Agile AL2500

Bought this used. Made in Korea 22 fret Les Paul copy. Standard controls. Flat back paint with chrome weighed in @ 9lb on the company shipping scale. Stock Pups I don't really know what the body is made of but it is solid wood set neck good feel. The thing is these cheaper guitars usually need fret work. Not this one. Great fit and finish even though black isn't necessarily what I was after. Got it with a case and a couple pedals in a trade for a tribute S-500. Very happy I did.One flaw though bad solder on the switch made the front pickup stay on.

After fixing the switch and adding a bass and treble control aka G&L/ reverend This guitar sings. Sustain is great. I play a classic 30 peavey with a fulltone gt 500 to drive it. Boss time based stuff and a customized schecter c1ea. For rock and classic rock it has the tone. For Blues just roll off the bass a bit and again you have the tone. This guitar has a wide tonal pallet. It is not a strat but thats what you get a strat for. It does pull off the tele stuff. I like the fact that this guitar has great sustain and is solid.

Like I said I got it used but it is in great shape. Everything was done really well. I am planning on gigging with it Saturday and am sure the only reason to change guitars will be to grab my acoustic.

This guitar is rock solid and is gig worthy. Poor man's Les Paul. I will definitely do the gig on this guitar and I don't think there will be an issue.

No reason to find out.

If it wasn't for the solder problem on the switch this would get highest marks. But QC failed a touch.

Two p/ups,neck and strings,you know it by now.Standard LP setup,And a graphite nut

Normally I dont care for a dark sound or any muddiness of heavy humbucking laden guitars but the trick was to run through devices to expand the sound base( my little pandora 4 ,punch up the compressor,echo etc) and I love it.With the so-called cheap ceramic p/ups it comes alive .One of my kids with his strat take offs with upgraded to pick ups etc.,can't put it down.no noise,no scratching pots.I wish it had coil split but no big deal.Won't change electronics till its warranted

Tribal Green,gold hardware.Looks sharp,alot better than on Rondo website.I got it on close out so beggars can't be choosers.Did the basic adjustments.The match,fit and finish will match anything out there,I love Korean guitars .Right up there with anyone.Of course I would rather buy an American guitar,I had enough of them in my time but now there is no way to afford a decent one in this day and age so better something than nothing.(I had an old Korean tele and wish I still had it.Braided wiring to pups,brass grounding plates etcFANTASTIC.)Great binding job on this thing as with everything else

had it several months now.You need a two wheeler to haul it(10 1/2#)
No glitches,everything solid.Since I dont "gig" with it doesnot apply,it catches hell around this house with the kids and it still holds up

never had to go through Rondo on any issue,no problem with this thing,I couldn't say

bangin on guitars alot of years since the Jaquar was a big deal the first time around.Had one of them,old Rick ,newer 360,73 sg special,now a Gretsch 6119 1962ht,and dogs of one stripe or another.What I love about this guitar is it didnt cost a fortune and dont have to walk on eggshells with it.a great player,great quality,and I don't mean just good,take the name off,put on elixers and close your eyes or better yet,leave them open.You won't bury your head on this one.SO WHAT if it says Agile,its what you do with it that counts.Kids are spending 3-400 bucks n these old catalog guitars and teiscos on ebay,are they nuts,I can rember these pigs when they were first out...GARBAGE THEN GARBAGE NOW,THEY ARE NOT Fenders or Gibsons of that era,they are junk...get an Agile

Real Quilted Maple top and single cutaway solid Mahogany arch top body
Made in USA Active EMG 81/85 Pickups
Full body and neck binding
Set-in Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard and trapezodial inlays
22 Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
Grover Die Cast tuners
Two volume & two tone controls and a 3-way pickup selector switch help you find your sound
Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain
Made in Korea
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
Neck Taper is 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5 mm at the 12th fret
Thickness of neck at the first fret approx 11/16"
Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
Width at the widest point: 13"
Body thickness 2" at edge
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

If you close your eyes, you can hear the Les Paul in this thing. I play hard rock/metal music. The active pickups are great. The 85 in the neck is nice and thick, very bluesy. The 81 in the bridge cuts thru very nicely. Pinch harmonics are great. I use a Randall RG50TC tube amp.

I did not have to adjust anything. The intonation was perfect. Pickups were adjusted fine. The paint job was flawless. Just a beautiful green color.

You can easily gig with this guitar. It is heavy so I hope anyone who buys this has a good back.

Never dealt with them, although I bought this because of price and other reviews. I hear that their customer service thru Kurt is quite amazing. No worries here.

I bought this thing brand new just this December. I've been playing 16 yrs and have had many different guitars and amp combinations. For the money, NO WAY is there a better guitar out there brand new. This is now my favorite guitar. The comfort and playability are just what I wanted. I have a MIM Strat that I hot rodded w/ a JB from Seymour and a Lace humbucker in the neck, upgraded tremolo and locking tuners and it is nothing compared to this. If you play blues type hard rock or heavy metal, get this guitar because if you buy a Gibson over this, you are a fool! Gibson is all advertising. BUY THIS GUITAR! You won't regret it.

Korean made - 2008. 22 jumbo frets - solid, quilted maple top - 4 volume & tone knobs - dual humbucker - ceramic, wax potted pickups by Agile, mahogany body with maple neck - sunburst green finish - Les Pual style body with thru-neck construction - tune-o-matic style bridge - Grover tuners. Purchased with a LP-300 case.

Sweet, traditional LP sound. No difference between this guitar and a Gibson sound wise. Do you like the Allman Brothers? Led Zeppelin? yeah it sounds like that.

No noise, clean on Carvin AMP and Line-6 practice amp.

Not bad, not bad at all. In tune right out of the box. Minimal adjustment to action needed after that. Some tweaking to the nut still needed but not much.

Ultra nice finish, no blemishes found. No problems at all with the set up or hardware.

All switches and electronics just fine.

Yes - solidly built, no problem standing up to aggressive playing. Even the finish is rock hard.

No problems so no interactions.

I have been playing for 40 years and I have owned a lot of guitars. I have been a Carvin man for many years but I could not pass up on this ax at this price. I am already wanting to get another. Why??? At this price.. why not??!!

I have owned and played several Gibson's and I've never been a big Gibson fan because they are too over priced. I L-O-V-E this guitar. It is every bit as good as a genuine LP at a SUPER reasonable price.

What would make it a 10? I've never really liked Grover tuners. Not bad but not my favorite either.

You know if you read any others here. All good stuff & typical of a les paul style. Maple & mahogany, set neck, grovers, binding everwhere.
Emg 81 & 85 combo pickups.
Blue flametop tribal...real nice!

Unamped it is very dark sounding due to the 12 lbs of mahogany in the beast.
It has emg active pickups which scream thru most any decent amp. I use it thru 2 bagera tube heads & thru a crate gt3500 slaved to a randall rh200sc power section.(practice rig & saves my tubes}
Metal...!

I had to do some neck adjustmens & run a radius block down the neck a few passes as it had 2 high spots on 2 frets at the 14 frte on the b string & the 15 on the a string. After doing so it is the best playing guitar , easily on par w/ any gibson I have owned (6 in all).
I give it a 7 prior to my work... a 9 after.

This guitar weighs near 12 lbs & kills small mammals at close range. If you can`t gig w/ this ... YOU are an *******!!
I still would not drop it from a 10 story building or gig w/ out a case but it is a tank none the less.

Kurt is the man. He gives us a great line of products for a low cost by comparison.

30 years of playin`. Have owned 60 or more guitars( thanks ebay!?). Lots of amps & gear.

Relevant to this axe for a referance:
2 gibson lespaul studios
1 Gibson lespaul standard
1 esp ltd ec 1000
This agile cost half what the esp cost, 1/4 of what the studios cost & 1/9 of what the standard costs...
...and I **** you not!
The Agile eats the ESP`s lunch.
It is a better made better playing guitar than the studios.
It can go toe to toe w/ a standard all day !!
Keep in mind maybe I got a real nice agile on a good day or maybe all 3 gibsons I had were lemons( not likely) but know this...
If you pay $2300 for a guitar it should be flawless !
If you pay $1300 it should have level frets !
If you pay $900 you do expect quality...

If you pay under $400 you dont expect it to be a better guitar than the above...however it is.

2008 B stock AL2500 Tribal Green
Cost: $149.00
Made in Korea
Veneer Green Matched Quilt top (very dark)
2 volume, 2 tone 3 way switch, H/H
Tune-O-Matic Bridge - gold hardware
The pups are low-medium output and a bit dark sounding
Mahogany body, 2" maple cap with maple quilt veneer on top
Neck Maple with 22 medium frets W/Rosewood fretboard and pearloid inlays
Single cut style - like a Carvin/PRS/Gibson style
Grover 18:1 tuners, graphite nut, 25.7" scale
Back is transparent green as well as neck
headstock black with Pearloid Marquee

Guitar has good resonance, pickups will be replaced soon - they are a bit low output for me, and they're gold - I really dispise gold hardware
Guitar is noise free, even with low output pups I can still eek out pinch harmonics, but my mistakes show up with low output pups. The neck pups is nice.

Lowered the action....tightened the stop tail for tighter response, done - heven't even intonated it yet. No fret buzz anywhere.

Guitar is spot on. The green quilt top is very dark - I like it, kind of a black green. Match looks good.

No noticable flaws - the porduction of these guitars is really quite good. Two piece mahogany body.

Guitar has a dent by the input jack (hence the $100.00 discount) but its not in any way on a place that matters to me.

Controls were good - but gold knobs, I'm not fond of gold knobs.

Gold hardware - not fond of gold hardware either.

I bought this because I know this guitar is SOLID. the Agile AL series, especially the AL2000/AL2500/AL2800 are superior guitars for their consistency and how they just stay in tune.

Hardware is gold and will be yanked - not fond of gold. I have other Agiles and that's why I bought this one.

strap buttons will be replaced with strap locks - I just like them

Can be depended on absolutely

I could gig without a backup but what's the point? I buy the Agiles to play, swap for tunings, and enjoy multiple guitars for different songs.

Rondo - they rock - I sent another back the other day and they already refunded my money. Sent it back because they sent me a lefty instead of a Righty - no problem, no compaints and no issues.

Haven't needed to get it repaired but have had to replace a few others and rondo replaced very quickly

Been playing since 1980, own 16 guitars from Ibanez, Fender, Agile and Washburn, a Marshal JCM2000 DSL50, Peavey Ultra Plus, 2 4x12 cabinets and assorted pedals.

If stolen - I'd buy a new one.

I love ther playability and solid feel of the 25.7" scale and the neck.

I have gold hardware! Wish it was wider - 1 11/16" - big hands need wider fretboard for open chords. Really like the dark green quilt

chose this guitar because it was a B stock and cheaper - I tend to dent my guitars anyway.

Wish these guitars had four conductor pickups and coil tap volume/tone swtches.

the Agile AL series guitars are great - the AL2000/Al2500/AL2800 have maple necks which make them slightly brighter and tighter sounding than the AL3000 with the Mahogany necks, more like the Gibson. Personally I've growen to like both options and love the price point of these guitars. the only issue I have is that I can't play evey one of my Agiles at each sitting - they take too long.

You guys know the specs, so I won't go through all of that. I have a 2005 model with a flat black finish (actually alot better looking than the picture that was on the website, I was surprised) Has a humble beauty to it.

Sounds great. I think it could do about any kind of music. Pickups are surprisingly good for a 250$ guitar. I play mine through a 76 Fender Vibro Champ with a Metal Muff and a Weeping Demon Wah. Gives me a great sound.

It was set up decent, I of course had to do some adjustments being the perfectionist I am. Hardware is beautiful. Finish is good too, but not without it's flaws. There's a tiny dot of paint about the size of a pinhead on the back (barley noticeable). I can also see the seam on the back where the two pieces of wood meet. In unnoticeable areas the paint can straggle onto the binding a minuscule amount, nothing major enough to steer you away from the guitar. Overall it's still an extremely beautiful guitar.

Very sturdy and heavy (like a Paul oughta be). Hardware seems to never give on me. Finish seems sturdy also. I could gig away with this guitar with no worries.

I guess I have a warranty on it, never really thought of returning it. I did email RondoMusic about the picture they had on the site. The pickup selector switch was creme in the picture, but the one on my guitar is black. They offered to exchange the guitar for me! Very nice people. A+ and 12 gold stars to them.

Overall a great moderate priced guitar. If it were lost or stolen I would definitely buy another. Surpasses any Epiphone I've ever tried in the same price range.

This is the Albino model of the Al-2500, Agiles low end LP copy. The body is solid mahogany top with a natural finish. It has a 22 fret maple neck with block inlays. Tune-o-matic bridge, jumbo frets, and Grover tuners. I had expected on a guitar in this price range to change out the pickups but I was quite happy when the stock pups (wax potted humbuckers) sounded great out of the box. It has two volume and two tone controls. The guitar was made in Korea. The price was $269.00.

I am running thru a Avatar half cab using Vintage 30 speakers, and a 75 watt Line 6 Spider two head. I play mostly old school metal and it handles the sound just fine.. having the classic LP chunky sound.

It came set up pretty well out of the box, but I took it to Wild West Guitars in Riverside, Ca. and had it set up the second day I had it. The tech said it didn't need much tweeking but he reradiased the Tune-O-Matic bridge to match the neck, shimmed the nut, and did a slight adjust on the truss rod.. the intonation was spot on when he was finished. Wild West handles high end guitars and he commented on how nice the frets were comparing them to much more expensive guitars.

The finish was nearly flawless, with only two slight blimishes.. one on the side and one on the back in the clear coat.

The only problem I had was the plastic tip on the pickup switch was broken in shipment. Kurt at Rondo Music shipped a new one out which I got in less than a week after getting the guitar.

It seems very sturdy, built like a tank. I would gig with this without a backup easily. The strap buttons were fine but I switched to Duncan locking buttons as soon as I took it out of the box. The finish looks durable but the pick guard scratched easily.

My contact with Kurt at Rondo was first rate. He responded to my emails within hours of my sending them. I am very satisfied with their customer support.

I have been playing less than a year. My only other guitar is a Epi Special Two. If this guitar was lost or stolen I would certainly buy the exact same guitar again. I love everything about it and hate nothing. I can not recommend Agile guitars more highly. I compared it with Epiphone Les Pauls, Gibson faded Les Pauls, PRS SE's, and a few others.. for the price you simply can not beat this guitar. It blows the low end Epi's out of the water and is every bit as good the Gibson and PRS. The tech at Wild West said if this guitar was made in the states you couldn't touch it for less than a grand.

By far the most impressive thing about the Albino is its looks.. I know looks are subjective.. but it is just stunning. How can a guitar in this price range look so good...

I also want to comment on the case I got from Rondo. It only cost $60 and is much nicer than the $120 SKB case I got from Guitar Center for my Epi.

I have a 22 fret, pearl white agile al2500 with tremolo. I bought it on ebay in 2006 because as soon as I saw it I thought it was the most beautifully laid out and finished guitar I had ever seen. there are two volume and two tone knobs and a pickup selector, as well as some good looking inlaid fret markers. the guitar is all one piece with a solid build and a built in neck. beautiful.

this guitar is crunchy! right out of the box it has a pretty solid sound. although if you want brite you really have to set everything to the most "treble" because it has a fat sound in any other setting, which is good if your a rythym guitarist. either way you can get a broad range of sounds. not a legendary sound by any means but definetly a quality one. havnt noticed any noise, it fits my style perfectly.

the reason i bought this guitar was, i know its shallow, for its beautiful look. this is without a doubt the most flawlessly beautiful guitar i have ever seen. pearl white, no flaws, this guitar just glows. it looks as good or better straight out of the box than many $5000 guitars, for less than $300. no problems at all that i could find, and worth every penny as far as im concerned.

this thing is rugged, definetly designed for being played in show settings. the only complaint i have about it is that its friggen heavy! 10 pounds, you could probably drop it off a building and it would survive. very solid guitar i have and will continue to play it in shows.

never had to deal with them. guitar has had no problems

Ive been playing seriously for maybe five years now. I have four guitars, one classical one acoustic and two electric and each have their own unique sound. I would not trade any of them for anything, therefore if my agile was stolen i would hunt down whoever stole it. I would never lose it. dollar for dollar i think this is the best all around value guitar you can get for under $500. I would reccomend it to anyone..

2005 Black AL-2500 Les Paul shape with 3 gold covered pickups. All the other stuff has been covered in detail.

The sound on this guitar is as full as the stock Gibson Les Paul sound (and, yes, I've played 'em - a lot - I've been playing almost 3 decades...just an FYI). I personally like a lot more 'chunk' in my bridge position, so, just like on my sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard - I switched out the bridge pickup for a Gibson Iommi....magnificent (pinch harmonics, tapping, shredding...the sound is brilliant! [for me...remember 'your' sound is 'your' sound]) The remaining two stock Agile pickups are fine and do not create unwanted feedback.

I must say, I love the feel of this guitar so much that after changing the pickup in the bridge I had a professional put in new wiring & pots (to include a push/push for the middle pickup)...cost $80 (wiring) + $100 (p/u) - result=Priceless! (rated a 9 for stock sound - but an 'eleven' with the new Iommi p/u, wiring/pots.)

...this is where I have to laugh at price/name brand snobs (like Chris below).... A $275 guitar can, and has (numerous times now-a-days) surpassed the set-up and, unfortunately, quality control of a $1000+ guitar (I'm talking Gibson - resting on their name for the last few years). The action was as good as any I've played or previously owned. The fit was excellent and the finish exemplary (my rhythm guitarist $4000 Ace Frehley limited edition Gibson Les Paul has many flaws and does not play any better).

This guitar has and, I'm sure, will continue to be gig-worthy. It's a bloody tank! The hardware is solid, the finish deep, and electronics (especially now that I had them upgraded) wonderful (I can't speak for the stock wiring, but the pickups and switch were just fine). I replaced the strap buttons as the stock are quite large, but, I'm an active guitar player and this heavy beast needed more to keep the strap in place. For a non-'jumper' the straps are just fine.

no need!

I've been playing 28 years. I play this guitar through my Marshall Mode 4 with a 4x12 half-stack and various effects. I utilize this guitar during gigs in Drop tuning and swap it with my Dean Black and Gold flying V and my Westone Dimension IV (my beauty from the eighties) for standard tuning. My Agile is a big part of my rig and I'd have to replace it and all its components if it were lost/stolen/destroyed. I compared (and continue to compare) it to many-many-guitars and I continue to love it!!!