Applause AE140 Description Applause AE140-4 Acoustic Bass Guitar - It took 30-odd years of Ovation guitarmaking innovation to design an affordable guitar that doesn't sound like an affordable guitar. The Summit Series: These guitars boast a bigger sound than guitars costing twice as much. For the most part that's due to the Lyrachord body - the same U.S.A. made body found on upscale Ovations. Its roundback shape capitalizes on the structural power of the arch freeing the insides of sound-deadening bracing that traditional-style guitars require.