Profile: Ovation Balladeer 1861
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S. Yairi YD302
Make: Ovation
Year: 2005
Model: Standard Balladeer 1861
Serial Number: 598728
Manufactured: Hartford, CT, USA
Type: 6-string acoustic guitar (steel string)
Body type: super-shallow roundback cutaway
  • Solid spruce top
  • Mahogany neck
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • Lyrachord roundback
  • Scale: 641mm
  • Nut width: 42mm
This is my daily player. The neck is a bit narrow at the 1st fret for some complex fingerings, but other than that, this is a very comfortable guitar. I use Elixir Polyweb extra light strings for this guitar. To amplify, I use 130W Fishman Loudbox Performer acoustic guitar amp and Yamaha MagicStomp Acoustic. I recently discovered that an electric guitar gig bag fits perfectly for the Ovation super-shallow body. The Ovation custom case is too bulky to carry (over 8" depth), so I am quite happy now with a Roadrunner electric guitar bag.

Satoru Isaka
sisaka@visiondelmar.com