Vline - Guitare lap steel en forme d'épée - - Electric guitar

Bought 40 years ago from Vincent BERTON personally in his workshop in Charente, a few days before his disappearance, this is his last guitar.

Guitarists: Steve Lukather, Billy Gibbons, etc....
An exceptional model, extremely rare.
It is coming back from a shoproom undergoes revision with the luthier

Info for Metin Levi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTQhg32lu4c

The VLine brand (often written V Line) gathers avant-garde electric guitars and basses created in France in the early 1980s by luthier Vincent Berton (based in Chalais).

Origins and designer

• Vincent Berton: Innovative French luthier and protegé of the famous manufacturer James Trussart.
• Extreme artisanal fabrication: Berton handmade every detail of his instruments from solid brass blocks (knobs, bridges, control plates, hinges) and designed his own hidden pickups in resin-bodied or composite materials.
• Rare production: The total production is estimated between 24 and 100 unique instruments worldwide.

Iconic models and creations

• The Rifle Guitar: Created in September 1976 for Johnny Hallyday in anticipation of his show at the Palais des Sports in Paris (on the song “La bagarre”). It ultimately served only during rehearsals, as Johnny had trouble getting off his motorcycle with the instrument.
• Notable models:
• The Bargeload (sword-shaped)
• Concorde (played by Laurent Voulzy)
• Salomé (lyre-shaped)
• Astaroth (aquarium or pin-up variants)

End of the story

Vincent Berton also filed patents (notably on a locking vibrato system). His career was abruptly cut short by his death (suicide) in the mid-1990s. Their sculptural forms and rarity today make them highly sought-after collector’s pieces.