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This will probably go fairly quick at <$300 shipped.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Agile ... -Guitar.gc

That almost looks like a fake Agile to me. The horn seems weird, the headstock seems off...I'm just starting my coffee so maybe thats it.
Maybe its the camera?

Partscaster wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:28 am That almost looks like a fake Agile to me. The horn seems weird, the headstock seems off...I'm just starting my coffee so maybe thats it.
Maybe its the camera?

Yeah, the body contours are like a "Norlin Agile," just wrong and off-putting.
Do people actually fake Agiles?
Assuming they do, can't they get the shape correct?
What are they afraid of . . . getting sued by Tuckel?

Partscaster wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:28 am That almost looks like a fake Agile to me. The horn seems weird, the headstock seems off...I'm just starting my coffee so maybe thats it.
Maybe its the camera?

toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:37 am

Partscaster wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:28 am That almost looks like a fake Agile to me. The horn seems weird, the headstock seems off...I'm just starting my coffee so maybe thats it.
Maybe its the camera?

Yeah, the body contours are like a "Norlin Agile," just wrong and off-putting.
Do people actually fake Agiles?
Assuming they do, can't they get the shape correct?
What are they afraid of . . . getting sued by Tuckel?

There really isn't such a thing as a fake Agile, no one bothers to fake these. This is a totally normal legit AL-3100,it's just that GC's photos kinda always leave a lot to be desired

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:42 am

There really isn't such a thing as a fake Agile, no one bothers to fake these. This is a totally normal legit AL-3100,it's just that GC's photos kinda always leave a lot to be desired

As I have read thru this thread, I keep wondering WHY anyone would produce fake Agiles???

I will go out on a limb and say no one in the history of the world has faked an Agile. That is a good thing.

I think it's just the camera angle of that one photo TBH - I had a 3100 like that and it's actually slightly tempting at that price.

As to "WHY", the answer to that question is the same as why anyone would fake something - to make money. Used 3xxx AL's are selling in the 300 plus range, some quite a bit more than that and new ones are in the $500-600 range. You could likely commission a run of "fake" ones for $150 or so per unit if you bought enough. Bottom line, there are a lot of stupid/uninformed people with disposable income that will buy just about anything if it is presented in the proper way, so the market responds accordingly.

mickey wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:05 am

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:42 am

There really isn't such a thing as a fake Agile, no one bothers to fake these. This is a totally normal legit AL-3100,it's just that GC's photos kinda always leave a lot to be desired

As I have read thru this thread, I keep wondering WHY anyone would produce fake Agiles???

They wouldn't and they don't. GC however would ABSOLUTELY post photos so bad that you'd think the guitar is counterfeit, so that part tracks

Oh, I agree with you guys, it would seem to be impractical to fake an Agile. Perhaps, unless your a Chinese chinsey guitar maker.
The shape of it just seems remarkably off.
I like the camera angle idea.

Anybody want to buy copy of a cubic zirconia?

uwmcscott wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:17 am I had a 3100 like that and it's actually slightly tempting at that price.

I still have it. I may have put the Buddhas in there or a set of Gibson 490r/490t, can't remember. Probably a well hung strap too with gold straplocks.