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Location: Buffalo,NY | My Viper arrived today from Miles. It's a cream colored Viper. Pictures will have to wait until the weekend.
Plugged it in to my '68 Super Reverb and this guitar just sounds excellent. I know I'm still in the honeymoon phase with this guitar but it just sounds excellent at every setting. Unfortunately one of our other guitarists has my UKII so I can't do a direct comparison. I got the Viper so that I could wrestle the UKII back away from him but I may just let him play the UKII. The Viper is an excellent guitar. So is the UKII. I can't wait till my Deacon comes in from Garey. The Ovation solid body guitars can stand up to some of the very best. I'm loving the Viper.
I'm especially loving the fact that all 3 toggle switch settings sound completely different and they're all excellent.
I now know what a bunch of you Viper fans were trying to tell me.
Regards,
Tom
ELECTRICS : 2006 PRS CU 22 12 String Ch. Sunburst; 2004 PRS Hollowbody II McCart Sunburst; 2005 PRS Modern Eagle 20th Ann. Charcoal, 2005 PRS CU24 20th Ann.Artist Blue Matteo,; 1997 PRS Santana 1 ,Sunburst ; 1965 SG Special - White ; 1963 Fender Strat- sunburst ; 1964 Gretsch Country Gent-dark walnut ; 1998 Gretsch Country Classic Jr. ; 2001 Gibson ES-335 - natural ; 2004 Gibson Firebird - white ; 1966 Fender Electric XII ; 1989 Fender Strat Plus Deluxe - greyburst ; 1969 Fender Tele- Blonde ; 1969 Fender Esquire - Blonde ; 1969 Fender Tele Bass - Blonde ; 199? Jackson Randy Rhodes V - black ; 199? Peavey Wolfgang - cognac burst ; 200? Gretsch Duojet 1957 RI - black w/bigsby ; 2005 Gibson SG Special - black ; 1968 Vox Sidewinder Bass- cherry ; 1965 Silvertone amp-in-case 2pickup - red sparkle; 1965 Hagstrom I (powder blue) |
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Location: ranson,wva | dont got a viper or a ukII....yet. but i did take delivery of my breadwinner limited today......jason |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Doc..I got my Viper from Miles today, too. Even though I have nothing to compare it to and no real solidbody experience, it doesn't take away from the fact that it truly is a sweet sounding guitar.
My serial # begins with an E and has 4 digits. If I read the chart available here that puts it's manufactured date around February of 1975 or 32 years old. Miles setup is spot on. (Thanks Miles!)
After having only played with acoustics, it is really strange playing the easy, extremely low setup Viper. I will have to spend equal time with them all or I might become spoiled.
Hope that you enjoy yours!
Jim |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Glad you guys like the guitars. I've been raving (and ranting) about the Viper since 1979. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Congrats Tom, lucky you got that one. It looks as if your electric inventory was getting a little low. :eek: |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Enjoy it. |
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Location: GA USA | Looks like we cleaned him out. There are no more Vipers in the collection for sale.
BTW, my son Adam... in addition to his band, Seven Story Fall, he's starting a new surf punk group with some other guys and planning to use the Viper. He thinks that if the band does well, in a year he may switch to a Wilson Bros Ventures guitar, though. |
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