Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrsI had never heard of one before this thread... now I wanna get one... probably an AL-3000 over a 2500 though, it has AA maple instead of A, and has better electronics. it has Alnico V humbuckers rather then Alnico II (though I'd probably replace the humbuckers anyway) it has a bone nut instead of graphite, it has a mahogany neck instead of maple, and it has abalone inlay rather then pearloid

They really are good guitars. You definately will want to change out the pups and it come with a bone nut installed but it's no big deal to change it with the graphite nut that also comes with it.