I don't think anyone really expected this thing to ever cost $950, I would guess it might be a $350 guitar on introduction.
The Agile 7 string, does it sell for $99.99 shipped?
I see it at Rondo for $399.99. I wasn't in the market for a $400 guitar. Hell, I wasn't in the market at all, but a hundred bucks? Seemed like a painless way to get my feet wet in the seven string pool.
Anyway, here are some pics, an initial review, & a clip.
Initial impression out of the box: wax residue on switch screws & back plate, bridge about 3 feet off of the body, dab of glue visible on nut, neck pup cranked down so tight I thought it might be broken. Sizable amount of orange peel visible in spots, depending on the lighting angle. Grover tuners! Thin neck, I like the neck. I try not to look at the headstock.
It's acceptable for a $99 guitar; much over $150 & I'd have been wanting better fit & finish.
Initial playing impression: got bridge where I want it, pickups where I want them, & tuned it (drop A). The low A needs to be intonated, the rest are fine. I'll swap strings out on it pretty quickly, I bought a 3-pack of 010-046's & a 3-pack of 060's, those will go on it when I'm ready to detune some more.
The pickups are surprisingly low output; I will have to alter all of my tone patches & save them seperately for this guitar. bulb's patch sounds great on it, as expected. My other patches, they sound like half the gain is gone. That really surprised me. The bridge pickups in my other guitars are all pretty hot (SD SH-6 Distortion, SD Dimebucker, EMG 81), & even the stocker in my Squier '51 is hotter.
This will be the guitar that I try DiMarzio's on; from what I've read, I'll go Air Norton in the neck, still unsure of a bridge pup.
Here's the clip, 1:23 worth of mindless riffing:
WG587 Test
bulb tone patch
WTF?
