Sigh…. Another NGD. Pretty Epic

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Vigier Excalibur Supraa Rock Art. This thing plays itself and sounds phenomenal. I was thinking is had Duncan’s or DiMarzio, but tit ended up having the Amber handwound pickups which makes it a Supraa instead of Supra. I really can’t find a flaw on it. This one checked a lot of boxes. I love a 12” radius, I love colors, i love SS frets. This thing resonates incredibly.

Let’s just say I paid less than $1500 out the door.

Description

Type : Solid body
Number of strings : 6

Neck

Type : Bolt-on featuring the 10/90 System (10% carbon, 90% wood)
Wood : Maple naturally dried for 3 years
Shape : D
Finish : Matte varnish
Width of neck at nut : 42mm / 1.65 "
Width of neck at last fret : 57,7mm / 2.27 "
Depth of neck at first fret : 19,5mm / .76 "
Depth of neck at 12th fret : 23mm / .90 "
String spacing at nut : 35mm / 1.38 "
String spacing at bridge : 53mm / 2.08 "
Action as supplied at 12th fret, treble : 1,5mm / .0059 "
Action as supplied at 12th fret, bass : 2mm / .0078 "
Type of nut : Teflon nut + hardened zero fret technology

Fingerboard

Wood : Maple or rosewood
Radius : 300mm / 11.81 "
Type of frets : Medium (stainless steel)
Number of frets : 24 + zero fret
Scale length : 650mm / 25.6 "
Inlay : Dots

Body

Wood : Two center-joined pieces of solid, naturally aged alder
Finish : Varnish dries for 5 weeks minimum

Accessories

Machine heads brand name : Vigier
Type of machine heads : Over sized locking machine heads
Bridge brand name : Vigier
Type of bridge : 2011 non locking tremolo, pivoting on needles bearings
End pin : Brass casing that inserts deep into the body and locks the strap button in place.
Finish : Chrome

Electronic

Pickup brand name : Amber, Hand Wound
Type of pickup : H/S/H
Pickup model : Custom
Switch : 5 positions
1 Humbucker in neck position
2 Single-coil in neck & middle position
3 Single-coil in neck & bridge position
4 Single-coil in bridge & middle position
5 Humbucker in bridge position
Controls : Volume
Tone
Shielding : Yes

Miscellaneous

Strings : .009-.046
Delivered with gig bag/case : Bag
Made in : France

Color:
Rock Art design











 
Very cool!

How does that zero fret perform wrt tuning? And is that a locking output jack? Looks almost like Neutrik from the side.
 
SpiderWars said:
Very cool!

How does that zero fret perform wrt tuning? And is that a locking output jack? Looks almost like Neutrik from the side.
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The zero is slightly higher than the slots in the nut and frets 1 -24. And the nut is still there, but it more to prevent lateral movement of the strings. It produces uniform tone with open chords because even open strings are fretted. The jack is locking jack.
 
Funny. I pulled my Excalibur 7 string out last week after not using it much in the past year. Completely fell in love with it again.

They are seriously the finest instrument made. It is devastating they closed down.
 
"Hi, my name is Scott....the last time I bought a guitar was 12 hrs, 6 min and 30 seconds ago...." All: "HI SCOTT!!!!"

Just jokes...lol....that is one SAWEET super Strat. Congrats!!
Like I said, I'd have another 20 guitars at this point if I ever moved there.
 
Wow, aren't those like $3000 here? That's a crazy deal, it looks awesome.
 
japetus said:
Wow, aren't those like $3000 here? That's a crazy deal, it looks awesome.
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Yes. They’re expensive, which admittedly was an influencing factor in buying it. It was my style, but was never interested in buying one at market value.. I knew they were nice, but never played one. I went back to my car and called @LPMojoGL. Well, gear whores should never call gear whores when there’s temptation. I decided to go back in and at least try it. I didn’t even need to plug it in. It was like new, perfect action, perfect relief, and rang out like a bell.

I actually went there to look at a 1967 ES335 for $5000. The 335 needed a bit of work, the neck looked like it need a reset and I couldn’t do a close inspection. 67 as a transition year between patent number and t-tops. The bridge pickup had the screw coils facing the neck so I suspected they may have been modified. If I could have confirmed they wer 60s patent number instead of T-Tops, the pickups alone would be worth it, but I chose not to take the risk.
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scottosan said:
Yes. They’re expensive, which admittedly was an influencing factor in buying it. It was my style, but was never interested in buying one at market value.. I knew they were nice, but never played one. I went back to my car and called @LPMojoGL. Well, gear whores should never call gear whores when there’s temptation. I decided to go back in and at least try it. I didn’t even need to plug it in. It was like new, perfect action, perfect relief, and rang out like a bell.

I actually went there to look at a 1967 ES335 for $5000. The 335 needed a bit of work, the neck looked like it need a reset and I couldn’t do a close inspection. 67 as a transition year between patent number and t-tops. The bridge pickup had the screw coils facing the neck so I suspected they may have been modified. If I could have confirmed they wer 60s patent number instead of T-Tops, the pickups alone would be worth it, but I chose not to take the risk. View attachment 329283View attachment 329286View attachment 329289
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Good pass on that Gibby imo. That Vigier is killer though, glad you dig it.
 
Don’t get mad, and happy new guitar day, but that thing is ugly. 🤣
 
I have had a few Vigier. One was epic and 2 were not so epic.
 
mooncobra said:
I have had a few Vigier. One was epic and 2 were not so epic.
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It’s like that for anything. For these type of guitars, I’ve owned probably 6-7 Tom Andersons, all great, 4 Suhrs, one I thought was great but none of which I though was worth the money compared to a similar priced Anderson. This one is up there with the best of them, but for under $1500 after tax, I think takes much of the contemplation away.
 
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