Posted 2014-03-24 5:14 PM (#483413) Subject: New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
Joined: March 2014 Posts: 10
Hi, everyone!
I am new here, and hope to get lots of good info about Ovation guitars.
I am looking to possibly trade a guy for an Ovation Celebrity cc045 12 string, made in China. I have a Tokai ES 60 335 copy, worth maybe 450-500. I don't play the Tokai at all, and I want an Ovation 12 string.
Is the cc045 a good instrument? I would be using it plugged in for live performance - my current 12 is an old plywood Yamaha with an LR Baggs M1a pickup in it, and I would like a better sound, if I can get it.
Is the Chinese cc045 a good guitar, in your minds? Sound decent? What are your thoughts?
Posted 2014-03-24 6:09 PM (#483414 - in reply to #483413) Subject: Re: New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985
Location: Sydney, Australia
It's one of the cheaper Ovations, but should serve your purposes well. Ovations tend to all sound pretty good when plugged in. Make sure the action is good (there's a lot of pressure on a 12 string neck), it can be adjusted, but because it is a set (glued) neck, you shouldn't touch it if it's too far off.
Posted 2014-03-25 9:37 PM (#483470 - in reply to #483413) Subject: Re: New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
Joined: March 2014 Posts: 10
Thanks for the reply! I am kind of worried that these less expensive Ovations are not well built, and I won't be able to tell right away - and then it will be too late. How do the Chinese Ovations hold up long term? I have played plenty of overseas guitars that were well built and played really well, so I know that the possibility exists. Is there anything I should look for? I have to make a decision by Saturday.
Posted 2014-03-26 11:21 PM (#484502 - in reply to #483413) Subject: Re: New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985
Location: Sydney, Australia
If it's ok now, it should be good in the long term. Plywood tops are probably stronger than the solid tops, and the body and neck are Ovation-strong. Quality control can be a bit hit and miss with the Asian Ovations, but if it passes your quality control, it should stay that way.
Posted 2014-03-27 9:37 PM (#484531 - in reply to #483413) Subject: Re: New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
Joined: March 2014 Posts: 10
Hey, Damon - does that video (poor guitar!) mean that the Celebrity (made in Korea, I've found - not China) is tough enough to handle a catapulting, or that the guitar is junk and only worth catapulting? lol
New here - hoping to find out about the cc045 Celebrity 12 string
