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Ovation Viper Solid - circa 1980 with some condition - sell or parts ?

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mjones32
Posted 2019-11-17 4:27 PM (#550486)
Subject: Ovation Viper Solid - circa 1980 with some condition - sell or parts ?
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I have had an Ovation Viper Solid Body since around 1980, my first grown-up electric.

I am now looking to reduce my collection and rarely use the Ovation, so I think I need to let it go and I would appreciate any advice on how to proceed based on interest in complete guitar / parts.

The basic guitar is a Tobacco body, with maple neck and fretboard, original pickups, tuners and Schaller bridge in place.

However several decades of abuse have left their mark.

1 - neck is scalloped above 12th fret.
2 - humbucker pickup has been installed between single coils and now removed . Piece of black plastic covering where it was.
3 - Pots replaced with 500 K, switch replaced with one per pickup.
4 - Few dings but overall cosmetics not bad.

Guitar has good neck, nice action, sounds good.

Any advice suggestions, most welcome.
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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2019-11-17 7:56 PM (#550489 - in reply to #550486)
Subject: Re: Ovation Viper Solid - circa 1980 with some condition - sell or parts ?


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It sounds like with a minor investment of a new pickguard and a couple of switches you could restore it and that would likely bring the most. The scalloped neck I don't think would detract from the price much, and some might say it ads to it.
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mjones32
Posted 2019-11-20 1:40 PM (#550518 - in reply to #550486)
Subject: Re: Ovation Viper Solid - circa 1980 with some condition - sell or parts ?
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Thanks, I did not realize that aftermarket pickguards are available. A swanky tortoiseshell could look pretty nice.l
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