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Played a Tele and a Jaguar Blacktop today. The Jag just didn't feel right to me, especially the neck. It sounded OK, but nothing that grabbed me.
The Tele's neck was better, even though the fret ends needed to be filed down. It sounded almost the same as the Jag, as you might expect. For the money, they are just OK. I think the Squier CV's are higher quality, according to my hands and eyes, but the pickup configuration makes then too different to compare tones.
Edit: The jag's rosewood fingerboard is what felt wrong. Fretting notes and bending felt akward to my fingertips. Not sure why. YMMV
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Then, I made a mistake as I was leaving... The local shop has 4 PRS 25th Anniversary SE Custom 24's on sale at $450! That's $200 less than any online price. So, I played one. Dang, everything felt right. Its looks are stunning, and it sounded much better than the Blacktops. Ack!
I'm about to pull the trigger on an Agile AL-3000 Thru-neck ($625+shipping), but now, I just don't know!
Life is good when you have these kinds of problems! If any Agile owners want to talk me out of this, feel free.
It looks very close to this...
Or?
Last edited by Tig; October 8th, 2010 at 08:14 AM.
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
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