Agile AL3000

Mahogony body with flamed maple top (approx 10mm thick), ebony fretboard, abalone block inlays, Grover tuners, medium jumbo frets, huge strap buttons, Wilkinson Alnico 5 humbuckers, bone and graphite nut (included), multiply binding, usual LP style control arrangement.

Has a great resonant sound unplugged, humbuckers are average output (I believe about 8K). Absolutely quiet control pots. Will go from bright bridge sound to mellow neck sound with tone rolled off. may switch out pickups later but right now they sound fine.

Overall fit and finish is astounding for a guitar in this price range. Neck has a great feel, frets are perfectly set and rounded. i set the action a little lower than out of the box with no buzzing. Came with GHS 10-46. The honey burst flamed top is incredible. No finish flaws anywhere.

After a few months this guitar is holding up great to 3-4 times a week playing. This is a solid chunk of guitar with better than average hardware.

No problems with Rondo.

Been playing for 8 years. Own a bunch of other style guitars, tube amps, effects etc. The best thing about this guitar is the fantastic value for the buck. It looks andd feels like a high end guitar without the ridiculous price tag. If you can get by the name and country of origin, this guitar should give a lot of satisfaction. The bottom line is I enjoy playing it and it sounds great.,

Made in 2004 in Korea with 22 frets. It has a solid mahogony arch top with 3 way selector, 2 tone and 2 volume pots. There are two Alnico-Wilkinson Humbucker PUPS. The neck is also Mahogony with and get this, Ebony fret board! It has a cherry sunburst finish that is flawless with triple binding all the way up to the headstock.
This model has the 18:1 ratio Grover tuners in nickel plate. Lastly, it has heavy duty strap buttons. Real bone nut w/spare graphite unit and For the money, this model is feature rich.

My style is Eagles/Clapton and it fits in very nicley. Not too heavy and has great balance like a Gibson LP does. The sound is rich and can vary from full body to scream demon. I practice thru a Line 6 Spider 30 and it really brings this guitar to life.
My only "split hair" comment would be that the tone/volume knobs sit at different levels off the surface of the guitar but they work smoothly and thats what really matters. I saw this same issue on many Epiphones

I had no problems with the setup, in fact I took it to one of Nashvile's best Luthiers and he was blown away by the qulaity and the out of box setup. Barely out of tune when I opened it!
Everything fit.finish wise is terrific, frets and abalone inlays look Gibson qulaity. Triple binding is excellent all the way around the unit and tuners align properly, what more can you ask for these days with almost everything being imported. This guitar is quite impressive.

The nickeldie cast hardware, triple binding, Ebony fretboard and solid book matched Canadian Maple top should last a very long time as is evidenced by my previous Les Paul track record. The Strap buttons are "miltary grade" heavy duty, it hold tune quite well and I definitely will use this as a main "squeeze" in gigs.

I checked out all the reviews I could find on both Rondo Music (the sole US distributor I think) and Agile musical instruments. I was hard pressed to find very many unsatisfied customers when compared to the "major" players in "guitar world". Kurt and Jason at Rondo were knowledgible, and lightning quick to respond to my many questions. If your not satisfied, they'll take it back and refund or replace at your discretion. What more can you ask for?

I've been playing 20 years and the only thing I forgot to order at the same time was a case which I did from Rondo later. It is difficult for us Left handers to find much variety and when you do, there is a premium to pay. Rondo had the largest selection of left hand guitars in all price ranges I've seen anywhere!
One last thing. This company and these products are to Online Guitar Sales what Southwest Air has become to the Airlines industry: Great customer service, a quality product and terrific value for the money!

It's a Les Paul, so the features are limited. But, for the les paul style of guitar, it's great. It's a solid mohagany body, maple neck with an ebony fretboard. Two volume, two tone knobs with 3-way pickup selector for the 2 humbuckers in typical Les Paul fashion. The pups are wilkinson alnico V. Grover tuners, and a nice fat neck. They really went quality in this area, expecially for the price.

I do most of my playing in a studio, and I have every other style of guitar typically found in pop/rock music. i.e. strat, tele, 335, etc.. But, I don't have a LP yet (sacrilage!). I've had to borrow my buddy's PRS McCarty up til now. I think this thing sounds freakin cool. Acoustically, it seems more live even than my friends PRS, and it's not lacking in sustain or clarity at all. I haven't had any problems with fret buzz either, and thats playing straight out of the box. I'm not sure if my guitar has a maple top on it or not, but it's definately bright enough, even without it.
The overall sound is very Paulish, perfect for rock and roll. Nice and fat.

The action out of the box was about perfect for me, which might be a little high for somebody else. I'm planning on using 11's on it, so higher action is good. The intonation was actually pretty close, if not dead on, on all of the strings. I really only had to do serious adjustments to the G string. I get all my guitars professionally set up, so I don't expect anything to be perfect right when I buy it.
Pups seem to be good adjustment wise. Nicely balanced between the two.
I've heard some stories about people getting poor quality from Rondo music in the finish dept, but mine looks great. I don't know if I just got lucky, or if they've just upped the quality with the 3000 series, but mine is flawless. THe ablalone inlays are straight and look professional, the triple binding is beautiful. No complaints here.

Solid as a rock. The tuners, strap buttons, output jack...everything seems totally solid. The electronics seem stable, but only time will tell.
The cool thing is, even if I drop it down the stairs and put a big scratch in it, It's cheap to replace!!

Dunno. Their shipping was VERY fast. No warranty, but I've heard that if you're unsatisfied with your guitar their pretty cool about exchanges.

I've been playing 14 years. I've got an AM strat, AM tele, Ibanez Artstar, Dano 12-string, Takamine acoustic, Custom Fargen amp, reverend Hellhound, Fender Deluxe, and too many pedals to name. This fits well into the collection, and holds it's own even at the price. I would still love to get a LP standard eventually, but until I get the $2500 together, this will work great. If it were stolen, I would buy another the very same day. I'm thinking about buying another right now because the future of the AL3000 is in doubt with Gibson being such pricks lately. Probably the best $359 I ever spent.

You've heard it before...solid mahogany body...ebony fretboard...etc

It sounds fantastic! For a relativly cheap price I think that there's pretty good variety between settings. However, I think that there could be a bit more. But, as of now, I'm, playing it out of POS amp that I borrowed from my friend, so we'll see how it sounds through a better amp.

Looked great right out of the box, heck, it was barely out of tune! I needed to raise the action a little, as it was too low for my preferance, as well as adjust the pickups. There is still a little buzz on the low E string, but I'm sure a professional set-up will cure that.

Can't really say, Haven't had it long enough, though it seems pretty solid.

As you've heard, Rondo Music is phenomonal, Kurt responded to all of my emails in like, an hour, and I must have sent them 2 dozen.

I'm realitivly new to playing, only been playing for about a year and a half, and I only have another acoustic. If the guitar was stolen I would definatly buy another. I love this guitar, the only thing that I wish was that black didn't show fingerprints so easily...but what can you do.

I AM A LEFT HANDED PLAYER AND AS ALL LEFTYS KNOW IT SUCKS TO FIND A GOOD GUITAR OR EVEN A CHOICE OF GUITARS AND COLORS AND STYLES WITHOUT GETTING SNIPED FOR ANOTHER $100.00 TO $200.00 MARK UP!
THEN I DIED AND WAS SENT TO RONDO MUSIC IN NEW JERSEY, FOR THE PRICE OF A MARKUP AND ANOTHER COUPLE BILLS,YOU CAN GET A REAL DECENT LEFT HANDED LP COPY FROM THESE GUYS.
NOT THAT THIS IS A GIBSON LES PAUL TO THE TEE IT IS WELL MADE SOLID FEELING GUITAR THAT CAN TAKE THE BUMPS AND YOU WON'T CRY ALL WEEK IF YOU BANG IT UP.

I BOUGHT IT WITH THE IDIA OF GUTTING IT AND INSTALLING A SET OF SEYMOYR DUNCAN SETH LOVER PUPS IN TO IT SO I PLAYED AROUND WITH THE STOCK PUPS A WEEK OR TWO BEFOR THE DUNCANS ARIVED, THEY ARE A NICE MELLOW SOUNDING PICKUP FOR CHEEPO'S AND VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE TOUCH I AM RUNNING THIS AX INTO A KENDRICK 4212 COMBO AND IT SOUNDS SWEET.
SO MOVING FORWARD TO THE SETH LOVERS, I INSTALLED THE BRIDGE WITH A S/D JB HUMBUCKER AND A SETH LOVER IN THE NECK THIS COMBO FELL RIGHT INTO ALLMAN BROTHERS SONIC SOUND TO THE TEE PLENTY OF ZEPLIN ROCKI-N-ROLL AND SOME NICE MELLOW JAZZ WITH THE NECK PUP.
SO AFTER SOME ADVICE FROM MY FRIEND AT HIS MUSIC STORE WE INSTALLED A SET OF TONEPRO BRIDGE AND TAIL PIECE SETUP AND MY GOD I WISH I HAD INVENTED THAT STUPID LITTLE THING OF TWO ALEN SCREWS TO BLOCK DOWN THE BRIDGE TO THE BODY FOR A SOLID FIT THE GUY MUST HAVE MORE
MONEY THAN GOD FOR THAT IDIA BY NOW.
THIS GUITAR SUSTAINS FOREVER NOW AND MUCH MORE LOUDER THAN WITH THE STOCK BRIDGE! IN SHORT I DUMPED ANOTHER $300 INTO IT ON SETUP,PICKUPS AND BRIDGE AND TAIL PEICE AND IT WAS WORTH IT IT SOUND BETTER THAN MY 1976 PAUL CUSTOM AND THAT AIN'T NO SH-T! A CAN SAY THE TONEPRO BRIDGE IS A GOD SENT TO IMPROVE YOUR BODY TO STRING CONECTION OF YOUR GUITAR HONESTLY TRY IT FOR $65.00 ITS WORTH IT I INSTALLED A SET ON MY LES PAUL AND IT NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD WHAT A 100% LIFE GIVER TO THE CLASSIC GUITAR!!

IT BLEW ME AWAY WHEN I OPENED THE BOX IT WAS SO NICE NO WAY FOR $259.00 IT IS SO WELL MADE FOR A CHEEP AX NO SAMICK HERE NORE ASLIN DANE!
CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED SOME MINOR FLAWS BUT VERY MINOR.
THREE PEICE SOLID MAHOGANY AND SOLID ONE PEICE MAHOGANY NECK (SWEET)
EBONY FRET BOARD WAS CLEAN! FLAME CAP LOOKS NICE BUT MY GUESS IT IS
MICRO THIN AT LEAST IT'S NOT PHOTO FLAME! THEY HAVE THE NEW ONES
OUT THAT HAVE A 1/4 INCH TRUE FLAME MAPPLE CAP FOR $400.00 AMBER.
THE STRINGS SUCKED BUT I WAS READY FOR THAT NECK NEEDED A LITTLE TWEAKING AND LETTING IT SIT AND BREATH TO THE DRY CLIMATE OF NEW MEXICO FOR A FEW DAYS BROUGHT IT TO LIFE!

I WOULD TAKE THIS GUITAR ON THE ROAD ANYTIME, AND ANOTHER FOR A BACKUP ITS WELL BUILT AS FAR AS I CAN SEE I HAVE HAD IT FOR TWO MONTHS NOW AND HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM YET!

KURT AT RONDO MUSIC MUST SLEEP BY HIS COMPUTER THE GUY IS ON TOP OF ANY QUESTION YOU THROW AT HIM AND HAS ALWAYS HAD THE ANSURES!!GET SOME SLEEP KURT,YOUR GUITAR HAS PROBLEMS THEY WILL TRADE OR REFUND IN A FLASH!!

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE I WAS 15 I AM 45 NOW JEEZ!!PLAYED CLUBS FOR AROUND NINE YEARS!
MY GEAR HAS CHANGED SO MANY TIMES I DON'T REMEMBER ALL I HAD!
MESA BOOGIE MKII-C,MEAS BOOGIE 50 CAL COMBO,FENDER TWIN REVERBS HAD FOUR OF THEM AND ANOTHER HALF DOZEN AMPS1
CURENTLY USEING 1966 FENDER BLACKFACE DELUXE REVERB AND 80 WATT TWEED KENDRICK 4212 TWO TWELVE COMBO!
PEDDLES TWO IBANEZ TS-9 MODED,IBANEZ AD-9 DELAY, VOODOO LAB SPARKLE DRIVE, ALESIS MICROVERB FOR THE KENDRICK!
TWO VINTAGE EARLY 70's CRY BABY's WITH THE (TDK) RED BOX!
I HAVE HAD A FEW GUITARS BEING LEFTY I MEAN A FEW MAINLY FENDER STRATS, TWO TELECASTERS AND 76 LES PAUL! NOT TO MENTION THE STUFF THAT IS WORTH A SMALL PILE OF GOLD THESE DAYS
THAT I TRASHED,SWAPED, PAWNED
OR GAVE AWAY!
YOUNG AND STUPID!BOO! HOO!!

The Specs are covered in the previous posts. My axe is cherry sunburst with P-90s. Nothing else to add here.

I really like the sound. Hot pups have a really nice easy to shape growl. they are glassy if you back off the volume, with the slightest breakup. I am playing through a Fender Hot Rod DLX and Peavey Studio amp - refitted with an Emminence reissue speaker. Both sound great - but very differnt.

Pots are smoothe and clean - no noise.

I can get that traditional Paul sound, or the strat like nasal wail. It dials in an awful lot of in between the two as well.
tone controls allow for much variablity as well. Many others I have played get muddy when you back off the treble just a little. this gives A LOT of flexibility.

The set up was reallygood. I thought it was too low and adjusted it higher (action). It sounded great, but was too high for my preference. I tightened the truss rod just a little and it came to life. I backed the height back down and it is ultra-low - clean and smooth like warm butter, or snot on a door knob.

Finnish was fantastic but there were minor flaws in the binding on teh headstock. Not visible more than a couple of feet away but there non the less. I can only go 8 total for this reason.

this axe seems a solid as any much more expensive one I have played. I would not hesitate to use it accordingly. I have no idea how long it will hold up, but I trust that it will exceed my expectations, as it has in every other respect.

If I played any other axe without back up I would with this. I always use a back up - string breaks happen.

a 10 is based on expectation. It is only a couple of weeks old. I will follow up if needed.

Kurt - Rondo Music....you have heard it before -
Yep - excellent support so far - ultra quick responses. NO repairs needed, no warranty implied - But based on his track record - I believe he would make it right. Maybe I should email and ask...

I started playing (again) about 5 years ago. I own several electrics and have bought sold many more. these included Gretsch, Fender, Epiphone, Jay turser, Peavey, Gibson and Fender/Peavey amps.

If it were stolen, I would order another. If it were available in tobacco burst, it would be closer to perfect for me. I really do like this thing.

It feels great! The neck, the body, the controls....it is well rounded, and just seems to have found its way into my hands at just the right time. I would be willing to bet that the Humbuckers have a different sound and it islikely to be very flexible as well. It would be a goog comliment to the collection,but trying to explain this to my wife will be a chore.

If you get one, I do not see how you could be disappointed. If you don't like it - send it back - costs you shipping only -
If it is damaged - ship it back costs you nothing - either get your money back or have it replaced.

Win Win situation.

The features are all pretty well explained in the other reviews. The pickup selector switch is sharp and responsive. The only flaw that I can note is that the tone knobs, although numbered 1 - 10 aren't that accurate. I usually keep my tone on 10 but if you adjust it, there is no audible change until you get to about 2 or 3, and even then, there is no difference between 1 and 3. Basically, it's either treble or base - no dialing up something in the middle.

Once again, much has been said about the Wilkinson P-90's. I live in the area so I went to the store planning to trade my Line 6 AX212 towards a guitar. When trying out the guitars, I used my own amp since I was familiar with it and knew what it could do (not that everyone has this luxury but playing through an amp that you are familiar with is the best way to test a guitar). The guitar sang. Great sustain; smooth playability on the fret board; great harmonics. Reacts great to pinch harmonics (a la Zakk Wylde) and chords are clear and ring out with great clarity and harmonics. Slim neck makes fretting a pleasure. I have a Gibson Standard Les Paul and when I got home I played both guitars to compare them. They are 2 different guitars and they feel slightly different but I can honestly say that my Gibson doesn't feel better, just slightly different. As for sound, they both sound great, and I believe that the Agile actually sounds better and more clear than the Gibson. I attribute this to the pickups more than the guitar. I have a Fender (mexican) Strat, Gibson ES-300, Gibson Les Paul, Carvin Custom Bolt-on, Jackson DK-2, Dillion Telecaster copy w/F-hole, and a few others but this guitar sounds and plays as well if not better than all of them but for a fraction of the price. Sustain is about the same. (by the way, I ended up keeping the amp too!)

I have the honey colored maple top and it is GORGEOUS. By far the most handsome guitar that I have ever owned. The ebony neck with pearl inlays is very pretty and plays exceptionally smooth. The body is solid with no noticable defects in workmanship. Neck is fast and the action was great without need for adjustments.

This certainly looks like it could stand up to live situations - although it is so pretty I would hate to scratch it. It is solid and weighs about the same as my Les Paul Standard. Not quite as heavy as the Les Paul Custom. There doesn't seem to be any reason that it won't hold up.

Haven't used them.

The guitar is beautiful, sounds great, and plays great. That's what every musician wants right? Now, outside of the tone knob thing that I mention above, if someone slapped a Gibson headstock on this thing and told me it cost them $1000+ I would say, "Hey man, you got yourself a great guitar!" I would think that it was a very fair deal considering the marketplace. The fact that this is sold for $359-$399 makes it one of the best deals I have ever seen in the 18 yrs that I have been buying music gear. Now I got mine directly from the store as a scratch & dent (you can barely see the dent on the bottom) so for $219, that would be like me finding a gas station that sold .50 gas. Shame on Fender and Gibson for overcharging us!! Great buy; highly recommended!

2004 agile 3000 gold top w. p90's. One piece mahogany neck, maple cap on mahogany body,ebony fretboard, grover tuners. Overall a quality guitar bordering on crafstmanship. Looks like an apprentice put on the grover tuners though. No effect on sound of course but a quality control issue. Small finish blem/blob where neck meets body and small finish blem on headstock. Paint /binding interface shows "economy of scale" production vs. crafstmanship. Abalone inlays are well done. Figured maple cap is oustanding.

I've played mainly strats and had an aversion to gibsons mainly because I don't like himbuckers. The opportunity to have a les paul style guitar w. p 90's and the features available on the 3000 was too tempting at the price to resist even though I swore I would never buy a guitar w.out first playing it. The sound is a treat though. I plug directly into a musicman RD 212 and the sound is very sugary.Right in b/w a strat and standard les paul w. more sustain. Some hum when the p'ups are dialed in seperatley (as with most single coils) but 95% noise cancelling when dialed in together. I play all styles but think this is stright R&R guitar-ie. Allman bros.or early Rush/Yes for instrumental sound.Beuatiful clear ring on open chords w. multiple harmoniv overtones.

I got lucky and aside from the machine head issue mentioned above got a great factory setup on the guitar. Action set very low-Maybe 1/64th low for my playing style but no fret buzz and no detectable intonation issues. May play w. the p'ups a bit but am no hurry.

This guitar is too purty to gig w. right now. Maybe in a few years after the kids have suckered me into letting them borrow it.

Played for 25 years. Have a Jap strat, ES 335, Westone "shred machine", an acoustic and a classical. Amps are a Misicman RD 212 trans tube and a Fender M80. Agile nicley rounds out the sound. If this guitar were lost I'd definietely grab another

Everyone knows the features. Mine is the black model. I love the cream stripe around the body. Abalone inlays are nice and grover tuners are cool. Gives the look of a 1200 gibby lp. I LOVE IT!

Im running off a jcm 900 right now and it sounds great. I play a dark punk,rockish sound and its dope! Its like waking up in on the beach in a pile of roses with the waves crashing on your bare chest. LIKE THAT...JUST LIKE THAT! Tone was so nice my ears started bleading! Well it was either that or my rig cranked all the way up without ear plugs!

Action is great. Love the fast neck. Action is low like I like but I had to raise it because of the annoying buzz on the EAD strings. Moreless on the EA strings. Great finish. I got great compliments from people in guitar center when I took it there to try out amps! Pickups were adjusted nicely and everything was great!..GREAT I SAID!

Very reliable and very durable. I giged with this baby about 3 times so far and has not let me down! Strap button broke on me. I was dissapointed but then went to GC and bought some strap lock systems and was happy once again!

Rondomusic is great. Great support. All that needs to be said! Really fast responses that its almost freaky that they're staring @ the computer screen every second waiting for someone to Emial them. They got back to all my emails withing 3 minutes.

been playing for 3 years now. If this was stolen I would catch the guy that stole it and hit him over the head with my gutiar causing it to break then I would re buy it! I love how I get the sound of a high quilty Epi and a lower end Gibson straight out the box without paying too much.

I was looking for an inexpensive P90 equipped guitar, and very nearly bought the Squire Tele II. Being a Les Paul kind of guy (humbucker Tokai Love Rock) I stumbled on the Agile site, and could not believe this for $359. The woods (one piece mahogany body and neck, not multipiece like my Tokai), and gold top finish look absolutely gorgeous. It has all gold finished hardware (Grover tuners), and a pair of hot P90's that have a killer midrange and sustain forever. I thought my Tokai was a great deal, this kicks a**

I play mostly classic rock and some blues and have gigged with this only a couple of times so far. I run through a Digitech RP100, into a Fender TRRI, and now that I have learned to cut the top end slightly, I can alternate with the Tokai through the evening. This guitar cuts through much better than the humbuckers, but lacks a bit of bottom end (typical P90) - all-in-all this guitar can't be faulted sound-wise

Poorly set up as received with the strings against the neck - I was at first alarmed, but upon raising the bridge discovered the intonation right on, and the guitar very playable. Fretwork is first class, neck is straight and hopefully will stay that way. I have to give it a low number but in all fairness I had to do more work with other guitas to get the same playability.

Quality looks excellent, triple binding, abalone inlays, faultless cellulose. Mine has the tiniest mark by one of the pots but I can happily live with that. This is a solid, heavy guitar, hardware looks like it will hold up, looks as good as any Les paul i have seen, and it up there with the custom shop models. How they do it for the money, I couldn't begin to guess.

This could be a bit questionable - Rondo will exchange/refund with no quibbles, but I understand spares availability could be difficult. Gibson parts probably won't fit (same with most off brands). The reality is though, that unless you have a mishap most hardware could and should last a very long time.

Guitars: Tokai Love Rock TKM, Tokai RG40-12 string, Washburn HB35s, Shergold Masquerador, Squire Affinity Strat 20th, Maya P Bass copy, Charvel Jackson 625C 12 string, Yamaha APX T1, Yamaha FG140. Amps: Fender TRRI, Vox AC30TB, Fender Bassman 60, Trademark 60. This guitar compares favorably and is a nice addition especially with the P90's