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Vox Virage DC £2095
Simultaneously futuristic and classic; a versatile new design from Vox
Dave Burrluck, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 10:22 am UTC
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User comments (6)
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I like this one except I would prefer the body left natural wood with a \z\ clear varnish and split wiring so I could plug each pick-up into a separate amplifier like my good old 1962 Hofner Verithin. If you offered me a straight swap I just might be tempted for half a minute.
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I've had my DC now for a few weeks and can't put it down. I love the attention to detail and the huge range of tonal colours. The mode switches are perfectly placed to hit without looking while playing. This ones a keeper!
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The pickups look best on the sunburst model. I agree that they look wrong on the white version though.
The guitar is a work of art, and it plays great too. It's one of those guitars that, for me, just 'fits' straight away. It's maybe not for everyone though. I love it! -
Great sounding guitar, I agree with Guitarnoize about the switching. Looks good too apart from the pick-ups which to me look out of place and just wrong.
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Stunning guitar but the switching really puts me off, first of all the 2 3-way selectors look out of place and clumsy and secondly it looks too fiddly surely there must have been a more elegant solution than this?
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Pros
Stunning design. Light weight. Acoustic resonance. Wide range of classic sounds.
Cons
Higher price than we’d expect. Control knobs/switches hard to tweak quickly.
Verdict
The Virage DC salutes the ES-335 by creating a fabulously carved solidwood design that, via unique pickups, is one of the most versatile electrics we’ve ever played.
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Virage DC
- Price:
- £2095
- Country of Origin:
- Japan
- Available Finish:
- Ash Blonde, Black
- Body Binding:
- Bound edges
- Case Included:
- true
- Guitar Body Material:
- Ash
- Hardware:
- Vox Full Contact aluminium bridge, Vox enclosed tuners with contoured buttons
- Left Handed Model Available:
- false
- Neck Material:
- Mahogany
- No. of Frets:
- 22
- Nut Material:
- Bone
- Options:
- Honduran Mahogany (Cherry/Black) & Ash Top/Mahogany back
- Year of Origin:
- 2008
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