Ovation CC-057 picture
A round-back, shallow bowled, acoustic/electric Ovation guitar.
Price: Approx. $645 retail value - Approx. $400 at
Guitar Trader - These are the two prices that I've had experience with personally, and know the quality is still good.
Features: 7.5/10
S/Shallow Cutaway Body
Spruce Top
Composite Back/Sides
A Bracing
Rosewood Fretboard
Thinlines Pickup
Chrome Tuners
OP20 preamp
Sound: (6.5/10) - The sound is a bit tricky to gauge on this guitar. Unplugged, it lacks the same
oomph as a standard acoustic due to the shallow body, but the roundback helps. Plugged in, though, this sounds beautiful, with very little feedback.
Quality: (9/10) - Very sturdy guitar. It can get knocked around, beat up, and all the other wears and tears, but still come out shining. The top still gets the dents and scrapes as any other, but it takes a pretty rough hit to get one in.
Reliability: (8/10) - This guitar is reliable, like any decent guitar should be. It works wonders in gigs, due to a wonderful sound through either electric or acoustic amp. It takes a lot to knock this guitar off its "balance."
Overall: (7.5/10) - Not the greatest guitar on the market, true. But a wonderful guitar if you find yourself traveling alot, and need a guitar that will get the job done well, with little worry about this guitar failing. Overall, a very nice guitar.
