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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Hey you all, first I bought a beautiful Preacher from iffy and now waiting to be delivered is a Viper. I can't wait to see it. Iffy is a great guy and has helped me in so many ways. Come tuesday it should be here. I'll post some pic's when I get it. Now I will have a UKll, Preacher and a Viper. I should be able to get any sound needed for my music from these three guitars. :) :) :) :) |
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Location: Tennessee | Congrats. My Viper is one guitar I could never imagine parting with. And Iffy is a good guy for sure. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Congrats Kitmann!
Yes, Iffy IS a great guy!!! |
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Location: GA USA | You'll really enjoy that guitar. Congratulations. |
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| Viper's a great guitar, I love mine. Looking forward to hearing what you do with it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Depending upon the configuration and wood, you may need a strong shoulder to play that Baby standing up. I have a Viper III in ash and at 9 pounds 13 ounces, it is the heaviest guitar I own, even more than the Les Paul which is 3-1/2 ounces less. Oink-oink. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I didn't see a Deacon in that line up?
You know you can slice the body and chamber them? |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | All my Vipers are pretty light.....Ya wanna try my Travis Bean........
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Woody I would love to have a Deacon or Breadwinner, but right now I can't afford to sell a car to buy one. :D
Iffy is such a great guy I'm honored to be able to call him my friend. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by kitmann:
Iffy is such a great guy I'm honored to be able to call him my friend. Me, too, but he's not worth a darn at busting into a locked SUV. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Hey Professor, I just noticed that you live in Colorado. My bother lives in Colorado Springs, Next time I heading that way I have to get in touch with you. And since i was a law enforcement officer for so many years you should of called me to get in the SUV...BDR works almost all the time. :eek:
What is different between a Viper lll and a Viper, I'm not too hip on all the types yet. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Sure thing, Kit. Keep us posted when you're coming out. Viper III has three pups. Regular Vipers have two. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Hey Woody i gave it some thought, Since I'm a veteran and I'm disabled you could donate a Deacon to me and write it off you taxes. Just a thought :cool:
Thanks Professor, even with the 3rd pick up, why is it so heavy compared to the others. Is is special wood or what? |
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Location: USA | Awesome, you'll love the Viper, I have two myself and always looking out for more. I'll be interested to see how you compare it to your Preacher. They might be heavy guitars, but the sound more than makes up for it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by kitmann:
Thanks Professor, even with the 3rd pick up, why is it so heavy compared to the others. Is is special wood or what? Not sure. Probably the sum of a lot of things like dense ash body, older electronics, a long two-octave neck, lack of body contour cutouts, maybe a big stonkin' truss rod, etc. You'll just have to come by and check it out for yourself. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | It arrived today!!! Wow what a guitar. The weight did not seem to bother me because it is so well balanced. It is a beautiful natural light wood grain. It has the original knobs but who ever Iffy got if from changed the knobs for some reason, I put the originals back on. The way it plays. These have got to be the hottest pickups on any of my guitars. It plays like silk. On a clean channel, neck pup it's almost Santana like smooth, on the bridge it bites. Then on the dirty channels it just smokes. I get harmonic picks easy. Couldn't take photos outside, raining (theres a first for this summer) but I will. In some ways it is almost like having a cross between a Les Paul and a Strat. This is one great guitar. Thank you so very much Iffy :cool: :) :p :D |
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Location: Jet City | I have 3 Vipers at the moment. Great guitars.
I think Iffy has my old burst (via another owner). |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | He was just talking about that guitar in an e-mail. I love this guitar. :D |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | http://s799.photobucket.com/albums/yy276/KitMann/Viper%20and%20the%...
I should be able to get some great music from these, Thanks Iffy your one hell of a guy who I'm proud to call friend. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | I have yet to figure out how to just get the photo to show up on the Reply section or original post for that matter. But the link to the pic's are above, enjoy.....I know I am :) :) :) :) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by kitmann:
I have yet to figure out how to just get the photo to show up on the Reply section or original post for that matter. But the link to the pic's are above, enjoy.....I know I am :) :) :) :)  |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Thank you Arthur, Iffy just sent me an e-mail on how to do it, sounds like a dad, He said once I get it down it's easy. But again thank you. Look good don't they. :D |
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Wow Kitmann, very nice company you're keepin' these days. Excellent group photo, too… looks like Oscar photo sniped you, though… ;)
…I've been an acoustic O guy since the seventies, but I've never tried any of the electrics, let alone owned one. They're all very interesting, but your first impressions of the Viper are downright g.a.s. inducing… ;)
Sounds like a Viper would be a great alternative to a Tele? Hmmm, I don't have a Tele, I thought I wanted a Tele, but maybe I don't really need a Tele after all…
…hmmm…
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Standing I'm not kidding the Viper is such a great guitar, The way it plays is just hard to put into words I have not already used. I had a tele, liked it but this is so much more versatile. With out changing pickups like I was going to do on my tele, I can go from smooth to bluesy, to down right rocking. It is so well balanced on my shoulder, and since my chest is mess up that's important. |
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Location: Texas | OK, I'm convinced, I'll start lookin' around…
Thanks, (I think…) ;) |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Your welcome brother, you will really love it. Oh yeah it is an Oscar Schmidt in the back ground. It's the Blues man. Great semi hollow body guitar.
Have fun :) |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by kitmann:
Your welcome brother, you will really love it. Gotta find it first…
Thanks… |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | I would check with the big boys, like Miles, Arthur, Woody, Beal, Iffy and I seen one on e-bay that has the three pickups for $500. Just to let you know. :cool: |
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Location: Texas | Thanks Kitmann,
I will keep an eye out, but I may have to wait until this thread dies-out and is archived. There appears to be a current "OFC bump" in popularity and pricing of that particular model, possibly because of recent discussions… (Lurkers far outnumber contributors here…)
Therefore, I will only add that I played one today, and hated it… (half of that statement is true.)
…oh, and 12-string Celebs are the best guitars on the planet, I wouldn't sell mine for less than $1,000… don't ask, I'm not budging…
ok, maybe $900… ;)
(If any of the OFC family has a Viper that they'd consider selling, please pm me…)
Thanks… |
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Bought a Viper from Iffy