Agile HRB200

Ash laminate top with rounded, fiberglass body. Ovation style acoustic/electric, with a piezoelectric pup and three band EQ.

Sounds pretty good in both acoustic and electric modes. A little weak at the lower end, but this is due to the shallow bodied configuration. Uppers come through just fine.

Pretty well made, with a nice, glossy finish on the top. Bit fo a gap between the neck and the body. Action is good. Tuners are a little flimsy and demand frequent attention when playing. Cheap, plastic rosette around the soundhole that was described as "inlaid" by the distributor, Rondo Music.

Time will tell. It's held together for the last three months.

This guitar, like other products from Rondo Music, comes with no warranty. Supposedly, if you have a problem, they take their stuff back and send another, or give a refund. Maybe they do. Who knows? But some reviewers here have stated that that was NOT the case for them. They have a good reputation, but it's not really deserved. As long as you're buying an advertised item - giving them your hard earned - they're all helpful. But speaking from personal experience, if you have trouble with something, they become very disinterested in you.

Been playing for almost a year. I wanted an acoustic to go with the Gibson Flying V and the HRB200 seemed to fit the bill. It's certainly a decent guitar for the money, but Rondo spoke with a forked tongue when describing the rosette as "inlaid". For this reason and a couple other things, I don't think I'll be buying from them again. Email me for details.

2005 Korean made accoustic/electric - ovation style cutaway shallow molded back and sides - ash brown laminated sunburst top - plastic rosette ring around sound hole - 22 frets - diamond shaped plastic inlays on rosewood fret board - under saddle piezo pickup - 4 band preamp/equalizer on upper bout of body - cast chrome tuners - strings loaded through back of bridge - pretty standard features common to ovation style acoustic/electrics

i play in a church worship support team - i wanted a inexpensive (but quality) a/e guitar that could be played accoustically at times and amplified through the pa most of the time - very few accoustic electrics sound good amplied no matter what, so i was not expecting any thing great with this agile - yet it sounds as good as any accoustic electric i have ever heard when run through a line 6 pod and then into the pa - i leave the guitar preamp settings pretty much in the middle (boost the bass a little) and use the line 6 pod for tone control - works great - you can get mellow warm sounds or sharp electric sounds - does not seem noisy at all - it will feed back if you are not carefull at high volume - granted -the line 6 pod is helping this versatility but it is a set up that works well- accoustically and unamplified - the agile is quite loud for this style of instrument - projects well unamplified - but not as much bottom end as dedicated quality accoustics - but will get the job done - i am quite pleased just playing this guitar at home etc - kind of grows on you - thus i don't play my martins, etc much anymore - really good sound for very little money

this agile was set up at the factory with light gauge strings - very easy to play - but i like medium gauge strings so i switched to 13 to 56 set of phosphor bronze - doing this actually did not improve the sound and made action a little stiffer - i will probably switch back to light gauge - action from factory was fine - a little high at saddle and nut but ok - neck was acceptably straight - tuners seem to hold fine but i am going to switch them to gotahs anyway - finish perfect as far as i can see - two things i am concerned about - bridge had slight gap at back end - i don't think it will pull up but needs to be watched - also fit of neck into body joint could have been better - no big deal though for a guitar in this price range - i have seen worse flaws on guitars costing ten times as much -

i have been using this guitar for church playing and have had zero problems - every thing seems solid - time will tell but so far after a couple of months i see no problems of any kind -

rondo music has always responded within a day on e mails - i am unsure of the warannty - i believe that rondo will take instruments back within 10 days - no questions asked - but don't quote me on this - no paperwork or warranty info was included with the guitar -

been playing for over 35 years - been in rock bands, church groups, etc. - i own ricks, fenders, epiphones, guild, dalelectro, dearmound, martins, alverez, crate amps, fender amps, peavy amps, vox amp - mostly inexpensive moderately priced stuff though - i like to buy inexpensive instruments and fix and refine them - this agile hrb-200 works great for me - i did not expect much for $160 but this guitar does as well or better than guitars costing several times its price - i did have a ovation celebrity a/e costing three times the price of this agile - the agile sounds better and is made every bit as well as the ovation - i have no experience with the expensive ovations-
i would replace this agile hrb-200 it if stolen - amazing value