Agile AL-2000

This guitar (Agile AL-2000 Wide with a Rootbeer finish) as many people probably can guess is a Les Paul copy. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in and those of you who are now biased can go read another review. The guitar is made with quality materials, and craftsman ship. Though its a Les Paul Copy it can beat any Epiphone like it were a red-headed step child. I'd say Gibson is the only one who could make a Les Paul of this quality. Here are the actual specs.

# Real Flame Maple top and single cutaway solid Mahogany arch top body

# High quality wax potted ceramic humbucker pickups

# Full body and neck binding

# Set-in Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard and trapezodial inlays

# 22 Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play

# Grover Die Cast tuners

# Two volume & two tone controls and a 3-way pickup selector Switch help you find your sound

# Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain

# Amber Flame Finish

# Made in Korea

# Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"

# Neck Taper is 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5 mm at the 12th fret

# Thickness of neck at the first fret approx 11/16"

# Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"

# Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"

# Width at the widest point: 13"

# Body thickness 2" at edge

# Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

What makes the quality of this instrument so high is the fact that it is made in Korea (I hope south Korea). Does that mean its a bad guitar? Hardly. Epiphone Les Pauls are made in either Korea or China and yet nobody seems to realize that. // 9

Sound: I play a fairly wide range of rock music. I play 3DG, Metallica, SOAD, Papa Roach, Seether, Manson, and Disturbed. It handles them all very well. I'm sure it could handle anything within reason. Classic rock should be no problem on this thing and neither should blues. This is the link to a very bluesy sounding player. (This is not me) // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When I got this guitar it was set up pretty well for a mailed item. It was actually in tune and the action was set low which I like. There was a small amount of fret buzz toward the lower notes, which would the the higher frets (1st and 2nd or so) to any new players. Otherwise the thing shined and played great right out of the box. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I cannot express how much I love this thing. It is pretty solid and heavy which suggest that it could withstand some abuse. I do my best to keep any kind of harm coming to it, as I do with all my guitars. With that said some mishaps have happened, the strap fell off (I'm getting some strap locks soon) which caused it to fall a short distance to the floor (which was hardwood). After some polish and buffing though you can't see a scratch on it. Its got Grover tuners which I've stated above, which means the thing stays in tune! Though I'm sure they're the cheaper versions that grover has to offer they are none the less great in quality. Everything on it seems solid and great. I haven't had any problems with it and unlike some of the more expensive Epi lp's this copy doesn't have any pickup switching issues or anything. // 10

Impression: I've been playing guitar to long to suck as much as I do lol, but long enough to know quality when I see it. Just around 5 years. My previous guitars include an ESP LTD EC-200Qm, an ESP LTD EX-50, a Epiphone Les Paul 100, and a Squire Bullet. Hands down its better than all of them. The EC-200Qm had non active EMG's in it and I think this thing does a better job replicating some Metallica riffs. I did look up alot of reviews and video prior to purchasing this guitar so I was well informed and felt very confident in my choice. For a relatively unkown brand you'll find alot of information about them. I got mine in a root beer finish and a wide neck and everytime I pick it up I take a minute just to admire how pretty the thing is. With those Les Paul curves I'm wondering why I keep my wife around... lol. For I think like $75 more you can get a tremelo bar with a floyd rose, but for me I like it the way it is. // 10