75lespaul
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This is just my experience, for anyone out there who is trying to decide. I bought a Jay Turser Serpent guitar and an Agile AL-2000 at the same time. The price of the Agile used was $150 shipped, and the Turser brand new was $275 shipped.
The Agile: This is my second Agile and my review for the AL-3100 is pretty much identical to this one except the 3100 has A5 mags and a thin sounding bridge pickup. That guitar was also bought used. The 2000 looks great, no sharp edges on the frets, the ceramic pickups sound fine. While they are not in the same league as Duncans, they sit in the band mix great, and the other guys in the band think the guitar sounds fantastic. I'm going to leave the neck pickup as it sings on leads, and that's about all I'll use it for as I'll use another guitar if I need good cleans. I'm replacing the bridge with a Duncan Brobucker. The action is right on, and the feel of the neck is superb. After a little while, I tend to forget I'm not playing a real Gibson LP, but comparing one to the other you will feel and hear differences. At least with my Gibson. I wish every one of you could get themselves an Agile and customize it to your liking. I don't think many of you would be disappointed.
The Turser: This is my second Jay Turser guitar, both of them being bought new. The first was a doubleneck that arrived in such terrible condition both sound and playing wise that I had to have Turser send me another. The one that arrived was a different color (white replacing walnut brown) but it played great and sounded fine. The Serpent guitar arrived looking spectacular. I set it up the way I like it, and the action was great, if not cheap feeling as my other Turser is. The frets have sharp edges, and the low E buzzed almost like a chorus sound. The pickups are weak, and although our bass player thought it sounded fine, the other guitarist and drummer agreed with me that it needed new pickups. After having the guitar a month, the E buzz is worse, and now it is fretting out on bends around the 11th and 12th frets and there are buzzes across the whole first fret and up around the 11th and 12th frets. I've raised the action but nothing helped. I contacted Turser to replace it, but they would not, advising to get a setup. I took a shot. After I sell a few things on eBay to afford it, I'll take it to the tech and see what he says. It is a stunning looking guitar, and I know that with a pickup swap, it will sound great. In the end, I will not regret the purchase AS LONG as the tech can fix the problems and the cost doesn't go through the roof.
That's it. I'm not saying Tursers suck, but if both were in the same condition I'd say the Agile line is hands down the better guitar and not by a small margin either. I love my Turser doubleneck and it is a fun guitar, but they both just have the cheap feel to them where the Agiles do not. The workmanship on the Agiles is lightyears ahead of the Turser as well. Now brand new, my Agiles cost $225 (2000) plus shipping and $399 (3100) plus shipping, and I don't feel that the 3100 is a better guitar than the 2000. They are both fantastic. Just my opinions and I hope I maybe helped someone the way the guys on this forum have been helping me for years.
The Agile: This is my second Agile and my review for the AL-3100 is pretty much identical to this one except the 3100 has A5 mags and a thin sounding bridge pickup. That guitar was also bought used. The 2000 looks great, no sharp edges on the frets, the ceramic pickups sound fine. While they are not in the same league as Duncans, they sit in the band mix great, and the other guys in the band think the guitar sounds fantastic. I'm going to leave the neck pickup as it sings on leads, and that's about all I'll use it for as I'll use another guitar if I need good cleans. I'm replacing the bridge with a Duncan Brobucker. The action is right on, and the feel of the neck is superb. After a little while, I tend to forget I'm not playing a real Gibson LP, but comparing one to the other you will feel and hear differences. At least with my Gibson. I wish every one of you could get themselves an Agile and customize it to your liking. I don't think many of you would be disappointed.
The Turser: This is my second Jay Turser guitar, both of them being bought new. The first was a doubleneck that arrived in such terrible condition both sound and playing wise that I had to have Turser send me another. The one that arrived was a different color (white replacing walnut brown) but it played great and sounded fine. The Serpent guitar arrived looking spectacular. I set it up the way I like it, and the action was great, if not cheap feeling as my other Turser is. The frets have sharp edges, and the low E buzzed almost like a chorus sound. The pickups are weak, and although our bass player thought it sounded fine, the other guitarist and drummer agreed with me that it needed new pickups. After having the guitar a month, the E buzz is worse, and now it is fretting out on bends around the 11th and 12th frets and there are buzzes across the whole first fret and up around the 11th and 12th frets. I've raised the action but nothing helped. I contacted Turser to replace it, but they would not, advising to get a setup. I took a shot. After I sell a few things on eBay to afford it, I'll take it to the tech and see what he says. It is a stunning looking guitar, and I know that with a pickup swap, it will sound great. In the end, I will not regret the purchase AS LONG as the tech can fix the problems and the cost doesn't go through the roof.
That's it. I'm not saying Tursers suck, but if both were in the same condition I'd say the Agile line is hands down the better guitar and not by a small margin either. I love my Turser doubleneck and it is a fun guitar, but they both just have the cheap feel to them where the Agiles do not. The workmanship on the Agiles is lightyears ahead of the Turser as well. Now brand new, my Agiles cost $225 (2000) plus shipping and $399 (3100) plus shipping, and I don't feel that the 3100 is a better guitar than the 2000. They are both fantastic. Just my opinions and I hope I maybe helped someone the way the guys on this forum have been helping me for years.
