This item is preowned / used, but tested in shop to be fully functional unless otherwise noted in the description. Any case, box, manuals, or accessories included will be either shown in the photos or mentioned specifically in the description. Otherwise, you can assume they are not included.
Description:
Up for sale is a closet classic 1990s Ovation Celebrity CS245 Deluxe 12-String Acoustic / Electric. These don't show up for sale all that often, and as of the time of listing I believe it is the only one on Reverb. Probably because they were't all that popular in the 90s and didn't make too many.
Made in Korea during Ovation's Kaman ownership era. Typical 90s Celebrity appointments. Sounds really great plugged in. Playability is fantanstic for a 12-string. All the jangle and chime you can ask for!
This also comes with a period correct Ovation hard case. These didn't come with the case when new, so that is a nice upgrade, and hard to find these days.
Specs:
- Scale length: 25 1/4"
- Nut width: 1 7/8"
- String spacing at nut: 1 5/8"
- String spacing at bridge: 2 3/8"
- Body length: 20 1/4"
- Lower bout width: 15 3/4"
- Waist width: 10 1/8"
- Upper bout width: 11 1/4"
Side depth at endpin: ~5"
- Top wood: solid spruce
- Back and sides: synthetic bowl
- Bracing type: straight fan
- Fretboard: rosewood
- Bridge: rosewood
- Neck feel: medium C-shape, ~12" board radius
Tested 100% fully functional. Excellent condition overall, but it is a 35+ year old guitar and isn't mint. But, the finish is clean and free of any major marks, the neck is straight, the frets are excellent and the truss rod is working as it should.
As always, this guitar has been treated to a brand new set of strings and a deluxe setup here in the shop. That includes a full fret polish, setting neck relief / truss rod, dialing in nut slot height and string action, setting the pickup height and more! So, you can rest assured that it is playing its absolute best!
