8-string Nylon Fanned Fret Guitar Review, Agile Instruments

Links to strings changing:
--    • Changing strings on my awesome 8-stri...   : Changing strings on my 8-string, fanned fret nylon guitar
-- https://amzn.to/3jD1nFw : Amazon link to D'Addario EJ44 nylon strings
-- https://www.stringsbymail.com/lute-st... : La Bella Lute Strings:

Here's a follow-up review of this guitar:    • Agile Instruments 8-string Classical ...  

This is a review of an awesome, affordable 8-string baritone nylon classical guitar with FANNED FRETS! How cool is that? It's made by Agile Instruments in South Korea, sold by RondoMusic.com . It also has a cutaway for easy access to high notes and active electronics. The scale lengths for this model are 25" on the short end and 27" on the long end. The model number is 82527, available with or without cutaway. They also have a 24-25" version, and, of course, regular straight fret versions. And they have 7-string versions.

Pluses: 8-strings, fanned frets, great sound, great action, quality construction, perfect intonation, includes active electronics, it sounds quite good due to the long 27" bass string scale.

Minuses: Piezo pickup is noticeably weaker on the high E string than the neighboring B-string. The body could probably be a bit larger to resonate the bass more.

The example music I play at 3:40-4:50 is my own piece, and I don't have tabs for it yet (or even a title!).


You might be able to find this guitar at this link, but for some reason they don't directly link to it on their website:
-- https://www.rondomusic.com/Renaissanc...

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Rondo Music and wasn't paid to produce this video.