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Location: Taxed To Death State | Does anyone know how many of these were made? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Al of em!
Show us a picture of what you mean please.
By satin do you mean non gloss, non stain all Mahogany? |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | This is what I mean
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Location: Upper Left USA | That's a Nutmeg tone.
Most were painted colors.
Maybe one fourth were natural or wood tones.
Most of those were Sunburst and many were Reddish or Nutmeg.
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Location: Tennessee | I have one like that. Solid one piece mahogany body, probably Honduras and left from the Deacon runs. Two piece mahogany neck, ebony board, and late schaller chrome bridge. My s/n is just a few numbers short of E20000. I had the factory refinish it about 10 years ago, the original finish starting clouding over, which made the finish appear to be satin. I have no idea how many were made. I've watched and only seen a handful like this. I like the one I have a lot.
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Location: Taxed To Death State | These things with the larger schaller bridges have sustain up the wazoo. My V3 has a preacher type hollowness to it with the black bridge. The V3 though kills it through an amp though. Amazing sound. Stonebobbo can you post a pic of yours? I'd like to see it. Thanks! |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Here is Nutmeg Gloss. My satin viper is a 199xxx serial as well. End of the line for the viper 1981 I think.
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Location: Jet City | Dan, they sound better with strings. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | I knew something wasn't right with the sound... These just happened to be the only pics I had on my computer. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Okay with strings. Had to dig them out.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Drool. Envy. GAS and all that. Nice Vipers. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Thanks Mark. I have a bad case of GAS too. I really should part with one but I'm terribly torn. I want a UKII real bad and one of these could fund that but I like them both so much. |
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Location: Jet City | I wouldn't get rid of either, but yes, definately get a UKII. Have you ever played one? If not, just wait till you A/B it against all your other guitars. I only have one Viper, a light skinned cousin of yours. Your Viper's daddy was a Hog, mine had a Flamin Maple. 
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Location: Tennessee | Some sweet looking guitars on this thread! Here's a picture I dug out showing mine:  |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Wow. Very nice you guys. I like that refinish Stonebobbo. Momma does fine work huh? Dang.
Damon that bottom pic of that UKII,,, that is friggin sweet. Never seen that finish. Now THAT I could get rid of my V3 for. Sell it to me. Pleeeeeease! |
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Location: Jet City | danomyte - Never seen that finish And you won't again. There's only 1, made for Bill Kaman, the mastermind behind the best solidbody ever built, the UKII. danomyte - Sell it to me. Pleeeeeease! $5k in my paypal would get me boxing it up right now and at Fedex in the next hour... but I'd consider a reasonable offer. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | I could give ya my 83 Elite prototype & one of the Vipers. Beyond that I'm tapped out. |
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Location: Jet City | A very generous offer. If it were a white UKII you had to offer up with the Elite, you mighta had me. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | I'm on the hunt for a white UKII. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Careful what you start around here! And yes, they do tend to haze up and suffer indignities over time. 
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Location: Florence,SC | Woody, I got to ask ... what's with the notches (hashmarks) on the neck at the first fret? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I didn't do it!
I got it that way from Numbfingers who rescued it from somewhere. Another unexplained mystery. |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | I put an offer up on the white UK on evil bay. No dice. |
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