Agile 2500 Goltop w/Humbuckers

[Newc]

Ok, finally got a couple of pics of my new Agile 2500-H Goldtop (humbucker), so here y'ar [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]







Newc

[bombtek]

Re: Agile 2500 Goltop w/Humbuckers

Newc...it looks good mate.......now Newcenstien that mutha.
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[hippietim]

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Congrats on the new guitar Newc. How are you liking it? My Agile Les Paul was really pretty cool - great fit and finish, nice feeling neck, kinda mediocre pickups. One problem with it - and it's a big one - I couldn't play the thing in tune. Not even a freakin' 'E' chord could be played in tune. Nobody else that played it could play it in tune either. I suppose that being a fretless might have had something to do with that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I'm still eyeballing a few Agiles though.

[Outlander]

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What do you mean <font color="yellow"> Tim </font> did it come that way or did you order it that way? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Jack The Riffer]

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She's sweet Newc!!

Tim, I got my Agile 2500 15 months ago and I have never had a problem with the tuning.

[hippietim]

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What do you mean <font color="yellow"> Tim </font> did it come that way or did you order it that way? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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It did come that way and I did order it that way [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

They sold fretless cherry burst Les Paul copies for a while. I sold the guitar a while back. I'm thinking of buying it back from the guy.

http://hackolutions.com/gear/oldgear...less/agile.htm

[hippietim]

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She's sweet Newc!!

Tim, I got my Agile 2500 15 months ago and I have never had a problem with the tuning.

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Reread my post - it's a FRETLESS guitar [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Jack The Riffer]

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DOH!!! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[Jackson-Charvel]

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I have an Agile 2500 DC but I haven't gotten around to modding it yet.

I wanted the AmberFlame but they were out of them and were selling the last few CFS finish ones (and I thought they were getting rid of them for good, or ready to butcher the horn like the regular 2500) so I took the plunge, and I am glad I did! It is sweet and with a good setup it can be a fine player. I think I will turn this into a Les Paul Classic DC clone.

[Newc]

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There's not really anything I'd mod on it except the hardware - no paint, inlays, etc etc for this one [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I inspected the frets a bit closer and it does appear the 16th fret is either too tall or it's lifting in the center (maybe not seated properly?)
There's some major scuffing on the 21st fret under the top strings as well, so questionable fretwork is to be expected.

I might try tapping the fret down with a hammer (GENTLY!) or go at it with the Dremel's grinding wheel LIGHTLY tomorrow.

I would change the pickups, but after removing them I find that I have a total of ZERO screws that will fit the near-dozen spares I have [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

StewMac here I come [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Newc

[Jackson-Charvel]

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What kind of screws do you need? Are you replacing the mounting ring screws or just the pickups?I figured the Agile humbucker height screws are the standard 3-48 threaded by 1 1/4"?

[Newc]

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It's the height screws. The Agile screws are thicker than what I need, and I've got a handful of gold screws from somewhere (I hope not from StewMac) that won't fit the HZs in my WRMG, the Duncan Designeds, or the Gibson Dirty Fingers, or the Dimarzio SuperD, or any others I have [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Ah well, I got an order in to StewMac that should be here Tuesday, maybe they'll be the right size.

Newc

[little0x]

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Thats a nice looking guitar, hows it sound?



ox

[Newc]

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Sounds a lot better now that it's got an HB102 in the bridge and a DiMarzio double-creme SuperD in the neck [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I woulda put them in vice versa but the HB102's wire wasn't long enough to reach the controls from the neck position [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Anyhoo, I'll replace the nut with a graphite one at a later date. I also ordered a replacement bridge from StewMac but for some unknown reason manufacturers won't pick a damn standard and stick to it so the post holes are different sizes, as well as the inserts [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Upon closer examination of the frets, it seems they're bending all the frets to the same radius, just cutting them different lengths to go further up the neck, thus the higher frets stick up in the middle because the radius is out.

Newc

[Thoraby]

Re: Agile 2500 Goltop w/Humbuckers

I want one [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]