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Ovation MCS148 Celebrity Acoustic-Electric Mandolin
Great mandolin with gold-plated tuners and a wonderful spruce top. Bluegrass and folk players will love this mandolin.
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Description
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The Ovation Celebrity MCS148 Mandolin has the classic rounded back that Ovation guitars have become famous for, along with a spruce top, walnut bridge, and rosewood fretboard. To get your sound off the stage and out to the crowd, the MCS148 Mandolin uses a thinline pickup and the versatile and warm sounding Ovation OP24+ preamp.
The OP24+ preamp features three EQ bands with the ability to shift the mid band to either a 400Hz or 1KHz center frequency. It also features a Pre-Shape circuit that lifts the base and treble and reduces the "rumble" frequencies below 40Hz.
8-String Acoustic/Electric
Body Type: Mandolin Cutaway
Top: Spruce
Bracing: Mando-Quintad
Scale Length: 13 7/8
Fretboard: Rosewood
Fret Inlay: Dots
Bridge: Walnut
Rosette: Multi Soundhole 5-Piece Epaulet
Pickup: Thinline
Nutwidth: 1 3/16
Machines: Gold
Optional Case: MC403
OP24+ Preamp
Three-band EQ with switchable mid frequency
Pre-Shape and EQ bypass switches
Custom-taper volume slider
The OP24+ preamp features three EQ bands with the ability to shift the mid band to either a 400Hz or 1KHz center frequency. It also features a Pre-Shape circuit that lifts the base and treble and reduces the "rumble" frequencies below 40Hz.
Technical Info
Ovation Celebrity MCS148 Mandolin Specifications:8-String Acoustic/Electric
Body Type: Mandolin Cutaway
Top: Spruce
Bracing: Mando-Quintad
Scale Length: 13 7/8
Fretboard: Rosewood
Fret Inlay: Dots
Bridge: Walnut
Rosette: Multi Soundhole 5-Piece Epaulet
Pickup: Thinline
Nutwidth: 1 3/16
Machines: Gold
Optional Case: MC403
OP24+ Preamp
Three-band EQ with switchable mid frequency
Pre-Shape and EQ bypass switches
Custom-taper volume slider
This ain't your grandaddy's mandolin! Round-back Celebrity mando's feature a spruce top, walnut bridge, and rosewood fretboard, for classic folk tone and modern playability. Onboard OP-24+ preamp electronics make sure you don't get lost in the mix!
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Ovation MCS148 Celebrity Acoustic-Electric Mandolin Reviews
8 out of 10
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"Beautiful Mandolin, with nice sound."
Quality:
I don't play professionally so having a backup isn't an issue, though I have a less expensive "A" style. Finish is awesome, which is one of the things that attracted me. I don't worry about it breaking. It seems to be a solid instrument to me.
Value:
Yes
Desirability:
The color is beautiful. Nice Solid feel.
Sound:
I have only been playing for about 2 years. This is my third mandolin and first f style and first electric. The sound quality is adequate for the money, however, if playing along with other instruments, it definitely needs to be hooked to an amp. Solo is fine, though not nearly as loud as my less expensive A style. Tone is about what you would expect for the money. The high end sounds better than the low end. Overall I am totally satisfied with my purchase. Two words of caution. 1st. Buy extra ball end strings as they are difficult to find in smaller markets. 2nd, the Ovation rounded body will not fit into the F Style case from Gator (The low end case currently 69.95). I am waiting on someone to tell me which case to order so I can exchange it. It is a beautiful instrument, very solid and pretty much ready to play out of the box after tuning. Hooked it to an guitar amp with some distortion pedal just for kicks. You can get some pretty intersting sounds out of it.
Ease of Use:
Ready to go after tuning.
Support:
NA
Overall:
I expect to be satisfied for quite some time. Perhaps as my ability improves, I will see the need or have the desire for more expensive higher end instrument, but not now.
I don't play professionally so having a backup isn't an issue, though I have a less expensive "A" style. Finish is awesome, which is one of the things that attracted me. I don't worry about it breaking. It seems to be a solid instrument to me.
Value:
Yes
Desirability:
The color is beautiful. Nice Solid feel.
Sound:
I have only been playing for about 2 years. This is my third mandolin and first f style and first electric. The sound quality is adequate for the money, however, if playing along with other instruments, it definitely needs to be hooked to an amp. Solo is fine, though not nearly as loud as my less expensive A style. Tone is about what you would expect for the money. The high end sounds better than the low end. Overall I am totally satisfied with my purchase. Two words of caution. 1st. Buy extra ball end strings as they are difficult to find in smaller markets. 2nd, the Ovation rounded body will not fit into the F Style case from Gator (The low end case currently 69.95). I am waiting on someone to tell me which case to order so I can exchange it. It is a beautiful instrument, very solid and pretty much ready to play out of the box after tuning. Hooked it to an guitar amp with some distortion pedal just for kicks. You can get some pretty intersting sounds out of it.
Ease of Use:
Ready to go after tuning.
Support:
NA
Overall:
I expect to be satisfied for quite some time. Perhaps as my ability improves, I will see the need or have the desire for more expensive higher end instrument, but not now.
Submitted: 03/17/2008
Style of Music: Country / Gospel / Folk
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