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The singlecut body is alder, capped with uniquely contoured bookmatched flamed maple and it weighs in at just 3.3kg – that’s less than even the noticeably lightweight Gibson Les Paul Axcess. At just 38mm at its edge it creates a welcome change from some other overly heavy and bulky singlecut designs. Vigier has long utilised its truss rod-less 10/90 system that involves carbon fibre being inserted into the neck wood – flamed maple that’s been dried for three years in this case – in order to improve stability.Here oversized tuners, a custom-designed bridge and a Teflon nut keep everything anchored securely, without increasing the weight.Surprisingly, considering the guitar’s obvious heritage, the neck is bolted on rather than set. Why? “Because it [a set neck] is useless,” says Patrice, controversially.
Even the fingerboard is different: Phenowood, a synthetic material intended to offer similar benefits to maple or rosewood but with added stability.“It’s primarily made of cellulose, like natural wood,” explains Vigier. “The difference is that it’s impregnated with a phenolic resin and it brings sustain to the guitar, as well as more stability and reliability.” “After two months it ended up that the Amber pickups were the ones that ’survived’ the comparison. They are very musical and ’sing’ with the guitar.” The three screws enable both height and tilt adjustment and the dual humbuckers are controlled by a five-way lever selector switch and common master volume and tone controls.
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