Great Bang for the Buck. I bought this for my students to play during practice and concerts. They LOVE it. Having owned and own currently professional pedal steels, I know quality from krud......this is closer to krud, but a great learning tool and fun/easy to play. I recently changed out the tuners for Klusons and put a heavier set of C6 pedal steel strings on it, bought a quality tone bar and it improved the playability. My students borrow it every week to hone their skills and just have fun. For $99 you could spend on the night out with the wife for dinner and a show.....get this! (I still take my wife out for dinner and a show anyway!)
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Not always thrilled with Rogue-had a guitar that had the headjoint snap off! This looks well-made, beautiful finish, fit and hardware are fine. Electronics work as expected, the pickup sounds a little "weak" but is OK. Tuners are holding tuning pretty well so far. Only thing I'm changing-heavier gauge strings as the stock set are a little too light gauge to my taste, but playable. The stand legs are adequate, a little on the flimsy side but for this price, overall a nice package, would buy another one. The carry case is more well-made than I thought it might be-good arrangement for stowing the legs and a cable/tuner. Overall having great fun with it-but then I do play several other string instruments-this completed my collection. Now onto learning the 2+ dozen tunings for this!!!! Well maybe not that many. I'm using standard Nashville major/minor tuning for now-and can be quickly changed-the tuners seem to have a good ratio for changing pitches fairly quickly. with light-gauge strings, A tunings seem to play a litle better, G tuning will need the heavier gauge. Read full review
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I am a guitar player who recently wanted to learn steel guitar. I bought this inexpensive instrument to see if my interest would hold. The Rogue seems to have decent intonation, strings, and sounds good through amp. I like that legs and case were included.I am enjoying playing this lap steel and would recommend, based on my experience.
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I haven’t played it that much yet but I was surprised by how well it works out of the box. I already play slide in standard tuning and I have some reservations as to what this adds. I just use a slide for now. But I am able to slant more. That is, cover two different frets on different strings. It looks great, even the stock strings stay in tune ok and the sound is great. I tuned it for c6 for now. It’s a brain tease for me to try and teach this old dog open tuning. But it’s great for trying a new sound or approach. I may return or sell it just because I have too much stuff and regular slide guitar may suffice. For about $70 it works well and may inspire some new ideas. I have no idea how it will hold up and you may want to put new strings on. Very surprised a Rogue product worked well.
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A lot of fun for 80. with free shipping, includes a padded soft case and telescoping legs. The instrument is playable as is, but I plan on doing some modifications. Plan on getting some better strings, replacing the nut and bridge and also expanding the scale length. The tuners are not great but are ok for now. Overall I am happy with the purchase especially at the price.
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