What do you call the material of these inlays?

[ApeDosMil]

http://www.rondomusic.bigstep.com/it...8&PRID=1456585

what material are the inlays?

here's a better pic

http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/al3000bk5.jpg

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

... fret board with real abolone inlays ....

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">My guess would be "abolone". [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[jeff300]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Abalone.

[ApeDosMil]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

FUCK how'd i miss that [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

thanks.

[RacerX]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Yeah, you have to read all the way down TO THE FIRST SENTENCE!!! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Granted, it IS a really long sentence, and the info is buried amongst a bunch of details down on the 5th line, but I really enjoyed doing my Leno impersonation! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[slayer]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

That guitar has been tempting me to cut into my Jackson Custom Soloist fund. I love the Black one. Anyone have one? I would choose the regular neck profile to the 60s slim taper model. How are they-worth it? Jack.

[bombtek]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Yep, I got two of those, one in Febrary I think it was and one in April. I got the black 2500 with gold hardware (kickass guitar) and then I liked it so much, that I got the CSB 3000. Both were worth every penny I spent on them, and if you watch Ebay for these guitars, you'll also notice that they actually HOLD their value, in a lot of cases, the sellers actually get much more than the guitars' original cost (granted on those models, it is usually with the correct Les Paul horn). With my 3000 EVERYTHING about it shouts Les Paul (except for the ablone inlays of course). It is friggin HEAVY, the CSB maple cap is thick and very very well matched, the ebony fretboard's grain is very tight and wicked dark (damn near as black as the paint on the 2500) and even the hardware is every bit of ok. Truth be told ....for the last 2 months....it has been my main player. Now we'll see if it holds up to that status once I get the Washburn X 50 in the mail lol. But I have no regrets about buying that Agile, it was money well spent.

[bombtek]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Yeah Ron...I know it is spelled "February" [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[kremit]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

I have a 2500 now also. Awesome. These guitars are very well built. If the funds come up before the 3000s are gone I'm definitely getting one.

[Soloist1]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

At 350 for the entire guitar it is more than likely ablame. It's still real abalone. But it's a whole bunch of smaller pieces that they laminate together into sheets. Real Paua abalone blanks that size are expensive and rare.

[ApeDosMil]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Originally posted by Soloist1:
At 350 for the entire guitar it is more than likely ablame. It's still real abalone. But it's a whole bunch of smaller pieces that they laminate together into sheets. Real Paua abalone blanks that size are expensive and rare.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">oh well, it still looks really nice.

[Soloist1]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Ablames not bad. It's just not whole shell blank abalone. I just bought some whole shell stuff for a custom I'm having GMW do. It was tough finding the pieces for the inlays up on the lower frets. The stuff in that pic is called Paua abalone. The biggest shell blanks are generally only and inch by an inch and a half in size. So stuff like shark fins and block inlays are near impossible without using more than one piece. The ablame stuff kind off fixed that problem. But if you look at it close up you can see the figuring is from multiple shells.

[slayer]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Are the 3000s truely solid Mahogany? The caps true flame maple or on the black one, truly a hard maple sold cap? We all saw what Epiphone does to their guitars and call them solid [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I may buy the Black one and hopefully it will be nice [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] How are the electronics on the 300s? I know the pickups will suck, well usually.is the Agile logo inlaid or sticker? Jack.

[toejam]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Originally posted by slayer:
Are the 3000s truely solid Mahogany? The caps true flame maple or on the black one, truly a hard maple sold cap? We all saw what Epiphone does to their guitars and call them solid [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Agile Explorer Ken had was solid mahogany, kinda light, too. I'm sure it's not the highest grade mahogany like Honduran, but it sounded pretty nice.
And the Epiphone thing with the cardboard top was a Korean fake. Real Epiphones have real maple or alder tops. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[kremit]

Re: What do you call the material of these inlays?

Originally posted by slayer:
Are the 3000s truely solid Mahogany? The caps true flame maple or on the black one, truly a hard maple sold cap? We all saw what Epiphone does to their guitars and call them solid [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I may buy the Black one and hopefully it will be nice [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] How are the electronics on the 300s? I know the pickups will suck, well usually.is the Agile logo inlaid or sticker? Jack.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The descriptions on the 3000's are accurate. I believe the logos on those are inlaid. A close inspection of my Ghost & 2500 revealed that they were as advertised. The pickups in both of my guitars are surprisingly smooth, bell like when clean and nasty when pushed (in a good way). The wiring and pups in the 3000 are supposed to be much better.

I feel like the poster child for that company now [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Agile has got to be the best bang for the buck anywhere right now ! Most copies are made of shit components and with these you're getting woods, hardware, full binding, set necks, etc that is at least in the same ballpark (except for the KV copy - agathis body [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] - )as its genuine counterparts that sell for 3-5 times more. Most of the info I got on these were through several emails with Kurt at Rondo. He is a hell of a guy ! He was answering my emails at 11:30 p.m. when I was shopping the 2500 12 string !