Ovation C778LX Custom Elite Acoustic Electric Guitar in Black Cherry Burst with Hardshell Case

This is Ovation guitarmaking passion unbridled. Wrap yourself around one and strum a single chord. Feel your insides rumble. How'd we do that?

Charlie Kaman's innovative multi-soundhole design. The finest AAA Sitka spruce. The roundback body. Then dressed to kill with hand-inlaid abalone trim. The Ovation Custom Elite is in a class all by itself.

This guitar combines the finest of Ovation craftsmenship with exceptional quality materials to create an instrument which is itself a piece of art.

Over 300 individual pieces of abalone shell are hand-inlaid into each Custom Elite, a stunning appearance in any finish. The AAA-graded tops are the most flexible and consistent Sitka spruce tops available. Only 5% of all our graded tops are chosen for these fine instruments. Notice that the Custom Legend A-shaped bracing and the Quintad pattern used on the Custom Elite are primarily longitudinal, giving the top greater freedom of vibration. The result is a guitar that can pump out a tremendously broad and powerful sound. The 5-piece mahogany and maple neck is contoured to a "soft-V", the most ergonomic of neck shapes. The bound ebony fingerboard is decorated with abalone inlays and fitted with nickel silver frets. Each of the frets is crowned, dressed and polished by hand, then the fingerboard and neck are finished with Danish oil. This guitar is featured in a beautiful black cherry burst finish.