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Published on 03/24/11 at 16:49Made by Vigier in France, I wanted a guitar to replace my aging Steinberger M-series, and I wanted it to have a Floyd Rose trem.
One piece maple neck, which graphite insert and no truss rod. EMG 81 in the bridge, 85 in the and SA in the middle, 5 position switch and volume and tone control.
24 frets, 6100 style. Floyd Rose whammy bar.
UTILIZATION
It's without a doubt a very easy to play guitar, the action it shipped with is the action it still has, which was perfect, not too low so you still can hit the strings without buzzing, yet low enough for easy cruising.
I also seem to prefer the sound of guitars that have necks without a trussrod.
SOUNDS
Have used this for many years with a lot of different set-ups from old Marshalls and fender, Mesa Trem-o-verb, Fryette Sig-X, Deliverance, Memphis, Rivera Knucklehead 2, Soldano Avenger, THD Plexi, UniValve, BiValve, Flexi-50, rack set-up with an Axe-Fx into a Fryette 2/50/2, etc...
The gain sounds is why I got it, I'm a big fan of EMGs for single note stuff, the clean can get a bit sterile, which is less of an issue. I guess the down side on EMGs in any guitar would be that they won't sound like a Strat pick-up, but then you won't expect that anyways.
OVERALL OPINION
There is nothing in terms of playability or sound I don't like. My niggles are that the body could be a tad bigger.
And that the pick-ups are wired that the #3 position on the 5 way switch is neck and bridge pick-ups together instead of middle pickup alone. If it was a Strat it would bug me, but I actually quite enjoy the two different EMGs together for a darker more mellow lead sound that isn't the "a monkey wearing boxing gloves could make this sound good" typical neck pick-up sound.
The one negative side effect of using a guitar with EMGs is that they end up with the "stereo" jack in order to break the circuit and not drain the battery that wear out more quickly than your average guitar jack.
One piece maple neck, which graphite insert and no truss rod. EMG 81 in the bridge, 85 in the and SA in the middle, 5 position switch and volume and tone control.
24 frets, 6100 style. Floyd Rose whammy bar.
UTILIZATION
It's without a doubt a very easy to play guitar, the action it shipped with is the action it still has, which was perfect, not too low so you still can hit the strings without buzzing, yet low enough for easy cruising.
I also seem to prefer the sound of guitars that have necks without a trussrod.
SOUNDS
Have used this for many years with a lot of different set-ups from old Marshalls and fender, Mesa Trem-o-verb, Fryette Sig-X, Deliverance, Memphis, Rivera Knucklehead 2, Soldano Avenger, THD Plexi, UniValve, BiValve, Flexi-50, rack set-up with an Axe-Fx into a Fryette 2/50/2, etc...
The gain sounds is why I got it, I'm a big fan of EMGs for single note stuff, the clean can get a bit sterile, which is less of an issue. I guess the down side on EMGs in any guitar would be that they won't sound like a Strat pick-up, but then you won't expect that anyways.
OVERALL OPINION
There is nothing in terms of playability or sound I don't like. My niggles are that the body could be a tad bigger.
And that the pick-ups are wired that the #3 position on the 5 way switch is neck and bridge pick-ups together instead of middle pickup alone. If it was a Strat it would bug me, but I actually quite enjoy the two different EMGs together for a darker more mellow lead sound that isn't the "a monkey wearing boxing gloves could make this sound good" typical neck pick-up sound.
The one negative side effect of using a guitar with EMGs is that they end up with the "stereo" jack in order to break the circuit and not drain the battery that wear out more quickly than your average guitar jack.