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dave_mc

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2009, 09:52:24 PM »
yeah, they are. actually pretty good for stacked, i thought.
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2009, 10:50:23 PM »
The strap pins are set in a brass casting. I've always wondered why that isn't done as the norm, I've stripped more strap button holes than I care to remember.
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2009, 04:45:48 PM »
natural light shows the true colour


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Philly Q

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2009, 06:57:09 PM »
Ooh, looks even better!

How does the ball-bearing-fulcrum-thing feel when using the trem?  I've always been curious about that.
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Ian Price

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2009, 07:26:47 PM »
That looks awesome Lew! Starting to revise my opinion about it now, it's growing on me daily.
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #35 on: May 23, 2009, 08:17:05 PM »
Thanks both, natural light is so much better than a flash  :D

Philly, it just feels like any good 2 point trem tbh, good smooth movement and easy to use.
I'd be lying if I said it felt any different but the tuning stability is amazing, you can really go to town on it and the tuning wont budge and I can go drop D without any tuning issues as well, the set-up is flawless.The string lays in a wheel on the saddle, that's cool as hell - I'll take a pic sometime.

Edit: found a pic of the saddle wheel thing http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/nov08/images/Vigier_01.jpg
« Last Edit: May 23, 2009, 08:22:45 PM by Lew!! »
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dave_mc

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2009, 08:54:20 PM »
sweet :D I haven't seen one in that colour before. the ultra blues i tried was a kind of lilac colour which, although it sounds horrendous, actually looked awesome.
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Philly Q

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2009, 09:35:12 PM »
Although superstrats are not my thing at all, if I ever get one it'll have to be a Vigier*.  I really like the way they've developed their own unique design features and stuck with them.  And the fact it's a European company that's managed to survive 30 years without selling out adds to the appeal.


(* Or a Hamer Diablo, as I've said more than once before!  :lol: )
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #38 on: May 23, 2009, 10:26:49 PM »
I'd much prefer a Californian to a Diablo  :D

I think they're playing on the Shawn Lane and Bumblefoot/Guns 'n' Roses thing a little bit now but yea certainly not like most companies, yea the design features are awesome - even the string tree design has clearly been really thought out.
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Philly Q

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #39 on: May 23, 2009, 11:11:47 PM »
The Californian is too Kramer/ESP/Jackson looking for me, more typical superstrat territory.  Whereas the Diablo is more Strat/N4, nice and simple. 

Which is good... we won't be bidding against each other if they come up on eBay.   :D
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #40 on: May 24, 2009, 12:12:46 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q on May 23, 2009, 11:11:47 PM
The Californian is too Kramer/ESP/Jackson looking for me, more typical superstrat territory.  Whereas the Diablo is more Strat/N4, nice and simple. 

Which is good... we won't be bidding against each other if they come up on eBay.   :D

haha  8)
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #41 on: June 01, 2009, 11:58:37 PM »
rough clip  8)

link gone :O
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #42 on: June 23, 2009, 03:31:56 AM »


Mods done - a new 'bucker, straplocks, killswitch and the tone pot is now a blender to go between full and tapped :D
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James C

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #43 on: June 23, 2009, 08:30:35 AM »
Looks cool, i got scared as all hell changing stuff on my vigier, but the EMGs needed to go, Nailbombs FTW!
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Lew

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Re: It's french and doesn't have a trussrod!
« Reply #44 on: June 23, 2009, 03:43:34 PM »
PICS!! :D

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