pleased I am to have purchased this guitar....

And the price: Fabulous!