This standard balladeer features a hand-selected, deluxe aa solid-spruce top with scalloped bracing, and ovation's contour bowl, which maximizes acoustic output and is ergonomically designed for comfort in any playing position. a cutaway offers full access to the satin-finished, 5-piece mahogany/maple neck, and a traditional center soundhole is inlaid with an oak-leaf rosette and adorned with mother-of-pearl. the balladeer's op-pro preamp and ocp-1k pickup produce uncompromising plugged-in performance.