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Location: Utah | While wasting time in a hotel this week I caught a glimpse of an Ovation and got sucked into watching "No Opportunity Wasted". The segment is titled "Chicago High Note". It is an old reality series from about 5 yrs ago, currently showing on Discovery HD Theater channel.
Anyhow, one of the subjects is a lady named Imelda de la Cruz. Mid 20's, married, singer songwriter who's husband got her on the tv show. They staged a show featuring her at the Aragon theater in Chicago.
The cameraman and/or editor really loved her two Ovation Elites. They featured both guitars in many close-ups. One is a sunburst ssb with what looks like a collector's edition year inlay at the 12th fret. Great advertising for the brand!
Ms. de la Cruz seems to have been able to launch a bit of a career from the tv exposure. She sounds a lot better now than she did then, too.
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Location: SoCal | That's a Celeb. Pretty guitar..... |
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Location: Utah | I suspected one was a celeb, can't find a photo of the other with the 12th fret inlay. |
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Location: SW Washington | Aside from the veneer color on the peghead that looks identical to my 6778LX Elite... Is there something else that identifies it as a celeb? Just curious... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The bottom of the fretboard is the easiest way to tell. Celebs don't extend to a point like the Elites and Adamases do. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
The bottom of the fretboard is the easiest way to tell. Celebs don't extend to a point like the Elites and Adamases do. Speaking of which, why do Adamas's do that on non-cutaways? It's not as if they can be played effectively way up there on the E and B strings. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I rarely go above the 10th fret, so I wouldn't have any idea. Maybe because they didn't want to make a different fretboard for the cutaways and non-cutaways? |
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