Agile AL3100 Spalt - Slim Neck
OK, sorry about the poor photos....I'll get better ones posted ASAP, I just didn't have
much time. Anyway, this will give you an idea about my new guitar. To say the least,
it is breath-taking to me. So far, my new guitar goggles haven't shown me a
single flaw. It came out of the box setup to play....however, since I replaced the
bridge and tuners it didn't really matter. The neck is perfect in every single way.
I WILL have to reverse the pots!
I replaced the bridge with a roller bridge
from GuitarFetish, and replaced the Grovers with Locking Grovers. The rest of the
mods are just cosmetic, personal preferences.
The spalted top is perfect! At first glance it almost looks like a three piece top, however
it's just one and the spalt gives it kind of a neck-thru look. The back and neck mahogany
are much lighter than expected. But who cares...it's still beautiful Maybe tomorrow
I can give a more objective review. Without further ado.....here she is:
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- # Solid mahogany (not a multi-ply!) arch top body
# Neck Taper (thickness) at the first fret is 17mm and 21mm at the 12th fret. (vs: 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5mm at the 12th fret for the standard AL-3000 model)
# High quality Spalted Canadian Maple Top (100% real wood top-not a photo top!)
# Triple bound body, and headstock. Single binding on neck.
# Improved Nickel plate hardware, including Nickel die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 turning ratio for ultra fine tuning (Model 102-18N)
# Two Type V Alnico humbucker pickups for warm, tradional sound
# The AL-3100 comes with improved wiring (4 conductor), improved pots (now higher voltage with brass shafts for reduced noise) and an improved pickup selector switch
# Two volume and two tone controls, plus a three way pickup selector switch
# One piece Mahogany set neck with 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play and adjustable truss rod
# Ebony fretboard with 22 Jumbo frets and real Mother-Of-Pearl Trapezodial inlays
# The AL-3100 features D'addario strings installed at the factory and a professionally installed graph tech nut
# Individually hand filed frets for professional feel and playability
# Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 21st fret: 2 3/16"
# Overall length: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
# Body thickness: 2" at edge; Width at the widest point: 13"
# Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
# Actual Weight is only 10 lbs
Like I said, I'll get better pix tomorrow and more objective review. Right now....tonight
....I'm in love. The wife better be very very afraid!
