Acoustic rock legend Melissa Etheridge collaborated with the Ovation/Adamas R&D team to design this extraordinary 6-stringed signature instrument. Representing the ultimate craftsmanship from Ovation’s flagship workshop in New Hartford, Connecticut, the Melissa Etheridge Signature 6-string features a solid spruce top soundboard with X-bracing and a contoured composite body.

 

Other features include an ebony fretboard and bridge, bass-side sound ports with white pearloid epaulets, and a custom “ME” mother-of-pearl symbol on the peg head face. The Melissa Etheridge Signature model comes with Ovation’s original high-output pickup, and its OP-Pro Studio preamp connects to virtually any sound system, stage amp, or recording console.

Features

 

 

Body

 

Shape: Countour Bowl

Bracing: Quarter sawn Scalloped "X"

Back: Lyrachord® Countour Bowl

Top Finish: Pearl White

Epaulet: Mother of Pearl Multi-sound holes: bass side only

Body Top: AA Solid Spruce

Body Binding: Mother of Pearl

Strings: Adamas® 1818E Light Acoustic (.012-.053 Gauges)

 

Neck

 

Fingerboard: Ebony

Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254 mm)

Neck: 5- Piece Mahogany/Maple Neck

Neck Finish: Satin

Frets: 20 fully accessible frets (24 frets for high E string)

Position Inlays: Melissa 12 Fret

Scale: 25 1/4 (641MM)

Nut Material: ABS, 1 11/16" (43mm)

 

Electronics

 

Electronics: Ovation OP Pro preamp that features a chromatic tuner and a 3-band equalizer with "pre-shape" and "mid-shift" buttons.

Pickup: Ovation OCP-1K Pickup

 

Hardware

 

Bridge: Rosewood with Black stain

Tuners: Die-Cast Sealed Tuners

Machines: Ovation Tuners

Hardware Finish: Black