Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- acoustic guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1982
OVATION introduced the ELITE MODEL 1718 in 1982.
Specifications (15)
General
| Binding | 5-stripe body-binding |
| Finish colors | black finish, natural finish, white finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck material | maple/mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Body
| Body top material | spruce body top |
Hardware
| Bridge | walnut bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | triangle fingerboard position markers |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | piezo-transducer bridge |
| Preamp | OP-40 electronics, active preamp |
Controls
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Prices (12)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $599.00 | good | Bill Skadder | |
| 1987 | $900.00 | excellent | ||
| 1989 | £600 | new | ||
| 1989 | £1100 | new | Lee B | This was the shop value with Hiscox fitted case, although I traded another guitar in to purchase it. |
| 1995 | 6100 FRF | excellent | Patrick | |
| 2017 | $1500 | excellent | Andrey | Only 1718 excellent condition! |
| 1988 | $675 | new | ||
| 1988 | $775 | new | ||
| 2018 | $150 | poor | top had multiple cracks no case | |
| 1988 | $1400 | new | Danny Spencer | |
| 1989 | $800 | new | michael moses | left handed build |
| 1992 | 3000 DEM | good | Peter Becker |
