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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | It was sure nice to see a solidbody, one of the best solidbodies that was ever in production with an Ovation Headstock, on TV tonight. What was extra nice was the Queens of the Stone Age don't use much in the way of effects. So although I'm not a big fan of their material, the tune they did sounded like it was written to show off that axe. If you listened carefully you could here kids all over town saying "hey... what was that crazy guitar he was playing?.. it sounded so full and raw and I think he was just plugged straight into his amp!!!!"
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | I also saw the Leno show last night and Josh was playing the sunburst GP i sold him a couple of years ago.It was in 9+ condition then...It looked great last night and they had the guitar close up most of the song....Looks like he had the guitar modified a bit......He also owns a black GP (his original one) and a red one as well...... |
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| Originally posted by samova:
I also saw the Leno show last night and Josh was playing the sunburst GP i sold him a couple of years ago.It was in 9+ condition then...It looked great last night and they had the guitar close up most of the song....Looks like he had the guitar modified a bit......He also owns a black GP (his original one) and a red one as well......
I've been wondering what options this guitar had bridge wise.. The one's that I've seen have those wraparound bridges. But neither of Josh's do. He has the black one with a tune-o-matic and then that sunburst is string through body. I haven't seen his red one.. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | There was only one option on the bridges..They had a schaller bridge very similar to Gibson les pauls... |
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| Samova............is Josh a member here........he is sure to inspire many new members such as myself.............lastly, I am looking hard for a GP myself...............just purchased a viper on ebay......waiting for delivery...............how does the sound of the 2 instruments compare...........I currently play a Les Paul, and a 62 SG.
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Drew,there is a big difference in sound in my opinion..
Viper= single coils,sounds to me between a Strat and a Rick.
Ultra GP =Humbuckers, sounds more like a les Paul |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Sam is right, two totally differnt guitars with totally different sounds... Before you even get to the pickups, The Viper has a huge solid brass bridge, and a bolt-on neck. The GP is a set-neck, with a tun-o-matic style bridge and stop tail. Right there you are talking different handling, and sustain characteristics.
The Viper pickups are single coils, but more like Seymour Duncan sounding.. Very Hot and very punchy. What's nice is you can back off the Vol, and get a really nice strat or tele sound. If you drop to the neck pickup, at Full VOl you can get that Les Paul neck pickup effect, and back off a little and it goes more like a 335 depending on where the tone is set too. You get the idea.
The GP plays and acts more like a LesPaul or PRS or Hamer... More a traditional sound of a those guitars also. When it comes time to only have a few Ovation guitars, they will be a Viper, a GP, a UKII and a PF-22 and probably a Breadwinner tho I don't play them much they are just cool. |
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| Thanks for the info everyone.
I Can't wait to play this guitar.
I guess the sound I am looking for will require a GP, I generally play and record with a Les Paul Studio....80's......and late 70's Les paul custom.............I like the big deep tones....big sustain......generally set on the neck pick up......I use an old tube sunn base head...(1500s)...with a 2 x15" and a 4x 12" cab. I plan to bid on the Uk II on ebay right now as well, the coil tap switchs on the pick ups look very cool.
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | if you like big deep tones and sustain the ukII fits that m.o. perfectly. i absolutly love em, and especially like the neck. a star trek guitar in les paul clothing. |
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| If you find a gp like josh's email me. I've been looking for one for 10 years now and still no luck. I found one on ebay like a year ago, but I didn't have the cash. If you have one I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND TAKE IT FROM YOU (jk). I am seriously addicted to finding one, and if any of you think that you can just go find one and pick one up THINK AGAIN. You should probably go ahead and think of an alternative. If you don't know the difference between this and the other solidbodies then please don't bother because there are many out there who do and probably deserve the guitar more. |
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Location: NoHo, CA | Wow, 10 years and you still don't have one? Man, they must be hard to come by. I know I've been looking for one for 3 years and I don't have one either...I have TWO! Keep looking, they're out there.
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| AHHHHHHHHHHH! DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT..Frustration!...hehe No seriously so where do you live? California? What colors do you have so I know which one to take? Just Kidding.. I'm seriously jealous now. yep started looking in 92 and I've only seen one in person and that was Josh's at the Queens concert in Austin. Still have never played one. A little background: I do tech support for Motorola and I pretty much get to surf the internet all day and look for them and I have only come across one for sale. If ANYONE out there is trying to sell one give me a ring. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | After collecting for more than 10 years, I only found out they existed about 4 years ago. I have one, and I have only seen 2 others on eBay, and two others I found in searches. There were a bunch made.. so someone has them.
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HardBody Ultra GP with QOSTA on Leno VERY COOL
