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Location: UK | For the same price on EBay in the UK i have seen Viper EA 68 and Custom Legend C779LX CCB , both look the business but which is the better guitar in your wise opinions ,already have yamaha AX5 Need to decide fast , thanks !! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | no better.... depends on what you need...
the Vipers don't come up all that often. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Totally different guitars, but if you plan to play unplugged, go for the Legend. (am I a nerd now?) |
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Location: UK | Yes , anyone who spends their evenings obsessing about these things is , apart from me of course, which would you get , just want opinions , promise not to sue you if i make the wrong choice |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | well, then... the Viper |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Custom Legend! |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Tell us how yu plan to use it, what kind of music you play, etc....
Given that we can all then give our best uneducated opinion.
The legend can go both plugged and unplugged with good authority, The Viper, it's a plugged in only kind of guy, more like an electric with an acoustic side. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Buy both. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | AND, we are not guitar nerds, we're guitar homos! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Preach it, French guy! :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I'd go for the Legend.
But it is probably too late to matter now, since you needed to know Fast! |
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Location: UK | Hey thanks for the advice , auction is over on sunday for the legend and monday for the viper, i play mainly unpluged but already have a reasonable electro acoustic in the shape of a yamaha , i want to play Gilian Welch type stuff , developing finger picking skills , i also want a guitar that will hold its value and be faitly easy to sell as in England these babies are VERY expensive ' really do appreciate your thoughts , Thanks ! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah, Ovations are spendy over there.
I saw a 1621 on eBarf over there, Like this one sell for $1600. Only not is such good condition.
One of the European brothers said that that was normal over yonder.
I had posted it here, saying that the seller was dreaming.
Apparently not...
BTW- Wouldn't that be Guitar Geeks?
Anyway... We Are O'Cultists! |
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Location: UK | Arthur would you still go for the legend with the extra information , also do you never sleep , is that part of the cult thing ?? Cheers |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Sleep is for guitar nerds, not guitar homos and cwk already addressed that issue. And I'll add another vote for the Viper. |
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Location: SoCal | Hi Andrea,
Both guitars have the same scale length and nutwidth.
The Custom Legend is an acoustic guitar that can be plugged-in.
The EA68 is a guitar that is meant to be plug-in.
The body is chambered mahogany and only about 2 inches thick. Unplugged, it sounds like a very quiet acoustic. Leaving the house with an EA68 in one hand, 9 times out of 10, I'd have an amp in the other. You can also have a lot of fun with an EA68 into an overdriven tube amp. One that I bought on eBay came setup with flatwound jazz strings, it is fun to play with.
If you see yourself practicing and working out finger picking skills, the EA68 plugged into a Korg Pandora with earphones would be great. Due to its smaller body, I find the EA68 very comfortable.
But if you plan on playing acoustically with your friends, you will appreciate the Custom Legend.
As far as holding value, I do not see these two guitars as being investments. These are a pay-to-play commodity. I have no idea what those guitars have been going for in your market.
Unless you need it to live, slow down and do your homework.
Keep track of sales prices on comparable instruments.
Try to pay at the low end of the range that you've seen for the particular item.
Be comfortable with the acquisition knowing that you actively tried not to overpay. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Oddly enough, if you hang around here long enough, Andrea, in between the entertainment, you just might get some great advice. Take Noah's. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | What Noah said! |
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Location: UK | Thanks , do appreciate the time your taking , i will sit back and wait for enlightenment via you guitar homos ,( think that homos might have other conertations over here :D ) Looking forward to more pearls of wisdom |
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Location: Upper Left USA | What does Gilian Welch play? An A/E or and E/A or both?
Go that way.
I much prefer Ovation Snob btw... |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | The EA-68 Viper is ideal for high volume sound levels on stage where feedback is harder to control. If you are sitting around working on country songs, the Custom Legend is a much better choice, imho. |
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Location: UK | Dont know what gilian plays , what is a guitar homo anyway ? Do they suffer from pre menstral tension and need to impulse buy beautiful things in order to reduce hormonal surges, if so think i may be one. I think the viper looks beautiful , the one i have seen has a natural finish. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This is the opinion of another newbie.
The reason why I said Legend is that it is acoustic.
I can make an acoustic do a few electric sounding things in Overdrive, but I cannot get an electric to sound acoustic. (which is why I bought my first O)
With effects and talent, others may be different. ymmv
In financial terms, due to where you live... If they are both the same price, you could buy whichever one is least common in your area. Cuz if you chose to, you could get the other one later.
disclaimer-- I have never played an EA68 |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Noah's advice is very sound. I also play mostly fingerstyle and although I have a couple of amps and a couple of electric guitars, I rarely plug them in. Although I like the sound of Ovations when amplified, I don't have the need to have anyone else listen to me. I assume you will be playing for your own enjoyment, in which case the Custom Legend would be the most satisfying. But if your own enjoyment includes playing for larger groups, then you may need to plug in. The CL does both. If you will get the most enjoyment by playing an amplified guitar, the Viper might be the most enjoyable.
The gender bias of this group dictates that most of us don't have premenstrual urgings. What you are experiencing is called GAS, guitar acquisition syndrome. It is not gender related. I don't understand the guitar homo reference either, but there are some things better left unexplained. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | uh-ohhh... JIFFY!!!! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "...but there are some things better left unexplained."
Amen. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Andrea:
Dont know what gilian plays , what is a guitar homo anyway ? Do they suffer from pre menstral tension and need to impulse buy beautiful things in order to reduce hormonal surges, if so think i may be one. I think the viper looks beautiful , the one i have seen has a natural finish. I think I'm in love. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Andrea, meet JW.
He's a homo's homo. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Guitar homos enjoy guitar porn.
The funny thing is the system administrators at work don't even know what your looking at! Guitar porn is only limited by the boundaries of the internet. Hell yeah! Laissez les bon temp roulet! |
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Location: UK | Wow ,be still my beating heart , that wooden round back is stunning , as is the 1537 , if you really loved me you ' d ship them over here immediatly , the 1537 looks alot like the viper , i feel very shallow going for looks over practicality cos the legend makes more sense but i just want to handle the viper , it looks so tactile |
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Location: Cicero, NY | The 1537 is a favorite of many here but it's not the only one that Ovation has made that are just truly great guitars and many of them are great for gigging. Touch base with Paul Templeman and find out where you can play a few different models in your neck of the woods. And don't feel shallow around these parts going for looks over practicality - many of the people you're talking to here are men. 'Nuff said...? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Shallow is our forte. |
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