ped Posted August 18, 2016 at 08:23 PM Share Posted August 18, 2016 at 08:23 PM (edited) Please excuse my lack of French!!! £1100 (UK) - posted to France, we will discuss. I recently bought this bass as a partner for my main bass. Just like busses, another has come along so I'm letting this one go for the simple reason that the other matches the colour my main bass (!)If you don't know much about Vigier basses, they are entirely hand made and pioneered the use of graphite in the 80s. The 'Series II' basses have a full carbon neck thru as you see here. Soon after they moved to a graphite/wood mix. I think the full graphite ones are special.It plays wonderfully, low action and crystal clear sound from the two massive single coil Benedetti pickups. It's unusual to find one of these in original un-modified condition.Controls are a pickup switch (front, both, rear, rather than a sweepable pot), behind that is the volume knob. Underneath, a sweepable mid control (from 80hz to 5200hz) and a 15dB +/- switch. Behind that, a treble control that sweeps from super bright to thud, I've been unable to get the exact frequencies of this but it feels like +/- 15dB at around 8khz.Derek Forbes fans - this is identical to his Vigier.I wrote about the bass in some detail here so have a read and ask any questions. I'm in York if you'd like to come and have a play; I also travel to Oxford a bit so may be able to come to you. I will post it too but much prefer a F2F deal!It comes with a Gator case, one of those rectangular rigid foam ones.Basic features:- Graphite neck-thru- Benedetti single coil pickups- Hipshot D-Tuner- Beutiful aged-white colour- Schaller hardware, 3D bridge- Quirky French 18V pre-amp- New Elixir strings- Gator case- One tuning machine puppet supplied on request Pics: Edited August 19, 2016 at 11:21 AM by ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbassman Posted August 19, 2016 at 08:59 AM Share Posted August 19, 2016 at 08:59 AM Belle ! et par courante en blanc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 19, 2016 at 09:40 AM Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 at 09:40 AM Merci! Bass is now 'ON HOLD' until further notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 19, 2016 at 11:21 AM Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 at 11:21 AM No longer on hold - still up for sale. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrbleu Posted August 19, 2016 at 12:21 PM Share Posted August 19, 2016 at 12:21 PM I've played one of those back in the 90's, in a blues band. As light as a feather, really powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totorbass Posted August 21, 2016 at 09:25 AM Share Posted August 21, 2016 at 09:25 AM I had nearly the same with "closed" pu's. Easiest bass to play ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zesebus Posted August 22, 2016 at 06:19 PM Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 06:19 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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