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Vigier Excalibur Special an Ash-Bodied French Guitar with Dimarzio Pickups, Vigier Tremolo and the Innovative 10/90 Neck System intermusic.com Artists Gear Index Auctions Forums Gig Guide Search: Home > Guitars > Gear > Guitars > Review Random link: Adema Vigier Excalibur Special Acoustics An ash-bodied French guitar with Bass amps Basses DiMarzio pickups, Vigier tremolo FX and the innovative 10/90 neck system Guitar amps Guitars Pedals Misc Recording Read user reviews Gear Finder Write a review Sporting a full set of DiMarzio pickups, 25 shiny frets and locking Email this review machineheads, the Vigier Excalibur looks like a noble adversary. Print review Armed only with his trusty Marshall, our own Black Knight maintains that Guitars Forum 'none shall pass' in his quest for the Holy Axe. Build quality France's own forests are responsible for all the woods that make up the Vigier Excalibur, bar the rosewood fingerboard. Cut and dried naturally for years Dean Baby V Baby V before use, and stored with strict humidity control, the ash body and 90 per Jackson KVX10 & cent maple neck are French through and through. DXMG The trademarked Vigier 10/90 Neck System (10 per cent carbon and 90 per Woodworm CTM cent wood) replaces the conventional truss rod with a dense strip of carbon. Vigier Ultra Italia MODULO TIPO 3 Vigier claims that the carbon used in its neck reinforcement is over three times stronger than the steel used in conventional truss rods. This may be true, and Italia Modulo Tipo 1 it's also be true that in the 10 years that this system has been in use, Vigier has Versoul & had very few neck problems. Ruokangas Henry & Duke Deluxe Yet I think sceptical British guitarists might still worry about buying a guitar Computer Music with no neck adjustment. Fender & Squier US & Future Music Standard Double Fat Guitar Techniques The neck is very comfortable; a not-too-shallow 'C' gives you something to Strats Guitarist hold on to, and feels rather similar to US Strat Plus, with the exception of the Burns Brian May musicshareware.com 12-inch radiused fingerboard and 24 frets. signature Samplenet Total Guitar Vigier employs a zero fret at the nut to 'minimise string friction' and 'equalise Dean Baby ML & Z open and fretted notes'. Both of these ideas make sense, but I can't escape the fact that zero frets always remind me of the cheap bolt-on neck acoustics of yesteryear. The matt lacquer applied to the neck feels sexy and shows off the headstock's deep figuring superbly. A set of what appear to be Schaller locking machineheads adorn the not-unattractive headstock, and a single roller string-tree looks after the top pair of strings. 1 2 3 4 [Next>>] http://www.intermusic.com/article.asp?ReviewId=211&ArticleTable=Reviews&Channel=GTR (1 sur 2) [23/04/2002 09:30:32] intermusic.com Artists Gear Index Auctions Forums Gig Guide Search: Home > Guitars > Gear > Guitars > Review Random link: Eric Clapton Vigier Excalibur Special Acoustics Continued... Bass amps Basses The rosewood fingerboard is inlaid with pearloid dots along its edge and what FX appears to be glow-in-the-dark (it doesn't, I checked; good idea though) plastic Guitar amps for fret position markers. Guitars Pedals The medium frets are exquisitely profiled and highly polished, making the Misc already comfortable neck positively luxurious. Recording The two-piece ash body is finished in a see-through blonde, set off well against Read user reviews Gear Finder the blackish-green mirrored scratchplate. Write a review The body style is slimmer around the waist than a Strat, making it lighter on Email this review the shoulder to play. The unusual pickup switching makes the Excalibur a Print review versatile tone provider in all but one area. Guitars Forum You can't select the middle single coil pickup on its own. Instead, in position three, you have the outermost coil from each of the humbuckers, giving an absolutely huge sound. A master volume and a single tone control put the finishing touches to this Dean Baby V Baby V simple and familiar looking configuration. Jackson KVX10 & DXMG The Excalibur comes fitted with Vigier's own 2000 tremolo and features roller saddles, adjustable torque tremolo arm and adjustable intonation. Even with Woodworm CTM quite severe use, its partnership with the locking machineheads manages to Vigier Ultra keep everything in tune. Italia MODULO TIPO 3 Italia Modulo Tipo 1 Playability Having a fixed neck relief and the lowest possible action means that there's Versoul & virtually no effort required to play the Excalibur. Ruokangas Henry & Duke Deluxe Clear access to the upper register is important on this type of guitar and the Fender & Squier US & Computer Music Excalibur is a fine example of this, but what really matters is that the quality of Future Music the high notes isn't compromised. They sing just as sweetly up here. Standard Double Fat Guitar Techniques It's unsettling to get playability and sounds in such equally high measures in Strats Guitarist one instrument. Burns Brian May musicshareware.com signature Samplenet Sound Total Guitar The DiMarzio pickups fitted to this Excalibur Special are fat, fat, fat. They're Dean Baby ML & Z by far the most open sounding humbuckers I've come across for a long time, displaying an airy quality that's almost organic. How much of that is to do with the Vigier's unusual construction is hard to say. [<<Prev] 1 2 3 4 [Next>>] http://www.intermusic.com/article.asp?Review...leTable=Reviews&SubCat=&Channel=GTR&PageNo=2 (1 sur 2) [23/04/2002 09:30:52] intermusic.com Artists Gear Index Auctions Forums Gig Guide Search: Home > Guitars > Gear > Guitars > Review Random link: Roger Sanchez Vigier Excalibur Special Acoustics Continued... Bass amps Basses The neck pickup is woody and wholesome; the elusive 'brown' sound sought by FX tone-lovers everywhere. Guitar amps Guitars Position 2 is cleaner, while the middle pickup selection is the joker in the pack, Pedals as its wide tone sensing aperture picks up the clear trebles from the bridge and Misc combines them with substantial bass from the neck. Recording This scooped EQ curve is ideal for chordal comping or processed clean sounds. Read user reviews Gear Finder Move the switch back one more click and a pseudo acoustic tone can be Write a review achieved. Email this review The bridge humbucker isn't as outstanding as the neck pickup, but it's still head Print review and shoulders above the average; tight and bright, with just enough bottom end Guitars Forum to give a satisfying chunk to heavier riffs and a enough mids to make your lead playing cut through. Acoustically, the Excalibur rings out loud and long and every bit of that energy is translated by the pickups. Sustain can be taken for granted, and my scepticism of the 10/90 neck system Dean Baby V Baby V is beginning to wane. The recessed output jack is a great idea for keeping your Jackson KVX10 & lead out of the way and preventing accidental unplugging, but it does make it difficult to rest the guitar on anything other than a stand. DXMG Woodworm CTM Value for money Vigier Ultra I find it astonishing that there aren't more Vigiers on UK stages. It took me about five minutes to become hooked on the light weight (a mere 61/2 pounds), Italia MODULO TIPO 3 incredibly rich tone and outstanding playability. Italia Modulo Tipo 1 Versoul & Okay, with a price tag weighing in at the best part of a grand, there's a lot of Ruokangas Henry & competition for a guitar buyers' cash, but if you dare to be different and decide on an Excalibur as your main weapon, you won't be disappointed. Duke Deluxe Computer Music Fender & Squier US & Future Music [<<Prev] 1 2 3 4 [Next>>] Standard Double Fat Guitar Techniques Strats Guitarist Get intermusic.com delivered! Burns Brian May musicshareware.com Sign up and get regular email updates on what's new on intermusic.com signature Samplenet first - plus competitions and deals exclusive to mailing list members! Total Guitar Dean Baby ML & Z Click here to unsubscribe http://www.intermusic.com/article.asp?Review...leTable=Reviews&SubCat=&Channel=GTR&PageNo=3 (1 sur 2) [23/04/2002 09:31:00] intermusic.com Artists Gear Index Auctions Forums Gig Guide Search: Home > Guitars > Gear > Guitars > Review Random link: Slash Vigier Excalibur Special Acoustics Continued... Bass amps Basses The quality of craftsmanship at this level is breathtaking; you're left wanting FX for absolutely nothing. Guitar amps Guitars Verdict Pedals The Excalibur is the kind of instrument that's so addictive to play that it's Misc almost impossible to put down. Recording The type of player who will ignore the conventional thinking about what Read user reviews Gear Finder makes a great guitar is exactly the sort of musician that will benefit most from Write a review the Vigier experience. The Excalibur has made me a member of that exclusive club, where the narrow-minded have no place and the enlightened all have very Email this review smug grins. Print review Guitars Forum Simplicity and functionality - not to mention great looks and tone - make for a very special guitar. I experienced no problems with either the zero fret or the 10/90 neck system. I can't see into the future, but I'm quite willing to take part in any longevity experiments that Vigier would like to conduct, and monitor this Excalibur over the next couple of decades. Dean Baby V Baby V Jackson KVX10 & On The Web DXMG Visit Guitarist Online Woodworm CTM [<<Prev] 1 2 3 4 Vigier Ultra Italia MODULO TIPO 3 Get intermusic.com delivered! Italia Modulo Tipo 1 Sign up and get regular email updates on what's new on intermusic.com Versoul & first - plus competitions and deals exclusive to mailing list members! Ruokangas Henry & Duke Deluxe Computer Music Fender & Squier US & Future Music Click here to unsubscribe Standard Double Fat Guitar Techniques Strats Guitarist Burns Brian May musicshareware.com signature Samplenet Total Guitar Dean Baby ML & Z http://www.intermusic.com/article.asp?Review...leTable=Reviews&SubCat=&Channel=GTR&PageNo=4 (1 sur 2) [23/04/2002 09:31:09].
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