Zero Fret

[Chris]

Hey Patrice, what made you decide to use a zero fret?  I'm assuming it's to give open strings the same tone as fretted strings, but if there's another reason, I'd like to know.

[Ben]

The Zero Fret also determines string height and helps reduce friction as the strings move over the nut while using the trem; this helps the tuning stability.

[1Patrice Vigier]

Ben replied righ.

[Chris]

Is the zero fret the same height as the others, or a little higher?  It seems with a standard guitar neck, you'd want it a little higher if it's helping determine string height, but you don't exactly use normal necks :)

[VigierUSA]

The zero frets are ever so slightly taller than the other frets, and are set looser in their espective fret slots. The zero frets are also made from a harder material as the regular frets. One added benefit is that the zero fret on a Vigier guitar is a user-replaceable item. The owner can replace a worn zero fret and restore the guitar to it's original setup and playability, and do so quite easily.

[bytor]

What guage fret wire is the zero fret?

[1Patrice Vigier]

width is 2,70 mmHeight 1,00 mm

[Chris]

This is actually one of the things that's got me really interested in Vigier, as NOBODY else uses one.

[1Patrice Vigier]

The zero fret is the best system I found. I did not created that, just improved it.