Which Agile? [8 strings]

[Touro]

Hello dudes!
I wanna buy a new Agile, my first 8 string guitar, and I have a question.
I like sound VERY djenty, fat, attack.. like the new Emmure's album:

and Chelsea Grin too:


More like the Emmure..
In lead sound, I like very warm like that [little more treble and it will perfect]:

[fucking great solo]
I very like Petrucci's lead sound too.

So my question is what should I buy, an active guitar or a passive one.
I thought about these models:
Agile Septor Elite 827 EB DNC Tribal Purple at RondoMusic.com
Agile Septor 828 RN Blue Flame at RondoMusic.com
Agile Septor 827 MN Tribal Purple ACT at RondoMusic.com
Agile Intrepid Pro Dual 830 MN NA at RondoMusic.com
http://www.rondomusic.com/intrepidprodual828ebemgnat.html
(better you to treat to the cheaper models)

My amp is an Ibanez 30w, but I'll buy a Pod X3 LIVE just after I bought the guitar, so.. recommend the guitar with the most near character to the sound that I like.
Sorry for my bad English, and sorry for the LONG thread, It's hard for me to get the money so I'm trying to do the best buy that I can.

Thank You!!

 

[col]

I'd get the Elite, the Intrepid I had was very heavy and cumbersome to play because of the big body and neck.

 

[77zark77]

my vote goes to Intrepid 827 with F#BEADGBE or EBEADGBE tuning

 

[MGasparotto]

Agile Intrepid Dual 828 EB Nat Spalted at RondoMusic.com

http://www.randomjunk.com/interceptor8/intrepid_827_spalted.jpg

I can vouch for the Spalted 828, I get a great djent tone outta it and it just looks damn purdy.

It comes with passive cepheus which get the job done but the way it's routed It can switch to active pick ups if you want without having to do any major adjustments.

 

[geofreesun]

having owned 3 agile 8 stringers, my vote goes to anything with ash body that wood works really well. the mahogany bodies from agile are just TOO light.. the ash bodied ones are heavier. i don't know what kind of mahogany is being used.

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I just got my first one and I love it (dark stain 828 with maple fretboard). I'm going to swap the Blackout in it with a BKP.

 

[Touro]

Thank you all!
but.. active or passive??
How is the Cephius active pups?
Thnx!

 

[geofreesun]

i prefer passive. cepheus is great, i really like it.

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Just so you know buddy a lot of Emmure's sick ass tone there is all in Joey Sturgis. His other stuff sounds similar too.

 

[Lankles]

having owned 3 agile 8 stringers, my vote goes to anything with ash body that wood works really well. the mahogany bodies from agile are just TOO light.. the ash bodied ones are heavier. i don't know what kind of mahogany is being used.

IIRC Ash is normally heavier than mahogany dude.

 

[shredguitar7690]

Get that spalted maple intrepid for sure. It looks great and it's got a 28.625 scale length which will be great for the 8 string. Plus passive pickups all the way!

 

[thatonedude]

I've been GAS'ing for that maple intrepid pretty hard for a while now, the natural wood looks so pretty and I really dislike active pickups.

 

[jCo76]

I'd definitely go with passives dude. I personally couldn't get on with the active EMG's in my Damien Elite 8; too cold sounding and zero dynamics. Passives have a much warmer sound and are easier mouldable.

Personal preference though.

 

[notasian]

Thank you all!
but.. active or passive??
How is the Cephius active pups?
Thnx!

whats with the active hatin?? i love the Cepheus active pups they are alot better than people would think

also they have a better appearance but thats just me being self conciseness about my guitar lol
actives for me!

 

[geofreesun]

IIRC Ash is normally heavier than mahogany dude.

o, great to know haha that explains it~ but still, those mahogany 8 strings weigh half as much as my mahogany shecter 8 string

 

[kevdes93]

emmure also uses ltd SC607b i believe as well. (at least thats what i saw on one of the new videos)

 

[Touro]

o, great to know haha that explains it~ but still, those mahogany 8 strings weigh half as much as my mahogany shecter 8 string

The Hellraiser C8 that I'v tried was really heavy..

Thank you a lot!
More question.. Can I get a good djenty tone with the passive Cerpheus pups? Or should I swap them?..
Or only actives can do that?

Thnx!

 

[ThePhilosopher]

Passives can definitely do djentiness - it's more in your playing style than gear though.

 

[Lankles]

o, great to know haha that explains it~ but still, those mahogany 8 strings weigh half as much as my mahogany shecter 8 string

The Hellraiser C8 that I'v tried was really heavy..

Schecter's maple necks make them heavy. Maybe check the actual weight out with a set of scales.

 

[Touro]

Thank you

Actually, I've read some reviews about Agile guitars,
I'm very worried about getting the guitar with a lot of deffects..
I don't live in USA so I won't can return it back if the guitar will be with deffects..
I don't know what to do XD
I can buy schecter in my country, but it is not passive :<