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Rogue LX 205B 5 STRING BASS

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usurperbass

May 1, 2009
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Hudson Valley,NY
Disclosures
ebay seller bassrocker32,bassist/guitarist for Glory Bound & sessions
#1
Hi Everyone, I just ordered a used Rogue LX 205B 5 STRING BASS from Musician's Friend discount price. Does anyone know anything about these basses, positive and negative, and is there anything that may need to be upgraded to improve this bass? Thank you
 
#2
I hope you didn't order the one with the intonation issues. I picked one up about a year ago and it was IMPOSSIBLE to intonate. The bridge was too far forward(?) I believe. Tuned ok, but at the 12th fret it was always flat, no matter how much you moved the saddle. The preamp wasn't that great, but considering the price......you should have expected that hehe.

Check your intonation first because unless you only play the first 5-6 frets you will need to move the bridge.
 
#3
IMO be happy with your new turd.

Usually it's better to research before buying ANY bass especially if it's your first (I'm assuming it is) now what to do with it? A. A door stop B. Firewood C. Send that SOB back and get your money and call it a lesson in jumping the gun.

I really hate to discourage beginners but, *thumps you in the head with a rolled up newspaper* Bad! Bad!
 
#5
Ha HA, you are right I should now better. I play a varity of basses to get different sounds and for different styles. I have a really nice Carvin bass and a vintage Kramer, but the one I use for studio is my franknbass that cost me $80.00 to put together. I just started with the 5string bass thing, did not want to spend a ton of money. I try not to go just by what the headstock says to pick a bass. For example, I know an accomplished guitarist and all he plays are Jay Turser, however he does modify them, but when he is done he has a $800-$900 guitar that cost him under $300. That being said I am willing to take a risk once in a while. So does anyone else have any more info on these basses or entertaining disses? I will have the bass this week, I will let everyone what it is like. Thanks for the entertaining responses so far!:cool:
 
#6
From what was describe, the issues with this bass were cosmetic and there is a 45 day warrenty on it. I know I took a risk and I did not research it full, although it did get 4 out of 5 stars.
 
#7
A good friend has the 4 string version. He uses it 1-2 sets per gig to give his back a rest from his Fender J Bass. He's used it for 100+ gigs per year for several years without a single issue. It makes no apparent (to audience) difference in the overall sound of the band.
 
#8
I recieve the Rogue tues, it is in like new condition, which is better than it was describe. I recently sold my Squier jazz 5 string because of the with of the neck. Not only does the Rogue have a better feel for me, it is more streamlined than the S. jazz, it has better tonal qualities and is more versitile with the additional tone knob and it was less than half the price.I do not know if you would call it a home run, but I would say it is a least an RBI Triple! I think the time has come to end headstock snobbery.
 
#11
I once had a rogue bass. it was a rogue lx200b 4-string bass. it was actually pretty decent bass. I've purchased it as a temporary bass for my brother's band until I save my cash on an arbor musicman clone. it was really a decent bass. it had p/j pick-ups. also I bought it in a metallic blue finish. someone on talkbass mentioned that rogue is from the makers of brice basses(the same affordable basses from rondo music). that's one thing I never knew about rogue basses. as decent as these basses sounded, I would recommend these basses for beginners who wants to experience active bass guitars. if you're an advanced bass player on a tight budget, I would recommend bass guitars from rondo music. here's the website.

Rondo Music Home Page

I bought a douglas web 825 5-string bass from that website and it sounded totally awesome.:bassist:
 
#12
I have been using the Series III for a year and a half now. Here's what I found out.

Series III 5 string bass seems to be much improved over other Rogue basses -- I haven't played another Rogue. It is lighter, basswood body, maple neck could give some people neck dive I suppose.
The Series III is a standard jazz, passive single-coil pickups, one volume and one tone pot per pickup. Standard jazz. It sounds to my ears like a jazz bass should.
No intonation issues: I've made some action adjustments but haven't even had to adjust the intonation yet, several string sets have been on it just to see what it wears well.

To my ears, these sound great with D'Addario Chrome flats, though you have to do some work to get the low B string to mount / slide through that double mass bridge hole.

It's got the 24 frets, but doesn't have the cutaway design that is most useful for playing up there. Personally, I don't except occasionally anyway.

I don't know about the case that you can get for it; I bought a Fender 5 string gig bag for it, fits well.

The jack placement's a little strange for a solid body, it's right on the tail end of the lower bout, about where my Applause had its jack located. But the Applause was a hollow body electric.

Anyhow, I've gigged with mine.
I don't have plans to buy another right now, this one works well. If I did, I'd probably buy a more expensive P/J configuration.
 

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