Vigier Guitars

Hey Patrice, what made you decide to use a zero fret?  I'm assuming it's to give open strings the same tone as fretted strings, but if there's another reason, I'd like to know.

The Zero Fret also determines string height and helps reduce friction as the strings move over the nut while using the trem; this helps the tuning stability.

Ben replied righ.

Is the zero fret the same height as the others, or a little higher?  It seems with a standard guitar neck, you'd want it a little higher if it's helping determine string height, but you don't exactly use normal necks :)

The zero frets are ever so slightly taller than the other frets, and are set looser in their espective fret slots. The zero frets are also made from a harder material as the regular frets. One added benefit is that the zero fret on a Vigier guitar is a user-replaceable item. The owner can replace a worn zero fret and restore the guitar to it's original setup and playability, and do so quite easily.

What guage fret wire is the zero fret?

width is 2,70 mmHeight 1,00 mm

This is actually one of the things that's got me really interested in Vigier, as NOBODY else uses one.

The zero fret is the best system I found. I did not created that, just improved it.