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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:13 pm
by bamonte
DanHeron wrote:Ah that's cool. I wish they had them in the UK, so i could try one out. I read a review of the jag bass before, for the price it sounded great.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost. ... ostcount=1

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That bass makes me think of ninja turtles but I like it.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:28 am
by william
ninja turtles bass ftw.

id never seen an IRL shot of an sx instrument, only the cold, sterile studio shots on their site. looks legit!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:43 pm
by TheBurbz
I would buy a 24" Strat if they were available in the UK. Rondo do ship overseas but it costs a bit and there is always the worry of it being damaged in transit, then you have custom fees to think of too.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:49 pm
by robert(original)
i remember when those jag basses were first posted.
they do look nice, but if i got one i would want to mod it more towards a jazzmaster styled bass, thro a few rollers in there.
a toggly, stuff like that.
that was a really good review tho.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:40 pm
by william
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anyone mentioned those yet? :shock:

im into it. id take the stupid jazzbass bridge cover off, but its cool that its mahogany, and like 110 dollars.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:44 pm
by william
why is it that its no problem to copy fender's body styles pretty much exactly, but rarely do you see an exact sg copy or exact les paul copy?

im talking new guitars here.

rondo is full of pretty much spot on fender copies, and then a bunch of gibsons with funky horns, and weird butts.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:35 pm
by Auriemma
Their Les Pauls are damn close as well. So close in fact, Gibson made them change their headstock to what it is now. It was "open book" style.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:03 pm
by astro
william wrote:why is it that its no problem to copy fender's body styles pretty much exactly, but rarely do you see an exact sg copy or exact les paul copy?

im talking new guitars here.

rondo is full of pretty much spot on fender copies, and then a bunch of gibsons with funky horns, and weird butts.
I think it's because of what each company bothered to trademark, IIRC. I believe Gibson trademarked the entire design of their guitars, whereas Fender only trademarked the headstock. Or maybe Gibson just has better lawyers.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:56 pm
by DanHeron
Auriemma wrote:Their Les Pauls are damn close as well. So close in fact, Gibson made them change their headstock to what it is now. It was "open book" style.
The Les Pauls look really fat at the bottom, like an overweight les paul

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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:28 pm
by william
DanHeron wrote:
Auriemma wrote:Their Les Pauls are damn close as well. So close in fact, Gibson made them change their headstock to what it is now. It was "open book" style.
The Les Pauls look really fat at the bottom, like an overweight les paul

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and the cutaway isnt right either, the horn is sort of short, and overly rounded.



i assumed it was a trademarking thing. i recall gibson suing PRS over the singlecut, and it wasnt even close to as similar as tokai's, dillion's, or rondo's copies. in fact, it wasn't THAT similar at all. kind of a ridiculous case. iguess thats why it didnt stick, or something. singlecuts are back on the market, ugly fuckers.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:31 am
by Bacchus
That's more of a Venetian cutaway, as opposed to the Florentine cutaway.

As fat as I know, a sharp cutaway is Florentine, and a rounded one is Venetian.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:23 am
by cobascis
That picture isn't really a good example, as it's douglas (I think?) as opposed to Agile. Agile has it pretty much spot on except the horn.

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:22 am
by mondopp
With the recent (ridiculous) Fender price hikes - it would be a really good move for Agile to start working the jag/jazz market. The Turser/SX offshoots are hideous.