Vigier Arpege I V4F 1984 £1500 Spain

[mustafunk1 318]

For sale Vigier Arpege I

I think is from 1984, it has between neck and Fingerboard like a carbon or something see pictures ,is crazy to see things like this in 80's

Body : Walnut

Neck : Maple/Walnut 

Fingerboard : Synthetic Phenowood

Pickups : Benedetti

Comes with original case

serial number is 239

Edited March 2 by mustafunk1
SOLD

[fiatcoupe432 418]

@ped

[ped 6,879]

Nice bass indeed - the fingerboard has a brass laminate which ensures a very stable and flat neck. Good price too. 

[wright/watt 121]

Absolutely beautiful bass in fantastic condition.. STUNNING.

I think I need to go and speak to my Bank manager in my head!!! 

GLWTS🤟😃

[mustafunk1 318]

reserved!

[itu 1,032]

No wonder this beauty is already reserved... congrats to the new owner!

[Hellzero 4,479]

Excellent and rare basses. The bridge pickup is a new one. The "brass" laminate between the neck and fretboard is made of Delta Metal which is a brass type alloy, but not pure brass.

[mustafunk1 318]

52 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Excellent and rare basses. The bridge pickup is a new one. The "brass" laminate between the neck and fretboard is made of Delta Metal which is a brass type alloy, but not pure brass.

I find a bass like mine and it has the same pickups .

[ped 6,879]

34 minutes ago, mustafunk1 said:

I find a bass like mine and it has the same pickups .

The neck pickup on that one is a newer type. The early Arpege and Passion basses have the 'tabletop' shape pickup with exposed poles. You should swap the bridge pickups on these two so they both have matching sets!

[mustafunk1 318]

12 minutes ago, ped said:

The neck pickup on that one is a newer type. The early Arpege and Passion basses have the 'tabletop' shape pickup with exposed poles. You should swap the bridge pickups on these two so they both have matching sets!

No,im telling the other bass has the same pickups than mine,one is covered and other no.

[Hellzero 4,479]

On your bass, the bridge pickup is a new one. The neck pickup is the original one with visible pole pieces. There should be two identical to the neck pickup to be fully original and also the charger.

Here is one with the two original pickups.

And the original charger :

 

[wright/watt 121]

Ok Gentlemen..no worries on this front.. I knew it was not the original pick up when I purchased..All is well..Has taken me about ten years to find one.lol👊😃👊🤟😃

[CookPassBabtridge 103]

I’ve enjoyed seeing/reading this thread so thanks all. Which reminds me, I need to add my new(ish) Vigier to the Vigier thread! I shall resurrect it later...

Hope the new owner enjoys this bass, what a beaut. 

[Hellzero 4,479]

2 hours ago, wright/watt said:

Ok Gentlemen..no worries on this front.. I knew it was not the original pick up when I purchased..All is well..Has taken me about ten years to find one.lol👊😃👊🤟😃

It's a great bass at a great price and the pickup is just the new version of the excellent Benedetti (my favourite pickups brand with the Le Fay), so no big deal. And Mustapha is a very nice chap to deal with.

Enjoy your new bass.

[wright/watt 121]

Ironically enough Le Fay pickups in the Bassline Buster I'm selling, certainly fantastic pickups👍👍

33 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

It's a great bass at a great price and the pickup is just the new version of the excellent Benedetti (my favourite pickups brand with the Le Fay), so no big deal. And Mustapha is a very nice chap to deal with.

Enjoy your new bass.

 

[White Cloud 286]

Be still my beating heart. These are amongst the best basses ever built imho.

[Abjatar 12]

oh my god... i don't have a look in here for a few days first time in forever and along comes this one... would have been an immediate purchase... 

Congrats to the new owner!!! (give me a shout if you ever want to sell it 😉 )