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Vigier Club
- Thread starter NML1986
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Would really appreciate any help. One of these bridge screws (towards the front of the bass) just popped out when I was fixing the intonation and kinda disappeared into the void. Any chance anyone here knows where I can find a replacement, without having to order a new bridge from Vigier? I wrote to them, but it doesn't look like they work Sundays.
That is a saddle locking screw that locks the saddle after any necessary string spacing adjustment. Take out an adjacent one and match up a replacement at a good hardware store (not a big box). It's probably a metric Allen set screw (grub screw)
It's just like @johndb says, a metric screw readily available at a hardware store.
Size is metric, likely 2mm or 2.5mm diameter.
Size is metric, likely 2mm or 2.5mm diameter.
3 mm x 3 mm confirmed by Vigier. Thanks.
Does anyone here have a Roger Glover signature custom, the one with binding around the body? I’m interested in the forearm cutaway, or lack thereof. I had a jazz bass in the past which had binding and a flat top, it really hurt my arm playing sitting down.
DJmtd
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That's a rare bird. I think I sold exactly 1 in my 12ish years with Vigier. I don't believe there is a contour for the forearm. We only started doing contours on Maple topped instruments around 2019. I could be wrong on this one, but until that time the only models with sculpted bodies and maple "tops" were the Arpege and Passion and that was because the bodies were mostly maple, rather than alder with a maple top.
The regular RG Sig also has the forearm contour if you can live without the maple top and binding. It's a beast of a bass... I will definitely be snagging one on the used market when the timing is right. I love my Excess 4, but the lack of a mid control bugs me sometimes.
Thanks for the reply. I thought so - I had the first shape Excess (with the pick guard) which was a lovely instrument, very light, with a small body. The second shape Excess has quite a big body so I think the lack of a contour might be a problem. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the non bound version in the UK, but I'm quite picky about colour. I like the preamp in the RG sig but I'm not wild about signature instruments in general, and don't really like the signature on the headstock tbh, but I agree the 3 band pre is quite a nice option. I found the Excess 1 very bright, but I'm used to Vigier electronics and quirks having owned several Passion, Arpege and one Excess model. They're still quite rare in the UK, and since Brexit, importing a bass from Europe adds an additional 20%.
DJmtd
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The body shape on the Excess didn't really change, it just shed its pickguard, which definitely makes it look different. I like it both ways myself although the later gens definitely had a more 'slab' kinda look to em!
I adore the single coils on the Excess 4 string. When Bumblefoot needed a bass for the studio, he REALLY wanted a five, but when he told me it had to sound like an angry piano, I convinced him to take a 4 and string it BEAD. Worked like a charm!
It depends on what's causing the buzz. Nut may be cut too deep, fret may have lifted a hair, lighter tension string may be needed, etc...
Aye.
Might help if we knew if all the strings are affected or just one.
I'd start by putting action back to the factory settings, 2.5mm for E at 12th fret and 2mm for G. Lower saddles until the buzz returns then raise the saddles again by a baw hair.
