I have an applause ae48 it's made by ovation... I had the same problem... my top came apart from the plastic. so I sent it back to ovatoin( i belive i had a five year warenty though i never paid for one) It has been a lot of trouble they might not wnat to deal with it because of the low cost of the guitar but still i'v only had it for a month. I want it back but they havn't sent it back and its been a long time posibly a month or longer. I keep having to tlak to different people saying we will give you a new one or we will fix it... I was soposed to get it back last week and its not here yet so I dono ... is the top breaking a common problem?