remiiiiiii Posted February 20, 2008 at 12:07 AM Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 12:07 AM The first bass is a 'series II' Vigier Passion. It has a 100% Graphite weave neck, the body is alder and the pickups and electronics are by Marleaux. The electronics were fitted seperately because when I got the bass the standard electronics had been removed. The Marleaux system sounds excellent, very natural and like the Benedetti system. Hello again Ped, just another question : can you give me the exact specs of theses pickups and electronics, pleeeeease ? Thanks by advance, Cheers, Rémi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:09 AM Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:09 AM Lol,Im English/French/Italian. Oooh, a very firey mix. I bet you are a good cook, too - (made up of the English and Italian part, mostly) ;0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:18 AM Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:18 AM Hello again Ped,just another question : can you give me the exact specs of theses pickups and electronics, pleeeeease ? Thanks by advance, Cheers, Rémi Hi Rémi, The EQ in the bass is the 3 band active/passive seen on this page: http://www.marleaux-bass.com/eng/baesse/details.html but I am sure my treble frequency is 8khz - I did have a page with better details so I will try and find it. The pickups are a bit of a mystery to me - I can't find much about Basstec who made these apart from the fact that they do make pickups for some really nice stock instruments. I THINK they are triple coil, I can't remember - I will try and find out because you have piqued my curiosity again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 22, 2008 at 03:48 PM Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 at 03:48 PM Folks, the 5 string may be up for sale soon. I don't want any financial troubles endanger my 4 string in any way so it is a pre emptive strike! If you are interested, please let me know. I can supply sound clips and so forth. I will be looking for £1000 flat. Cheers ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zered Posted February 22, 2008 at 05:41 PM Share Posted February 22, 2008 at 05:41 PM Nnooooooooooo !!! V.A.S. (Vigier Acquisition Syndrom... A very dangerous mutation of de GAS virus) has reached me once more !!! I want a fretted 4 stringer Arpege... Well, yes... I must admit I've been passionate about Passion Basses, and I still own two. Rediscovering the Arpege versatility with my Fretless one, and seeing that odd Passion of yours, Basstyra (pickups are located just like the Arpege are ) makes me want to get back to a fretted Arpege. Or one of that series of yours Basstyra, just to keep the Passion ergonomy and regain the Arpege versatility... By the way, I've not posted any pics of my own Vigier here... This is for you Ped : http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?showtopic=25781&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 24, 2008 at 11:31 AM Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 at 11:31 AM Hi Zered, Beautiful collection. I always like seeing the passion body shape alongside more traditional designs, it makes me realise how 'radical' they actually are, and how ahead of their time they were, and still are. The black strings really suit the 5 string! Unfortunately they don't make them thin enough for me, and I am completely sold on Elixir strings. With the graphite neck, the strings seem to never lose their freshness and have lasted over 6 months on a constant basis! I will check out the dedicated topic and no doubt fill it with some Vigier love soon. Thanks for sharing the picture. By the way, are the fret lines on the Arpege 'standard'? What is the body wood, it is absolutely stunning!! Do you have any idea what the body wood is on my 4 string? I presume it is Alder but the grain is throwing me off a bit. Someone mentioned French Bur Elm? Either way, I love it more than anything in the world!!! Apart from my dog. ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zered Posted February 25, 2008 at 10:34 AM Share Posted February 25, 2008 at 10:34 AM Hi Ped, The first series Arpege have their bodies made of two different woods : Maple for the two pieces of the body thru neck. The main parts of the body is french walnut. It gives a very specific warmth to these instruments. For your basses, I'm pretty shure for the fretted one, a bit less for the god damn gorgeous fretles (due to the paint) : Passion basses bodies are made of alder. 5ers are composed of laminated French maple/alder/maple. I've come to understand that you cans still ask Patrice Vigier to have you made a custom Passion or Arpege with walnut, but I'm not 100% sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted February 25, 2008 at 01:44 PM Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 at 01:44 PM Thanks for the reply. Mt fretless is a 'standard' so probably solid alder as you say. The 5 string is a 'custom' with maple/alder/maple, and I guess the fretted 4 is also alder then. I must say on paper and in my experience I prefer ash to alder but I think it works really well in this bass because of the way it is blended with the carbon neck. Stiff neck + softer body = great tone!! I am hoping to be able to afford a series 4 passion bass soon but I can't afford to get it now, during the 'artists only' period, but will have one at some point I am sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted March 7, 2008 at 04:04 PM Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 at 04:04 PM http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14897&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iznogoud Posted March 8, 2008 at 12:06 AM Share Posted March 8, 2008 at 12:06 AM Not basses, but : http://fr.audiofanzine.com/img/membres/aud...l/5/2/52273.jpg http://fr.audiofanzine.com/img/membres/aud...l/5/2/52275.jpg http://fr.audiofanzine.com/img/membres/aud...l/5/2/52267.jpg (sorry, I'm a bad photographer) And I might admit that I did some infidelities to Vigier for my basses but as I love Leduc a lot too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted March 10, 2008 at 07:58 PM Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 at 07:58 PM Beautiful - are they all yours? My guitar player has just got a Vigier Excalibur and it is just beautiful, flawlessly made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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