Ovation offers up two new Adamas carbon-fiber black beauties
Spalted Maple and 6-String Cutaway Custom Shop acoustic-electrics are decked out with high-end appointments, Black Textured finishes
Ovation has announced two new Custom Shop acoustic guitar models, the Adamas Spalted Maple and Adamas 6-String Cutaway.
Both USA-built acoustic-electrics boast ultra-thin carbon-fiber tops and Adamas X-bracing.
Features on the Spalted Maple include a Lyrachord mid-depth body with a black textured finish, spalted maple epaulettes and curly maple binding.
There’s also a figured maple neck and ebony fretboard with diamonds and dots inlays, a slotted headstock and short-scale neck, a pin-less Ovation Keyhole Bridge and gold Schaller tuners.
Electronics are an Ovation Custom Shop pickup with bone saddle and a preamp with an active direct out.
The 6-String Cutaway, meanwhile, features a hand-laid, deep-contour advanced composite single-cutaway body with a single offset teardrop sound hole trimmed with American black walnut. Finish is Black Textured with ABS Black binding.
There’s also an American black walnut neck, a 22-fret ebony fingerboard with mini side block inlays and Sperzel Solid Pro satin chrome tuners.
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Electronics are an Ovation OCP1K pickup and Op Pro Studio preamp.
The Adamas Spalted Maple is available for $4,199.99, while the 6-String Cutaway is offered for $3,699.99. Both come with an Ovation molded case.
For more information, head to Ovation Guitars.
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