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by marcwormjim
20 Apr 2018 07:40
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Shawn Lane Master string action
Replies: 11
Views: 11099

Shawn Lane Master string action

<r><p>Though we still don’t know what the issue is with your guitar, I’ll mention that I’ve settled into using a 10-52 set on my SL. The heavier strings vibrate less-elliptically; and result in less buzz at the low action the flat fingerboard allows. For reference, I use 9-46 sets ...
by marcwormjim
11 Jan 2018 05:52
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Vigier tremolo replacement
Replies: 6
Views: 7150

Vigier tremolo replacement

Is the arm a Schaller Floyd rose bar with the screw collar?

by marcwormjim
14 Dec 2017 06:50
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Vigier vs Ibanez 
Replies: 9
Views: 13412

Vigier vs Ibanez 

<r><p><QUOTE author="Yassuo"><s>[quote="Yassuo"]</s>Counter of what is written here, our price is not due to import as our guitars are at the same price in France than in USA but because the way we make them.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE></p> <p>Apologies if my post was taken to suggest what was addressed....
by marcwormjim
13 Dec 2017 06:44
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Vigier vs Ibanez 
Replies: 9
Views: 13412

Vigier vs Ibanez 

<r><p>I imported one when I lived in CA. I own a Vigier Shawn Lane because there’s no production guitar like it. And while Vigier’s quality is second to none, the blunt truth is that there are many other “super strats“ in the same category available to a California player for...
by marcwormjim
31 Jul 2017 02:30
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Custom Order Wait Time
Replies: 16
Views: 39390

Custom Order Wait Time

How dare the Vigier family pass that CITES legislation and tell US Customs to be backed up indefinitely!

by marcwormjim
21 Jun 2017 04:09
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Custom Order Wait Time
Replies: 16
Views: 39390

Custom Order Wait Time

<r><p>Were you quoted an <em>estimated</em> completion date, or just a timeframe? Sadly, a lot of custom builders (big and small) expend more effort in telling the customer the wait will be worth it than in either keeping them updated or in being honest up-front about how loose the timeframe is...
by marcwormjim
08 Apr 2017 04:02
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Excalibur Ultra Wiring
Replies: 2
Views: 29416

Excalibur Ultra Wiring

The site hasn't been working for me the last two days. The Megaswitch E's contacts are laid out specifically to prevent normal strat/RG switching. You'll likely have to purchase a separate switch to have the middle single-coil lead in position-3.

by marcwormjim
29 Sep 2016 01:00
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Shawn Lane Fixed Tremelo:
Replies: 7
Views: 32314

Shawn Lane Fixed Tremelo:

<r><p>The Vigier trem is essentially a two point strat trem - My SL (as with all others, when new) was set up for dive-only, and within minutes of owning it was set to pull the G up a minor third. It only requires loosing the spring screws and lowering the saddles to compensate for the higher action...
by marcwormjim
11 Jun 2016 22:17
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: CShawn Lane Vigier sounds thin? Pickup change?
Replies: 15
Views: 38150

CShawn Lane Vigier sounds thin? Pickup change?

<r><p>My Shawn Lane arrived with the mirror pick guard cracked under one of the screws, as well. It worsened until I had to order a replacement. The next Vigier I buy will have direct-mount pickups, a floyd. and be used off eBay or reverb - That way, I won't feel too bad about replacing the pic...
by marcwormjim
28 Aug 2015 05:11
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: CShawn Lane Vigier sounds thin? Pickup change?
Replies: 15
Views: 38150

CShawn Lane Vigier sounds thin? Pickup change?

I forget if the stock pot values are 1meg or 500k on that model, but I'd sugest trying switching out one or both pots for 250s before you change the pups.

by marcwormjim
26 Sep 2013 09:33
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Shawn Lane Special Edition Guitars 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 31678

Shawn Lane Special Edition Guitars 2013

<r><p>I emailed them. NAMM is currently up in the air for me, but if I make it there I'll give you a tenner for a drink.</p> <p> </p> <p>Edit: Due to the international purchase, my bank is putting a 3-4 business day hold on the payment. Looks like someone gets to buy the guitar out from un...
by marcwormjim
26 Sep 2013 04:07
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Shawn Lane Special Edition Guitars 2013
Replies: 9
Views: 31678

Shawn Lane Special Edition Guitars 2013

Just let me know when and where I can buy one. If one gets saved for NAMM, I'll buy (or at least drool on) it there.

by marcwormjim
18 May 2013 22:43
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Does a (worn out) zero fret de-tune the guitar to a degree?
Replies: 3
Views: 28647

Does a (worn out) zero fret de-tune the guitar to a degree?

<r><p>Where there's friction, there's binding that will potentially prevent the string from returning to where we would prefer it rest.</p> <p>Mr. Vigier has ironed out nearly all of the kinks in Leo Fender's original designs - But we still have to succumb to laws of physics, and re-t...
by marcwormjim
20 Apr 2013 12:27
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Straplocks
Replies: 15
Views: 36479

Straplocks

It's been over a year, but Gary at Tone-World is a class-act. He let me pick his brain with legal questions concerning import/export and VAT laws that he had no obligation to answer,

by marcwormjim
18 Apr 2013 04:12
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Floating Trem
Replies: 2
Views: 28363

Floating Trem

Yup. In fact, the Shawn Lane model(s) are set up at the factory with the trem flush against the body, for pull-down only.

by marcwormjim
11 Mar 2013 04:25
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Replacement pickguards for SL
Replies: 5
Views: 29846

Replacement pickguards for SL

I found an old post from Ben stating that any Excalibur pickguards will fit the SL. I decided the stock Air Classics (And likely other low-output humbuckers) sounded better on the guitar than single-coils, and so only requested a single replacement pickguard from DJ.

by marcwormjim
02 Mar 2013 03:40
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Replacement pickguards for SL
Replies: 5
Views: 29846

Replacement pickguards for SL

<r><p>I never got a response. I haven't had a functioning guitar since Feb. 12th, and am just wanting a replacement stock pickguard at this point - It doesn't even have to be the black mirror-style. Neither my strat nor RG pickguards fit; so I'm stuck on someone's eventual mercy,...
by marcwormjim
14 Feb 2013 08:35
Forum: Musician forum
Topic: Obligatory self-intro...
Replies: 3
Views: 30089

Obligatory self-intro...

Being as this place seems dead, welcome!

edit: Turns out I've been enjoying your playing and cover videos for years, now. I look forward to hearing your album.

by marcwormjim
12 Feb 2013 11:36
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Replacement pickguards for SL
Replies: 5
Views: 29846

Replacement pickguards for SL

<p>Howdy - It's been a few days since I used the US site question form, and am posting this here in case:</p> <p> </p> <p>First off, thanks again to DJ, Ben, Patrice, and everyone who was involved in being the highlight of NAMM 2013 for me. If Tom Monda reads this, thanks again for the CD ...
by marcwormjim
27 Oct 2012 08:22
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Is there a guitar BETTER than the shawn lane model?
Replies: 4
Views: 29918

Is there a guitar BETTER than the shawn lane model?

<p>My shawn lane blew away my previous main guitar (that had cost twice as much) - Which begs the question, among those of us who endorse the model: Have we come across a better instrument? This question will be my main focus at NAMM - I'll spend the days scouring the place, looking for competi...
by marcwormjim
20 Apr 2012 21:29
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Zero fret already needing a replacement.
Replies: 4
Views: 28893

Zero fret already needing a replacement.

I bought a Shawn Lane master from Toneworld UK less than a month ago, and the G has already worn a groove in the zero fret. I get a nice "ping" when I bend it or the B up to the groove point, as the string catches and then escapes. I'm in the US; so I don't know if I should go through DJ o...
by marcwormjim
26 Mar 2012 08:23
Forum: Buy and sell forum
Topic: WTB SHAWN LANE VIGIER
Replies: 3
Views: 28998

WTB SHAWN LANE VIGIER

I just bought a brand-new Master from Toneworld. Edit: Other guitar mentioned no longer-available.
by marcwormjim
23 Mar 2012 06:10
Forum: Buy and sell forum
Topic: WTB SHAWN LANE VIGIER
Replies: 3
Views: 28998

WTB SHAWN LANE VIGIER

<r>Euroguitar has none in stock - They advertise that they do; but they don't. They just take your money and don't respond to your emails until you open a Paypal claim, at which point they admit that they've only just ordered the guitar to be built. And because of this trick, you don&...
by marcwormjim
22 Mar 2012 07:19
Forum: Guitar and bass forum
Topic: Shawn Lane Master Series Fret Question
Replies: 6
Views: 29963

Shawn Lane Master Series Fret Question

Patrice posted in another thread that 2010s and newer are "probably" stainless. Did you get yours from Richard at AMP'd?