Vik Duality 8 string run *CLOSED RUN*

[Alber7o]

Hasn't Envoy been a thing for a while though? I've certainly seen them around on Reverb and eBay for at least a year or two. Never fully understood why, but just assumed he just has a portion of his business that is less likely to raise alarms

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Yeah, I don't know. Those early pics and the tagged location (California) check out as far as being when Falbo was harboring him when he first moved to the US.

 

[Randy]

Hasn't Envoy been a thing for a while though? I've certainly seen them around on Reverb and eBay for at least a year or two. Never fully understood why, but just assumed he just has a portion of his business that is less likely to raise alarms

The previous stuff looked like one offs and variations of the Vik design, this is a straight up copy of his standard shape.

The last couple weeks have been teasing stuff like this and the body was seemingly the "big reveal"

 

[narad]

I love it when luthiers write a novel on the back of the headstock.

 

[MetalDestroyer]

Maybe vik said fuck it I’m too lazy to even pretend I’m gonna build these guitars anymore, here’s the rights to the shape and you pay me royalties

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Envoy = Vik

Again, probably trying to spin off another sub so when the cards eventually fall around his primary operation he's got something in the wings.

 

[jco5055]

he claims it's a "more streamline/affordable" version...if only he actually got someone else to build them (like a Fugijen situation) then they'd actually be available.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

No matter who builds it or how cheap it is, it's not worth supporting such a sleazeball thief.

 

[Nightside]

Yep. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, I say shoot it.

 

[aWoodenShip]

Maybe vik said fuck it I’m too lazy to even pretend I’m gonna build these guitars anymore, here’s the rights to the shape and you pay me royalties

Ooo what if he found an infinite money glitch where he just pays himself. Like that guy in Australia that sued himself for 300k and won.

 

[aWoodenShip]

How can you ghost build guitars you don't deliver lmao

I’d argue non-existent guitars are the easiest to ghost build. Hell I’m doing one right now even.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

If Vik is actually trying to hide under Envoy Guitars then he really should have used a design that wasn't instantly recognisable as Vik. I assume it's just a legal loophole rather than rebranding.

 

[ste vla jang]

he's back

 

[drmosh]

he's back

that was months ago

 

[Randy]

 

[JimF]

I still love that body shape, but WTF is going on with that headstock logo?!

 

[narad]

And even if that's a nice bridge, it's such a distraction on that body.

 

[Albake21]

I still love that body shape, but WTF is going on with that headstock logo?!

Reminds me of a James Tyler headstock or something. It looks awful.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

"We'll be sharing a booth with the amazing, handsome, huge cocked vikguitars who are just so smart and funny and by the way have you seen the schlong on me...I mean them. No homo!"

How many times do you think he double checked he was posting from the right account?

 

[Randy]

Reminds me of a James Tyler headstock or something. It looks awful.

The Tyler logo is at least themed like the logo becomes a pattern (like a Luis Vuitton purse). From a design perspective it makes sense.

This is just too big and the choice of font and random shapes/colors just doesn't work. Same logo in one color and smaller would be fine.