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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15677
Location: SoCal | I wonder if this is a record for a Viper? Well worth it and congrats to both the seller and the buyer.....
Viper on the \'bay |
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 Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1445
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | That custom Viper III I had with the nice maple woods went for about $1300 and change a couple of years ago.
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 5567
Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | This one was very nice...beautiful maple... |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I like yours better bluebird. |
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 Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13996
Location: Upper Left USA | Those are some incredible woods on that last one. Gotta get Shop going! |
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 Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I sold my Viper 3 about a year ago for $925.00
Wayne's custom Viper 3 was the nicest I have ever seen. |
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Joined: March 2006 Posts: 1634
Location: Chehalis, Washington | Seriously - I was surprised this one went for as much as it did, especially with the Ovation market kind of soft right now. Just shows how much appreciation is starting to get generated for these Ovation solids.
Of course, most people I talk to don't even know Ovation made electrics...got to get out more. |
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 Joined: July 2005 Posts: 3410
Location: GA USA | Wow. I would have bet money that that Viper would have gone for less than $500. But it does have some of the prettiest wood I've seen on a natural. |
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 Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Just think of a VXT made with that type of wood & finish. That's close to what we saw at the factory. |
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Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2850
Location: Midland, MI | The Viper in the auction was nice looking (from the few pictures I looked at), and Bluebirds highly figured example is outstanding. I just couldn't bond with the Viper I had, though I did like the tones it produced. |
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 Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13996
Location: Upper Left USA | But Cruster, the solution was simple.
Cruster's Viper before
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 Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The Viper III models seem to go for a few hundred more than the more common two-pup models, and condition, of course, can impact the sale price considerably. |
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Joined: March 2006 Posts: 1634
Location: Chehalis, Washington | That being true, what's to stop someone from taking a Viper I and routing out a third pickup slot and selling it as a Viper III?
(oops, did I give something away?) |
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 Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1445
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | By the time you got the pup and added the extra switching it would negate any additional profit, I would think. |
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