Rogue LX200BF Fretless Series III

[Dazey]

Rogue LX200BF Fretless Series III Electric Bass Guitar | Musician's Friend

just ordered this cause it was so cheap and i want to get the feel for fretless bass.

2 questions. does it come with flats or will i need to buy new strings? and does anyone own this? what do you think of it? terrible? a steal? decent and completely worth 100 bucks?

obviously there is no turning back now but id still like some opinions

 

[elavate7]

Let me know how it is, I was thinking of getting it

 

[HaMMerHeD]

I had one. It came with rounds. It plays nicely and sounds good. I had no tuning stability problems or functionality issues. Everything worked fine. I replaced the strings out of the box on mine with Roto Tru-bass 88s. The body is pretty small, but appeared to be of solid wood, not plywood, as advertised.

Like they say, "If it sounds good, it is good." Perhaps a bit short-sighted a phrase, but in this case, it fits.

So overall, I found it to be a lightweight, reliable, nice sounding and easy to play fretless. It was definitely worth the cost of admission. If I needed to buy another fretless, I would have no problems buying another one of those. As it is, I have built my own, so I am not in need. But if I needed one, it would be a go-to bass.

(I loaned mine to a student, and sadly he damaged the neck such that it was not repairable. It has been sitting in my closet in parts ever since.)

 

[coyote1]

I had that same instrument, more or less. It's been made for many different companies. Change the headstock a bit, put a different label on it, and voila!

Mine was a Robelli USB490. It had frets. The necks are pretty good and the sound's pretty good; the balance when playing standing up is not that good. The body is just too light, and the top horn too short. Perhaps without the frets the balance will be better.

 

[Raven nevermore]

Just got one and I love it. **** what you heard .