GPOTD 03.22.13

Kerouac

Kerouac

weird musical dildo
This one is for OGG since he said he'd love an SG that isn't an SG. :wink:

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ESP LTD Viper-1000

Body Type Viper
Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
Body Material Mahogany
Top Material Not applicable
Body Finish Polyurethane
Color See Thru Black Cherry
Neck Material Mahogany
Neck Shape Thin U
Scale Length 24.75"
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay Wavy blocks
Number of Frets 24
Nut Width 1.65"
Bridge/Tailpiece Tonepros TOM
Tuners ESP locking
Number of Pickups 2
Neck Pickup Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker
Middle Pickup No middle pickup
Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan Custom-5 humbucker
Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone, 3-way pickup toggle

$799.00
 
Not hot. I'm not digging the inlays or the off-set body shape. Then again, I've never been a big SG fan, so an oddly shaped SG isn't likely to appeal to me either.
 
Yeah, I just cannot get past the body - looks like a meld between an SG and Peter Gabriel's first solo album cover.
 
C'mon... all the pictures of warmed up Teles for 5 grand on here? Here you get 24 frets, ebony fretboard, mahogany body and set neck, genuine Duncans (not Duncan Designed), a volume control positioned where you can actually use it, all for 800 bucks!

I think I just talked myself into a purchase. Damn.
 
S'ok.

That price is already taking you into the low end Gibson SG range w/o Minitune.
Resale would be better on the Gibson.
 
Muppet said:
C'mon... all the pictures of warmed up Teles for 5 grand on here?
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:lol: I have to agree with this sentament.

My nephew has a Viper and he loves it. It's still a little pointy for my taste, but having played his I really like it too. The Offset body feels a lot more comfortable than a "normal" SG and helps balance it.

I dig it! :thu:
 
I appreciate the effort Andy, but I still hate it.

I just can't hang with the pointy devil horns. I'm pretty sure the SG is solely responsible for the phrase "ugly as sin".

They may play and sound great, but the sight of them makes me want to punch Angus Young in the taint.
 
Virtual Pariah said:
S'ok.

That price is already taking you into the low end Gibson SG range w/o Minitune.
Resale would be better on the Gibson.
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I don't buy guitars for resale. I buy them to play.

And I can almost guarantee that this LTD will be a better player than 75% of the Minitune Gibsons you'd buy off the rack.
 
Neutral is moi. I tolerate SGs, and I also tolerate this guitar. If it sounded and played good, I could see having it. But I probably wouldn't make a big effort to get one.
 
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