Nov 08, 2007 02:55 pm Whatever happened to Rondo citrus soda?
Sorry, first thought that came to mind.
Rondo / SX / Agilent / Variax Selling Thoughts
Posted on Nov 08, 2007 02:54 pm
tonyoci
Member Since: Jan 24, 2006
That recent thread brought Rondo to my attention and I have been very impressed by what they sell and their outstanding customer service reputation.
I'm thinking of picking myself up one of the SX Telecaster copies for around $120 and a Les Paul copy for around $200 (AL-2000).
So what I'm looking for is just any general comments on Rondo or the SX/Agile Guitars. I am 100% definitely a "value" gear guy and I do have a guy who does all the guitar maintenance work for me so setup etc. is not an issue.
The following on question is this. I can probably afford those two guitars but I am tempted to sell my Variax 500, I love the guitar (as a guitar) and it's all I'm used to but I constantly fear it going wrong so I was thinking to sell it while it has some value. Any thoughts.
The Variax is great but I honestly can't tell much difference between the guitar sounds (or at least none I care about). I don't use the auto open tunings, though I should, and I no longer use the Acoustic models.
My complex theory is this. Sell Variax and POD XTL (which I only keep for the Variax connector), keep Toneport UX2 and perhaps get a POD X3 Bean Model, after all this I come out evenish :)
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Nov 08, 2007 02:55 pm Whatever happened to Rondo citrus soda?
Sorry, first thought that came to mind.
Nov 08, 2007 07:59 pm I'm with dB on that as well. :-)
But I see what your getting at tony. If you don't care for the sounds you are getting out of the Variax then it isn't really doing you any good to have it. I have to agree that if you can walk away and call it even that does sound like a good idea.
I have honestly not spent much time playing either of those guitars, but have heard some good comments on them as well.
Nov 08, 2007 09:48 pm Thanks Noize, it's not so much that I don't care but I don't think I have the ear to tell the difference.
Balancing that though is a fear that since the Variax is the only guitar I've ever seriously played that perhaps I will not be that comfortable with these others.
Nov 08, 2007 10:25 pm Tony, I have to agree again. I have only bought a couple guitars without actually playing them. And indeed, being comfortable is a key for me. I have owned several guitars that cost 10 times what my main guitar did. And they all sucked in that comfortable feel thing.
So your fear is not uncommon at all. I think most of us have it at one time or another.
Nov 09, 2007 11:04 am I have an SX 5-string J-bass knockoff from Rondo. I can't call it a great instrument, but I can call it great when compared to any other 5-string bass I would've been able to get for $150. Anything else in this price range is basically a toy (i.e. Titan, Rogue). Rondo actually makes what I can call an instrument for this price.
The fret dress is very rough (I get lots of little cuts every time I play it!), the bridge and tuners are pretty low quality, and the pickups are a little better than what you'd expect for an entry-level instrument. But it wouldn't take much money to make this little fixer-upper play like a champ. The core instrument is pretty darn good.
Nov 14, 2007 08:27 am i have an agile al-2000, its a very fine guitar. I think the quality is better than the epiphone LP's.
Nov 16, 2007 10:13 am Well they had a sale yesterday so I bought two
I bought the AL-2000 which is the lower priced Agile Les Paul. I bought the other one also of course
www.rondomusic.com/al2000hsbf.html is the one commissioned (3 black spots on the back = $60 off) for $139
and this one off ebay
They are christmas presents for me so I get to check them out, play them, send them to the guitar tech friend then wait :)
Nov 16, 2007 10:15 am By the way I also set up as a Rondo affiliate so if anyone wants a Rondo then go to
www.homemadehitshow.com and click on the Rondo link before buying. :)
Nov 16, 2007 03:17 pm Interesting, I guess my most surprising read in this thread is that you can't tell a difference in Variax models. I mean, I am FAR from any sort of a "golden ear" but I find the models vastly different and well varied for lots of uses. Some of them suck...I HATE the Telecaster model, but then, I don't much like Tele's so that does indicate something of accuracy :-)
I like the Paul and Start models...I LOVE the sitar...
I haven't been nearly as impressed with a guitar in a long time as I am with the higher end Variax guitars...that lowend one is a drag, but still...
Nov 16, 2007 04:26 pm I have whatever the opposite of golden ears is (poo-ears maybe ?)
I think it's more accurate to say that while I can tell the difference I really don't care about the difference or think it makes much difference.
Most of the time I play guitar it has medium levels of distortion and with the V-ax I just don't hear enough difference.
Dont get me wrong I love the Variax and may well "forget" to sell it, I fear that playing a "real" guitar with pickups etc. may prove trickier than I expect.
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