Ovation Viper rarely played for 30years recently installed a EMG kirk Hemet pickup and pots setup sound amazing from clean to crunch custom battery box that easily pops in and out with 24v battery upgrade ,,,, setup with turbo slinkys and stays in tune and intonation peoplle cant believe the balzy blues rock to melodic tones this guit pumps out night and day from the inferior stock pickups frets have plenty of life left brass nut for even more sustian thanks for the inquiry