The Virtuoso Thread

Yes, I do remember a pink Virt that was customized for some artist. I used to have a pic of it but can't find it now.

The Virt is easier to access the higher notes due to its 26.5 scale length. I once had a Washburn EC36 - great guitar, but frets 30-36 are virtually impossible to pluck due to the 25.5 scale length..... unless you take a fret out and make it a whole note (like I did).

 
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cmatthes said:
I'll have to dig through the photo archives, but theres at least one more. The one I'm thinking about isn't yellowed like Jon's and doesn't have the large, Jupiter-looking planet in the same position behind the trem.
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chris

did you already check your photos
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The pics aren't stored on this computer (I've been using this one for 3 years), so I'll have to dig up the old laptop unless I have them deep in Photobucket storage or in the 35mm files.

I do know with 99.99% certainty of a third Celestial Virt though - the graphic was definitely different than the two in this thread, and it MAY have had gold hardware.

I think we've long ago debunked the myth that there were only two dozen or so Virts though!

 
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i follow virts already for about 6 years. i haven´t seen more than a hand full for sale in 6 years. the virts i know are pictured on following photos. i communicated with jim o´connor recently and he told me that the spacedesign how he calls the design which we name celestial was his favourite design at that time and the celestial finishes were those where he could use his creativity without any limitations. jim is a very kind person and a great artist.

jim o´connor virtuosos

1 celestial yellow/gold, 1 celestial, 1 granite, 3 x snakeskins

korinas

2 red sustainblock (0007 gary moore), 1 black sustainblock

1 korina natural prototype

1 redsparkle floyd rose, 1 quilt floyd rose, 1 ice pearl floyd rose

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4 white floyd rose (one of them from kk downing)

1 metallic red floyd rose

1 black metallic with a humbucker and floyd rose

and finally paul hamers korina sustainblock

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so i have information and/or photos of

6 jim o´connor virtuosos, 5 floyd rose, 1 kahler

9 virtuosos with uni color finsih all floyd rose

1 korina prototype with modified pickup (humbucker)

10 korina sustainblock virtuosos

1 pink virtuoso

that´s a total of 27 virtuosos.

actually i have seen only 5 of the 10 korinas, but as they are numbered i count them as existing.

anyone who has more REAL information pls add it here.

so i have information and/or photos of

6 jim o´connor virtuosos, (5 floyd rose, 1 kahler)

9 virtuosos with uni color finsih all floyd rose

1 korina prototype with modified pickup (humbucker)

10 korina sustainblock virtuosos

1 pink virtuoso

that´s a total of 27 virtuosos.

actually i have seen only 5 of the 10 korinas, but as they are numbered i count them as existing.

anyone who has more REAL information pls add it here.

 
The Clownpuke Virt with a Kahler is actually a lefty - your pic is reversed. It also has a super wide fingerboard - I believe that it was ordered with a classical-spec nut width.

I'm also pretty sure that Jon's Celestial Virt is a regular graphic that has just heavily yellowed. It wouldn't make any sense for the stars and other white points of light in that graphic to be yellow.

 
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I'm also pretty sure that Jon's Celestial Virt is a regular graphic that has just heavily yellowed. It wouldn't make any sense for the stars and other white points of light in that graphic to be yellow.
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chris, this finish was done by jim in yellow paint. it is not the clear coat which make it yellow gold.

 
as the years go by, I wonder how many more of these are going to pop up?? Mine ISN'T the catalog one - that one was snapped up earlier this year; still didn't get the story of where that one turned up.

I like mine - the long scale really does make things interesting as do the scallops. It's a lot easier to play than one would think. I don't really use the higher frets, but it's really something special to have a Virt in your rack. I've never babied mine - it's rarely in the case, and has made it to every single gig I've played since I got it.

 
Resurrecting an old thread... I wonder how many of these are still owned by the same owners as a few years ago? These once demanded big money but these days they aren't getting that. Really surprised that the one on Ebay has been re-listed so many times.

Its almost tempting to try and track one down but, like many have pointed out, they don't pop up every day regardless of perceived value.

 
I don't see a time when I'd let go of mine. It's far more valuable as a player than as a collectible. I was actually musing recently that I'd love to have a duplicate of my Californian doubleneck done in a 26.25" scale.

 
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Love these things. Playing mine today cranked nice and loud it sounds so good and responds so well. Very rewarding guitars to play low or high up the register.

 
Zorrow, I guess I misunderstood your comment based on the next comment.

I guess you found the excitement of this particular model!

 
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That's not Zorrow's - that's Paul Hamer's. He was (I'm assuming!) expressing his, um, satisfaction with that picture.

 
Mine aside I think the one above is my favourite Virtuosso. Outstanding. Who owns that now?

 
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