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Built from high-tech materials and boasting an innovative design, the Ovation Adamas MD80 Cutaway is an acoustic-electric guitar that is premium-quality all the way. This jaw-dropping A/E features an ultra-thin carbon fiber top, plus Adamas X-bracing. The result is warm lows, crystalline clarity, and ear-grabbing resonance. What’s more, its hand-laid advanced composite body responds naturally to your playing dynamics and features a comfortably contoured shape. The Adamas MD80 Cutaway was tailor-made for the stage, thanks to its first-rate OP-Pro electronics and a comfortable 2-piece American black walnut neck with an easy-playing ebony fingerboard. Reliable Sperzel Solid Pro satin chrome tuners and eye-pleasing mini side block fingerboard inlays round out the Adamas MD80 Cutaway’s incredible features.





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Mid-depth Contour bowl composite body maximizes acoustic output





The Adamas MD80 Cutaway’s ultra-thin carbon fiber top and Adamas X-bracing yield warm lows, crystalline clarity, and maximum resonance. This acoustic-electric guitar’s hand-laid advanced composite body boasts a Mid-depth contour shape, which not only maximizes its acoustic output, it’s also ergonomically designed to keep you comfortable in any playing position, sitting or standing. The guitarists here at Sweetwater have found that the Adamas MD80 Cutaway will get you heard on whatever stage you choose to play on.





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OP-Pro preamp provides state-of-the-art performance with useful features





Delivering exceptional plugged-in performance, the Ovation Adamas MD80 Cutaway’s OP-Pro preamp was designed in collaboration with jazz guitarist Al Di Meola and acoustic rocker Melissa Etheridge. Providing you with a plethora of useful features such as a 3-band EQ, a preset tone enhancement circuit, a battery status light, and a chromatic tuner, the OP-Pro preamp was designed with the professional guitarist in mind. The OP-Pro, in concert with an OCP-1K pickup, makes the Adamas MD80 Cutaway one of the best-sounding stage-ready acoustic-electric guitars out there.





Ovation Guitar Company ? a brief history





Founded by Charles Kaman in 1965, the Ovation Guitar Company is known for producing instruments with composite synthetic bowls, rather than conventional wood backs and sides. An aeronautical engineer by trade, Charles felt that there were weaknesses in traditional acoustic guitar designs, and that some of the composite materials he used to build helicopters could be used to control the instruments' vibrations. By utilizing the distinctive parabolic bowl that Ovation guitars have since become known for, Charles found that he could drastically reduce feedback, allowing for greater amplification onstage. Since the development of onboard electronics, Ovation guitars have become one of the most popular brands of acoustic-electrics in the world, endorsed by such artists as Glen Campbell, Nancy Wilson, Steve Lukather, Al Di Meola, and Melissa Etheridge.





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Ovation Adamas MD80 Cutaway Features:


Ultra-thin carbon fiber top yields warm lows, crystalline clarity, and maximum resonance


Comfortably contoured, hand-laid composite body responds naturally to dynamics


Cutting-edge offset teardrop soundhole projects rich tonal qualities plugged or unplugged


Easy-playing American black walnut neck with fast satin finish with smooth ebony fingerboard


Stage-ready Op-Pro Studio preamp with onboard EQ, compression, and tuner


Reliable Sperzel Solid Pro satin chrome tuners


Eye-pleasing mini side block fingerboard inlays