Ovation CE44-1 Acoustic-Electric Guitar, 2-Tone Sunburst

The Celebrity Elite series is your first step into the world of Ovation’s classic multi-soundhole instrument design, with first-rate sound, style, features and value.The Celebrity Elite CE44-1 guitar has the classic mid-depth Lyrachord cutaway body with a solid top featuring the Elite multisoundhole design, which provides clear highs and focused, balanced bass response. For the top’s quartersawn scalloped “X” bracing, we reviewed earlier Ovation bracing patterns extensively and arrived at a remarkable new design that borrows from the past and is voiced for the present, with natural tone and optimal response and power. Together, body, top and sound holes create the classic Ovation Elite sound, resonating with full projection, remarkable note clarity and balance, and nuanced tonal complexity. The top also has elegant multiepaulets, black binding and a beautiful Two-color Sunburst gloss finish.

Other premium features include an effortlessly playable satin-finish neck, 10”-radius fretboard with 20 fully accessible frets (24 frets for high E string) and pearloid inlays, and a bridge. For great live sound, the CE44-1 features an Ovation Slimline pickup and OP-4BT preamp system with three-band EQ, volume/gain control, on-board tuner and low-battery light.

Model Name: Celebrity Elite, Mid-Depth Cutaway, Sunburst

Series: Celebrity Elite

Color: 2-Color Sunburst

Body Finish: Gloss

Body Shape: Mid-Depth Cutaway

Bracing: Quartersawn Scalloped X

Body Binding: Black

Body Back: Lyrachord

Rosette: Multi

Neck Material: Nato

Neck Finish: Satin

Scale Length: 25.25" (642 mm)

Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254 mm)

Number of Frets: 20 Fully Accessible; 24 on High E String

String Nut: ABS

Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)

Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot

Special Electronics: OP-4BT with Ovation Slimline Pickup

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Tuning Machines: Chrome Die-Cast

Strings: D'Addario EXP11 Coated 80/20 Bronze Light Acoustic (.012-.053 Gauges)