All user reviews for the Vigier Excalibur Indus

Made in France, 24 frets (if my memory is correct), two humbuckers and split Di Marzio liabilities selector 5 positions (positions 2 and 4 being the splittées positions, it is regrettable position with 2 microphones splitted together). A tone volume. It is a fairly flat round "highway" (but less than some ibanez, what I like personal) with a carbon bar inside, which indicates a non-deformability. A bridge Schaller exceptional ball bearing and mechanical locking of the same brand.

UTILIZATION

The gameplay is almost perfect. It is super light and it is a highway, it is a standard format so superstrate access to acute is easy. It has its own easily.

SOUNDS

So this is where it goes bad. I sold it because I thought it was too cold for what I do, despite the passive pickups. It happens to have a lot of sounds, but still neutral and almost flat at once. Yet at the time I played on a fender hot rod deluxe which is quite warm. A defect which meets regularly on this kind of guitar is the difference between volume and absolute position splittée.

After careful, it's still a very, very good guitar, but I blame him a lack of personality.

OVERALL OPINION

I used a little over a year, I played a bunch of guitars, I love its versatility and playability, I reproached him for his coldness (despite microphones that on paper sound warmer and right that active pickups!) and neutrality. This is nevertheless an excellent guitar that reserve for various shredders and metalheads, or studio musicians for contemporary music where the guitar is back. Its price is the provision that gives him. If I had money and space no longer know what to do, so I procurerais without a problem!

French guitar, easel vigier floating rollers with a bearing system in place knives, wooden handle and carbon (90/10 vigier, unique) 24 frets plus zero fret steel, two DiMarzio paf classic, volume, tone and 5-way switch . Mechanical locking easy and stable. rosewood fingerboard.
all assembled perfectly delivered well adjusted case rather upscale to the shape of the guitar.
really tough, trust.
the look is a matter of taste.

UTILIZATION

The handle is a killer for me. A very high quality gameplay, everything is done for the comfort, weight control! The highs are easy despite a heel of another century ... ALL boxes sound, not a hollow area. At first it is surprising that the vibration is projected by the handle that is full of blow, but you get very quickly. all the sustain and attack are effective.
I strongly recomande stainless frets, the bends are a gentle ...
The sound ... well then I was very surprised! I was expecting something more metal, not at all! it is certainly the most versatile guitars I've ever had. We can play anything, really, rock, funk jazz, position 3 is downright reminiscent of a folk. beautiful clear sound
in fact it is the group of musicians that have been most surprised by the clarity of the sound, its definition, precision, accuracy etc ... each micro pad is set separately for the balance of the sound, well it is effective to wonder why it is not in the competition. It is a "guitar hi-fi" is perhaps his fault (a little), not because it is cold (not all!), But for example to the old blues is clean ... but sometimes we'd just as soon off the road! but I nitpick.
In fact it's as pro guitar! I regret not making more balluche.

SOUNDS

I can do anything (except punk! mdr). I use a jc 50. nothing wrong with that above, I can play, but play "dirty". but the sound is not touch, so it takes a little pleasure we have to play on the vintage, a bit like driving his old jalopy kind 2cv and pay for a wednesday. The comfort is almost embarrassing! but the sound is not at fault, it plays differently, and easier since you can play all sounds more technical.
I hate nothing.
Perhaps that split micro away their power, but in fact it is quite useful to what I'm doing, it does not sound like a strat, it is not one, why there are strats ben ! it has its sound to it, just learn to use it has opened new opportunities, dig his own sound etc ...

OVERALL OPINION

2 months of use.
I had a lot of guitars and I often even spit on Vigier, I really wrong!
this is a perfect tool for me, and during intensive use group.
what I like most is that I finally got to the blue border of the plate, I was not a fan but then I not only do not care and most everyone loves ... funny! and if the team vigier meets all mails in a courteous and competent. Patrice Vigier sometimes reputed to be special, but I think it's bullshit, the guy responds in person on the forums ...
I would also say that some are too expensive Vigier, but I do not know too industrial for the price I have equipment that I have no way, I tried everything that was in the store result great value for money for a pro. find something too expensive made in France with such attention to detail, with real innovations ... I think we need to compare what is comparable, the day will Fender carbon and jumpers roll series with stainless steel frets for that price we'll talk.
Initially I was looking for a guitar fret stainless steel with much more user classes (I play with my students ...) and because this choice became obvious.
I bought another in 2014, type strat.

Made in France, so a 24 fret superstrat shape. It has two humbuckers pickups with 5 position selectors and volume and a tone adjustment. (LE adjustment of volume is very well designed with a capacitor that can not lose dynamics by decreasing the volume). Mecas For it's self-locking Schaller Mecas (I think it does) very good quality. Otherwise he is a 24 fret guitar Jumbos (classic) The bridge is a bridge-type brand Vigier strat so you can go in only one sens.Ce is well is that it is an easel on 'bearing' and is very pleasant to use and would perfectly agree. The jack is a socket Ergonomic rear of the guitar ..

The levels of material was maple / carbon / maple for the neck and alder body pÃŽur. (As already mentioned before guiitare sounds superb vacuum and strong enough and I think this is due to the coupling maple neck and alder which must be dry enough.) And the key is also maple but it seems to me that there have rosewood version, however I recommend version maple for its slamming.

The finish is matte black paint and satin varnish for the "back of the neck and manche.Le front face of the head seems t is polish with another nail duller but has confirmed.
Then for body painting as already said it can be a bit boring for a maintenance task quickly enough with AC blows mediators at the pickguard but it's pretty minor problem as I personally spell the cloth wet time to time and the problem is solved.

UTILIZATION

The handle is a handle-shaped "D". The thickness is very ergonomic I would say it is not as flat as a handle Ibanez RG and not as thick as a sleeve strat.Le radius is a radius strat-type 12 " 300mm or very pleasant and makes a bend pretty easy execute ... The neck width is wide again between an Ibanez RG and a strat. therefore not too wide spaces with ropes and not too small with strings too close to one of the "autre.L ergonomics of the handle: there's only one word to say it's perfect I have long owned an Ibanez RG Prestige (2550 copies) and I much prefer this handle because I think the fact that it is 90/10 (90% wood 10% carbon) makes it very very stable and thus very low action string> German motorway.

SOUNDS

THE sound level as already mentioned vacuum this guitar sounds to death, but once you feel the quality branch immediately .. But I use this guitar with an amp randall rg50tc a pedal dod YJM and I can tell you that you can play everything on this guitar ... With selector 5 positions and settings you will have to get all kinds of sounds from jazz to hard to rock.Bon which is very modern heavy metal edge, I think faudrais change the pickups because they are even when a volume of microphones out pretty vintage, so for people wishing to make the necessary rhythmic metalcore may think a change pickups ... (but there must have come from the hands of robocop : p) For people who want to make Satriani is perfect I'd seen the character of microphones ...

OVERALL OPINION

I (used for two or three months before I play on an ibanez rg 2550 ex, a Squier strat changed, a Cort X6, Strat American.La feature I like most is the sound of this guitar though ergonomics is even niveau.Cette guitar sounds and has a character particulier.Je have bought a € 1,200 a virtually new parsonne Audiofanzine on faudrais and if he would make the same decision without hesitation ca ..

-In which country does she makes? :
France biensure! Vigier like all!

- How many frets, what kind of micro and their configuration: Frets: 24 frets, neck width the 12th fret 52mm, 42mm at nut.
Pickups: Di Marzio PAF classic humbucker has DP195F + DP195, passive electronics.
Channel: Saddle Franais vis90% wood 10% carbon! 24 frets, saddle or rosewood
Scale 650 mm.

-What type of bridge:
Vibrato 2010 VIGIER nonblocking ball rolling.

-What are the rglages (volume, Tone slecteur micro ...):
Passive electronics, 1 volume + 1 Tone Slecteur 5 positions.

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it enjoyable?
Orii orii, it is fine, trs enjoyable, and it does not drgle (indeed there is no rglage like almost all the guitars!)

- Access in acute (dernires freight) is it easy? :
Yes very easy, almost no concern for the bend 24me box!

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)? :
It is incredibly lgre, black matte perremet not worry about what fingerprints or shots that leave mdiator rubbing a little .... The dusts are easily voi above but it is any fawn prferable to let in its cover rather than laying on a guitar is ...

SOUNDS

- Appropriate are your style of music? : Yes, well, I jou instead of metal or hard rock, but everything else I find it rather Polyval trs.

- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play? :
I jou on one amp brand Hughes & Kettner model Warp7 ...
Level effects pedals I use BOSS brand: Acoustic Simulator, Auto Wah AW-3 Flanger BF-2, an Ibanez chorus pedals, and a VOX Wah pedals.

- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest? I can get a big sound especially good agreement dropD ... A tr tr prsence big, warm sound and a trs precision like no other!
The clean sound is sweet I apprcie much!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it? I use it for 3 months now.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least? The quality of sound, lgret and fineness of the handle, the weight of the guitar, the disign.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? :
No, actually, I just fell in love with this little toy, it must be said that there was a long time I rvai a Vigier.

- How do you report qualitprix?: Trs good, finally, I would rather say that the price is right, I pay 1250 Euros, this price is quite the quality of this instrument. ... but prices could easily be fixed in the 1500 Euros.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Without a doubt! that price I will not have been better now!

Manufacturing: Made in France

Bridge: Vibrato on ball bearings
Tuners: Schaller wraps stamped Vigier

Channel:
- Flamed maple-carbon 90/10, screwed
- Profile D
- 300mm radius
- 650mm pitch
- Nut width 12-fret wide-thick-thick nut 12 fret: 42-57,7-19,5-23 mm

Frets: 24 medium frets + zero fret

Body: Alder

Micros home: 2 humbuckers DiMarzio DP194 PAF Classic Neck / Bridge DP195
Microphones mounted on mine: Bill Lawrence L-500R-Wilde neck / L-500XL bridge

Settings:
- 1 volume
- 1 tone
- 1 Schaller Megaswitch E/105S 5 positions with autosplittage

UTILIZATION

The handle is undoubtedly the best race I have ever try: I'm in love!

The ergonomics are very good:
- The form of a superstrate is more comfortable
- Chamfers are perfectly placed
- The guitar is light and balanced

Access to acute, despite the handle screwed heel is very easy: it reached 24 without forcing the box.

The guitar sounds very natural vacuum, and there is no difficulty in obtaining a "good sound" (see below)

Small downside: the textured finish is difficult to maintain, and aging badly if we do not take care ...

SOUNDS

For this section, keep in mind that I never had the original pickups, and I use Bill Lawrence Wilde-L-500R neck / L-500XL bridge.

From what I understand, the DiMarzio PAF Classic pickups are original to moderate output levels, giving versatility to the Excalibur Indus. I think I ended up changing them if I had.

With my Bill Lawrence Wilde-L-500R/XL B & B, it is clearly oriented high-gain, with harmonics that fart in all directions, but with the Schaller Megaswitch E/105S, I take splitted sounds that emulate many more single wound pickups though ^ ^.
Knowing that I'm pretty in the registry hard-rock-metal and whatnot higain, this guitar is perfect for my style of music.

The guitar is alder with a maple neck bolted, and Bill Lawrence Wilde-B & B rather high in acute ... we obtain unsurprisingly sounds rather "crystalline", snapping, aggressive.
The knobs are well made of CTS, it is easy to move from a slightly crunchy clean sound, with distortion though wild, just by turning the volume knob.
Similarly, lowering the tone, you come to get jazzy sounds not unpleasant.

Amps used:
- Preamp ENGL E530 Modern Rock, Poweramp Integrated 2 x 1.5 W
- AMT preamp plugged into a P1 Poweramp EHX 22 Caliber
- Damage Control demonize preamp
- Vox amp Pocket Metal Amplug

Effects used: the classics ... Wah, chorus, flanger, reverb ...

I like the sounds on this guitar is obviously the big distos higain, although dense, although dense, I get with Bill Lawrence L-500, Wilde!
The sounds I like least about this guitar are the "clean" the bridge pickup, which are never dry and clean (it's always a little crunch, at least lower the volume knob).

OVERALL OPINION

It'll soon be three years since I use my Excalibur Indus (purchase in September 2008), and it remains my guitar "number one"!

I have other guitars: Teisco Spectrocaster, Fender American Standard Telecaster, Ibanez 540PII.
Seriously and I tried other guitars: Cort M200, Z-42, X-5, X-6, Ibanez SA120, RG321, Lag Rockline Metal Master, LTD F-50, EC-1000, Peavey Raptor, Yamaha AES620 , Pacifica 112J ...

The features of the Excalibur Indus I like most:
- Arguably the handle exceptional
- The quality of his violin that achieves beautiful sounds
- Vibrato bearing Vigier 2010/2011, which does not go out of tune, even in floating mode
- Mounted on the pickguard sheet, which can quickly change the plate seamless

What I like least:
- Textured finish difficult to maintain
- Lack of color choices
- Not the heel profile
- The PRICE!

So, a question that upset ... the quality / price?
- Nine at € 1600-1800, is a price / quality ratio fairly average, which could be attributed to the aspect of "technology" of violin making
- By occasion, Vigier décotent very quickly, and 800-900 € price seems a perfectly fine

I would do this choice?
A € 670, including microphones, rather exceptional for a guitar, my answer is YES!

everything has already been said.

UTILIZATION

Cf global opinion.

SOUNDS

Cf global opinion.

OVERALL OPINION

It is a guitar that I've had a year and a half and I must say I'm not disappointed, far from it!
The overall quality of the instrument is perfect to me. Everything is there:
- The violin is solid and textured finish is original and elegant
- The mechanical self-locking vibrato added bearing ensures the stability of the tuning, it does not move!
- At microphone, a preference for one in the neck position. Oh my god! clean in a Traynor Custom Valve 40, that sounds hot, dense, round, etc. ... brief but happiness.
- For the bridge pickup, I find it too oriented Soft Rock with a grain that does not match what I want, I preferred to change to a type micro Seymour Duncan TB4 & Jeff Beck and then I'm ecstatic.
This combo mic selector 5 + positions correspond exactly to what I look like sounds.
This is the kind of guitar that retains all its life so it is!

PS: I have version HR, maple fingerboard, black matte textured finish. It is connected to Mesa Boogie 5:50