FRANCE可能不会出现一个非常摇滚乐的国家。他们有他们的流行明星，他们的复杂的chanteurs，整个Grubby`在乐队的文化中没有那么根深蒂固，因为它在渠道的这一侧。
But the good news for those French people who do want to rock is that they have lots and lots of trees – almost 10 times more than the UK by total forested area – and Patrice Vigier walking among them with a big chainsaw.
Well, he might not actually be chopping them down himself, but Vigier is perhaps the best-known electric luthier outside of the USA, and his company sources all its timber from French forests. You don’t get much more `made in France’ than that.
This is a high-end brand with a deserved reputation for thoroughness and attention to detail, typified by the fact that all that wood is left to dry out for at least three years before use.
Pinier长期专门从事金属准备碎纸机，但单削备GV模型一直在自2009年以来增加了LES Paul-ISH元素。今年的GV岩石版本带来了化妆品变化和一个更重要的补充：
在桤木身体上的垃圾样枫顶。这种革命红色完成是四种新颜色中的一种，所有这些都具有伪造的身体绑定 - 即一条涂料，仔细地从前边缘刮掉，以揭示下面的枫树。备线袋还有一个新的浮雕金属标志。
顶部的前部有一个微妙但独特的倒角，它带来了一种与下面的对称性，如果没有别的话;围绕身体背部的弯曲边缘更受欢迎，特别是在螺栓上的颈部的脚跟上，其中折叠拐角处带来了可接近上方的良好益处。
We’re not sure what to make of the overall look of this guitar, though – the combination of a powdery matt finish, uncovered humbuckers and an unbound, unmarked neck does not immediately chime with the four-digit number at the top of this page.
然而，仔细检查确实揭示了一种完美的建筑水平，并且您不太可能在更适度定价的仪器上找到。已经完美地拉下了刮擦的绑定效果，并且很少的触摸，例如整齐凹陷的输出杰克加入了工艺的光环。
硬件智慧，对微调的光滑偏好进行了清晰的偏好：镀铬桥基本上是一个曲调o-matic重新设计，具有平稳弯曲的鞍座，以最大限度地减少弦破损的风险;它形成了一个干净整洁的整体，配有平顶尾部。
The only other occupants of that maple top are master volume and tone controls, plus a five-way pickup switch. Hmm, five settings for only two pups? Brace yourself for some coil-tapping…
First, we’ll check out the neck, which is (painted) maple with a rosewood board, and has been rendered eternally warp-proof – in theory at least – by Vigier’s 10/90 system: put simply, a solid carbon-fibre core instead of an adjustable truss rod.
刻度长度为630毫米，只是一个比吉布森长的水流，套管具有明确的现代半径，仅为304毫米（12∫）。有一个零褶皱，实际上由六个人的“鞍座”形成，所以可以在磨损的情况下逐一更换。
你可能会说这是邦克斯;我们不可能评论。在后面是一个铁氟龙螺母，而篮板具有PRS样不对称形状，并在每侧上握住三个锁定调谐器。
In use
The German-made Amber humbuckers have been custom-voiced for this guitar, and the bridge pickup wastes little time in transforming the GV Rock’s richly resonant and cultured acoustic tone into a festival of snarl. It’s got lots of punch, and – the bit you really can’t miss – much more brightness than a conventionally voiced ‘bucker or P-90.
The tone control does little to tame the spikiness until it’s close to fully off, which is disappointing, but it’s not going to be an issue for most rock players: if you like the chunkiness of Les Pauls, but crave something with a more aggressive top end, here it is.
正如你所期望的那样，颈部皮卡更胖，更顺畅，但不是那么多 - 感谢枫木顶部和皮卡的疲软，攻击仍然有很多叮咬。堆在正确的放大器和您的广泛领域的铅运行中的增益将保持清晰，并在所有六个字符串上点击。
再次休息，你可能会惊讶于光滑的爵士音调。无论哪种方式，你的手指都会感谢您选择这种简单的颈部才能显示出来：它足以让人感觉像长大的吉他，中等大小的褶皱是无可挑剔的。
One thing the GV Rock can’t give you is the sound of two humbuckers at once, because all three of the middle settings put it into single-coil mode. We’re now dealing with something closer to a Telecaster than a Les Paul: the overall output level is markedly lower, while the transparency and sparkle are higher.
In fact, in the middle position it’s brighter than my US Standard Tele, if not as clucky in character, with just a wee bit less bottom end.
The neck pickup in single-coil mode comes across as being extremely refined, displaying a soft spot for funk, while the bridge unit works well with a Tube Screamer for mid-gain crunchy riffing. Add metallic levels of distortion and it will pay you back with just about as much trebly sting as the human ear can take – which might be just what you need to cut through a sludgy mix.
You’re unlikely to fall properly in love with any of these coil-tapped tones, though. Where they’ll probably find most use is as sweet rhythm sounds to sing over, before the humbuckers leap out of their box for the big solos.
主要特征
Vigier GV Rock
•Price£2,169（包括硬壳）
•描述Single-cutaway solidbody electric, made in France
•BuildAlder body with maple top; maple bolt-on neck with 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
•HardwarePinier固定桥梁和尾部，Schaller锁定调谐器
•电气琥珀色的'摇滚'Humbuckers采用五通交换机和主卷/音调控制
•Scale length630mm / 24.8“
•颈部宽度42mm在螺母，第12次52mm
•Neck Depth在第一个FRET 19.5mm，第12次饰品23毫米
•字符串间距35mm at nut, 52mm at bridge
•Weight3.8kg / 8.4磅
•左撇子No
•饰面红色，绿色，黄色，黑色（所有亚光）;琥珀色，黑色，勃艮第，金，珍珠白
•Contact高科技分布01722 410002
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