Agile AL2800DLX

Korean, 22 frets, solid top, two volume, two tone, H/H, no name ceramics, passive,body:mahogany with blue quilted maple top,maple neck, rosewood fret board, Les Paul style,Tune-0-matic bridge, Grover Tuners, 24.7 with jumbo frets,no freebies unfortunetly(wah.).

my style is metal,effects are: Line6 PODXT, not noisy at all shockingly, the bridge pick up has a lil crunch and bite the neck pick up is crud IMO, pretty standard L.P. style tone, quite versatile,the neck pick up sucks im sorry but it does.

action was a lil bit on the low side, the pick ups werent set up to what i wanted so i adjusted them, the top is beautiful,the flaws were a lil bleed on the finish here and there running into the neck and body binding, the nut did not look proffesionaly cut the frets are filed wonderfuly though,saddles look good just need some adjusting, pick ups are NOT noisy, but that neck pick up blows IMO.

oh yeah itll hold up live
hardware seems rock solid
finish except for the bleeds is nice, smooth and looks like itll withold reasonable abuse, strap buttons are solid but a bit small,im used to the bigger ones
its dependable,built like a tank
i never gig without a backup and anyone who does is just plain foolish

never dealt with them

try getting an axe in this price range thats not only handsome but built like a brick shite house and ill tell you you're full of it, this is a nice lil number, i own a 59 L.P. black beauty thats a family heirloom and this thing feels close but not quite like it, again..three bills is just outrageous for such a quality instrument, though ill be frank here the neck pick up is lame the nut wasnt done properly ill have to knock it out and have it replaced the action on the guitar out fo the box was low but every guitar ive ever bought ive had to put in the shop to be set up, thats just the way it is, and the finish wasnt flawless not to mention the lawsuit friendly horn looks really silly the headstock looks awesome,though, it's original without looking flat out bizarre, im telling you for the price you cant go wrong and if youre picky about pick ups like i am just get the stock ones yanked out and drop some nice ones in, nice axe im sure ill be buying another one somewhere down the line just to have another one to kick around, also this was bought to be used as an alternative to playing my actual gibson which i fear is to classy of an instrument for everyday fartin'around;it has filled that niche quite nicely, buy it, play it, be happy.

I give this a 10 for features because you get all the awesome features of a Gibson LP (Mahogony body, rosewood fretboard, tune-o-matic bridge, arch top, set neck, maple top) mine has a red sunburst flame maple top 1/16 inch I believe. They have one model with 3/4 inch too. The sticker says made in korea, but theres nothing cheap about the quality of this guitar or the craftmanship. Also comes with Grover chrome tuners. Came with a bone nut but also shipped with a seperate graffite nut in case you want to switch. Also came with a truss rod adjuster (allen wrench)

This thing sounds great! I tried a bunch of Gibson Les Pauls and I liked the sound of this baby a lot better. Its completely silent on my amps until you start playing, and then it sings. It sustains like a charm, just as long as those Gibsons do. The bridge pickup sounds gorgeous to me. I don't know how to describe it, so I wont try. The neck pickup didn't cut it for me though, which is why I took one point off. I replaced it with a Duncan vintage 59'. It sounds a lot better now.

The action was pretty good when I got it, although the intonation needed adjusting like on every guitar. The frets and neck feel great, the craftmanship is excellent! I found no flaws at all on the guitar. However, when I got the guitar something was wrong with the tone pot for the neck pickup. I forget if it was a busted pot or if a wire just came loose. I was about to return it but I just went and got it fixed for 7 or so bucks at my local guitar shop. No big, but it was still annoying to get it like that.

Everything seems sturdy on this guitar. I have gigged with it without a backup and done just fine. One problem I have with it is that it goes out of tune pretty easily. I thought grover tuners were supposed to be the best! Maybe its the cheaper grovers on this one.

When I got the guitar Rondo music had forgot to send me the extra truss rod adjuster and graffite nut. I e-mailed them and they sent me a new one right away. Very polite people. A+ for their customer support.

I love this guitar. Once I started getting more into tones I really wanted a Les Paul style guitar, and this one is awesome. I don't think I'll ever need another LP. The price value is unbeatable in my opinion. My friends from Jam Session referred me and I'm glad they did.

it's a 2004 Agile Swamp ash AL 2800 original "lawsuit" headstock model. Made in Korea. Solid 2 piece swamp ash with a swamp ash top. Finished in a satin seemingly oil rubbed finish. This will let the instrument "breathe" a bit more than gloss finished instruments. It has the standard "les Paul" pickup configuration ( 1 neck and 1 bridge alnico V pickups "stock") 2 volume and 2 tone controls, 1 pickup selector switch. Stop tail piece and a "tune-o-matic " style bridge. The tuners are 18-1 grovers. The neck is a 350mm radius and has a really sweet rosewood fretboard with real MOP trapazoid inlays. Very light in weight for an LP style guitar. About 7 pounds total.

I have had this instrument for quite a while now and use it everyday. Suits my style which is the blues and jazz and country. I use a 59 Fender Bassman amp and a Boss DD3 delay pedal with a Zendrive O/D pedal and that's all I ever need. Short signal chain and pure tone heaven. Quiet as a mouse and the swamp ash body just resonates wonderfully both plugged in and acoustically. Now, I have changed out the stock pickups with a set of Seymor Duncan Seth Lover ones but only because I personally love these pickups over almost any I've ever played for my style of music. I also changed out the 2 tone capacitors to Jensen copper foil paper in oil ones but once again a modification I make on all my guitars. Not NECESSARY but a personal choice. Plenty of variety in sound and as warm, articulate, defined and smooth a sound as any "real Deal" Gibson I have ever owned.

Out of the box, I had to slightly adjust the intonation but the action was to die for. It's build quality is very very nice. Fret work was superb and the real bone nut was cut perfectly.

It does withstand live playing every night, the hardware is excellent, the finish will "wear in" beautifully as expected, strap buttons are oversize and no problem, I do depend on it night after night. If you make your living performing and have to think about the answer to having a back-up then I wonder about your approach.

It originally came from Rondo Music in New Jersey. I found this one on E-Bay. Rondo is without a doubt the finest company I have ever dealt with. Kurt is the picture boy for customer satisfaction. I have bought over 14 Agile and SX guitars from him over the years and he has been superb to deal with.

I have been playing for over 40 years. It has all of what I want and none of what I don't. If it were stolen, I'd find the SOB, reach down his throat, pull his "you know what's" up thru his nose and take it back. LOL!! This a great guitar for the money but this particular model is long discontinued and only a few were ever made to begin with so you would have to find one on E-Bay or something like that. The original headstock Agile's are slowly becoming very collectible so if you can find one, I suggest you grab it.

See other posts specs ;) To lazy to repeat what has been already told :) Very nice finish though...

Can't say and you will see why...

This axe arrived from Rondo music with a broken neck. By that I mean, literally a broken neck. A few mm deeper and the headstock would have been off the neck!!! The interesting part is that there was absolutely no damage to the shipping box, meaning that Rondo did NOT check what they sent out. I have seen this complaint before from ebayers buying from them and Rondo Music always claims it was a rare case where one slipped through their inspections - LOL... They DO NOT inspect any of the guitars post shipping. I am willing to be a months salary on that!!!

Came broken, sent back immediately after I took some nice digital pics of the damaged neck. Still have not received the replacement :( And they have had the returned item for a week now!!!

Non-existent!!! People claim Rondo is so great on customer support... Well of course they only post the good feedback on their site - LOL.

My biggest grudge; they have still not shipped me the replacement guitar a week after they received the defective one from me. THAT my friends is crappy customer support. Nor did they reply to my comments on the return inquiry!!! These dudes does not know how to run a business!!! Stear clear. This is the first and last time I deal with Rondo Music!!!

Been playing for 20 years now. Have owned many many axes and amps in those years. My all time fave is still my '96 Fender Strat Deluxe Plus (works for ANY style). For faster chops I use my Ibanez RG2750E Prestige. Kept my old Peavey 212 Stereo Chorus from back in the late 80s for cleans (but the distortion on it sux). I have owned, Boogie, Marshall products over the years for tube sound. Just replaced my 800 head with a Carvin V3 head. Though cheaper, I find the V3 to give me more tone than the JCM800!!! In particular, the clean channel on the V3 is in a league of its own when it comes to tube heads.

The Agile is a cheap piece of gear I figured I'd have some fun modifying and messing around with. If it got stolen would I replace it? LOL... I haven't even played it yet!!! Maybe... Once I've done my tweaks to it, it won't be an Agile anymore anyway, so I'd probably get something different - unless I fall in love with her ;)

Covered by most everyone else here. Quality Korean Paul copy (is it really possible? Oh yes...), beautiful and toneful woods, excellent pickups and tuners, more solid than most Gibson Pauls I've auditioned. Guitars generally shouldn't have a boatload of features, except for sounding great, so N/A here.

Every day I fire up my rig

(for the morbidly curious and pedalphiles like myself: I play a highly modified Fender MIM so it sounds and plays better than any American Strat, this Agile and a Fender 12 string a/e into a Vox V848 w/ TB switch > VS Route 66 > Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz > Traynor YCV40T - Loop > Ibanez FL9 > Ibanez TL5 > Arion SCH-1 > Ibanez DE7 > Yamaha Magicstomp > Digitech Digidelay. Dano French Toast out of the line.)

and do my best impressions of Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Zep, Jimi, Boston, U2, Trower, and my own stuff in that prog/bluesrock vein. I love the way this guitar sounds. Usually with stock guitars, I give it a good runthrough with everything my rig has to offer - I'll play clean folk, slightly dirty blues and rock, and the heaviest 70s power rock and 80s hair metal I can pull off. Usually, the pickups are the first thing I consider swapping - with this guitar, it's not going to happen. Clean with the middle position, I get a nice "Les Paul Quack". Neck pickup is a little bassy and round, so I add some fuzz or light OD & compression (or just volume) to make it creamy. Bridge pickup bites, screams, and makes the musicians in the audience pay more attention to the tone than the name on the headstock ;-D Pickups overall are well suited for pretty much every style of music, although if you're into the downtuned mess of noise that seems to be finally running its course, kindly look elsewhere. I'll give it a 9 here, because I'm sure a custom handmade guitar might yield better sound quality. A previous reviewer noted that the pots etc. were changed, and I might do the same - although it's not a pressing concern right now.

I imagine shipping overseas would be rather stressful on a guitar and somtimes it shows. Usually (with Agiles and SX) there's nothing major, just little flaws that might irritate you at first. There is a dent in my headstock that only I can see, along the binding near the low E's tuner. Cut an M&M Mini into fourths and that's how big it is. Needless to say, it's not going to affect the tonality or playability. The matched flame top is just jawdropping, plain and simple. Bone nut was cut very well, action was perfect for me outta the box (higher than normal), fretjob was great, inlays are stunning...and the straplocks! I was delighted when my strap didn't fall off after half an hour of playing! Is Fender listening?!? Smooth fretboard, bridge nice and low, beautiful binding...I've owned this guitar for 9 months, and everytime I pick it up it's still like magic. I'll still give it a 10, because flaws like this are seen even in Custom models from many if not all companies.

Oh yes. This beautiful slab of wood and metal has more heft than many Gibsons. Solid.

If every guitar company shared Kurt's mentality for service, we'd all be better players.

I've only been playing for 4.5 years and I'm a poor college student, so I might not be as much as an authority on guitars. All I know is after months and months of searching for those LP tones on an extreme college student budget, I took a gamble on Agile and hit the jackpot. I would buy it again in a heartbeat, maybe upgrading to a 3000 or 3500 to see if I dig those abalone inlays. I have also purchased an SX bass for my sister to learn on, and it's of comparable quality. My girlfriend and I have decided to go halfsies on an Agile Tele sometime soon, thanks to Agile's great track record, Kurt's attention to customer satisfaction, and the fact that we both looove Teles. Only thing I'd change on this guitar? The short horn is a little goofy at first, but after a while you don't even notice. The Gibson conglomerate would have lawsuits pending faster than ever, I'm sure.

2004, Korean Made with nice options. No coil splitting or anything, just a great straight-forward LP copy. Beautiful woods, well made suprisingly high quality, great sounding guitar. I recommend the case with the initial purchase to save on shipping.

The pickups are very high output. DC resistance is 14 and 16k ohms for the neck and bridge respectively. This is about twice the average pickup output. The pups are made from Alnico type II magnets. I keep thinking I'll replace them with Seymour Duncan 59's, but everytime I play this thing I commit to keeping them. They really do sound great and have very LP like qualities to the tone.

The action was a smidge high for me, but that is mostly personal preference. Like every guitar I own, I set them up for my taste. This one was no exception. The Quilt Maple top is bookmatched perfectly, has a beautiful finish. I can't find any flaws. I've had this guitar for over a year and I like it more everytime I play it. I did have to file the nut slots down a bit, but again, I've done this on every guitar I own. My only gripe is the original volume and tone pots were noisy. I replaced all of them. That was a total cost of about $15.00

My guitars are at more risk wit me playing them at home. I play live at a church.
I replaced the pots, all other hardware seems fine to me.
This guitar plays like butter and I believe will last for a long time.

Kurt at Rondo is very reasonable to deal with. I have'nt needed to speak to him since my original purchase.

I've been playing the guitar for 35 years. I own 3 other electric guitars, all Fenders. One Tele and 2 strats. I also own a very special hand-made Hohner Accoustic guitar that is about 30 years old. I have three amps, one tube and two solid states (one of them is a Fender Accoustisonic) all of them are combos. I use a Zoom GFX8 processor most of the time, but have a blast just plugging the Agile into the tube amp bypassing all effects from time to time. If I had a chance to repurchase I would have gone with the Prestige, which is a slight upgrade. Better electronics and a nicer binding for an additional $50 bucks, although I have no regrets. I've also had a chance to play the Agile HRB-200 Accoustic Guitar. Incredible sound for a $169 guitar. I'm going to purchase one of those too.

Bone nut (also includes a graphite nut), Alnico Pickups, hand filed frets, Canadian maple top, solid mahogany top body, grover tuners, jumbo frets, 22 fret set neck, and mother of pearl neck inlays.

The sound is incredible. I play southern, classic, and heavy rock, and this guitar covers all of them very well. It has the nice Les Paul tone guitar players loves. I have a small, 15W Line 6 Spider II amp, and the Agile sounds great with it. From Clean to Insane, this guitar sounds great. The sound is very rich, with a variety of tones. This is a great guitar for all styles of music.

The finish is incredible, even better than pictured on the Rondo Music site. I have found no flaws with this guitar, it came with nice GHS strings installed and it was ready to play. Though made in Korea, I still haven't found anything wrong with it. The finish is incredible quality, you could almost mistake it for a Gibson if you didn't know better.

At 10lbs, this thing seems just as sturdy as a Les paul. It was built very well, strdy as can be. The finish looks and feels incredible, it would take a lot to wear it off. The strap buttons are very small, and though I haven't had any problems with them yet, I will probably get some strap locks to make sure it's as sturdy as possible. The only thing I would worry about during a gig would be popping a string, but I haven't so far and I would worry about that with any guitar.

The customer support was great. I emailed him frequently, and almost all of them were answered within 5 minutes of sending the email. Also, i ordered this on a Wednesday, and recieved it via FedEx that Saturday. With only a 3 days wait, I have nothing to complain about.

I've been playing for about 2 years. I previously had a Squier Bullet, which was good to learn on and see if I wanted to go on or not, but I wanted to upgrade. I've always loved the Les Paul look and sound, but it would take me a while to even get the money for an Epiphone. I'm extremely glad I found out about Agiles, because I love it even more than Epiphones and it cost only $310. If stolen, I would definatley buy another one. This guitar is awesome for the money. 10/10 value easily.

Has all the features of a Gibson...except the price tag. The wood is high quality, the craftsmanship is excellent.

I bought this guitar because of all the buzz going around. I always wanted a Les Paul but could never justify the price. I couldn't be happier with the sound. Right out of the box, it sounds like a Gibson LP...period. The stock alnico pick ups are just perfect sounding to my ear. No harshness, no mud. It so easy to get your sound. The sustain is incredible. This guitar will stay stock. I was doubtful, for 3 bills, that it would live up the all the hype...boy was I wrong. I have no trouble at all getting all the LP sounds I've heard throughout the years from my favorite artists. Very pleased. Can't give it less than 10 here.

I got the Cherry Sunburst flame top model. The finish is gorgeous. As good as any LP I've seen. The flame top is real, not "photoflame". I did have to lower the action, slightly adjust the truss rod and set the intonation, but hell, that was FUN! No flaws at all that I could see, it's a real looker!

I've only had it a couple of weeks, but it seems as solid as any name brand guitar I've had. I would have no problem using this guitar without a back up. Will find out, that explains the "9" here.

It was a pleasure doing business with Kurt at Rondo. Fast shipping and great communication.

I've been at it for 35 years, so I know a good guitar when I see/play one. This is a GREAT guitar. I would buy another in a heartbeat...in fact, I just sold my Fender Strat and ordered a Harm 2 from Rondo. If it's even close to the 2800 LP copy I got, I'll be a happy camper (and about $300 richer)! If you are a "name" snob, go spend your dollars on a name brand...then we'll have a blind fold test and you pay me 50 bucks when you can't tell which is a Gibson or an Agile. If you want a great looking, sounding and playing guitar at a very nice price, you can't go wrong with the Agile line up. I'm tickled!

From ROndo's Site:

The AL-2800 now 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
Designed as a step-up model for the AL-2500, the AL-2800 offers Alnico pickups (vs ceramic on the 2500) for improved sound
The alnicos give the AL-2800 a "warmer" more traditional sound, vs the AL-2500 ceramic pickups which have a brighter, hotter output
The AL-2800 has individually hand filed frets (vs machine filed on the AL-2500), for professional feel and playability
This guitar is equipped with a vintage tremolo and roller bridge for great effects
Of course, the AL-2800 Deluxe also offers all the standard features found on the AL-2500
Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
Full body, neck and headstock binding
Die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio for ultra fine tuning
Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
22 fret maple set neck with Rosewood fretboard with trapezoidal inlays
Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
Neck taper/thickness at the 1st fret: 21.5 mm; at the 12th fret: 23.5mm
Overall length 40"; Scale length: 24.7".
Body thickness 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

I have had many Les Pauls, from a 59 to the current models over the last 20+ years. I have played a few other Agiles and when I saw this on the site for $199, I had to get it (I might get another). I like solid mahogany les pauls, really beefy so I jumped at this one. Out of the box, it needed a quick setup, crank the neck back with the enclosed alen wrench, and lowered the action, intonated and I was ready to go. I do this all the time so it took me less than 10 minutes. I was very impressed with the sound. With a vintage tube Dean markley (sounds like a marshall jubilee, but more versitile) This sounds amazingly close to a LP. I dont think playing live, anyone would notice in the audience any different. If you nit pick alot, there is a very slight difference, but this is $199, not $1999, and even clean, this is close enough to the real thing. I might put some different pickups in to see how they sound, I have a drawer full so I might as well, although these stock ones sound good.

Out of the box I had to set it up as I do with any guitar I buy from anywhere. But after 10 minutes, it played perfectly. They say the frets are hand filed and I believe it, they are perfect. This was obviously made in an assebly line in a factory, but then again so are Gibsons and PRS guitar. Doesnt have the hand made quality of my High end Hamers, but smokes anything at Guitar Center for under $1000. Kicks any epiphones butt, except their Japanese elite, which this is comparable to. I dont like tremelo's in general so I might just throw a stud tailpiece on this or tie the strings in to not use the trem (which is high quality, like a bigsby, but like a bigsby, are not the most reliable.)THIS HAS A NICE ROLLER BRIDGE, which I think is a lot better than the stock bridges on Agiles 2800 and lower models normally.

I always bring a backup, but this can stand up to any Gibson as far as reliability.

Have dealt with them alot, always excellent, even on returns (they shipped the wrong guitar once). Some moron gave them bad marks, said they had no contact info, but that was probably Musicans Friend being scared since Rondo has better support and products at bette prices

I have been playing live and in the studio for over 20+ years, and have been buying and selling that long too. I know my guitars, sometimes too much (just ask my wife)
Like all Agile stuff, you cant beat it for the price. For $199, this is a steal, I might buy a few more just to have and play with pickup configs or just use these live, if it breaks or gets stole, better $199 than $1999 gone. I could use this live with out a problem. This is not $2000 Gibson, but it is very very close, on par with their Japanese Epiphone Elite series, or the 70's and 80's Greco, Tokai, or Burny High end lawsuit guitars. I like this better than the Orville I had.
You should buy this for $199 - you cant go wrong. The wood alone and parts are worth that.
I have bought some of Rondo's even cheapers stuff, like the $149 BC Rich Mockingbird Copy under their SX name, and a Duglas Tele for under $100, and I am impressed. I am always curious how they do it (well in China slave labor is the answer). The SX stuff is Chinese, and definatly of lesser quality than the Korean Agile stuff, but still for $89 for a tele or strat copy, it smokes any Squire in that range. You get what you pay for most of the time, but these Agiles are an exception. The Presige for $369 and the higher end 3500 can compete head to head with a Gibson (sorry guitar snobs, it is a fact) I have played many new Gibsons and they are just not worth the money anymore.

Korean made in 2004, has a 22 fret maple set neck with Rosewood fretboard with trapezoidal inlays, a high quality quality Quilt Canadian maple top (100% real wood top-not a photo top), individually hand filed frets, two Alnico pickups, Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body, die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio, two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch, Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck, a professionally cut bone nut (a pre-cut graphite nut is also included in the bag with the trus rod adjuster), and full body, neck and headstock binding. Weighs 10 lbs.

This guitar fits the various styles that my group plays. I use this guitar mainly for the 70's era rock stuff and some of the more gutsy blues stuff.

I run this guitar through a custom built head (5W that works like 50W) with a 2x12 cab. The following effects chain: VOX Wah, VOX Volume, MXR Dyna Comp, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe, Maxon OD820 Pro Overdrive, and a Boss TU-2 Tuner.

The rhythm position seems to be hotter than the other positions, but other than that the guitar has no issues with noise.

The guitar sounds pretty much like a Gibson Les Paul Standard.

The neck (where it meets the body) is a bit thick for me (I have small hands) so playing very high or with a slide is a bit of a chore, but not a hinderance to it's playability.

The action is set about how I like it. The put on GHS Boomer .9's which is too light for me.

Nothing on the entire guitar was blemished or out of place. I'd say the ONLY issue I had was setting the intonation, but that should be done after every string change anyway.

The question is will *I* withstand the live playing! It's pretty beefy and my old back doesn't always want to hold that thing up!

I did replace the stock strap buttons with straplocks.

I have been noticing lately that I have been breaking my 4th string more than usual so I am investigating that, but I ALWAYS bring a backup guitar to gigs. Always.

I haven't had any reason to contact them. When I ordered the guitar they cut my shipping costs considerably since I also purchased a case from them as well as chopping off another $9 for using PayPal to pay them. Very fast shipment and very well packed.

I have been playing for about 23 years now.

I have a 1984 Custom Fender Strat, a 1992 Fender Strat, and a 2003 Ibanez Artcore AS-73 Semi-Hollowbody.

I would buy another one of these guitars in a heartbeat, in fact, I am looking at buying one of their Firebird copies as we speak.

I compared this to the Epiphone LP's as well as the Gibsons. For the price this guitar is a steal. It far out performs the Epi's in quality and sound in my opinion.

The folks at Rondo Music were great and as far as I know, they are the only ones who carry this great guitar.