Biggus Pickus said:
I've heard that even dirt-cheap far-east imports, when properly set up, play exactly the same as expensive American guitars... and if someone like Eric Clapton or Slash, for example, played an entry level Squire or Epiphone it would sound like Eric Clapton or Slash playing i.e. good.
While that might be true to some extent, people use it to argue that it doesn't matter what kind of guitar you play, so buy an Agile.
I bought an Agile 3100 for a several reasons:
1 ) I have 2500 Agile model experience and it was good enough to make me go, "hmmm!"
2 ) I'm not paying $$$$ for a logo
3 ) I'm not paying $$$$ for a guitar with shoddy fretwork, etc (Gibson "quality" control)
4 ) I'm not paying $$$$ for a guitar that doesn't have the pickups I want
5 ) I'm a lefty and my choices are limited
6 ) Agile offers a spectacular amount of guitar for $ hundreds; not $ thousands
7 ) Gibson is a complete rip-off if you consider how much guitar you get for how much you pay
8 ) From the Norlin era in the 60's up to current times, Gibson has been slowly sucking over the decades
9 ) I hate Gibson (the company, not the guitars)
10 ) I believe in free market; sellers can sell at whatever price point they want - conversely, us consumers can buy whatever the F we want
Biggus Pickus said:
To me, a real Gibson looks much better than an Agile.
I offer the Van Halen vs. Van Hagar argument: It's possible that you see things this way because the Gibson shape is burned into your brain; e.g. familiarity.
What's funny is I've been researching these Agiles for a while now, and when I see a Gibson LP, I think the horn looks too long now.
Once Jeff gets done winding my PAFs (for put-on-hold SG project), I'm sticking them in there (I don't do AlNiCo-5; 2 only for buckers). It's possible I may change
the bridge/tuners; depends. And eventually I'm going to re-wire everything, but that's because I'm a picky SOB. :icon_biggrin:
I'm glad I'm over that.
