Another round of 'name that gee-tar'

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:40 pm

Hello Folks,

Anybody have an idea what guitar this is? I can't work it out

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:45 pm

that headstock looks Ovation-y.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:46 pm

I think I saw a guy in a local band playing a purple one of those. No idea what it was called, but I'll see if it says anything on their MySpace...

EDIT: Nope, not the same guitar. I agree with Jimmy though.

jamieb · Post by **jamieb** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:50 pm

Thanks St Jimmy, good shout on the headstock.

It's a Viper.

Cheers!

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:51 pm

jamieb wrote:Thanks St Jimmy, good shout on the headstock.

It's an Ovation Viper.

Cheers!

no worries dude. it's hard to miss that headstock, with the weird lip that sticks out from it...

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:36 pm

Very cool guitar. Loving the angled mini-humbucker.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:15 pm

dig it

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:44 pm

Played, and nearly bought, one a few years ago. Nice guitar, but very small feeling, to my giant frame.

lexx9 · Post by **lexx9** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:26 pm

They had another cool electric around the same time as the Viper called the Breadwinner.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:57 am

GeorgeF wrote:Very cool guitar. Loving the angled mini-humbucker.

Yes! How does that even work? Maybe it's a single coil in mini-humbucker casing, otherwise the polepieces make no sense.

kim · Post by **kim** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:44 am

my ex bandmate had an ovation viper in chocolate brown with mapple neck

it was hot, and sounded good, but the strings often snapped out of the nut for some reason

George · Post by **George** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:04 am

timhulio wrote:
GeorgeF wrote:Very cool guitar. Loving the angled mini-humbucker.
Yes! How does that even work? Maybe it's a single coil in mini-humbucker casing, otherwise the polepieces make no sense.

Could it possibly be a P-90 with an angled bar etc? Listen to this...

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The angled voicing seems present but there's also a big whiff of P-90 tone. I'm loving this guitar right now.