Members Tupelo Son Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Have spent the past 2 hours or so thrashing away on my new Agile AD-201 TS. Good: This is alot of guitar for $250....not in parts mind you, but in overall build quality. The neck is about the same as a 60's slim taper, 1-11/16" nut, guesstimate 11"/12" radius, very comfy, excellent fretwork(medium), slight buzz on the open bottom E string. flawless finish, can't detect any seams on the body(might be one piece but I think these are advertised as 3 piece?). Comes in at a hefty 9 lbs. but doesn't feel that heavy, very well balanced, real Grover tuners and nicely cut "graphite" nut. No complaints about how it plays.... Bad: Granted p90 guitars are supposed to be noisy. This one is too noisy.....250k mini-pots, shoddy wiring(the jack & switch are fine I think), simple wraparound tailpiece bridge w/adjusment screws. It's impossible to get this thing intonated properly. Would probably be fine for someone that plays mostly notes...I play mostly chords and they have to sound in tune damnit....I'm undecided about the pickups. They don't suck. I've order a RS Guitarworks LP Jr. upgrade kit for it(500k pots & a Jenson .22 cap, cloth wire), and also ordered a RS 100V .22 cap in case I don't like the Jenson. I'm going to wait and see how it sounds after rewiring before deciding if I'll keep the pickups. And I'm definitely swapping out the bridge as soon as I decide what to replace it with. Might stick a bone nut in there too.... Overall a pretty badass guitar. I'm satisfied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Wow lots of NGDs on the forums the past couple days! That one is pretty sweet. I love dot inlays with binding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 I like those and have been tempted to check one out myself. While you're doing all the wiring work, do some shielding. Should quiet thing sup considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted January 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 I love dot inlays with binding. Yeah, that's one thing that immediately caught my attention. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted January 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 While you're doing all the wiring work, do some shielding. Should quiet thing sup considerably. Yup, will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Overall a pretty badass guitar. I'm satisfied Might a suggest a badass bridge, then? Congrats and HNGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oldskool Texas Posted January 14, 2010 Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 I don't care for the pickguard, but you could put a pair of P-90s and a wraparound tailpiece on a 2 X 4, and I'd play it! HNGD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted January 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2010 Might a suggest a badass bridge, then? Congrats and HNGD. I have a badass style bridge that I was going to try on this but it's too tall and the radius is way different. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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