The Ovation Viper is an electric guitar made by Ovation Guitar Company from 1977 to the early 1980s; it was available with two single-coil pickups (1271), and Viper III, with a third middle pickup (1273).[1]

Ovation Viper
ManufacturerOvation
Period1977-early 1980s
Construction
Body typeSolid
Scale25.5"
Woods
BodyMaple
Hardware
Pickup(s)2 Single-coil

For a time, Ovation reused the Viper name for an acoustic electric guitar, the Yngwie J. Malmsteen Signature Viper,[2] available in two models - YM68 (steel string) and YM63 (nylon string), introduced in 2012.[3]

In late 2015, the reinvigorated Ovation announced a new incarnation for the Viper brand with a couple of Signature Series electric guitars, a Kevin Cronin model, another for Dave Amato (both of REO Speedwagon).[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ovation Solidbody Guitars | Vintage Guitar® magazine".
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2022-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Ovation YM63 Nylon String Review".
  4. ^ "Historic USA Ovation Factory Celebrates Official Reopening". www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04.
  5. ^ "Ovation Guitars".