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Location: Missouri | Got a '77 Viper solid body electric. @250 on ebay 5 or 6 years ago. Modified, broken pickguard, great body, dings on the neck and a repaired stress crack on the back of the neck. It arrived tuned a step above standard and it was fine. Solid guitar. My third Viper.
I want to do two things with it. One, restore the pickup and pickguard to original and two, set up a drop in pickguard with three pickups, three volume and 1 tone controls increasing flexibility of a great instrument (Think Warrior guitars Rick Derringer model, or the Gibson/Epiphone 3 pickup Nighhawk).
Where can I find pickguards or hav one made or get material to make one myself for the 3-pickup drop-in? I intend not to modify the body at all.
Does anyone know where I might find a Viper bridge pickup, original or even aftermarket? |
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Location: GA USA | What about a Viper III pg from HERE. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | jlynn,
Welcome and take a look in my photo album links below. It may give you some ideas.
I have a Bridge pup as well. |
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Location: Missouri | Hey thanks. One thing I'm thinking about the drop in 3 pickup pickguard is a humbucker, a P90 and a single coil. Three volumes for multiple p/u combos.
The three p/u's would be either a PRS Santana or a Burstbucker (at bridge), a tele bridge p/u (middle) and a Duncan P90 or even a Viper (neck). |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Or just keep it simple
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Day-um Woody, each time I see those I think "Day-um Woody!"... :D |
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Location: enid, ok | Hey Woody, how's that monster Deacon coming? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Oh, you must mean DUKII (Duckee, Deacon UKIII).
I couldn't get the active part to go active but those UKII pups are a little more than just Passive!
Needs a little more polish too. |
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Viper Drop in Modification
