An Ovation is an Ovation is an Ovation. Well, not quite in my experience. I have tried many which don’t make it for me, but this is the second one that I’ve owned that has served me really well. With a bit of softening of the rather scratchy pietzo pickup (I use a Lexicon LXP1 reverb), it is a pretty consistent sounding guitar to use live with a band. This particular guitar doesn’t sound bad acoustically either and you can hear it on Landscapes and First Light from Up To Here, where it has been recorded using a nice Neuman microphone.