It's here!! the Agile 7 string!!

eaeolian · 08-31-2005, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by noodles

I actually spent about twenty minutes with it (COW7) in the loud lounge. Other than the neck being painted, it felt really comfortable. Nice neck profile, chunkier than an Ibanez, but very easy to play. The fretwork was suprisingly good, and highly polished. It balanced well with a strap, and looked really mean in all black.

That being said, I now know that I don't want one. Only one pickup, and it was an EMG. I'm not a fan of EMG, and with the odd shape of the 707, I'd be stuck with EMG. It pretty much sounds the same as any guitar with an EMG. I'd need a neck pickup, too, because it is really limited. I also question if it is really mahogany, because the thing was lighter than a Fender Strat. It's a really good seven for $600, but I just know that I'd be tired of it after a couple of months.

It's mahogany, it's just not high-quality mahogany - plus, it's REALLY thin for a Jackson, right? More like a Stealth?

Drew · 08-31-2005, 02:50 PM

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...and detracts from Fender's "Build the same guitar with 20 different pickup and headstock combinations and call them different models" theory of operation...

Hey, you forgot about any of their six "vintage" colors that date back to the late 50's when they were actually cool.

noodles · 08-31-2005, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by eaeolian

It's mahogany, it's just not high-quality mahogany - plus, it's REALLY thin for a Jackson, right? More like a Stealth?

Yeah, come to think of it, it was thin. It sat somewhere between an RG and an S in thickness. Why they call it an "archtop", I'll never know, because I expect and archtop to have more than a half an inch of rise to it.

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Want a 7 string with a Floyd? Call KXK. He's itching to build one...

So that's why he kept asking me if I wanted a Floyd or not. He should be happy, though, because I asked for a seven string version of this, and he said he was going to play around and see if he could expand on the design, while ensuring that it wouldn't be too structurally weak. I just wasn't feeling a 4+3 arrowhead.

eaeolian · 08-31-2005, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by noodles

Yeah, come to think of it, it was thin. It sat somewhere between an RG and an S in thickness. Why they call it an "archtop", I'll never know, because I expect and archtop to have more than a half an inch of rise to it.

It's not flat, so it *must* be an archtop, right?

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So that's why he kept asking me if I wanted a Floyd or not. He should be happy, though, because I asked for a seven string version of this, and he said he was going to play around and see if he could expand on the design, while ensuring that it wouldn't be too structurally weak. I just wasn't feeling a 4+3 arrowhead.

No? I find my SLS 'stock to be very useful for jamming into the singer's ribs...

noodles · 08-31-2005, 04:55 PM

Yeah, but the SLS headstock is a Jackson design, and I'm not gonna be the guy to ask if a small builder trying to make a name for himself will exactly duplicate another company's headstock design. Plus, I took one look at that reverse six and thought it looked really cool. I don't even know why, because I absolutely hate Ibanez headstocks, but that one just did it for me.

noodles · 08-31-2005, 04:56 PM

If I was a lefty, we could both jam headstocks into opposite sides of the singer at the same time.

eaeolian · 08-31-2005, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by noodles

Yeah, but the SLS headstock is a Jackson design, and I'm not gonna be the guy to ask if a small builder trying to make a name for himself will exactly duplicate another company's headstock design. Plus, I took one look at that reverse six and thought it looked really cool. I don't even know why, because I absolutely hate Ibanez headstocks, but that one just did it for me.

Yeah, but that's more like an ESP. Pointy!

eaeolian · 08-31-2005, 05:07 PM

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If I was a lefty, we could both jam headstocks into opposite sides of the singer at the same time.

Hell, with that thing, you can get a five for slashing...

Oh, and we've TOTALLY jacked this thread. Sorry.

Jason · 08-31-2005, 05:21 PM

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Hell, with that thing, you can get a five for slashing...

Oh, and we've TOTALLY jacked this thread. Sorry.

yep

guitarjitsumaster · 08-31-2005, 05:26 PM

Well before we give this thread back does KXK have a website. I was thinking about a custom from a smaller builder but its such a hit and miss proposition since you cant have it in your hands before you buy it and see how it really feels but if you give KXK a good endorsement Ill believe you.

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noodles I'm your huckleberry • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 17,675 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: KxK V7 - The Emo Killer Rig: Roadster/GMaj/4x12 Thanked: 291	Yeah, but the SLS headstock is a Jackson design, and I'm not gonna be the guy to ask if a small builder trying to make a name for himself will exactly duplicate another company's headstock design. Plus, I took one look at that reverse six and thought it looked really cool. I don't even know why, because I absolutely hate Ibanez headstocks, but that one just did it for me.

08-31-2005, 04:56 PM	#136
noodles I'm your huckleberry • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 17,675 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: KxK V7 - The Emo Killer Rig: Roadster/GMaj/4x12 Thanked: 291	If I was a lefty, we could both jam headstocks into opposite sides of the singer at the same time.

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guitarjitsumaster seven times seven Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas City Texas Posts: 426 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: Schecter A-7, Ibanez 7620 Rig: Randall Warhead Thanked: 2 / 1	Well before we give this thread back does KXK have a website. I was thinking about a custom from a smaller builder but its such a hit and miss proposition since you cant have it in your hands before you buy it and see how it really feels but if you give KXK a good endorsement Ill believe you.

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