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Ovation Elite French Review - Disc Magazine

1989 France 2 pages

French-language review of the Ovation Elite 1868 Super Shallow Cutaway from Disc magazine (page 44-45, banc d'essai section) by Patrick Moulou. Reviews the Elite 1868 cutaway model with its super shallow bowl, 15 epaulet soundholes, spruce top, OP-24 preamp with 3-band EQ, and Schaller gold-plated tuning machines. Price listed at 7,990 francs (as of 1/1/89). Also references the 1718 Deep Bowl, 1768 Deep Bowl Cutaway, and 1758 12-string models. Describes the Elite as an electroacoustic thin-line guitar accessible to a wide range of guitarists.

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