Agile 3100 vs Epiphone MIJ 97, Agile AL3100 vs gibson les Paul standard- part 2

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Agile AL-3100 HSBF Wide. Make sure to watch the first part of the video.
The guitar is great value for money it's just out of Gibson's league. Sadly...
Rondo Music shipped it very fast to UK which was great

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[thefrenchgambler]

Good job. But it's a bad idea to compare these guitars. Gibson obviously wins. The $3000 wins over the $400 one. (but is the difference as big as it cost?) You should compare Agile with lower-priced Gibson LP (faded...) and Epi Std plus or more.

[greg1775]

@thefrenchgambler

this gibson from the review is actually lower priced LP Faded Standard 2008- they don't make them anymore. Totally killer guitar !!! I made review using what was available. I might actually swap this Agile for some old Epi

[dangraphic]

I trust your review. You seem sincerely disappointed.

My primary concern is tone and of course resale value.

When one buys a no-brand or 'less' brand guitar, the resale value just isn't there.

Hence it's not an investment. It's like you said, if it's your first guitar then it's just OK. Personally I think many if the people saying Agile compares to an Epiphone and some even say to a Gibson, are fooling themselves, and trying hard to feel good about a purchase.

[greg1775]

@dangraphic This is exactly my point! Guys out there you were fooled about Agile just like me- this is just an OK guitar. It will never be as good as Gibson. Yes even if Gibson is overpriced and sometimes the quality is not as high as you would expect for this money. It still sound fucking amazing! Agile is a great beginner-intermediate guitar but not a pro instrument. Try to bend strings and use other phrasing techniques and you will see. I would love to sell mine but who will buy it?

[Maxpound]

I commented on Part one of your review and I must say I'm sorry that it wasn't what you expected it to be. Look at the bright side: the wood is gonna get better over time and its cheap enough to mod to get it to sound right now. I appreciate your brutal honesty on which you think.

[greg1775]

@Maxpound Thanks for your kind words - I am deeply heart broken with this Agile and now the tunning issues will make me invest in it even more;-((((

[jws2]

If you can do minor luthier work like set up and fret work you can make the Agile play amazingly well. These guitars are built in Korea by Samick the worlds largest instument maker. They make everything from guitars to grand piano's and also make guitars under contract for EVERY major manufacturer, yes, Gibson and Fender to name a few. All BS aside these are GREAT guitars for the money and if you compare them to anything within there price range NOTHING will beat them or come close!

[martinaxman]

Yes, I feel your pain too. You really look distressed. It sucks to expect one thing and get another. As someone said you can modify it. Search on YT for "AGILE AL3100 MODS." A pretty informative clip. Thanks for your honest comments. Most folks will understand what you're saying. It's no Gibson, but it's a decent ax for the bucks, and like you said you won't worry too much about someone walking off with it. Plus it could make a decent starter for one of your students or one of their friends.

[porterhouse56]

@dangraphic i took it to a guy i know to have the action set more like more preference and had the pup's done by him, he said they went in perfect, True story, after he installed the pu's and played it he was speechless. He liked it so much he is putting the S.D alnico pro II's in his original les paul . For a ' BRAND NEW ' LP copy, Agile are the best choice.

[dangraphic]

@porterhouse56

In spite of some so-so reviews, I was able to find a B-stock Agile 2000 for $165.. so I figured, I can't loose, if it doesn't work out at least I paid for firewood... It turned out to be a GREAT guitar.. and you know what was wrong with it? Just the strap button, it was mashed but didn't dent the body, $2.00, swapped it out and now it's a complete 2000.

I'm thinking about swapping the pups too.Did you have any trouble with the wiring?

Did everything match up? Please let me know.

[porterhouse56]

@dangraphic i have an agile, and im not sure if this guy got a bad piece of wood or what but my agile is killer... i have several guitars, gibson SG, Fender strat U.S, custom guitars, washburns...and the agile is by far the best... in saying that... i did swap out the stock pickups ( the stock pickups were very gibson 490ish... not much clarity but great bottom end.. i put seymour duncan slash alnico pro II's in it and i am still wanting to find any guitar that competes with it.

[MrArtist1971]

What would it sound like if you replaced the Agile's pickups with 'real' Les Paul pickups?