I went to a graduation party yesterday for the son of a family friend.
We were the last to leave.
The mother asked if the church I played at needed a bass (since she knew I was a bass player). I told her no because they already have 2 basses that don't get used often (one I donated and one was donated by another bass player).
I asked why and she stated that her oldest son was storing his old bass at her house and she wanted to get rid of it since he no longer played it.
I asked to see it....turned out to be what I believe is a Rogue LX200.
Knew nothing about the brand until I did some research but I figured it was cheap.
She asked if I wanted it....because she was just going to donate it somewhere.
Granted its a very cheap bass ($100 or so new).
I said sure....the action was very high and it was a mess (see pictures below)...there is also a pretty good ding on it.
The strings were rusting so I knew those had to go.
I was not sure it it worked or sounded "OK" so I found a used set of steels I had laying around....didn't want to put on new strings if it didn't work correctly!
I also decided to give it a cleaning since it was a mess.
The fretboard was very dry and is a bit worn...its amazing what a bit of Howards Feed-n-wax and Formby's lemon oil will do!
It does need a fret job but I'm not sure that's going to happen on such a cheap instrument.
I took the bridge apart to clean it...had an issue getting the G string intonation screw out and back in...now it won't budge....The G string is a bit off but not bad....I don't use the G string too often anyways.
I may take it to a luthier friend to see if he can replace the screw.
The strings were cut for a different project so the D string was shorter than needed....so I had to run the D and G strings to the "wrong" tuners...oh well!
It doesn't sound to bad actually.
I played it for a bit...when I moved once I started getting a massive hum (like a lose input jack etc...). I turned off the amp, unplugged and re-seated the cord and all was good.
Will this ever be a main player for me? Nope.
My 17 year old daughter actually likes the feel of it better than my 5 strings so..maybe she'll get a bit more serious about learning to play
I'd like to give the mother some money for it....maybe I'll give her $75 or so...she doesn't expect it but I think she deserves something for it.
Pictures in the following posts.
We were the last to leave.
The mother asked if the church I played at needed a bass (since she knew I was a bass player). I told her no because they already have 2 basses that don't get used often (one I donated and one was donated by another bass player).
I asked why and she stated that her oldest son was storing his old bass at her house and she wanted to get rid of it since he no longer played it.
I asked to see it....turned out to be what I believe is a Rogue LX200.
Knew nothing about the brand until I did some research but I figured it was cheap.
She asked if I wanted it....because she was just going to donate it somewhere.
Granted its a very cheap bass ($100 or so new).
I said sure....the action was very high and it was a mess (see pictures below)...there is also a pretty good ding on it.
The strings were rusting so I knew those had to go.
I was not sure it it worked or sounded "OK" so I found a used set of steels I had laying around....didn't want to put on new strings if it didn't work correctly!
I also decided to give it a cleaning since it was a mess.
The fretboard was very dry and is a bit worn...its amazing what a bit of Howards Feed-n-wax and Formby's lemon oil will do!
It does need a fret job but I'm not sure that's going to happen on such a cheap instrument.
I took the bridge apart to clean it...had an issue getting the G string intonation screw out and back in...now it won't budge....The G string is a bit off but not bad....I don't use the G string too often anyways.
I may take it to a luthier friend to see if he can replace the screw.
The strings were cut for a different project so the D string was shorter than needed....so I had to run the D and G strings to the "wrong" tuners...oh well!
It doesn't sound to bad actually.
I played it for a bit...when I moved once I started getting a massive hum (like a lose input jack etc...). I turned off the amp, unplugged and re-seated the cord and all was good.
Will this ever be a main player for me? Nope.
My 17 year old daughter actually likes the feel of it better than my 5 strings so..maybe she'll get a bit more serious about learning to play
I'd like to give the mother some money for it....maybe I'll give her $75 or so...she doesn't expect it but I think she deserves something for it.
Pictures in the following posts.
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