Ovation 1598-MEII, Use & Care Manual

Standard Balladeer & Standard Elite 

• Solid Sitka Spruce Sound board

• Five Piece Mahogany/Maple Neck

• Rosewood Fingerboard

• Pinless bridge for easy string changes

• Chrome Hardware

• 25 1/4" Scale Length

• Made in New Hartford, CT,  USA

Balladeer Special & Elite Special

• Solid Sitka Spruce top

  • Two-Piece Mahogany neck with 
 

wiping oil finish

• Rosewood fingerboard

• Chrome tuners

• OP-30 preamp

• Ovation Slimline pickup

Elite T Series

• Solid Sitka Spruce top
• Single epaulet design

• Two-piece Maple neck
• Ebony fingerboard

• Black chrome tuners

• OP 30 or OP Pro preamp

• Ovation Slimline or High Output pickup

Artist  LX & Folklore LX

• OP Pro preamp
• Ovation Original Patented Pickup

• ANS Advanced Neck System
• Slotted Peghead

• Lightweight Lyrachord GS body

• Solid Sitka Spruce Top

• Scalloped Bracing

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Classic LX 

• OP Pro preamp

• Ovation Original Patented Pickup

• ANS Advanced Neck System

• Lightweight Lyrachord GS body

• Solid Sitka Cedar Top

• Scalloped Bracing

• 1 7/8" Nut Width

Bass/Mandocello/Mandolin

• Solid Spruce Top (B778)

• Ebony Fretboard

• 34" Scale Length

• Cutaway Body

• Solid Spruce Top (MC868)

•   Ebony Fretboard

• Ovation High-output Pickup

•   OP-Pro preamp

• Solid Spruce Top (MM68)

•Ebony Fretboard

• OP-24+ Preamp

• Mando-Quintad Bracing

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 Anniversary Models

•Solid Sitka spruce  

  sound board

• Hand-made                     

fiberglass cloth                    

Roundback body

• Ebony fingerboard

• Walnut pinless bridge

• Schaller tuners

•Ovation FET preamp 

•Ovation's Original Patented Pickup