I know that there are a lot of fine smaller guitar companies building fine guitars today. This is not to knock them, but to simply see differences in how they chose to complete their guitars compared to how Vigier does it.
I have been reading lately how american guitar builders are now "roasting" the guitar neck wood slabs in kilns as an option which may be added to an order, so as to be able to use figured wood necks without fear of them warping while employing the old-fashions steel bar type truss rods. These same luthiers kiln-dry their other woods as well. Why didn't they plan ahead and start air-drying their lumber? Do they feel it takes too much extra time?
Yet Vigier necks are figured and not "roasted". I have read that the company has had no neck complaints due to the natural drying process and the carbon fiber neck reinforcement technology it has been using these many years. Interesting!
Also, these same american companies are using Japanese Gotoh hardware on their guitars, while Vigier guitars use proprietary hardware built expressly for them, and especially referring to their ball bearing trems among other hardware parts, designed by Patrice.
Isn't it interesting to know that these other companies have chosen not to design their own hardware. Is it because they could not come up with a great revolutionary idea? Or is it that they could not be bothered trying to improve the guitar hardware as it already existed?
Yet Patrice found ways to improve the hardware, and especially his trem designs! Hmmm
Having owned some of these american small company guitars earlier in my playing life, prior to finding out about Vigier, I cannot understand why anyone would not want all the improvements made by Patrice's company over a slightly different looking guitar using less expensive and generalized hardware. These are just a couple of casual observations I was thinking about after reading the article on neck roasting.
Just a couple more reasons among the many, why I am so glad I chose Vigier over these other guitar companies.
Joyeux No?l et nouvelle ann?e heureuse ? chacun ? Vigier, ? leurs familles, et aux utilisateurs des guitares de Vigier.