Cool Jam

[ericguitar]

Originally posted by bob-ingram


Nah, the "beater" would be this guy....



I'm thinking of this one only because it looks so cool. Les Paul TV model copy. I might add a seond P-90 Pu too.

I was looking at that guitar online. I'd love to get that if my wife lets me.

[bob-ingram]

Originally posted by ericguitar


I was looking at that guitar online. I'd love to get that if my wife lets me.

LOL. the key is to not let your wife know how many of what type of guitars you have. I have a stack lined up in my littel room downstairs. She'll never know if I get another.

[ericguitar]

Originally posted by bob-ingram


LOL. the key is to not let your wife know how many of what type of guitars you have. I have a stack lined up in my littel room downstairs. She'll never know if I get another.

Bob...excellent idea. I keep all my stuff in the garage. i'll just say well...my friend didn't want it anymore so he sold it to me for $20.

[bob-ingram]

Originally posted by ericguitar


Bob...excellent idea. I keep all my stuff in the garage. i'll just say well...my friend didn't want it anymore so he sold it to me for $20.

No, don't lie, you'll get caught in that. Put it in the garage with the others, then months later if she asks, "Haven't you ever seen that one? I've had it for ever."

[ericguitar]

Originally posted by bob-ingram


No, don't lie, you'll get caught in that. Put it in the garage with the others, then months later if she asks, "Haven't you ever seen that one? I've had it for ever."

Good one! Bob it's nice to meet another player who likes guitars that aren't over $500. If it's a good piece of wood, other faults can be fixed. I love the look of the Junior but can't go and pay $4K for one.

[bob-ingram]

Originally posted by ericguitar


Good one! Bob it's nice to meet another player who likes guitars that aren't over $500. If it's a good piece of wood, other faults can be fixed. I love the look of the Junior but can't go and pay $4K for one.

I've been playing a long time, long enough to know that a guitar is jut a piece of wood with strings (Les Paul quote, not mine).

I have a few expensive guitars, but I don't find them better than the cheeps one's. I'm thinking of making a trip to Rondo next week, work load depending, to check out these Agile's. This blue quilt (remember that? at the beginning of the thread). is really nice looking.

[Axeslinger]

Well I finaly got an opportunity today to spend some time dialing in the intonation, adjusting the neck relief, etc. etc. Got her setup the way I like and had time to get acclimated...

This guitar is growing on me very very fast.. Like i said in an earlier post.. I had a Raven RP300 very recently.. The Raven was a decent enough LP knockoff but the Agile is a couple notches above the Raven easily.
I was paranoid that my wife ordered me an instrument but reguardless of the outcome wouldn't have said a word because she not only does NOT complain about the amount of time I spend with my instruments but actually encourages me and took enough of an interest to purchase me an instrument!! For that I will be enternally gratefull!!
So,,had the Agile turned out to be POS I would still have cherished it as much as my fav for those reasons but the real capper is this is an EXCELLENT guitar!!:eek:
I have a large magnifying glass I use for fret work.. I've been over every square inch of this guitar and have yet to find a flaw..
The vol pots are smooth. Volume increases are smooth rather than a sudden burst.. It plays well and sounds good to my old ears My biggest complaint is,, it is my only NON Floyd guitar with the exception of my Strats that have standard trems on them so, I am constantly reaching for the trem arm

None the less,, This one is a keeper

[ericguitar]

Originally posted by Axeslinger
Well I finaly got an opportunity today to spend some time dialing in the intonation, adjusting the neck relief, etc. etc. Got her setup the way I like and had time to get acclimated...

This guitar is growing on me very very fast.. Like i said in an earlier post.. I had a Raven RP300 very recently.. The Raven was a decent enough LP knockoff but the Agile is a couple notches above the Raven easily.
I was paranoid that my wife ordered me an instrument but reguardless of the outcome wouldn't have said a word because she not only does NOT complain about the amount of time I spend with my instruments but actually encourages me and took enough of an interest to purchase me an instrument!! For that I will be enternally gratefull!!
So,,had the Agile turned out to be POS I would still have cherished it as much as my fav for those reasons but the real capper is this is an EXCELLENT guitar!!:eek:
I have a large magnifying glass I use for fret work.. I've been over every square inch of this guitar and have yet to find a flaw..
The vol pots are smooth. Volume increases are smooth rather than a sudden burst.. It plays well and sounds good to my old ears My biggest complaint is,, it is my only NON Floyd guitar with the exception of my Strats that have standard trems on them so, I am constantly reaching for the trem arm

None the less,, This one is a keeper

Axe, you are a lucky man to have such a supportive wife. My wife almost left me for buying a guitar from the money my dad gave me for my 30th birthday.

[Smokey]

Nice guitar, and it goes with the furniture too !

[bob-ingram]

Originally posted by Axeslinger
Well I finaly got an opportunity today to spend some time dialing in the intonation, adjusting the neck relief, etc. etc. Got her setup the way I like and had time to get acclimated...

This guitar is growing on me very very fast.. Like i said in an earlier post.. I had a Raven RP300 very recently.. The Raven was a decent enough LP knockoff but the Agile is a couple notches above the Raven easily.
I was paranoid that my wife ordered me an instrument but reguardless of the outcome wouldn't have said a word because she not only does NOT complain about the amount of time I spend with my instruments but actually encourages me and took enough of an interest to purchase me an instrument!! For that I will be enternally gratefull!!
So,,had the Agile turned out to be POS I would still have cherished it as much as my fav for those reasons but the real capper is this is an EXCELLENT guitar!!:eek:
I have a large magnifying glass I use for fret work.. I've been over every square inch of this guitar and have yet to find a flaw..
The vol pots are smooth. Volume increases are smooth rather than a sudden burst.. It plays well and sounds good to my old ears My biggest complaint is,, it is my only NON Floyd guitar with the exception of my Strats that have standard trems on them so, I am constantly reaching for the trem arm

None the less,, This one is a keeper

Thanks for the great report. It's especally nice when our wives are supportive of our hobbies/obsessions. I try to be supportive of what my wife likes to do with her spare time also.

Enjoy it, I'll let you know if I decide to get one of these too, I'm getting close.

[Kool_Aid]

I've got one of the '03 Cherry Sunburst models, and it's got the good Grover tuners.........does the blue one have those?

[Axeslinger]

Yes, The Blue Quilt does have the Grover tuners..

[ranalli]

I'm usually don't make the hop to the veterans forum but Bob I. said there was a post here regarding these and I had to take a look. I think I'm going to grab one of these guitars now....thanks Axeslinger for the picture and review!!!!

One more question....I have an Epi LP custom...the only thing I really didn't like about it was the cheapo plastic nut would kill the tuning after bends and stuff....how is the nut on this guitar??

Also do you have any pics of the back of the guitar by any chance?? Is that binding I see on the headstock??? Looks yummy and very comparable to an Epi which is a good buy for the most part...

Thanks again

[kurtzentmaier]

Gentlemen, I don’t mean to intrude, but might I ask a question?

We are considering offering these guitars with Alnico pickups. I notice there is some discussion about the overall quality of the pickups here. (inclusing some wiring blunders, sorry about that!) Currently we put on generic Ceramic hums, we could upgrade to alnico for about $15 more. Should we bother, or should we leave the pickup upgrade to the user and keep the price as low as possible? Your opinions please?

Kurt
Rondo Music

[ranalli]

Originally posted by kurtzentmaier
Gentlemen, I don’t mean to intrude, but might I ask a question?

We are considering offering these guitars with Alnico pickups. I notice there is some discussion about the overall quality of the pickups here. (inclusing some wiring blunders, sorry about that!) Currently we put on generic Ceramic hums, we could upgrade to alnico for about $15 more. Should we bother, or should we leave the pickup upgrade to the user and keep the price as low as possible? Your opinions please?

Kurt
Rondo Music

I have not bought one of these guitars yet so obviously I can't attest to the quality of the current pickups but other than that I would say "no" only for the fact that most people swap out pickups anyway on even the most expensive of guitars just cause it's a matter of taste....not necessarily quality. I would much rather get a guitar that had good fit/finish/fretwork with cheapo pickups than a guitar wiht good pickups and some other things lacking. But again, that's just my opinion. You're guitars look like a great alternative to Epi, Kurt. I think you will be hearing from me soon.

[bob-ingram]

Originally posted by kurtzentmaier
Gentlemen, I don’t mean to intrude, but might I ask a question?

We are considering offering these guitars with Alnico pickups. I notice there is some discussion about the overall quality of the pickups here. (inclusing some wiring blunders, sorry about that!) Currently we put on generic Ceramic hums, we could upgrade to alnico for about $15 more. Should we bother, or should we leave the pickup upgrade to the user and keep the price as low as possible? Your opinions please?

Kurt
Rondo Music

Kurt,

No intrusion, I'm glad you're hear to discuss things like this, you may have notice that I bought my first electric guitar from you in 1963, a Danelectro for $35. Thanks for getting me started.

IMO I'd pay the extra money for the alnico PU's if the sound quality is better, but I'm kinda a different animal. All my guitars came with PU's so I don't buy aftermarket PU's. (LOL). There's no way of knowing what the new PU's will sound like, so I evaluate the guitar off the shelf, if it sounds good, I buy it, if it doesn't, I don't, simple.

Hope to see you later this month, do you still have sax repair done? I need mine checked out.

[Kool_Aid]

What I would really like to see is an Agile Gold Top.

Any chance of that happening?

[kurtzentmaier]

We can do any color, but I need to know we can sell quite a few, otherwise i will loose my shirt on the production run.

Also, yes, we do sax repair (but for walk in customers only). We have a pretty good guy (with us for about 20 years now). But he brings all the work home with him, and does not do anthing here.

Kurt

[PrimeMover]

Hey Kurt.... good to see you here.

My new baby is treating me just fine...no complaints.

As far as the pickup thing goes, I don't have a problem with the pickups that are already in the guitar... just the same, I don't think an extra $15 is going to turn anyone off...it would still be $100 to $200 less than the guitars that seriously compete with these in the marketplace. I'd be willing to bet that you'd stand to gain customers rather than lose them by making the switch.

[captain_rusty]

Kurt,

This Agile range is apparently really great value, and I'd be sorely tempted if I lived on your side of the Atlantic, just on the basis of the reviews in this thread.
Just for the record, do you have some kind of international shipping process, and if so, what does it add to the cost??

Thanks a lot

PS. My 2cts - I'd pay $15 more for the alnicos...