Agile Guitars

stephenshields2

Has anyone used one of these Agile guitars??

http://www.rondomusic.com/electricguitar-ss7.html

They look like great value for money...

Ross Mc

stephenshields2 wrote: »

Has anyone used one of these Agile guitars??

http://www.rondomusic.com/electricguitar-ss7.html

They look like great value for money...

they certainly do look good but i would be unsure about quality since sx are part of the same company and personally i think they suck big time

rcaz

Aw sweet! http://www.rondomusic.com/product1129.html

Mataguri

They are talked about quite highly over on the Harmony Central forums and Sevenstring.org. I really like the look of this fanned fret 7, pity the pickup isnt slanted http://www.rondomusic.com/pendulum7bloodb.html

stephenshields2

Ross Mc wrote: »

they certainly do look good but i would be unsure about quality since sx are part of the same company and personally i think they suck big time

Yeah but theres SX, then Douglas guitars, and then Agile guitars, and apparently each brand is of a slightly higher quality. Agile make some amazing looking 7 string neck thru guitars...

And Im looking for people that have actually played Agile guitars, so I can get a real idea of what they're like!

stephenshields2

Mataguri wrote: »

They are talked about quite highly over on the Harmony Central forums and Sevenstring.org. I really like the look of this fanned fret 7, pity the pickup isnt slanted http://www.rondomusic.com/pendulum7bloodb.html

Wow, what the hell is the deal with the frets on that??? :eek:

Mataguri

stephenshields2 wrote: »

Wow, what the hell is the deal with the frets on that??? :eek:

Its a multiscale guitar starting at 25.5" on the high E going to 27" on the low B. This creates a guitar with balanced tone and string tension. Pianos work in a similar way:



Its not a huge issue for 6 string guitars but on 7,8 and 9 string guitars its a great way of adding tension to the lower strings that would otherwise just be flopping around. I love this one:

stephenshields2

No way, I have to play a guitar like that, it looks amazing!!

How much different is it to playing a normal guitar?

Mataguri

stephenshields2 wrote: »

No way, I have to play a guitar like that, it looks amazing!!

How much different is it to playing a normal guitar?

I am still yet to play one myself but apparently it feels very natural and comfortable and only takes a few minutes to adjust too.

Ross Mc

stephenshields2 wrote: »

Yeah but theres SX, then Douglas guitars, and then Agile guitars, and apparently each brand is of a slightly higher quality. Agile make some amazing looking 7 string neck thru guitars...

And Im looking for people that have actually played Agile guitars, so I can get a real idea of what they're like!

yeah true, i just don't like sx ha ha:P

ride-the-spiral

I've always heard brilliant things about Agile over on Ultimate-guitar and Sevenstring.org. Can't say I have ever played one but they seem highly recommended.

Malice

I'm hoping someone here has played one of these.

Demeyes

Agile are not even made in the same place as SX if I recall correctly. Rondo just distribute them as well as the Brice and Douglas brands too. The Agile Les Pauls are very highly regarded online, and they are really good at catering for the niche Extended range market. They put some guitars into production based on interest from forums like sevenstring.org. For the money they are pretty great. I got one and even with the added cost of a case, shipping and customs it worked out at a good price.

I'm hoping someone here has played one of these.

I have an Intrepid. It's a pretty nice guitar, the stock pickups aren't even that bad on it. The fretwork and build quality seems decent too, I've not had any problems with it in the 6 months I've been using it.

stephenshields2

Demeyes wrote: »

Agile are not even made in the same place as SX if I recall correctly. Rondo just distribute them as well as the Brice and Douglas brands too. The Agile Les Pauls are very highly regarded online, and they are really good at catering for the niche Extended range market. They put some guitars into production based on interest from forums like sevenstring.org. For the money they are pretty great. I got one and even with the added cost of a case, shipping and customs it worked out at a good price.

Any idea of the cost altogether?

Demeyes

stephenshields2 wrote: »

Any idea of the cost altogether?

I can't remember the exact costs now but I got a bolt-on model with 2 pickups which is kinda in the middle of the range. The shipping was only $70 and the case another $60. Customs was about 1/5th of the total I think. In the end I got it all for about €700. Some of the AL models are cheaper though so you could get them with less on customs and so you'd save more.

fracturedphase

shame i only seen this post now but i currently own the agile 727 tribal purple with duncan phase 1s and the quality of the guitars ar next to any esp

Gaspode

ooooh, look at all those lefties! Nice.