The new Ovation Custom Legend AX features a hand-selected, premium AAA grade solid-spruce top with LX scalloped bracing. This combiniation of premium soundboard materials and sonically tuned bracing produces more volume and less dead spots in the audio spectrum. Every note is clear and balanced - no matter where you play on the fingerboard.

The guitar's Contour composite body maximizes acoustic output and is ergonomically designed for comfort in any playing position. A cutaway offers full access to the gloss-finished, 5-piece mahogany/maple neck.

The Custom Legend AX also guitar boasts an deluxe grade ebony fretboard and bridge, and hand-set abalone body and fretboard inlays. The traditional center sound-hole has a gorgeous laser-cut oak leaf and abalone rosette.

With its onboard compressor, the OP-Pro Studio preamp enhances strummed chords, fingerpicked arpeggios, and single-note solos. Dual XLR and 1/4-inch output jacks connect the Custom Legend to virtually any sound system, stage amp, or recording console.

Contour Bowl

Made from glass-microsphere impregnated Lyrachord composite, Ovation's Contour Bowl is designed to provide maximum acoustic response with the feel of a small-body instrument. Sculpted to fit the contour of the player's anatomy, the lightweight Lyrachord GS body is a joy to hold, whether sitting or standing. A Contour Bowl body has the acoustic projection, midrange punch, and huge bottom end of a traditional jumbo-style instrument, yet offers the… read more playing comfort of Ovation's Super-Shallow body. With its tough-as-nails construction, this body shape represents the latest evolution of Ovation's pioneering roundback design.

OP-Pro Studio with XLR

The OP-Pro Studio with XLR combines state-of-the-art audio quality with exclusive features designed to meet the needs of professional guitarists. The easy-to-operate unit offers 3-band EQ, exciter and compressor/limiter circuitry, and a chromatic tuner. Ovation's exclusive Expressor and Drive sliders put dynamic control and harmonic enhancement at your fingertips, allowing you to precisely dial in the sustain and punch you need. The XLR jack provides a balanced line connection to mixers, recording consoles, and high-end acoustic amps. It also provides phantom power to the OP-Pro--an essential feature for touring professionals.

Ovation Custom Legend

Painstakingly crafted from the finest materials and offering outstanding sound, guitars in the Custom Legend series represent the ultimate in the Ovation model line. Custom Legend instruments are among the most responsive on the market today, thanks to the unrivaled flexibility of their soundboards. Custom Legend models feature Ovation's pioneering Mid-Depth, Deep Bowl, or Contour Bowl composite bodies, and sport no fewer than 300 individual pieces of the finest abalone, which experienced artisans inlay by hand to create unique designs. With its gorgeous sound and striking looks, the Custom Legend is a testimony to the extraordinary skill of Ovation's luthiers. read less