My friend who is very good guitarist wanted to start playing mandolin so he bought a cheap $50 Rogue. He has had nothing but trouble of course. He has tried to jack the top up with inverted toggle bolts in the f-holes, genius right. He had explained this to me but I wasn't sure what exactly he was talking about so he brought in to show me. I couldn't believe it when I looked and felt around inside. No tone bars. Now I realize that being a rock player that he doesn't really care about tone and wants to step up to a $200 model with built in pickups. That said, these things aren't just tone bars, they are braces as well. How can Rogue expect a mandolin to survive more than a month without braces?
Bookmarks