For the price, Agiles freakin' rock. I haven't played a Universe, but I have two 7421s (the older ones with the 7621 necks). Comparing those to my Agile 7, The Ibanezes feel a bit nicer, but the specs on the Agile are nicer (5-piece maple neck-through with mahogany body wings) by enough that I prefer the Agile, even though those 7421s have been my workhorse babies for the better part of a decade. Even though it doesn't feel quite as nice, it doesn't feel cheap or shoddy in the slightest. My Agile 7 does have some marks on the board from some lazy fretwork, but my other two Agiles have nothing of the sort. The setups ranged from needing some work (8) to being almost spot on out of the box (Tele 6). The finishes are great. The two most gorgeous guitars I've ever owned are easily my RG-ish 7 and my Tele-type Agile 6. They stay in tune pretty well, too. Most of them come stock with Grovers, which I like more than the Gotohs Ibanez puts on everything. There are certainly a lot of better guitars out there, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find anything else nearly as nice at the same price point.