Crazy fretless 12 string Agile

[Hellbat]

A friend of mine just ordered and received one of these. Gotta hand it to Rondo for not being afraid to try unconventional builds...

http://www.rondomusic.com/al310012bkfl.html

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[Jack Napalm]

I could make all sorts of out tune songs with that.

[Hellbat]

Yeah, tuning and intonation on that thing frighten me to be honest.

[markD]

truly bizarre...

[asix]

cheap to at $399 its a bargain. but as jack said...

[MetalDaze]

I would love to see a video of someone playing it.

[SignoftheDragon]

Title should be "Crazy useless fretless 12 string Agile"

I only play 12-strings, and that thing still looks like a nightmare.

[Larz]

why no floyd?

[Grandturk]

6 strings: good
12 strings: very good
no frets: Best Number 1!

[lerxstcat]

I like my Agiles, but I can't see why anyone would want a fretless guitar! That just seems like a nightmare to me!

[VitaminG]

check out what Ron Thal does with his fretless Vigier. I'd love to hear what he would come up with using a guitar like this.

having said that, I could only make sounds like feral cats screwing on the tin roof of a ballbearing factory with it

[straycat]

Hope the bridge is screwed in the right spot that would be an intonation nightmare.

[pro-fusion]

This would function as effectively an "electric oud." I can see Turkish or Arab musicians loving it. In fact, there are a number of frightfully skilled fretless electric guitarists in Turkey. Most of them use a sustainer pickup to make up for the natural lack of sustain on a fretless guitar. You can do amazing things with them if you can get your intonation spot on. A 12-string version would be harder to play, but oud players have been doing it for centuries.