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Leafy
Posted 2004-01-13 12:55 PM (#197355)
Subject: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Location: The Netherlands
Hello,

For quite some time now, I've been a happy owner of an Electric Solid Body 1974 Viper. But I've never been quite satisfied with the pickups. Too noisy, and not as versatily as the music I play requires.

So I've been looking to modify my Viper a bit; 4 knobs (2 Volume, 2 Tone) as on a Les Paul, the 3 way toggle switch on the same spot as a Les Paul, a custom wooden pickguard and a new set of Humbuckers.

The pickups are the only thing that still have me doubting. I'm looking for alot of tonal versatility; atleast one of the pickups needs to be very responsive, for articulate Jazz-orientated runs. I need a good Rock/Hendrix tone, and I need a good Metal tone. Also I need a very natural sounding bridge pickup, when played clean. Ofcourse, not all of these combinations have to be met, though preferrably they do. The ones that are an absolute must are the articulate tone and the clean tone. And most important of all: they have to be as noiseless as possible.

I've been thinking about a EMG81 in the bridge and a EMG85 in the neck, or a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge, Jazz in the neck.

I hope I wasn't too bold.
Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

-Max
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2004-01-13 2:26 PM (#197356 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Location: SoCal
Max:

Some people here are adverse to tweaking their guitars, some are fine with it. Check out the photo gallery and you can see what some people have done.
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Leafy
Posted 2004-01-13 3:36 PM (#197357 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I've already checked the gallery. I just thought I'd best get some information from the people who know most about old Ovation guitars.
Also, what I'm looking for is hard to describe in a picture, I guess.
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2004-01-13 4:01 PM (#197358 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Location: Scotland
The Viper pickups in terms of noise are quiter than most single coils. Leave your Viper as it is and get an Ovation UK11. It has the control layout of a Les Paul with the added versatility of series/parralel switching. The UK11 humbuckers are extremely powerful.
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Beal
Posted 2004-01-13 7:36 PM (#197359 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice



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I'll second what Paul said.
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Leafy
Posted 2004-01-14 12:55 PM (#197360 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Funny, I recently won a UKII on ebay, and it should arrive here any day now.
It must really be something, I've heard nothing but praise.
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Bailey
Posted 2004-01-15 1:43 AM (#197361 - in reply to #197355)
Subject: Re: Solid Body Viper Pickup Advice


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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Leafy

When you get your UKII, let us solid body (guitar) people know how you like it. I like my Viper as is and have found it pretty good when plugged into a tube amp with the controls set at 10.
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