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Location: Freeport, IL | Hey,
Anyone with a Gibson Chet Atkins (steel string version) that they would like to sell or trade?
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Location: So. Cal. | If you are getting this for yourself, please try the Ovation Viper EA68 first. I have played both - the Viper is far superior in my personal opinion. The tone is more authentic acoustic guitar, sustain is better, feedback is non-existent. Just for comparison, I have also played the nylon version of both Gibson and Viper EA63. The result is the same, Viper wins by a large margin. Lastly, the Gibson is quite heavy and the electronics is really crude. |
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Location: NJ | I agree with Michael, the viper is the sleeper in the Ovation line and it should NOT be.
1 they need to market it to acoustic electric players like dave mathews, and tons others
2 they need to STOP spraying the bowl black so people can realize that they are made ENTIRELY out of wood. When one of your complaints is that that they guitars are not made of wood and you make one entirely out of wood Why disguise it with black bowl paint?
3 I have sold steel string, nylon string, bass and 12 string viper. I have a steel string and bass and I much regret selling the nylon and 12. |
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Location: Freeport, IL | Alright already - anyone with a Viper EA68 to sell or trade? Thanks for the input.
Jon |
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Location: Midland, MI | There's a funky blue one on fleaBay right now. You can see it here. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Did some one say Blue!! That's my color!! :D
No smurf jokes please! :eek:
The EA68 on ebay looks great...Go for it you won't be sorry. |
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Location: Freeport, IL | Hey,
I really need this Viper. Have a recording date in three weeks which either the Viper or Chet Atkins will be perfect for. I have an 1127-4 GC in very nice condtion (recently received from Tony C. and a 1869-5 Custom Legend which is due to arrive on Tuesday from Al to trade. Anyone? I have been bidding on the Ebay Viper but have not yet met the reserve.
Jon |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | The reserve is $649, which is a) a lot less than a Chet Atkins SST in similar condition; and b) a lot less than I got for the last Blue Ash Viper I sold on eBay. 'Funky' costs more. ;)
These really are rather rare. Far, far less of the colored Ash Top EA68 guitars were made than any one year of the Collectors' Series. Not to mention less than tens of thousands of Gibson SST's, lol. |
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Location: SoCal | at the end of the day, Jon is getting his Viper. |
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Location: Freeport, IL | Huge thank you to Tony and to Paul!
And thanks to all who shared their thoughts and opinions regarding the Viper vs. Gibson Chet Atkins. I will put this funky blue thing to work right away. What a day!
Regards to all,
Jon |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Congrats!! And Blue is such a nice color. But I said that already didn't I? :D
Enjoy it Jon. |
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Location: Midland, MI | You know, in the interest of fraternity and all that, seeing as I was the one that posted the link to the eBay auction, I think that funky blue hunk o' Ovation badness needs to swing through my place first, on it's way to Jon, of course. ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | Jon,
Congrats on the Viper ... I've had my "new" Viper for about two weeks now and I can tell you it is an incredible guitar. They are literally a steal at what we're buying them for. I have the spruce top, but saw Paul's blue Tamo Ash and bet it is equally awesome.
I can appreciate your "holding" the guitar for your son in Iraq ... my son shipped out yesterday to MCRD in San Diego (in hopes that in 13 weeks he'll get the official nod as one of the few, the proud) and I am "holding" his FlameKat and his J200. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the FlameKat mysteriously wound up with a set of TV Jones pickups in place of the mini-humbuckers it has now. ;)
I'm with Al on the bowl paint thing. I can appreciate them keeping the branding thing going, but why hide that mahogany? Maybe I'll ping customer service on doing a refinish for me ... they did a great job on my mahogany 1271 Viper and if could look anything like that ... |
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Gibson Chet Atkins - No way - It's Viper Time!