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Location: Tennessee | There was a thread on this a while back; Samova and Paul T could this be one of the all mahogany Vipers made late in the run?
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I don't know if you can tell be looking at the pictures or not, but the ad states it's an alder body with a maple neck.
Just curious, but it's a fine looking Viper. |
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Location: Scotland | The Alder ones were early in production, then they switched to maple. It's difficult to tell but looking at the pic of the neckplate the grain could well be mahogany rather than stained maple. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Looks like it might have the satin finish that they used on some of the Breadwinner Limited guitars.
I noticed that it doesn't have the etching on the pickguard. After-market? |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | The serial # says after 1975 before 1980 (late), the chrome bridge says something as mine is brass, (pre 1975 (Feb)). Many necks were maple fretboard around the time of mine, is this one ebony or rosewood? Somebody mentioned the chrome bridge in an earlier post way back. Curious about the lack of "Viper" engraved in the pickgaurd as every one I've seen had it. Moodypi bought a replacement pickgaurd but I can't remember if he ever said whether or not it had the "Viper" engraved on it.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Anything is possible, but to me it looks like it's been re-finished, but that's a guess because I have never seen a satin finish VIper. The pickguard also looks aftermarket as although I think they even had some from the factory without the "Viper" engraved, the knob placement looks wrong. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Some factory pickguards did not have the name engraved on them (maybe the engraving machine was out for repairs). Dave |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's a factory p/g. Who would go to the trouble of doing an aftermarket one? There were some with no names made. The knobs are in the right place. This is version 2. Version 1 had the switch up like a tele. It sure does look like mahogony and it looks like the neck is dark too. I don't remember and mahogony viper necks but that doesn't mean there weren't any. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's a factory p/g. Who would go to the trouble of doing an aftermarket one? There were some with no names made. The knobs are in the right place. This is version 2. Version 1 had the switch up like a tele. It sure does look like mahogony and it looks like the neck is dark too. I don't remember and mahogony viper necks but that doesn't mean there weren't any. This is a later body since there isn't a hole in the back for the bridge anchor and it has the tummy cut. |
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