Members lenduffy Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I'm looking for a Semi Hollow Body 335 clone...and this looks like a nice guitar for the money. Has anyone played one or own one? B70 Bigsby tremolo This guitar features a beautiful lightly flamed Maple top with Flame Maple back The AS-1000 is equipped with two Type-V Alnico humbucker pickups for great sound The alnicos give the AS-1000 a warm traditional sound, vs. ceramic pickups which have a brighter, hotter output Die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio for ultra fine tuning The AS-1000 features a Ebony Fretboard without inlays for a sleek look Set in Maple neck, 22 jumbo 2.7mm frets, graphite nut Sound is controlled via two volume and two tone controls (speed knobs) and a 3-way pickup selector switch Nickle hardware including stop bar tailpiece Beautifully Transparent Black finish with bound neck and headstock and multi-bound body Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8" ; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16" Overall length, including the strap button: 42"; Scale length: 24.3/4" Width at the widest point: 17" Body thickness 1 3/4" at edge Actual Weight is only 7.5 lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stewiesguitar Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 i haven't played one but i have heard a lot of good things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I've got an older AS-820. It's a pretty decent guitar. I swapped out the stock pickups, pots, caps, and switch. The stockers weren't terrible, but the pickups were too hot for the guitar, IMO. The guitar plays good and sounds good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I've got an older AS-820. It's a pretty decent guitar. I swapped out the stock pickups, pots, caps, and switch. The stockers weren't terrible, but the pickups were too hot for the guitar, IMO. The guitar plays good and sounds good though. Nice. I didn't know you had one of those. You never mention it. I like those better than the new ones. The amputated horns look goofy to me. (yes, I know it's shallow but it's honest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 Nice. I didn't know you had one of those. You never mention it. I like those better than the new ones. The amputated horns look goofy to me. (yes, I know it's shallow but it's honest) I've had it for about 6 or 7 years. Wife bought it for me for Christmas. I don't gig it very often because, well, I'm just not a semi kind of guy most of the time. I use it for recordings fairly often though. I had wanted a semi for a while and when that one came up at Rondo, I sent a link to the wife, just telling her that I wouldn't mind having it. That was around August. I sort of let it go after that and forgot about. Christmas rolled around, and that was one of my gifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joecool1963 Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 had one like Pete... It played great and sounded good. I never got used to the body size or shape... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lenduffy Posted April 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 It looks like for the same coin I could get a Hagstrom Viking...hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lenduffy Posted April 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I actually like the horns on the newer Agile...kinds Gretsch like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members germanicus2112 Posted April 5, 2010 Members Share Posted April 5, 2010 I have an as1000 but without the bigsby. Solid guitar. Havent felt the need to swap anything on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted April 6, 2010 Members Share Posted April 6, 2010 It looks like for the same coin I could get a Hagstrom Viking...hmmm. you should do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted April 6, 2010 Members Share Posted April 6, 2010 It looks like for the same coin I could get a Hagstrom Viking...hmmm. Based on looks alone and if they are similar in price, I'd go with the Hag. I have a Deluxe F that plays incredibly well but I had one of the 600 series and that sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lenduffy Posted April 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2010 you should do this. I did this.... got if for less than the agile, brand new, on the bay. I love that "make an offer" feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tkdterry Posted November 5, 2010 Members Share Posted November 5, 2010 Hi I just got mine from rondo music & I love it! It as set up almost perfect right out of the box. For the price you can't beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted November 5, 2010 Members Share Posted November 5, 2010 That Agile looks nice and the fact that it's 7.5 pounds is great. Gibson ES 335's are up in the 8.5+ range these days. I've seen Agiles reviewed in two unlikely sources recently (Vintage Guitar and...I can't remember the other pub). They continue to amaze reviewers although they always conclude with something like "great for a first guitar, a backup, or set up for slide..." Reviewers can't bring themselves to saying "hey, this makes a great guitar for anyone who doesn't care about exotic rainforest timbers or the name on the headstock..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted November 5, 2010 Members Share Posted November 5, 2010 I find a lot of es335s sound like cardboard when played unplugged, including some Gibsons. That said I bought my as820 from Rondo bc it played and sounded great. Nothing like an Epi dot. Maybe it's less "ES335" like then? Dunno, but it's a great guitar for the money. My Ibanez Artcore is decent too actually, but I prefer my Agile. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted November 5, 2010 Members Share Posted November 5, 2010 I find a lot of es335s sound like cardboard when played unplugged, including some Gibsons. Try an ES339 if you can find one. Really loud and zingy unplugged and the plugged sound is downright gnarly. My ES335 is quite lively acoustically, but I know what you are saying. They can be dark and slightly muted even when amplified. That's not necessarily a bad thing--depending on you style--but there is a lot of variation from one to the next. I wouldn't buy an ES339 sight unseen unless I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted November 5, 2010 Members Share Posted November 5, 2010 Not to take anything away from Agile, but if you need to sell resale on the Hagstrom will be much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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