3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
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75lespaul
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
In a nutshell, these are great guitars with some fantastic sounding bridge pickups, below average neck pickups. Now for the glowing, on the honeymoon review, read on.
I can't take pics for jack. My impressions are as so: I have only played the Interceptor 727 Pro unplugged. I need to spend some time getting used to a 7 string, that's for sure! It plays really easy and the action is nice and low. In person, it is a stunning guitar. Actually, I DID put it through my VK the other night, but I was sick and my ears were plugged up. Tonight, I brought my Brobucker/Jazz loaded Gibson Les Paul downstairs with me to compare the Hawker and Valkyrie double neck to. As far as the neck pickups, nothing special. A little muddy compared to the Jazz' nice clear cleans, and nice for solos, muddy for chords. No surprise. Same for all three. The bridge pickups are where the total shock came, and I had to bring my wife down to listen, then a crappy Jay Turser as well. I played my Les Paul through my new Badcat Cougar 50 and Hughes & Kettner 4x12 with V30s and G12H30s in an X pattern. The Brobucker was...well...The Brobucker. My favorite pickup ever, and I was rockin' The Mob Rules, Enter Sandman, I Don't Know, etc, and I almost couldn't stop playing, lol. Hard as it was to unplug the Paul, I plugged in the Hawker, same amp settings, same volume, turned it up and....Holy SH#%...Are you kidding me? It sounded nearly identical. How the ... is this possible? The amp? I swapped guitars like three more times playing the exact same thing, same results. Plugged in the Turser with stock pickups....squealy crap. Actually usable, but nothing compared to these two. Called the wife down. She couldn't tell the difference between the LP and the Agile either. The Turser she turned her nose up at. Stunned, I plugged in the doubleneck. Holy smokes, more of the same. Not the exact same sound, but great just the same. Full, crunchy, grindy, nearly screaming solos.
Fellas, are my ears shot? Are my wife's ears shot? She has a pretty good ear as well after hearing this crap for over 20 years, haha. This weekend I'll be bringing them over my pal's house where they'll be put through the test with his near music store collection of amplifiers and guitars. Marshall plexi reissues, 73 NMV, Egnaters, Bugeras, I think a 900, a JVM, a DSL 100, all full stacks. And of course the best amp, lol--my Badcat Cougar combo. Either Kurt cherry picked some guitars for me, or Agile has really stepped up quality on their pickups. Like I said in my other post, they play fantastic with 10s and I'm used to 9s. Honeymoon? Probably, but my ears were fresh. When I cranked up that Hawker, it was like winning the lottery.
In a nutshell, these are great guitars with some fantastic sounding bridge pickups, below average neck pickups. Now for the glowing, on the honeymoon review, read on.
I can't take pics for jack. My impressions are as so: I have only played the Interceptor 727 Pro unplugged. I need to spend some time getting used to a 7 string, that's for sure! It plays really easy and the action is nice and low. In person, it is a stunning guitar. Actually, I DID put it through my VK the other night, but I was sick and my ears were plugged up. Tonight, I brought my Brobucker/Jazz loaded Gibson Les Paul downstairs with me to compare the Hawker and Valkyrie double neck to. As far as the neck pickups, nothing special. A little muddy compared to the Jazz' nice clear cleans, and nice for solos, muddy for chords. No surprise. Same for all three. The bridge pickups are where the total shock came, and I had to bring my wife down to listen, then a crappy Jay Turser as well. I played my Les Paul through my new Badcat Cougar 50 and Hughes & Kettner 4x12 with V30s and G12H30s in an X pattern. The Brobucker was...well...The Brobucker. My favorite pickup ever, and I was rockin' The Mob Rules, Enter Sandman, I Don't Know, etc, and I almost couldn't stop playing, lol. Hard as it was to unplug the Paul, I plugged in the Hawker, same amp settings, same volume, turned it up and....Holy SH#%...Are you kidding me? It sounded nearly identical. How the ... is this possible? The amp? I swapped guitars like three more times playing the exact same thing, same results. Plugged in the Turser with stock pickups....squealy crap. Actually usable, but nothing compared to these two. Called the wife down. She couldn't tell the difference between the LP and the Agile either. The Turser she turned her nose up at. Stunned, I plugged in the doubleneck. Holy smokes, more of the same. Not the exact same sound, but great just the same. Full, crunchy, grindy, nearly screaming solos.
Fellas, are my ears shot? Are my wife's ears shot? She has a pretty good ear as well after hearing this crap for over 20 years, haha. This weekend I'll be bringing them over my pal's house where they'll be put through the test with his near music store collection of amplifiers and guitars. Marshall plexi reissues, 73 NMV, Egnaters, Bugeras, I think a 900, a JVM, a DSL 100, all full stacks. And of course the best amp, lol--my Badcat Cougar combo. Either Kurt cherry picked some guitars for me, or Agile has really stepped up quality on their pickups. Like I said in my other post, they play fantastic with 10s and I'm used to 9s. Honeymoon? Probably, but my ears were fresh. When I cranked up that Hawker, it was like winning the lottery.
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75lespaul
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
Thanks BR, much appreciated. You know, I've had a mid 70s Ibanez Gibson copy, a 77 Gibson, The BC Rich Bich reissue (too damn heavy), a Jay Turser, and now this one and while NOTHING can beat the Gibson as far as sound, this Agile actually plays nearly as nice on the twelve. The six on the Gibby was heaven. Nicest playing six I ever played, but this Agile beats the rest hands down and I loved the way the BC Rich played. This is just flat out better. Still miss that Gibson though. I had that baby loaded with Seth Lovers and Antiquities. What a wiring job THAT was.
Thanks BR, much appreciated. You know, I've had a mid 70s Ibanez Gibson copy, a 77 Gibson, The BC Rich Bich reissue (too damn heavy), a Jay Turser, and now this one and while NOTHING can beat the Gibson as far as sound, this Agile actually plays nearly as nice on the twelve. The six on the Gibby was heaven. Nicest playing six I ever played, but this Agile beats the rest hands down and I loved the way the BC Rich played. This is just flat out better. Still miss that Gibson though. I had that baby loaded with Seth Lovers and Antiquities. What a wiring job THAT was.
PushedCrayon
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
Those are some beautiful guitars! Makes me want to buy an agile les paul..
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Those are some beautiful guitars! Makes me want to buy an agile les paul..
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Snake Aces
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Ahh, they came! Isn't it awesome when you aren't let down? Nice purchases man.
Ahh, they came! Isn't it awesome when you aren't let down? Nice purchases man.
muttznmongrelz
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I've had my hands on a couple 3100 LP Copies and they were solid and nice players; as well as one Interceptor. I'd love to try out that Hawker!!!
I've had my hands on a couple 3100 LP Copies and they were solid and nice players; as well as one Interceptor. I'd love to try out that Hawker!!!
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Johnny the Kid
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My first thought is that doubleneck needs a respectable number of frets, and 20 isn't it.
My first thought is that doubleneck needs a respectable number of frets, and 20 isn't it.
Rand-O-Monium
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"Assuming" the p/ups are GFS,do you know the model(s)?
Glad you're diggin' em!!!
:headbang:
"Assuming" the p/ups are GFS,do you know the model(s)?
Glad you're diggin' em!!!
:headbang:
75lespaul
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
That's the only complaint I'd really have, but I guess they're staying faithful to the Gibson, which also only has 20.
I have no idea what pickups they are, but I'm really happy with them so far.
That's the only complaint I'd really have, but I guess they're staying faithful to the Gibson, which also only has 20.
"Assuming" the p/ups are GFS,do you know the model(s)?
Glad you're diggin' em!!!
:headbang:
I have no idea what pickups they are, but I'm really happy with them so far.
75lespaul
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
I did that with that 77 Gibson I had. Everything inside was corroded and stuck together making it worse. Yep, the pickup swaps in a doubleneck are a project and a half.
I did that with that 77 Gibson I had. Everything inside was corroded and stuck together making it worse. Yep, the pickup swaps in a doubleneck are a project and a half.
Petrovsk Mizinski
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You should find yourself quite settled into the 7 string with a couple more days and some more hours on it.
It would seem maybe most people end up changing out the Cepheus 7 pickups, so it will be interesting to hear what you think about them in the longer term
You should find yourself quite settled into the 7 string with a couple more days and some more hours on it.
It would seem maybe most people end up changing out the Cepheus 7 pickups, so it will be interesting to hear what you think about them in the longer term
Johnny the Kid
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Re: 3 Aglie NGD pics & thoughts
It was a bad design when Gibson did it, but yeah I think they're just copying the ES-1275
It was a bad design when Gibson did it, but yeah I think they're just copying the ES-1275
