I wore out a DVD of Dave Mason playing a guitar just like this one …..he was performing with Jim Krieger the guy who wrote We Just Disagree …and I found this guitar in florida ..and I wanted to keep it …..it plays great and sounds great ..but an ovation is for skinny guys …and I am just not that anymore …has the top finish checking ..but plays great, amazing low action and sounds superb …just like I heard in my head from the Mason video !! comes in the original hardshell case which has some chipped shell  up at the headstock but still does a great job protecting the guitar !! A very cool piece !!