Ovation Celebrity Standard Mid Depth Acoustic/Electric - Ruby Red
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The Celebrity Standard CS24 guitar has the classic mid-depth Lyrachord cutaway body with a solid spruce top featuring quartersawn scalloped X bracing. We reviewed earlier Ovation bracing patterns extensively to arrive at this remarkable new design, which borrows from the past and is voiced for the present with natural tone and optimal response and power.
Together, body and top create the classic Ovation sound, resonating with full projection, remarkable note clarity and balance, and nuanced tonal complexity. The spruce top also has an elegant pearloid rosette, ivory white binding and beautiful gloss finish.
Other premium features include an effortlessly playable neck with a natural satin finish and rosewood-veneer headstock, 20-fret bound rosewood fretboard with pearloid microdot inlays, and a rosewood bridge. For great live sound, the CS24 features an Ovation Slimline pickup and OP-4BT preamp system with three-band EQ, volume/gain control, onboard tuner and low-battery light.
BODY
Body Finish: Gloss
Body Shape: Mid-Depth Cutaway
Bracing: Quartersawn Scalloped "X"
Rosette: Pearloid
Body Back: Lyrachord
Body Top: Solid Spruce
NECK
Neck Material: Nato
Neck Finish: Satin
Scale Length: 25.25" (642 mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254 mm)
Number of Frets: 20
String Nut: ABS
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Microdots
ELECTRONICS
Special Electronics: OP-4BT with Ovation Slimline Pickup
HARDWARE
Bridge: Rosewood
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Chrome Die-Cast
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: D'Addario EXP11 Coated 80/20 Bronze Light Acoustic (.012-.053 Gauges)
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