I was in the market for a new acoustic that would be louder and with better projection than my old acoustic. And since Ovation has a name with their "deep bowl" models that they acoustically project well and are often loud as a cannon, I decided to take the plunge and ordered this " mid bowl" model.
Well, I didn't expected this Ovation to be loud as a cannon, but it turned out that it indeed projects well, and is loud enough to be heard in an acoustic setting. The acoustic sound is very even, with focused mids and sufficient lows and highs. It sits in the mix perfectly, due to its somewhat archtop mids.
The build in tuner is a bit barebones but does work well enough, and the amplified sound can be tweaked to taste with the versatile three band equalizer. Does it sound good amplified? Well, I never been a fan of the piezo pickup system, it's workable, tweakable, and sounds fine with a little personal adjustment on the eq.
Tuners are a bit stiff perhaps with the .012's , but do their job fine.
Neck has a nice v shape feel to it, and the somewhat shorter scale makes it - even with 0.012 - play like a dream, almost somewhat "electric" feel. Only setup out of the box was some adjustment of the trussrod, but that's pretty mandatory for a lot of new guitars!
I have it for a couple of months now and I can truly say:
Love: the acoustic focused even sound, projection and its archtop mids, the lovely neck, compact shape, the looks.
Just fine/ not that important for me: the electronics, was really in the market for an acoustic without the electronics....
Hate: nothing actually, only gripe is that you have to unscrew the back disc for adjusting the trussrod..
