Brokering the Viking deal for my good friend Sunvalleylaw opened some conversation with the owner of the business and I casually asked if he had any guitars that were in less than stellar shape and he mentioned he had a Viking Deluxe that he wasn't going to pay to have his techs put together because it would cost too much. He asked if I was able to do tech work and would I be interested in a guitar that needed some time put into it and he'd be sure to provide all the pieces.

True to his word the Deluxe showed up with all the necessary pieces today exactly as he described it. The price for the guitar reflected what it would take a professional tech to put a mildly blemished (on the back) guitar back together and set up. I think it was a fair deal. Now I got me some work to do.

Oh, and it will end up being called a "Swede" because he didn't have a Viking truss rod cover. Way cool! :
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