Originally Posted by allaboutmusic

If it has to be between those two, I'd go with the deeper bowl if you are planning to play it unplugged a lot as it will give you better tone. If you are only playing plugged in, the shallower bowl may be more comfortable and give you fewer feedback problems onstage.

Honest opinion? I hate Ovations and think you would be better off with just about anything else. They're impossible to play without a strap, sound pretty poor unplugged and sound tinny plugged in. Obviously just my opinion.

For that sort of money you could be getting a quality solid-top acoustic and putting a good pickup in it (or getting one with a pickup built in).

(as a reference point, my main acoustic now is a $3,000 handmade acoustic, but just last year I took my $150 solid-top Made-In-China acoustic on tour playing 20,000+ seater venues)