First-rate Sound and Powerful Plugged-in Performance

The Ovation Celebrity Elite Super Shallow CE48-1 acoustic-electric guitar is packed with Ovation's legendary plugged-in performance, along with first-rate sound, style, and value. Ovation's classic multi-soundhole design and quartersawn scalloped X-bracing combine to imbue your playing with clear highs, focused lows, and a balanced response, along with phenomenal volume and projection. A Slimline pickup and OP-4BT preamp system provide plenty of useful features, such as a 3-band EQ and Volume/Gain control for tone-shaping, an onboard tuner, and a low battery light. The Ovation Celebrity Elite Super Shallow CE48-1 acoustic-electric guitar makes an excellent onstage companion.

Ovation Celebrity Elite CE48-1 Acoustic-electric Guitar at a Glance:

• The history of Ovation
• Super Shallow body shape yields incredible playing comfort
• Onboard OP-4BT preamp delivers superb onstage performance

The history of Ovation

In 1964 Charlie Kaman set out to revolutionize the acoustic guitar by compiling a group of aerospace engineers to create something guitar players had never seen or heard before. They discovered that the flat backs of modern day acoustics actually hindered the balance and projection of the guitar. And so the roundback designs found on Ovation guitars were born. As Charlie himself put it, "in helicopters, the engineers spend all their time trying to figure out how to remove vibration. To build a guitar, you spend your time trying to figure out how to put vibration in."

Super Shallow body shape yields incredible playing comfort

The Ovation Celebrity Elite CE48-1's Super Shallow body design is incredibly comfortable to play, but it offers full-bodied tone and a powerful projection that belies its thinner profile. Originally suggested to Ovation by country music legend Glen Campbell, the Super Shallow body style has since become the preferred body style of King Crimson's Robert Fripp, as it enables him to employ his electric guitar picking position while playing an acoustic instrument.

Onboard OP-4BT preamp delivers superb onstage performance

Ovation wrote the book on live acoustic guitar. They were the first company to introduce pickups and preamplifiers in the acoustic guitar, essentially inventing a new instrument. The Ovation Celebrity Elite CE48-1 is equipped with an OP-4BT preamp that has +/-12dB control over the bass, midrange, and treble frequencies. In addition, the onboard tuner makes it easy to stay in tune. 

Ovation Celebrity Elite CE48-1 Acoustic-electric Guitar at a Glance:

• Acoustic-electric guitar with solid spruce top and attractive transparent finish
• Classic multi-soundhole design creates clear highs, focused lows, and balanced response
• Super Shallow body shape provides incredible playing comfort
• Quartersawn scalloped X-bracing yields phenomenal volume and projection
• Slimline pickup and OP-4BT preamp system deliver powerful onstage performance
• 3-band EQ and Volume/Gain control supply tone-shaping options

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Shape:Super Shallow
• Body Style:Single Cutaway
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Color:Transparent Sunburst
• Top Wood:Solid Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood:Lyrachord
• Body Bracing:Quartersawn Scalloped X
• Binding:Ivory White
• Neck Wood:Nato
• Radius:10"
• Fingerboard Material:Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay:Pearloid Microdots
• Number of Frets:20 (24 for high E-string)
• Scale Length:25.25"
• Tuning Machines:Die-cast sealed
• Bridge Material:Rosewood
• Nut/Saddle Material:ABS
• Nut Width:1.6875"
• Electronics:OP-4CT Preamp with Slim line pickup
• Strings:Adamas 1818E Light Acoustic (.012-.053)
• Manufacturer Part Number:CE48-1

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