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A very short history of Agile LPs


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Below is a very short(un authorised) history of the Agile LP style guitars that I put together for someone on a another forum. This is all info I gathered from this and other forums pertaining to the early models of Agile LPs. If anyone has any other information to contribute or any corrections to what I have written below please post them.

 

Kurt Zentmaier ,the owner of Rondo Music first started importing Les Paul Copies under the Agile trademark name in 1999.These guitars had a distinctive headstock exclusive to the Agile name and were only sold by Rondo Music. The 1st Model was the LP 2000. After receiving many requests for models with upgraded features he designed the model LP 2500 and later the LP 2800.These models were available from around 2000-2003.

 

Starting around the summer of 2003 there were some changes to the Agile line.First the model series name changed from LP to AL.Soon after that the body changed a little,most notably the horn became blunter.Finally the headstock was changed to a new design. I believe These changes all happened in late 2003.

 

Of course there were alot of changes to the other Agile guitars as well so I will include below some photos I have found on the internet of original Agiles made 1999-2003.

 

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FlameLP2500.jpg

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Interesting. I remember the early Agiles and figured legal pressure was

largely behind the body and headstock design changes. A little too close.

 

But that being said, interesting. I don't remember the Hamer Standard

(explorer) types.

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Interesting. I remember the early Agiles and figured legal pressure was

largely behind the body and headstock design changes. A little too close.


But that being said, interesting. I don't remember the Hamer Standard

(explorer) types.

 

Yeah The Ghost I

 

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I remember Kurt being contacted by Gibson regarding the headstock shape and horn hence the change. Also I'm sure Ric's lawyers gave Kurt a call about the Agile knockoff. I bought my AL2500 when they were closing out the mustache headstock shape. Oh yeah, I just remembered that Agile used to have SG that was very close in body shape to the Gibson. That's before they went to the Daliesque SG shape they have now.

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Here is my boy's first generation AD2500:

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My First generation AL-2500:

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My AL-2800 rounded horn but original headstock:

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My son's first generation Ghost:

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My Original Hornet with GFS Crusader pups. Deadly axe:

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Ghost, Strat (forgot model#),AD2500,AL2500,AL2800,Hornet:)

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Here is my first generation AD2500:

camera01-14-10040.jpg

My First generation AL-2500:

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My AL-2800 rounded horn but original headstock:

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My son's first generation Ghost:

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Ghost, Strat (forgot model#),AD2500,AL2500,AL2800,Hornet:)

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Thats an awesome contribution to our book.Thanks man!

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