Ovation Celebrity Standard Mid-Depth Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Black Reviews
When you play an Ovation Celebrity Standard CS24, you're not only playing a quality guitar, but also an instrument designed with innovation in mind. The Lyrachord body is a durable, lightweight alternative to wood backs and has a smooth interior surface, specifically designed to enhance the reflections inside your instrument. This Celebrity Standard CS24 acoustic-electric guitar features a Mid-depth Cutaway bowl that delivers impressive acoustic sound and comes equipped with an OP-4BT preamp. Ovation guitars have been winners onstage for decades - find out why, with the Ovation Celebrity Standard CS24.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Can't stop playing it
Looks beautiful, the fret inlays are the weak point in my opinion, the rest is great.
Sounds really good unplugged, but when I plugged it in into my audio interface, the sound was pretty weak (must be my setup or maybe I'll need a better amp sim). However, when I plugged it in into two of my cheap 10 W amps i was blown away.
The sustain is great and you can hear the difference the bowl shaped back does to the sound.
Action is great, but I feel the strings are too tight in the first three frets. Still, it's so easy to ply in this guitar. Barre chords? No problem at all. Strumming this guitar is so easy and natural. I can't say the same about finger picking, but I wouldn't expect that in an acoustic electric guitar for this price range. On the other hand, I'm having so much fun soloing. The neck is really smooth and although I would like to say it feels like an electric guitar neck, I'll wait to change the strings to be confident about that statement.
Overall, I love it. Even if I'm having issues getting the sound I want with Guitar Rig, the real amp sound was just beautiful, bright, and clean.
I liked the Sweetwater service and I'm looking forward to get more gear from them.
Ovation Quality.
Pretty Happy with this.
It is everything I expected in an Ovation.
Good action,Nice sound. Fun to play. Looks good.
A quality piece.
I gave it five stars because I can not find the least imperfection with it.
I switched out the strings to electric.
It looses that brassy tone and makes it even easier to play.
I play Old Rock and Old country.
I have to say also, it was packed meticulously.
You could have probably tossed the package out of the truck.
It was securely packed and padded.
My husband guitar has flowered around the sound hole I really would like to buy one just like it my husband friend sold it to him and it fell apart
My husband really liked it and would like to have electricitc acoustic
This ain't no Martin, but it's still awesome!
Great guitar... I own several Martin's and of course this is nothing like that, but when it comes to mixing the sound up and going with something different for a different feel and tone... this is it. I mean that in a good way. Tony Dayton at Sweetwater is the best ever!
Ovation not what they used to be
I bought this thinking it would be a more up to date version of a Celebrity Standard I bought back in 1988. Wrong. The quality is not nearly as good as the 88 model, and corners were cut. For example, the fretboard on the 88 is smoother, tighter and easier to play. The 88 has a sound hole rosette, the new one just has a design around the soundhole. The tuning gears were better on the 88. The finish on the 88 was much nicer, a gray grain sort of color, not just gloss black paint. On the plus side, the electronics are better on the new model, and the slightly smaller bowl makes it a little easier to play. If you've got an older Ovation, take it to a luthier for a checkup and keep it. One other thing - if you're buying this for a beginner, go for it. I'd say it's a good beginner guitar.
