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ProfessorBB
Posted 2006-09-08 8:45 AM (#240957)
Subject: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains		Anybody have any information on this model? It appears to be a regular EA68 with all the extra bling of the Book Elite. I saw a picture of one that Mr. O has or had in his collection, but haven't known of another. This is a model I would like to add to my stash if they're really out there in the marketplace.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2006-09-08 9:07 AM (#240958 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: Scotland		That's exactly what it is, an EA68 with book trim.

Here's a pic of the G-band NAMM booth taken from the Bose website. That's Mr Wong's book Viper I'm using. And his L1.

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Beal
Posted 2006-09-08 9:11 AM (#240959 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: 6 String Ranch		There were a few made but not many.
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Paul Blanchard
Posted 2006-09-08 9:58 AM (#240960 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Minden, Nebraska		VERY rare! That guitar looks good on Paul T.
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cliff
Posted 2006-09-08 10:05 AM (#240961 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: NJ		. . . as does a rabid badger.
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ProfessorBB
Posted 2006-09-08 10:06 AM (#240962 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains		Thanks for confirming my suspicion. Not many are out there, so the hunt may be long and, if successful, expensive.
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Waskel
Posted 2006-09-08 10:26 AM (#240963 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: closely held secret		That guitar actually does make Paul look good. No easy feat...
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2006-09-08 10:33 AM (#240964 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: Scotland
Originally posted by cliff:
. . . as does a rabid badger.
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
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Waskel
Posted 2006-09-08 10:37 AM (#240965 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: closely held secret		I can see how mushrooms might have played a large part in the inspiration for that...
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stephent28
Posted 2006-09-08 10:43 AM (#240966 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		Your timing was a bit off Brad as I believe during Mr. Ovations summer clearance sale he sold off both his book elite viper and mandolin to someone on the OFC.

They don't come up very often. I sold my regular book guitar to Mr. Dano in Toronto about 6-8 months ago.
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Paul Blanchard
Posted 2006-09-08 10:51 AM (#240967 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Minden, Nebraska		Do you think whoever wrote and recorded that badger theme song would find a spiritual home here?

I did note the link to the Bucky Badger website. My nephew has an athletic scholarship to the University of Wisconsin, and his 'sport' is serving as one of the Bucky Badger mascots. I reckon the weight of the outfit and the awkwardness of wearing it qualifies the wearers as athletes.

Temp, does your band cover that song?
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cliff
Posted 2006-09-08 10:56 AM (#240968 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: NJ		Cover it?? . . . they WROTE it!!!!
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Paul Blanchard
Posted 2006-09-08 11:04 AM (#240969 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Minden, Nebraska		Was that the EA-63 I heard there?
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cliff
Posted 2006-09-08 11:07 AM (#240970 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: NJ		GoodEar.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2006-09-08 11:16 AM (#240971 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?


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Location: Scotland
Originally posted by Paul Blanchard:
Temp, does your band cover that song?
We don't, the singer finds it difficult to remember all the words.

We thinking about covering these two though...

holding back

Bunny
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Paul Blanchard
Posted 2006-09-08 11:34 AM (#240972 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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We thinking about covering these two though...

holding back

Bunny
I found the link to terrier grooming on the Holding Back page quite appropriate.
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Waskel
Posted 2006-09-08 11:39 AM (#240973 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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ProfessorBB
Posted 2006-09-08 12:43 PM (#240974 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains		Stephen, when I made contact with Mr. O last month just after hearing about his inventory purge, I was a bit late on grabbing his Viper Book, and he decided to keep his deep bowl Book. Vacations are tough on relieving GAS.
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noah
Posted 2006-09-08 1:55 PM (#240975 - in reply to #240957)
Subject: Re: Viper Book Elite?



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Location: SoCal		I've heard that the best one ever to come out of the Mothership is in San Diego with Tony Calman. I was lucky enough to get a few pictures of it... they are in my gallery. Rumor has it that he also has one of the rare 12-string models.

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