Stock Agile AL 3100

[MAXIFUNK]

Question has any of you gents ever had a bad experience with an Agile guitar?

 

[Eric]

Question has any of you gents ever had a bad experience with an Agile guitar?

Umm...not bad, necessarily. I've left mine hanging on the wall recently while I try to recalibrate myself to my Godin. I picked up the Agile again last night to try it out, and was reminded that it is one heavy SOB, even by LP standards. Also, I really do like the Seymour Duncan pickups in my Godin a lot more. They seem to respond better to volume and tone adjustments.

So no, not really a bad experience, though now that I've been 'seeing someone else', the weaknesses of the Agile are a little more apparent. It's still a crazy good deal for $400 or whatever they cost.

 

[ZMAN]

Nice looking guitar! I have had an AL-3000 goldtop for about 4 years now and it is a very nice guitar. It stays in tune well, the P-90's are great and the guitar is overall surprisingly nice for the $369 retail price.

I like the 3100's but I can't get past the feeling that an inlay on the 1st fret would screw me up!

Here's a pic of mine:

I have a couple of P90 guitars and I was wondering what your Agile sounds like noise wise? My Gold top by Vintage guitars is said to have "Stacked p90s" which is suposed to suppress noise but they are quite noisey. Humm cancelling in the middle pos. though. I do use a lot of high gain amps though.

 

[Duffy]

Pickups

Both of my P90 guitars are noisy, except the tele that is noise cancelling in the middle pickup switch position. Seymour Duncan, no affln., makes a supposedly quiet noiseless version. Probably well worth the money. Gibson does too I think, but I don't know if they are a retail item.

 

[marnold]

eichann, if I were to get an Agile, it would be one just like yours. Very sharp. I like the idea of P90s even though I'm not a big fan of noise.

 

[Duffy]

Agile

I agree with Marnold, in terms of getting an LP with P90's. I'd get the Agile Gold Top LP with P90's, definitely instead of the Epiphone. I really like P90 tone but the noise gets heavy under increasing gain, pedals, etc. That's why I prefer my one that noise cancels in the middle position.

I would like to get some noise cancelling P90's that still retain the characteristic sound. I would probably trust Seymour Duncan, no affln.

That is a beautiful Gold Top Agile. Also, I miss my GM110 that was stolen from me about two years ago along with a Highway One and a Gibson Faded SG. That GM110 was cool. I'd like to get a new one but they are hard to find new now.

 

[ZMAN]

I have had a Gibson SG with P90s for over 40 years, and it doesn't sound half as noisey as the stacked P90s by Wilkinson.
My only reservation about the Agile GT is the triple body binding. That just does not look good on a gold top. Different yes, but regular binding would be enough.

 

[eichaan]

P-90 etc.

Thanks for the nice comments. I don't personally find the P-90's to be noisy, and as an earlier poster mentioned they are hum cancelling in the middle position. Part of the reason for me is that I usually play on the middle setting at low volume (4 on the guitar) only raising the volume on bridge if I want a more trebly sound or neck if I want something fuller for leads. There is little problem that way.

My first Agile was an AL-2500 goldtop that got a crack on the scarf joint under the headstock after about 10 months. I drove over to Rondo (they still had the store in NJ then) and Kurt accepted it back with no problem. Then I played about 10 guitars before finding this AL-3000. And since I had a $200 credit from returning the first guitar, this only cost me $169. So I would have no hesitation buying another Agile--they take care of their customers.

 

[Zorba]

AL-3100 Spalded Root Beer

Just received my AL-3100 spalded root beer.....I love it. It arrived with a flawless finish, ready to play(no set-up necessary) and sounds great. This guitar looks even better than those on Rondo's website. I have been reading about Agile guitars for some time and for the price I couldn't go wrong. I've been an accoustic guy for some years playing a '71 Martin D-28 but wanted to have some fun with the electric. Rondo Music came through. Thanks to everyone who provided information on Agile. I'll post pics when I can figure out how to do it!

 

[Tig]

Just received my AL-3100 spalded root beer.....I love it. It arrived with a flawless finish, ready to play(no set-up necessary) and sounds great. This guitar looks even better than those on Rondo's website. I have been reading about Agile guitars for some time and for the price I couldn't go wrong. I've been an accoustic guy for some years playing a '71 Martin D-28 but wanted to have some fun with the electric. Rondo Music came through. Thanks to everyone who provided information on Agile. I'll post pics when I can figure out how to do it!

I was very temped by the spalted rootbeer 3100. Nice to find they are better than even on the website.

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