The Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String is an Ovation classical guitar. It pairs well with the Synergy SL2 Module and the Friedman BE-Mini Head.
Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String
Ovation · classical guitar
The Ovation 1658 Legend Custom is a 12-string acoustic-electric guitar built on Ovation's distinctive roundback bowl body, a departure from traditional flat-back acoustic construction that gives the instrument a brighter, more projecting voice along with a deep cutaway for upper-fret access. As a Legend Custom variant, it carries premium appointments beyond the standard Legend line, and the 12-string configuration adds the characteristic shimmering, chorus-like doubled string tone associated with 12-strings, layered onto Ovation's already distinctive acoustic-electric platform. Ovation built its reputation on this composite bowl-body design specifically to address feedback and projection issues that plagued traditional acoustic-electric guitars on loud stages.
- full
- chorus
- studio
- tonal character
- stage
- shimmer
- recording
- natural
Genres the Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String is commonly used in
- Folk
- Electronic
- Acoustic
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String
Synergy SL2 Module
Synergy
tonal matchRun Synergy SL2 Module into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Friedman BE-Mini Head
Friedman
tonal matchRun Friedman BE-Mini Head into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Ampeg V-4
Ampeg
tonal matchRun Ampeg V-4 into that transparent platform and it finally gets some mid-forward
Egnater Tweaker 88 Head
Egnater
tonal matchInto a transparent tone, Egnater Tweaker 88 Head brings the low gain it's missing
Ceriatone 2202H
Ceriatone
tonal matchRun Ceriatone 2202H into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Mesa Boogie Triple Crown TC-100 Head
Mesa Boogie
tonal matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Mesa Boogie Triple Crown TC-100 Head gives it high gain to fill it with
Blackstar Unity Bass U250
Blackstar
tonal matchBlackstar Unity Bass U250's warm balances out the bright tone
Blackstar St. James 100
Blackstar
tonal matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Blackstar St. James 100 gives it high gain to fill it with
Pedals that stack with the Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String
Beetronics OV-LE-Uva
Beetronics
tonal matchBeetronics OV-LE-Uva is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String gives it exactly that
Boss OD-3 Overdrive
Boss
tonal matchBoss OD-3 Overdrive's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String delivers it
Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker Pre-Amp
Crazy Tube Circuits
tonal matchInto Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String, Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker Pre-Amp is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz
Behringer
tonal matchOvation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz wants
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
tonal matchBlack Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String gives it exactly that
Catalinbread MontaVillian
Catalinbread
tonal matchCatalinbread MontaVillian is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String gives it exactly that — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature
Ashdown
tonal matchOvation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature wants
Beetronics Larva
Beetronics
tonal matchOvation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Beetronics Larva wants
Questions people ask
What pairs well with the Ovation 1658 Legend Custom 12-String?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Synergy SL2 Module, Friedman BE-Mini Head, Ampeg V-4 — Run Synergy SL2 Module into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain.