June 17, 2009

Left Handed Guitar – Ovation Celebrity Standard Acoustic Review

Being a lefty, I have found a lot of trouble searching for the perfect guitar for me. Most brands have guitars that cater for the right handed community only. This is the main reason why most left handers have learnt to play the right hand guitars. Another reason is that there is not a wide range of left handed guitars out there. Here is a review with the pros and cons of the Ovation Celebrity Standard Left Handed Acoustic Guitar. From the very few that are out there, this left handed guitar rates as one of the best.Ovation Celebrity Standard Left-Handed Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Honeyburst



Ovation Celebrity Standard Left-Handed Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Honeyburst

The Ovation CC-047 Celebrity Acoustic Electric sports a mid-depth Lyrachord body capped with a Spruce top for outstanding projection and tone. The slim Nato neck has a 20-fret Rosewood fingerboard. Equipped with the OP11 preamp featuring a built-in …

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Ovation has been designing and producing guitars for many years now. They have made a mark in the guitar world as revolutionary designers and producers. In fact their acoustic guitars date back to the mid 60’s. There is no doubt that they will continue to release even more uniquely designed guitars for the world to enjoy. Ovation has now gone into the left handed guitar making industry to cater for an untapped segment.

Details of a Work Horse – Ovation Left Handed Acoustic Guitar

The design of the Ovation Standard is one of pure genius. It is no ordinary design which makes it so versatile and unique. It is a left hand spruce top and mid depth bowl that produces a full and rich sound. It gives a whole new dimension to the music that you play. It is great for not only the professional musician but also for the novice users. This left handed guitar has a comfortable and easy feel to it making playing it enjoyable.

It has a Piezo pick-up and an OP11 preamp with an accompanying 3-ban EQ that is sure to deliver that lush and plugged in sound. The fret board is made of Rosewood and is littered nicely with diamond and dot inlays. The bracing is also modified Quintad. It also has chrome tuners, walnut bridge which has a nut width of 1-7/8 inches and a scale of 25-1/4 inches. Its’ pre shape circuit gives it great tonal flexibility. In addition to all these, there is an Ovation Oak leaf rosette that completes the entire package on the Ovation standard left handed acoustic guitar.

The Bottom Line

There is only one problem with this Ovation left handed acoustic guitar. It carries quite a price tag. Online reviews give it an average rating of four to five out of five. This is a testament of the quality and work that Ovation had placed in this left handed guitar.

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