Agile AS-820 Semi-Hollow 12-String

I bought this guitar off Ebay from Rondo Music. It is a semi-hollow body full binding. I bought the white one, although it is also available in natural or cherry red finishes. The natural is the cheapest and the cherry is the most expensive by about 40 dollars. It has Gold Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio, set in Maple neck with graphite nut, Rosewood fret board with 22 frets and large pearloid block inlays. All gold hardware with stop bar tail piece, three ply black pickguard (black/white/black). It has two ceramic humbucker pickups. Sound is controlled via two volume and two tone controls and a 3 way pickup selector switch. This is a Korean made guitar.

Width of the neck at the nut: 1 3/4"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
Overall length, including the strap button: 42"; Scale length: 24.7 "
Width at the widest point: 15 1/4"
Body thickness 1 3/4" at edge
Actual Weight is only 8 lbs

No case was available on Ebay and on Rondo's website it is out-of-stock. For the time being, I'm using an existing gig bag that I had on hand.

Wow! I've wanted a 12-string electric for a few years to add to my collection. When I saw this guitar on Ebay, I couldn't believe the price ($339.00). I did some prowling around on the internet and couldn't find anyone who had anything bad to say about Agile guitars. In fact, most people can't believe the value for the dollar and suggested grabbing one before the price starts going up. I'm in that camp, this is an unbelievable value for the dollar. Out of the box, this one was setup perfectly, I touched nothing except for changing the strings out with a set of Curt Mangan's. I've played it through two amps, a 1968 Fender Bronco and a 1983 Fender Concert. It has an incredible, sweet, jangly sound. And, I was amazed at how many different styles you can play, and it sounds really good. I play on my church's worship team and really thought I might be able to use the 12 string occasionally, but after playing it for a while, I think it will see much more use. The 12 string electric has such a sweet, chorus sound that will fit with many styles of music. It even had a rather interesting sound when played through my Keeley Tube Screamer. You can't really bend the notes, but for some tasteful leads, it's got a neat sound.

I could not find anything wrong with this guitar straight out of the box. What I thought was a scratch on the headstock by one of the tuning key pegs turned out to be a remnant of a polishing material that wiped right off. The G tuning pegs are a little too much in a straight line, so that one string rubs against the other while tuning. I think I can take the string off and rewind it and that will be okay, but we're talking millimeters here folks. All the hardware looks great, binding looks super and the finish is flawless.

I've only owned this a few days so I can't say much about reliability. However, it's built as well as any Gibson I've owned. The gold plating may wear (as most gold does), but the finish looks very nice, frets are nice and fat and well dressed. I'm going to replace the strap buttons with Dunlop locking buttons (not because there's anything wrong with the strap buttons, but only because my straps all have locks and I don't want to take any chances). I wouldn't gig this guitar without a backup, simply because you just can't play a 12 string electric on EVERY song, although it might be fun to try.

Rondo Music was super. The guitar was shipped quickly and they kept me abreast of the tracking information so I knew exactly when it would arrive at my door. It was shipped in its original box and as stated earlier, arrived in perfect condition. I'm not sure what kind of warranty it has, but I believe if there was a problem Rondo would make it right.

I've been playing guitar for 40 years now and own a number of instruments (a 1983 52 Fender Telecaster reissue, 1995 American Standard Tele, 2 2006 Fender Squier 51s, Martin DM.

I purchased this guitar from Rondo Music off of Ebay.I believe this is a 2007. I think it's made in Korea. Sports 22 jumbo frets with a natural maple flame top, 2 volume & 2 tone controls with 3 way switch, two ceramic humbucker pickups of unknown origin. This is a 335 12 string knock-off. Die-cast Gold Grover tuners. All gold hardware with stop bar tail piece.

Well I really wasn't expecting much for a $300.00 guitar. However, I was totally blown away by the sound of this guitar. The pick-ups are really quiet, lots of of variation between the2 pick ups. Can you believe a 12 string with a great jazz sound, then switch to a kick *** rockabilly.
This guitar does it all even the jangle thing the Ricks are famous for.

I have zero complaints about playing this guitar right out of the box. I can be really anal about my guitars and I gave this on the once over twice. the more I looked the better I liked what I saw. The binding even has a worn vintage look which works well with the Wine Red color. I may buy a white one too. The action is quick and clean with lost of space for my fingers. I've always wondered how anyone can play a Rick with that skinny neck.

I've only had this guitar for a day so I don't know how long it will last but it appears to be constructed well enough to withstand daily gigging

Haven't had to deal with it yet.

I've been playing since 1963 so I've owned and played a fair amount of guitars. Expensive ones, cheap ones and I have to say if you don't own one of these do yourself a favor and get one now. An ES 335 knock-off for $350 that sounds and plays this great is unbelievable. I compared this to a Epiphone Riviera 12 just a bunch of guitars and bought this one. I currently own
2002 guild Starfire III, 2976 Guild F50, Guild F512-(12 String)
1968 Gibson LP Gold Top, 2005 LP Studio Mahogany
1948 Martin 0-17
Custom made AJDavid Guitar 6 string Dreadnought