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Location: Ohio | Just saw the You Tube review on the Viper3. Nice guitar if you like the strat sound. I lean more toward the classic Les Paul sound. Which Ovation SOlid body come the closest without spending a fortune on a modeling amp and a bunch of effects? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | UKII. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | UKII, UltraGP, UltraGS, with UKII being on top of the list...... but..
Also Don't rule out Early Breadwinner (Toriodal pickups) and Viper. The Viper and Viper3 are VERY flexible. Whatever review you saw, it sounded like a strat cause the person recording it wanted to. The Viper is my goto and was my main instrument for gigging and no one ever accused it of sounding like a strat.. although it is indeed not as meaty as humbuckers, but it's much more meaty than the average single coil driven guitar. |
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Location: Tennessee | Also try a VXT. That said, I have a Hamer that does the Les Paul thing REAL well ... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | DOh... Yes... +1 for the VXT... silly me...
That really just does it all and I'd rank it higher on the list than the UKII for a humbucker sound... as it has... humbuckers. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
That said, I have a Hamer that does the Les Paul thing REAL well ... Agreed!
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Location: 6 String Ranch | all of the above |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | To answer the specific question of "Which Ovation Solid body come the closest without spending a fortune on a modeling amp and a bunch of effects? "
Then the best answers, in no particular order, just depending on taste... UKII, VXT, UltraGP, UltraGS-2
All of these have two humbuckers that provide the traditional "humbucking" sound.
After that... the floodgates of choice and opportunity are seemingly endless. |
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Location: New Hampsha | And what does the OFC Hive Mind think of a UK II in VCG with case for $500?
Would that be a
a)Let it be price
b) Fair price
c) Good price
d) OMG why aren't you going to get it now price |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | all original..... I would grab it for that price if I was looking for one. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by stephent28:
all original..... I would grab it for that price if I was looking for one. Ditto. "Monty, I'll take door 'C'". |
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Location: New Hampsha | I'll throw this fishie to the sharks:
http://nh.craigslist.org/msg/1661424246.html
Someone might really want one. |
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Location: Virginia | Dawg, im gonna have to see your collection when I visit in august :) |
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