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Location: Nashville, TN | EA series...I'm proud of these ....
Newly acquired 'Glen Campbell' band custom cherry red EA68 viper with abalone around body & along fretboard with wider neck.
Glen & also newly acquired rare EAB 68 bass..
Orange Viper 1 of about 50 I understand & one of a kind Green Gut String Viper with Ebony epaulets & natural back (see below)
Natural 12 string Viper & one of a kind 'Vinage Sunburst' finish custom Viper 12..
(closer up below)
Tamo Ash Blue one of around 50 made & Black Beauty ...
and of course, the original natural one I have & still work with ..the one I used with Shania shown below..
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Location: SoCal | Those are beautiful! I wish I could justify getting one.... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Thanks for sharing, Dan. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Great collection and one that certainly deserves bragging rights! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's nice when you know what you like. The picture of Shania was too small, though. |
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Location: Tennessee | Wow. Nice, Dan. I love the natural back, but I've got to say that the neck on the Green Nylon absolutely knocks me out. |
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Location: The Shop | How did you come by the green one?
I was there when that was born. Actually had a lot to do with that one! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This is the kind of thread I bookmark. I have a saved folder called "Hey Honey Look At This".
Truely amazing.
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Location: Nashville, TN | FOUND THE GREEN ONE ON eBAY..$700.00 I think.. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Great collection, Dan. You should be proud of that group. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | very nice |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Boy Dan, looks like you have the market cornered! Very nice collection. |
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Location: closely held secret | Dan, you diversify too much.
For heavens sake man, find something you like and stick with it!!!
:D Beautiful collection! |
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Location: Nashville, TN | Thanx for the comments & kind words! Y'all Rock! |
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Location: Nashville, TN | Waskel..Just FYI..the Vipers are my faves! But, I also have Martins, Gibsons, Steinbergers, Hohners, Peaveys, Guilds, Fernandes, Godins, Jerry Jones, Cypress, ..:-) No Fenders tho ... |
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Location: Nashville, TN | Oh & Epiphones.. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by DanSchafer:
Y'all Rock! Dan,
Likewise, musically! Nice site ya have there. If ya get to perform in the Tampa Bay area, let us know.
What's the history on your 'O'ssembly (re collection)? |
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Location: Indiana | Beautiful Dan. |
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| WOW! You have your own all-Viper OFC calendar there! Beautiful collection. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by DanSchafer:
Waskel..Just FYI..the Vipers are my faves! But, I also have Martins, Gibsons, Steinbergers, Hohners, Peaveys, Guilds, Fernandes, Godins, Jerry Jones, Cypress, ..:-) No Fenders tho ... Yeah! No Fenders! Good man!
Never have liked them much myself.
What Peaveys? |
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| Amazing collection.
Now you just need al's frankenstein model to complete the set. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Sweet! That's an impressive collection. Does anyone else have that many and that diverse a group?
Dan: do the different specimens have different signature tone? Obviously the nylon, 12, and bass are different. But do you notice differences between the EA68's?
I knew a guy who claimed he could tell the difference blindfolded between a plain EA68, the Tamo Ash top, and the Sycamore. I was ... skeptical. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | O.k, Bobbo, you can have dibs on the green model. I want dibs on the red translucent with the abalone binding. I like Vipers, too, but Dan is in a league of his own. I looked for about a year for an orange flame 12 stringer to match the 6, but never saw one. Never even saw a 12 for that matter, so I tossed in the towel and just ordered a custom model through Al. It is the only 12 string I use these days. |
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Location: Chicago | A beautiful collection and musical resume, Dan. I've got your songs on constant rotation. A rich offering, and stellar guitar work! |
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Location: Nashville, TN | Questions answered: The Peaveys are USA electric solid bodies..similar to the VAN Halen Wolfgangs..one is like a tele/strat 3 pickup with a Kahler..the other has 2 humbuckers that are switchable individually to single coil & instead of a pickup switch..there a 'pan' pot to balance between the 2..this guitar has a Floyd Rose which is my favorite 'whammy' all though they can be a pain..I think they sound the best....About the Vipers...they all sound different to me..the Orange & Blue ones have a tendency to feedback easier..the original natural & Black one sound more similar..I use those the most on my 'solo' gigs..you can hear them in action with the loopers & TC Helicon VoiceLive on my booking page:
www.DanSchaferMusic.com
The history of the Viper love affair is this..I wanted a Gibson SST for a Shania gig coming up the next weekend..they were out of them. (was doing some NAMM shows & video stuff for Epiphone, one of their sister companies)..I ran into Micheal Vincent Ovation artist rep somewhere & he told me about the Vipers, this was 95? And he told me where I could check some out..I wasn't crazy about the ones I saw & told him if another one came up that he thought I might like to lemme know. The next morning there was a box on my doorstep from Hartford, CT with my first natural Viper inside..I was desperate for the Shania gig coming up & I liked the Viper OK..anyway, the gig got cancelled & I asked him if I should send it back & he said to just use it on the next TV gig I did with her..well that was the next gig...Lifetimes now cancelled Biggers & Summers Show...anyway, I came to really fall in love with that guitar & just kept getting others & other..but they do sound different to my ears...Thanx OFC Guys for asking!
BTW my distain for Fenders was due to their coolness to me over the years (maybe it's my breath)..even though I did a few sucessful b bender instructional videos using their guitars they've always 'iced' me...All the other companies listed above have been gracious in some way & helped me find good instruments to do the best work I can do..whew! long winded :-( |
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Dan Schafer 's 'current' EA Viper collection
