Ovation DS778TX Elite D-Scale Acoustic-Electric Guitar
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zZounds Gear Experts Say...
Pick up this Ovation to take your acoustic playing in a heavier direction. At a 28 1/3" scale, this guitar comes fresh from the factory in D-standard tuning.
What's special about this item?
Feature: | What it does: |
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Ebony bridge | Enhanced mass and beauty |
Lyrachord body | Clear notes with plenty of projection |
Rosewood fretboard | Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel |
Solid spruce top | Punchy, articulate and warm sound |
Overview
Designed to deliver fat, chunky tones in today's popular baritone and drop tunings. The Ovation D scale guitar is a true one of a kind. It's not your standard baritone. Tuned a full step lower to D-G-C-F-A-D, this guitar will fit easily into any style of music. Just capo the 2nd fret and you've got a standard-tuned acoustic. Take off the capo and you've got a whole new instrument.
The D scale will open up a world of possibilities for open tunings. With a scale length of 28 1/3", this guitar achieves the voicing of a baritone with the playing ease of a standard 6-string. The top is made of solid spruce with a lightweight textured black finish. A thin finish, along with scalloped bracing, maximizes top vibration and sustain giving the D scale a clear tone advantage. The D's neck is made from rock maple and finished in natural stain.
This neck ain't bashful. The D scale is topped off in pure Ovation style with an OP Pro preamp and is mated with the Ovation high output pickup, which provides even string-to-string output with any string gauge and any open tuning The Mid-Depth bowl blends elements of Ovation's Super-Shallow and Deep Bowl designs. Acoustically, the Mid-Depth bowl delivers impressive projection and rich tone, yet even smaller guitarists find it comfortable to hold and play. Designed in collaboration with jazz guitarist Al Di Meola and acoustic rocker Melissa Etheridge, the OP-Pro combines state-of-the-art audio quality with exclusive features designed to meet the… read more needs of professional guitarists.
The easy-to-operate unit offers 3-band EQ, a preset tone enhancement circuit, a battery status light, and a chromatic tuner. The OP-Pro will please even the most discriminating player.
- Quarter-sawn Scalloped "X" Bracing
- Black AA Solid Spruce Top with Laser Cut Epaulets
- 10" (254 mm)Deluxe Grade Rosewood Fingerboard
- 20 fully accessible frets (24 frets for high E string access)
- Ovation OP Pro with an Ovation OCP-1K Pickup
- Ebony Bridge
- Ovation Tuners read less
The D scale will open up a world of possibilities for open tunings. With a scale length of 28 1/3", this guitar achieves the voicing of a baritone with the playing ease of a standard 6-string. The top is made of solid spruce with a lightweight textured black finish. A thin finish, along with scalloped bracing, maximizes top vibration and sustain giving the D scale a clear tone advantage. The D's neck is made from rock maple and finished in natural stain.
This neck ain't bashful. The D scale is topped off in pure Ovation style with an OP Pro preamp and is mated with the Ovation high output pickup, which provides even string-to-string output with any string gauge and any open tuning The Mid-Depth bowl blends elements of Ovation's Super-Shallow and Deep Bowl designs. Acoustically, the Mid-Depth bowl delivers impressive projection and rich tone, yet even smaller guitarists find it comfortable to hold and play. Designed in collaboration with jazz guitarist Al Di Meola and acoustic rocker Melissa Etheridge, the OP-Pro combines state-of-the-art audio quality with exclusive features designed to meet the… read more needs of professional guitarists.
The easy-to-operate unit offers 3-band EQ, a preset tone enhancement circuit, a battery status light, and a chromatic tuner. The OP-Pro will please even the most discriminating player.
Features
- Mid Depth Lyrachord Bowl- Quarter-sawn Scalloped "X" Bracing
- Black AA Solid Spruce Top with Laser Cut Epaulets
- 10" (254 mm)Deluxe Grade Rosewood Fingerboard
- 20 fully accessible frets (24 frets for high E string access)
- Ovation OP Pro with an Ovation OCP-1K Pickup
- Ebony Bridge
- Ovation Tuners read less
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