Hot or Not - Vigier G.V.Wood

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

Grand Poobah
Staff member
I saw this at NAMM yesterday The phenolic fretboard I thought was very interesting. I THINK the specs below are for this instrument,

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Type:Solid body
Number of strings:6
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Neck
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Type:Bolt on featuring the 10/90 System (10% carbon, 90% wood)
Wood:Maple naturally dried for 3 years
Shape:D
Finish:Glossy varnish, matching neck and body
Width of neck at nut:42mm / 1.65"
Width of neck at last fret:57mm / 2.24"
Depth of neck at first fret:19,5mm / .76"
Depth of neck at 12th fret:23mm / .90"
String spacing at nut:35mm / 1.38"
String spacing at bridge:52 mm / 2.04"
Action as supplied at 12th fret, treble:1,5mm / .0059"
Action as supplied at 12th fret, bass:2mm / .0078"
Type of nut:Teflon nut + zero fret technology
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Fingerboard
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Wood:Phenowood
Radius:300mm / 11.81"
Type of frets:Medium stainless
Number of frets:22 + zero fret
Scale length:630mm / 24.8"
Inlay:Dots (on the side only)
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Body
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Wood:Naturally aged alder
Top:Flamed maple
Finish:Varnish dries for 5 weeks minimum
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Accessories
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Machine heads brand name:Schaller, custom, locking
Type of machine heads:M6-2000
Type of bridge:Hard tail
Bridge brand name:Vigier design
End pin:Brass casing that inserts deep into the body and locks the strap button in place.
Finish:Chrome
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Electronic
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Pickup brand name:Amber, hand wounded
Type of pickup:HH
Switch:5 positions:
- Bridge pickup
- Bridge pickups in single coil
- Both pickups in single coil
- Neck pickup in single coil
- Neck pickup
Controls:Volume
Tone
Pickup selector 5 positions
Shielding:Yes
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Miscellaneous
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Weight:3,3Kg / 7.27lbs
Delivered with gig bag/case:Case
Options:Download Vref here !
Vref lists and totals all of the options proposed by Vigier.

This software downloads very simply.
Please enter the code HTD-UK01 to get the retail prices in UK.
Left handed version:Not available
Strings:Vigier stainless steel 9-46
Warranty:2 years
Made in:France
 
HOTastic. Vigier makes some amazing guitars. I almost bought one once.

Phenolic resin fingerboards are what steinberger used to use on their USA guitars. It feels a lot like ebony...very hard and very smooth. Shit is damn near indestructible. We make lab counters from it.
 
A bit too over the top for me, but I would be interested in playing one just to see what the fingerboard felt like.
 
That looks awesome, though I'd probably go for a slightly plainer model, if there were one.

EDIT: Not really any plainer, but I'd hit this one:

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I don't think it's all that flashy. It's got a flame top, but no bindings, no crazy landscape inlay, no odd carvings. I'd rock it.
 
Beautiful piece, and some cool specs, but any guitar with a zero fret gives me the heebeegeebees (at least the frets are SS). Plus, a guitar that will cost what I think it will had better come with more than a two-year warranty.
 
PRScott said:
Beautiful piece, and some cool specs, but any guitar with a zero fret gives me the heebeegeebees (at least the frets are SS). Plus, a guitar that will cost what I think it will had better come with more than a two-year warranty.
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Heh, forgot that Vigier used zero frets. I don't get the reasoning for them.
 
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