Chords for Ovation MCS148 Celebrity Acoustic-Electric Mandolin Demo
Tempo:
123.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
Am
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[F#] [Gm]
[F#m] [C#] [G]
[F#m] [E]
[C]
[E]
[Am] [B] [F]
[Am] [G] [F]
[Bm] [G]
[A] Welcome back to GearWire.com. This is the Ovation Celebrity mandolin.
It is made
in Korea and it's basically the Ovation sort of Adamas guitar construction
shrunk down to mandolin size.
You've got all the tiny sound holes, I think there's
14 all together, and the sort of composite scooped back and it also does
have a really nice sounding preamp.
We're listening to the preamp right now.
It's an OP 24 plus and let's just go over a couple of the controls on the
preamp here.
It is a solid spruce top on this guy, not one of
the sort of like carbon fiber composite tops, but there's a overall volume
control, there is a three band EQ.
Right now I've got the mids boosted a little
bit and the treble cut out a little bit to get rid of some of the sort of
inherent quackiness in the P's.
If we bypass the EQ, which we can do with a
simple press here, [D]
[G] you can hear there's a little bit of quackiness.
Even then
it's not really so harsh, you really got to kind of like boost the treble for it
to be harsh.
Let's bring the EQ [Am] back in though.
There's also a pre-shape control
which is a mid cut, [E] which kind of cuts the presence back a little bit.
[G] So you
can actually sort of, you know, if you play both rhythm and lead on the
mandolin, you can kind of switch between two tones using the pre-shape control,
although, you know, navigating these little tiny controls in here might be a
little bit of a challenge, but so like here's a rhythm tone
[D] and
[C] [G]
[D]
this
would be your lead tone.
[Am]
[G] There's also a mid shift here, let's boost the mids a
little bit more.
Mid shift, you can hear a little bit, we'll see that again.
It [A] just
kind of lowers the mid frequency a little bit, not by much, but just a
slightly different sound.
So there's a couple different, you know, tonal options
on this guy.
Let's hear what this, the [Am] Celebrity Mandolin sounds like
unplugged.
So we've got our trusty 414 set up.
[F]
[Am]
[F]
[B] [G]
[F#] [G]
[D]
[E] [G] [D]
[E] [G] [E]
So you can hear it's a very bright
tone.
It sounds loud right now because, well, there's nothing to compare it to
and it's right up against this AKG, but this is actually a relatively quiet
mandolin as mandolins go.
You know, it's really designed to be plugged in.
Let me just, that wasn't, it wasn't plugged into anything.
It is designed to be
plugged in and probably the sort of the shallow back and the spruce top
probably contribute to the fact that it's not quite as loud as, you know,
like a Gibson F4 or even like some of the lower price like Epiphone, like
teardrop style mandolins, the A-shape mandolins, but it plays really well.
This
mandolin retails for a little under $500, so it's not a super cheap mandolin.
It's definitely less expensive than the American-made Ovation mandolin and it
does, I mean, the intonation is pretty nice [Em]
[D#] and it's a relatively easy mandolin
to play, especially for this price range and it sounds pretty good.
It's got strap
buttons, which is nice.
Anyway, yeah, there you go.
So that's the Ovation Celebrity
mandolin made in Korea.
It retails for, it's about $480, I think, in most places.
You've been watching GearWire.com and I am Owen O'Malley.
[F#m] [C#] [G]
[F#m] [E]
[C]
[E]
[Am] [B] [F]
[Am] [G] [F]
[Bm] [G]
[A] Welcome back to GearWire.com. This is the Ovation Celebrity mandolin.
It is made
in Korea and it's basically the Ovation sort of Adamas guitar construction
shrunk down to mandolin size.
You've got all the tiny sound holes, I think there's
14 all together, and the sort of composite scooped back and it also does
have a really nice sounding preamp.
We're listening to the preamp right now.
It's an OP 24 plus and let's just go over a couple of the controls on the
preamp here.
It is a solid spruce top on this guy, not one of
the sort of like carbon fiber composite tops, but there's a overall volume
control, there is a three band EQ.
Right now I've got the mids boosted a little
bit and the treble cut out a little bit to get rid of some of the sort of
inherent quackiness in the P's.
If we bypass the EQ, which we can do with a
simple press here, [D]
[G] you can hear there's a little bit of quackiness.
Even then
it's not really so harsh, you really got to kind of like boost the treble for it
to be harsh.
Let's bring the EQ [Am] back in though.
There's also a pre-shape control
which is a mid cut, [E] which kind of cuts the presence back a little bit.
[G] So you
can actually sort of, you know, if you play both rhythm and lead on the
mandolin, you can kind of switch between two tones using the pre-shape control,
although, you know, navigating these little tiny controls in here might be a
little bit of a challenge, but so like here's a rhythm tone
[D] and
[C] [G]
[D]
this
would be your lead tone.
[Am]
[G] There's also a mid shift here, let's boost the mids a
little bit more.
Mid shift, you can hear a little bit, we'll see that again.
It [A] just
kind of lowers the mid frequency a little bit, not by much, but just a
slightly different sound.
So there's a couple different, you know, tonal options
on this guy.
Let's hear what this, the [Am] Celebrity Mandolin sounds like
unplugged.
So we've got our trusty 414 set up.
[F]
[Am]
[F]
[B] [G]
[F#] [G]
[D]
[E] [G] [D]
[E] [G] [E]
So you can hear it's a very bright
tone.
It sounds loud right now because, well, there's nothing to compare it to
and it's right up against this AKG, but this is actually a relatively quiet
mandolin as mandolins go.
You know, it's really designed to be plugged in.
Let me just, that wasn't, it wasn't plugged into anything.
It is designed to be
plugged in and probably the sort of the shallow back and the spruce top
probably contribute to the fact that it's not quite as loud as, you know,
like a Gibson F4 or even like some of the lower price like Epiphone, like
teardrop style mandolins, the A-shape mandolins, but it plays really well.
This
mandolin retails for a little under $500, so it's not a super cheap mandolin.
It's definitely less expensive than the American-made Ovation mandolin and it
does, I mean, the intonation is pretty nice [Em]
[D#] and it's a relatively easy mandolin
to play, especially for this price range and it sounds pretty good.
It's got strap
buttons, which is nice.
Anyway, yeah, there you go.
So that's the Ovation Celebrity
mandolin made in Korea.
It retails for, it's about $480, I think, in most places.
You've been watching GearWire.com and I am Owen O'Malley.
Key:
G
E
Am
D
F
G
E
Am
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Welcome back to GearWire.com. This is the Ovation Celebrity mandolin.
It is made
in Korea _ and it's basically the Ovation sort of Adamas guitar construction
shrunk down to mandolin size.
You've got all the tiny sound holes, I think there's
14 all together, _ and the sort of composite scooped back _ and it also does
have a really nice sounding preamp.
We're listening to the preamp right now.
It's an OP 24 plus and let's just go over a couple of the controls on the
preamp _ here.
It is a solid spruce top on this guy, _ not one of
the sort of like carbon fiber composite tops, but there's a overall volume
control, there is a three band EQ.
Right now I've got the mids boosted a little
bit and the treble cut out a little bit to get rid of some of the sort of
inherent quackiness in the P's.
If we bypass the EQ, which we can do with a
simple press here, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ you can hear there's a little bit of quackiness.
Even then
it's not really so harsh, you really got to kind of like boost the treble for it
to be harsh.
Let's bring the EQ [Am] back in though.
_ There's also a pre-shape control
which is a mid cut, _ _ _ _ [E] which kind of cuts the presence back a little bit.
[G] So you
can actually sort of, you know, if you play both rhythm and lead on the
mandolin, you can kind of switch between two tones using the pre-shape control,
although, you know, navigating these little tiny controls in here might be a
little bit of a challenge, but so like here's a rhythm tone _
_ [D] and _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ this
would be your lead tone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ There's also a mid shift here, let's boost the mids a
little bit more.
_ _ _ _ Mid shift, _ _ _ _ _ you can hear a little bit, we'll see that again. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It [A] just
kind of lowers the mid frequency a little bit, not by much, but just a
slightly different sound.
So there's a couple different, you know, tonal options
on this guy.
_ Let's hear what this, the [Am] Celebrity Mandolin sounds like
unplugged. _
So we've got our trusty 414 set up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
So you can hear it's a very bright
tone.
_ It sounds loud right now because, well, there's nothing to compare it to
and it's _ right up against this AKG, but this is actually a relatively quiet
mandolin as mandolins go. _
_ _ You know, it's really designed to be plugged in.
Let me just, that wasn't, it wasn't plugged into anything. _
It is designed to be
plugged in _ _ and probably the sort of the shallow back and the spruce top
probably contribute to the fact that it's not quite as loud as, _ you know,
like a Gibson F4 _ or even like some of the lower price like Epiphone, like
teardrop style mandolins, the A-shape mandolins, _ _ but it plays really well.
This
mandolin retails for a little under $500, so it's not a super cheap mandolin.
It's definitely less expensive than the American-made Ovation mandolin and it
does, I mean, the intonation is pretty nice _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] and it's a relatively easy mandolin
to play, especially for this price range and it sounds pretty good. _ _
It's got strap
buttons, which is nice.
Anyway, yeah, there you go.
So that's the Ovation _ Celebrity
mandolin made in Korea.
It retails for, it's about $480, I think, in most places.
You've been watching GearWire.com and I am Owen O'Malley.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Welcome back to GearWire.com. This is the Ovation Celebrity mandolin.
It is made
in Korea _ and it's basically the Ovation sort of Adamas guitar construction
shrunk down to mandolin size.
You've got all the tiny sound holes, I think there's
14 all together, _ and the sort of composite scooped back _ and it also does
have a really nice sounding preamp.
We're listening to the preamp right now.
It's an OP 24 plus and let's just go over a couple of the controls on the
preamp _ here.
It is a solid spruce top on this guy, _ not one of
the sort of like carbon fiber composite tops, but there's a overall volume
control, there is a three band EQ.
Right now I've got the mids boosted a little
bit and the treble cut out a little bit to get rid of some of the sort of
inherent quackiness in the P's.
If we bypass the EQ, which we can do with a
simple press here, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ you can hear there's a little bit of quackiness.
Even then
it's not really so harsh, you really got to kind of like boost the treble for it
to be harsh.
Let's bring the EQ [Am] back in though.
_ There's also a pre-shape control
which is a mid cut, _ _ _ _ [E] which kind of cuts the presence back a little bit.
[G] So you
can actually sort of, you know, if you play both rhythm and lead on the
mandolin, you can kind of switch between two tones using the pre-shape control,
although, you know, navigating these little tiny controls in here might be a
little bit of a challenge, but so like here's a rhythm tone _
_ [D] and _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ this
would be your lead tone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ There's also a mid shift here, let's boost the mids a
little bit more.
_ _ _ _ Mid shift, _ _ _ _ _ you can hear a little bit, we'll see that again. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It [A] just
kind of lowers the mid frequency a little bit, not by much, but just a
slightly different sound.
So there's a couple different, you know, tonal options
on this guy.
_ Let's hear what this, the [Am] Celebrity Mandolin sounds like
unplugged. _
So we've got our trusty 414 set up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
So you can hear it's a very bright
tone.
_ It sounds loud right now because, well, there's nothing to compare it to
and it's _ right up against this AKG, but this is actually a relatively quiet
mandolin as mandolins go. _
_ _ You know, it's really designed to be plugged in.
Let me just, that wasn't, it wasn't plugged into anything. _
It is designed to be
plugged in _ _ and probably the sort of the shallow back and the spruce top
probably contribute to the fact that it's not quite as loud as, _ you know,
like a Gibson F4 _ or even like some of the lower price like Epiphone, like
teardrop style mandolins, the A-shape mandolins, _ _ but it plays really well.
This
mandolin retails for a little under $500, so it's not a super cheap mandolin.
It's definitely less expensive than the American-made Ovation mandolin and it
does, I mean, the intonation is pretty nice _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] and it's a relatively easy mandolin
to play, especially for this price range and it sounds pretty good. _ _
It's got strap
buttons, which is nice.
Anyway, yeah, there you go.
So that's the Ovation _ Celebrity
mandolin made in Korea.
It retails for, it's about $480, I think, in most places.
You've been watching GearWire.com and I am Owen O'Malley.