NGD finally an Agile!

**ZMAN** · August 4th, 2011, 12:48 PM

Finally got the pictures done.

Anf finally one of the Black Tusk Nut.

**progrmr** · August 4th, 2011, 01:01 PM

Oh yea man - that's NICE looking!

**ZMAN** · August 5th, 2011, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by progrmr

Oh yea man - that's NICE looking!

Yes, thanks for that.
One other thing about this guitar is that it is Loud. It must be the pickups. I had to turn down the volume on my amps.
I meausred the pickups and they are 7.69, and 8.50. Neck and bridge. PAF territory for sure.
The tone controls are quite responsive as well. I am pretty sure it will stay as it is.
BTW. I also purchased the Douglas brown case that Rondo sells. I am not that happy with the fit of the guitar.
The Agile fits perfectly in my Gibson case. It does not move at all and the dimensions must be identical to the Gibson LP.
So I am wondering why the Agile has some movement top bottom in the Douglas Case. I thought the Agiles must be larger but mine is not.
So my next question to other Agile owners is when you put the guitar into the case can you slide the guitar up and down inside the case? I am only asking because there might be a possibility that the solid non lightweight guitars are slightly larger in the body.

**Lev** · August 5th, 2011, 07:57 AM

That's one gorgeous Axe, I love the binding. Congrats Dude!

**Duffy** · August 5th, 2011, 08:15 AM

Those are some beautiful pictures that show the saddles and other things you have mentioned. Beautiful amber flamed maple.

**ZMAN** · August 5th, 2011, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Duffy

Those are some beautiful pictures that show the saddles and other things you have mentioned. Beautiful amber flamed maple.

Thanks to you Duffy I am a very happy camper with this guitar, you kept telling me I would regret not buying it and you would have been correct. The more I play it the more I am just blown away by how nice it plays. I was a little worried about the neck heavyness but I realized after that I had on a Sta-dri nylon shirt, and a Nylon strap. I am surprised it didn't fall off all together.
I almost talked myself out of buying it. Glad I didn't.

**ZMAN** · August 5th, 2011, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Lev

That's one gorgeous Axe, I love the binding. Congrats Dude!

I was looking at a lemon drop from Vintage Guitars, and the local supplier had it on for 599 Can. PLus 13% tax. It looked really similar to this one. The Agile was 449 US no tax. There are many upgrades. The set up was just about perfect right out of the box. The only thing I had to do was raise the neck pickup a little.
It even came with my favourite strings!

**riverrick** · August 5th, 2011, 11:07 AM

Congrats on your Agile. Definitley a beauty. Your're giving me a bit of gas!!!

Eric*** · August 5th, 2011, 12:51 PM

That's one pretty guitar, ZMAN! Congrats -- I'm glad that you're happy with it.

Tig*** · August 5th, 2011, 12:57 PM

Beautiful Agile, ZMAN! I'm impressed by how it is so enjoyable for you to play.

If I had that guitar, it would be like the ugly dude with a hot chick on his arm... "That guitar is too good for him. He much be rich."

Spudman*** · August 5th, 2011, 03:39 PM

Is that one of hollow Agile 3125s that just got recalled?

Kidding. Nice guitar.

**ZMAN** · August 6th, 2011, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Tig

Beautiful Agile, ZMAN! I'm impressed by how it is so enjoyable for you to play.

If I had that guitar, it would be like the ugly dude with a hot chick on his arm... "That guitar is too good for him. He much be rich."

I always look at it this way. "They say money can't buy you love, but it sure can put you in a good bargaining position".
Not often you get such good looks and playability in the same package.

**ZMAN** · August 6th, 2011, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by Spudman

Is that one of hollow Agile 3125s that just got recalled?

Kidding. Nice guitar.

Yes, I got the recall notice from Kurt today. It is going back.

NOT!

**ZMAN** · August 6th, 2011, 06:29 AM

A quick question for you Agile owners. Do all of them have these large strap buttons. It is pretty hard to get the leather straps on an off. It certainly won't fall of for sure. Don't need a strap lock with these ones!

**Katastrophe** · August 7th, 2011, 01:28 PM

WOW! That's a beautiful guitar, Z. Congrats!

FrankenFretter*** · August 7th, 2011, 05:48 PM

Very nice grain on the back, and a beautiful top! I do find that my Agiles aren't super snug in the Dougie cases. Good enough for my purposes, though. I couldn't tell you about the strap buttons, since they come off almost immediately to be replaced by Marvel strap locks.

Eric*** · August 7th, 2011, 07:00 PM

ZMAN, from what I've seen all Agile strap buttons are huge. I used a leather strap with those buttons for a long time with no problems, though I have replaced them with strap locks at this point. Still, I think they're very solid strap buttons if you don't feel like swapping them out.

**ZMAN** · August 7th, 2011, 08:10 PM

Thanks Eric, I would rather they were hard to get on and off. Most of my guitars either have locks or the smaller strap buttons. I have never seen anything like these. I will probably leave them anyway. The strap I have is pretty new and I only had it on one guitar so the openings are still pretty stiff.

bcdon*** · August 7th, 2011, 09:49 PM

Great looking guitar! The only thing that would make it look better is to replace the truss cover with something like Syo did with his Hell guitars. Congrats!!

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