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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Pierre on December 19, 2005, 05:07:32 AM

Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: Pierre on December 19, 2005, 05:07:32 AM: Yep you read it right. There are 2 main French electric guitar brands, and I'd like you guys to have a look. They're expensive, beautiful, and everyone I know agrees, astonishing quality.
They're called Lag, and Vigier *dun dun*

http://www.lag.fr/
(http://www.laboitenoire.net/images/produits/LAG/GLV-AP2000-RBS.jpg)
(http://www.laboitenoire.net/images/produits/LAG/GLE-AF200-RBS.jpg)
(http://www.laboitenoire.net/images/produits/LAG/GLV-RP2000-RBS.jpg)
(http://www.laboitenoire.net/images/produits/LAG/GLV-RP2000-BSH.jpg)

Vigier:
http://www.vigierguitars.com/
I don't like the look of their guitars too much...
(http://www.htd.fr/images/images%20accueil/Vigier/vigier.jpg)
(http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM05/Content/Vigier/PR/Excalibur-Shawn-Lane-lg.jpg)
Their vibrato units work on rollbearings (a bit like Ibanez's S series Floyds, though it's a bit different from what I gather)
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: Searcher on December 19, 2005, 08:19:40 AM: Those are sexy guitars, Pierre!

I really like the look of the headstocks on the Arkane models. The cutaways are different. Not to mention the curvy five-way switch!

The audio demos don't seem to be up yet. Shame. Probably for the best; there are already guitars and amps on my wish list that I won't be able to afford for ages. More BKPs are on there somewhere too. Yikes.

By the way, anyone who wants a kinda English version of the site can go here (if you didn't know already):

Google English Translation (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lag.fr/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlag%2Bguitars%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den)
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: HJM on December 19, 2005, 10:45:35 AM: I've had a couple of pupils with Lag guitars, they were the expensive ones and both excellent. Although the mahogany strat was very heavy!!
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: _tom_ on December 19, 2005, 04:38:58 PM: The blue and dark red "rounded SG" kinda shape guitars look great.
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: dooogz on December 19, 2005, 05:06:03 PM: those lag ones are gorgeous!
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: 38thBeatle on December 19, 2005, 07:28:32 PM: I like the look of Lag double Cutaways but wouldn't buy one tho0ugh.
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: indysmith on December 19, 2005, 08:01:44 PM: they are delicious-looking. I'd never seen them before either. thanks for that, Pierre!
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: willo on December 20, 2005, 03:45:52 PM: I was seriously considering buying a Vigier Indus this summer...still am, in fact. One of the guitar stores in town styarted stocking LAG as well a onth or so ago...very nice indeed!
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: PhilKing on December 21, 2005, 02:40:22 AM: Quote from: willo
I was seriously considering buying a Vigier Indus this summer...still am, in fact. One of the guitar stores in town styarted stocking LAG as well a onth or so ago...very nice indeed!

The necks are nice but you will need to change the pickups! Ben can let you know as much about this as me, but having heard Igor in TwilightOdyssey, and heard him with a Crawler and a Nailbomb, I know the pickups they have need replacing.
Title: French guitar brands! I'm just spreading GAS
Post by: willo on December 30, 2005, 03:34:01 PM: oh yeah, but i am taking that as a given these days with most guitars...I had a set of Nailbombs pencilled in :wink: