Guitar Gal
November 11th, 2007, 02:40 PM
I've been looking at these Agile LP copies for awhile now and finally pulled the trigger when I saw a slim profile neck in the natural spalted maple. Here are the specs:
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret is 17mm and 21mm at the 12th fret. (vs: 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5mm at the 12th fret for the standard AL-3000 model)
High quality Spalted Canadian Maple Top (100% real wood top-not a photo top!)
Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
The AL-3100 comes with improved wiring (4 conductor), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Mother-Of-Pearl Trapezodial inlays
The AL-3100 features GHS strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut bone nut
A pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster for those who prefer graphite
Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs
I've only had it a few days, but I can't put it down.....the stock pickups are warm and full sounding. It also sounds great unplugged. It's a guitar that sounds great and makes me want to play more! The slim profile neck fits my smaller hands perfectly. It has MOP inlays instead of the abalone inlays on the AL-3000's. I took off the pickguard to show more of the spalt. It is by far my heaviest guitar and weighs all of the 10 lbs stated on the specs, but since I am a casual player, the weight is not an issue for me.
And now for what you really want.....I'm not much of a photographer, but here are a couple of pics:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p77/Yogacat579/IMG_0230.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p77/Yogacat579/IMG_0225.jpg
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret is 17mm and 21mm at the 12th fret. (vs: 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5mm at the 12th fret for the standard AL-3000 model)
High quality Spalted Canadian Maple Top (100% real wood top-not a photo top!)
Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
The AL-3100 comes with improved wiring (4 conductor), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Mother-Of-Pearl Trapezodial inlays
The AL-3100 features GHS strings installed at the factory and a professionally cut bone nut
A pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster for those who prefer graphite
Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs
I've only had it a few days, but I can't put it down.....the stock pickups are warm and full sounding. It also sounds great unplugged. It's a guitar that sounds great and makes me want to play more! The slim profile neck fits my smaller hands perfectly. It has MOP inlays instead of the abalone inlays on the AL-3000's. I took off the pickguard to show more of the spalt. It is by far my heaviest guitar and weighs all of the 10 lbs stated on the specs, but since I am a casual player, the weight is not an issue for me.
And now for what you really want.....I'm not much of a photographer, but here are a couple of pics:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p77/Yogacat579/IMG_0230.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p77/Yogacat579/IMG_0225.jpg