
Ovation 2178 Ultra Acoustic-Electric Guitar
AA Solid Sitka Spruce top. Ovation High Output pickup. Deep contour body.
Overall User Ratings (based on 3 ratings)
Submitted November 24, 2008 by a customer from suddenlink.net
"My Ovation 2178 Ultra Rocks out with it's @&%! out"
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This will be my main guitar gigging and writting until I can no longer play or write. If it breaks I'll pay to have it fixed and play it till it breaks again.
Sound
I have been looking for a new guitar for quite sometime now. Theft and vandalism left me without. I looked at everything under the sun. Taylor, Martin, Gibson, Gullwing, Breedlove, Takamine, you name it, I've tried it out. For the price you'll pay for Taylor or Martin, you will not get your money's worth in sound quality difference. This guitar really compares that well. I have ran it through a few different acoustic amps, Marshall, Fender, Ibanez, sounds great in all.
Features
Simple and easy. Not a lot of useless things that you'll never use. Like the fact that it has dual truss rods, and came with a wrench. Nice Pre Amp. Simple and to the point.
Ease of Use
Came set up. Tuned to open tuning first thing. Held it with no problems. The deep contour body really give this guitar a full sound to go along with the crisp mids and highs.
Quality
No problems, perfect, beautiful Black Cherry Burst. Really pretty guitar to go along with the great tone, and finish.
Value
This sound of this guitar is way above it's price. It competes very favorably with much more expensive guitars. Would buy two of these before I would buy one low end Martin, or Taylor.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't had to use yet.
The Wow Factor
Sexy as hell, always beed a sucker for a redhead.
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
Texas Music, Southern Rock,
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Submitted August 3, 2008 by a customer from gmail.com
Ovation 2178 Ultra Customer Review
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Best guitar I've owned, I wouldn't say I know all that much about guitars though, so if you are trying to decide based on my review at least know that it's not a bad guitar.
Sound
I don't know what else to say other than it sounds good, I only give it an 8 because I prefer the sound of a nylon stringed classical guitar.
Features
Not many features, the preamp has a 3 band equalizer which you can choose to bypass and it has a gain level, pretty basic but it seems to do what it does well.
Ease of Use
It's a guitar, it's features are basic, if you can change the volume on a stereo you'll find it pretty easy.
Quality
I've had 5 different guitars, from $300 to $1000, this is the only one that's actually come perfectly intonated. I got it out of the box tuned the open strings and then checked the tuning all the way up and down the neck, and it was perfect. I've never had a guitar even after I get it setup that has been so perfectly tuned.
Value
Could have more features, but if you are just looking for a quality guitar I would say 10, other than if you search around you could probably find a cheaper one with similar features and sound, find the pick of the litter I guess you could say.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't had to use it
The Wow Factor
It's sexy, but it's still not that classical guitar sexy, with the black back and all.
Musical Background:
Hobbyist
Musical Style:
Anything, but country
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