Vigier Excalibur Surfreter Special

[shigihara]

I just registered today and want to say 'hello' to everyone ! It's good to be here...
I got my surfreter special in January 2007 and recently bought another one 2nd hand:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2005105520055434249vOOSVa
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2803989590055434249lHtaWj
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2837815270055434249PhyCQu
It was interesting to notice that the neck of the 'old' one (s/n 000288)
feels a bit slimmer than the new one. There's a marked difference...
Patrice, can you confirm this ? Both necks are absolutely great !
You can see/hear the new one in the videos I uploaded... best, Paul

[shigihara]

btw, how can I avoid the 'messy' look of above post ? sorry...

[1Patrice Vigier]

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[1Patrice Vigier]

So you have TWO Surfreter!!!!!!!!!

[KEV V6 255]

I think ONE Surfreter is enough for me Patrice

[shigihara]

So you have TWO Surfreter!!!!!!!!!

yes... so, the neck of the s/n 000288 surfreter is different than the one that I picked up in grigny in january, right ?

[shigihara]

thanks for your help... I'm now on firefox click hereYou'll find more surfreter video clips here.I used this pedalboard and the signal flow wasSurfreter->pedalboard/Skrydstrup DualBuffer (using T-Rex Compnova, Replica, RoomMate, Xotic BBpreamp, Hilton vol pedal) ->EnglSE w/two 1x12 CustomAudio cabs Digitech JamMan->EnglSE/efx/rt

[1Patrice Vigier]

PAUL !Your video is excellent, guys click here to watch it

[Ed DeGenaro]

So you have TWO Surfreter!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't EVERYONE!!!!????I have s/n 0008+0009.

[Mickey]

Does anyone know how to clean a vigierfretless fretboard properly ? and what is the reccomended
string gauge for a fretless ?

[1Patrice Vigier]

Does anyone know how to clean a vigierfretless fretboard properly ? and what is the reccomended string gauge for a fretless ?

You will find the answer in the FAQ

[Mickey]

Thanks man , that answered the Question for the fretboard ,but the FaQ's says nothing about the
string gauge for a surfreter...

[Ben]

For more info check the individual guitars pages out...http://www.vigierguitars.com/page/fiche_produit.php?id_prod=256For the Surfreter we use our own stainless steel 11-52 strings

[shigihara]

For the Surfreter we use our own stainless steel 11-52 strings

mine was delivered w/ the 12's vigier set... did you change to the 11's set lately ?

[shigihara]

For the Surfreter we use our own stainless steel 11-52 strings

mine was delivered w/ the 12's vigier set... did you change to the 11's set lately ?

and still tuned in D ??

[Mickey]

0,11 ?! but I heard that if you use the 0,11 you get much less sustain , but this could be just an urban myth ...
 

[1Patrice Vigier]

We use 12/52

[Mickey]

Oke, yesterday I tried the 12's on my vigier supra But suddendly I got alot of anoying buzzing.When i'd wanted to adjust the neck of the guitar, I found its was not possible(no trust rod) after that I tried the 0,13's again Ddario's but now the G-string buzzes a little, i've got 3 theorys ..
* is the neck of a supra fragile for climat chances ? becaus it's summer now...
*I've heard that there's a littel differance between the GHSBoomers 13's and the ddarrio ones. with the boomers i had no buzzing..
*i'm just an idiot
I still love this guitar ! Vigier keep up the good work

[Ed DeGenaro]

Oke, yesterday I tried the 12's on my vigier supra But suddendly I got alot of anoying buzzing.When i'd wanted to adjust the neck of the guitar, I found its was not possible(no trust rod) after that I tried the 0,13's again Ddario's but now the G-string buzzes a little, i've got 3 theorys ..
* is the neck of a supra fragile for climat chances ? becaus it's summer now...
*I've heard that there's a littel differance between the GHSBoomers 13's and the ddarrio ones. with the boomers i had no buzzing..
*i'm just an idiot
I still love this guitar ! Vigier keep up the good work

FWIW I've gone from12 to 009 to 13 on my Supra without any issues. Can you see where the string makes contact that causes the buzz?

[Mickey]

Well it buzzed between the 3rd and the 5th fret and it realy buzzed alot when i was sliding,, BUT I just finisched putting Boomers on the guitar (again) and all is fine!  '' No buzzing'' I ask the storedude if it was posible that there's a diffreance between Ddaddrio 13 and Ghs 13 ,, and they are often a little diffrent in material and how the stings are made( how many times wounded etc ) , the ghs works fine with me. maby i'll try the Ernie balls later ,, not for a long time dough , strings are very expensive ...  

[1Patrice Vigier]

Seasons are not changing the neck relief.Yes try Ernie Ball...