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Most guitar innovations happen incrementally, but occasionally someone completely reimagines what's possible. In 1964, Charlie Kaman assembled a team of aerospace engineers with one mission: revolutionize the acoustic guitar. Their discovery changed everything - those flat backs on traditional acoustics were actually hindering balance and projection.
Kaman's engineering insight was brilliant: "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." That roundback design wasn't just different - it was acoustically superior.
The Celebrity Elite Plus represents decades of refinement on that original breakthrough. That Lyrachord body isn't just durable and lightweight - its smooth interior surface is specifically designed to enhance reflections inside the instrument. Combined with the beautiful quilted maple top in transparent blue, you've got gorgeous looks matching sweet tone.
The mid-depth cutaway body style strikes the perfect balance between Ovation's thinnest and thickest designs, giving you enhanced projection and tonal richness while remaining comfortable for players of all sizes. The OP-4BT preamp provides ±12dB control over bass, midrange, and treble frequencies, plus an onboard tuner that keeps you stage-ready.
Ovation literally wrote the book on live acoustic guitar performance - they invented acoustic-electric instruments by being first to integrate pickups and preamps. This Celebrity Elite Plus carries that pioneering DNA forward.
String Type: Steel
Number of Strings: 6
Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
Body Shape: Mid-Depth Cutaway
Body Style: Single Cutaway
Back & Sides Wood: Lyrachord
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Finish: Gloss
Color: Transparent Blue
Body Bracing: Quartersawn Scalloped X-bracing
Binding: Black
Neck Wood: Nato
Radius: 10"
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone Dots
Number of Frets: 23
Scale Length: 25.315"
Nut Width: 1.6875"
Nut/Saddle Material: ABS/ABS
Bridge Material: Rosewood
Tuning Machines: Chrome Die-Cast
Electronics: OP-4CT Preamp with Ovation Slimline Pickup
