40 years ago Vigier Guitars marketed the first memory guitar in the world, the #Nautilus. 19 memory sounds with 2 parametric equalizers, pickups selections, volume, etc... At the time, this innovation caused a stir!😀

Another system that doesn't generate sells for our guitars, but we did it anyway, because we were tired of seeing the neck get out of alignment, especially during transport. This is our #LockNeck, which secures the neck transversely. Super simple but efficient.

In 1980 we introduced the world's first #fretless bass with a metal fingerboard. Looking at it, we can think that the sound is metallic, however it is not with the eyes that you have to listen but with your ears.😇 This #Excess #iMetal is probably the last one we'll do.

Red Rising Sun color for the Arpege bass of 山下昌良 (Masayoshi Yamashita) of LOUDNESS_OFFICIAL , at its last step: the setting...

At #Vigier Guitars, the devil is in the details, here the tailpiece of the G.V. aligned with the strings.

In 1980 we were the only manufacturer to shield the electronic of our guitars with a nickel-based paint. Now, for a few years we have been using an even more efficient copper-based paint. It doesn't sell guitars, but we do it because we like what's good for music 😀

Here's another thing we do on our guitars: Adjust the height of the humbucker pole piece screws. The reason is to balance the output level of each string. Here, for a string set with a plain G, the G pole piece is lower than the E. Why only few manufacturers do it?

Après cette cérémonie d'ouverture sous le signe de la tolérance et de la créativité, merci aux sportifs pour leurs exploits et les émotions qu'ils procurent, merci aux organisateurs l'organisation, merci pour ces sites exceptionnels et, enfin, merci au public incroyable .

Au revoir francetastic Paris Olympics 2024, see you in LA 2028.

On guitar neck wood, the more figured the wood, the less balanced the sound between notes tends to be.

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So that you know..., so that you can order Vigier parts, we have opened a store dedicated to this. parts.vigierguitars.com

Listen with your eyes! Few bassists tried my fretless with metal fingerboards, fearing they'd sound cold, but the tone is warm + double bass tones possible! Sustain enhances expressiveness. It took 17 years to get guitarists into fretless, but I failed to convince bassists...

𝗖𝗲 𝗳û𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗮𝘂 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗰 #𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲

🎸Depuis 1980, Patrice Vigier fabrique des guitares et des basses électriques haut de gamme dans son atelier situé à Grigny en Essonne. Il a notamment réalisé les instruments de Stanley Jordan, Roger Glover (Deep Purple) et Ron Thal (Guns and Roses) fb.watch/vIbwDHyOv0/

How do I rate the importance of the body wood in the sound of an 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿? #guitarwood #electricguitar

A photo is my father, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗿, orphaned at a young age. He embraced life with remarkable resilience. He taught himself to do everything, even building guitars. He worked for Vigier, voluntarily, for two decades. The Vigier G.V. model bears his initials.

Does the Varnish influence the sound? vigierguitars.com/ufaqs/does-the…

This morning, someone asked me if I adjust the height of guitar pickups off the cuff 🤷‍♂️. Here’s the chart of my response! 😊