Rogue RA-090 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural

I have had over half a dozen different acoustics. Through out the years of have lost my interest in playing and sold them one by one. Recently I started to want to play again but didn't have a lot of cash to spend. I came across the Rogue RA-090 and thought it seemed like a good guitar and had great reviews. Well I'm giving it one more because this guitar has made me fall in love with playing again. For the price you just can't not buy a better guitar. It plays and sounds beautiful! The action is low and makes playing very easy. Mine has a nice bright beautiful sound that I just can't hear enough of. I usually don't like bright sounding acoustics and prefer a deep sound but this one I love. The guitar seems rock solid and after playing it every day for hours a day for the past 2 weeks it still sounds just as good as the day I pulled it out of the box. I just can't say enough good things about this guitar. If you are looking for a guitar to learn on this is great for beginners because of the low action plus you get a great sounding guitar. It's a great guitar and you would have to be an idiot not to buy one especially for the price. The only problem I have with mine is on the 6th(E) string on the 12th and 13th fret I get some string buzz. I'm pretty sure that I can fix it by adjusting the truss rod but at the moment I see no point in it as I hardly ever play in that area. Also mine does have a couple of frets that are a little sharp and could be filed down but they are barely noticeable. I will get around to fixing them in time. I still recommend this guitar to everybody. I have had guitars that cost 4 times the price that sounded like crap and played even worse than crap. Just buy one and if you don't like it then I'll take it off your hands :)

My girlfriend bought me this guitar for my birthday a few weeks ago, and I am blown away. I definitely agree with the many reviews below that state that this guitar is worth far more than $50! It arrived on time in secure packaging, and I have enjoyed learning on it ever since. Complaints: -The front of the body is not without aesthetic flaws. There are small nicks in the paint and other little imperfections, but for the price I'm not complaining. -The guitar does not have anything to attach a strap. This is a downside, but some people wrote in their reviews that they were able to glue on the necessary hardware. Praises: -The guitar has a truly beautiful sound once tuned. It took me a little while to get tuned, but it was my first time tuning a guitar. The tones are rich and LOUD. -This really is a full size, real guitar. THIS IS NOT A TOY. My girlfriend and I shopped around for a while before deciding on this guitar, and we had a hard time finding anything under $50 that was reviewed well and that was not a toy or children's guitar. -The guitar seems to be built very soundly. It's obviously not made of the best materials, but it doesn't feel cheap when you hold it. -The strings are solid. As a lot of people have said, it's not necessary to change out the strings when you get it. -I'm having a much easier time than I thought I would teaching myself to play. Perhaps it is due to this excellent guitar! If you are debating between this and something slightly less expensive, BUY THIS. It is so worth the money. You will not find another guitar of this great quality for the same price!

For It's price, this is quite a decent guitar. Pretty good material and sound. My only complain would just have to be how thick and large the body of the actual guitar is. I struggle to place it on my hips sometimes, but that could always be fixed by just standing and playing with a guitar strap, or slightly changing the positioning a little.

I bought this guitar in 2020 and it seriously has held out amazing. I self taught myself on this guitar and its still perfectly fine after having it for 5 years. I have had to change the strings but that's expected if you plan on owning one. I now have an electric fender, and acoustic/electric Ibanez, but I will always remember learning wagon wheel on this bad boy. The sound is perfect and easy to tune. Although, I can see a little problems in the bridge most likely from tuning and strings but that was only recently. Seriously one of the best guitars for the price, quality, feel, and durability.

For what it is... a ~$60 guitar, it isn't terrible. Could it be better? YES!!! However, you get what you pay for or is it that you pay for what you get? After receiving the guitar, I allowed 2 days for it to get used to my home and cool down. It was REALLY hot after being in the UPS van all day. Once it cooled down and was accustomed to the humidity, it tuned OK. It is playable, but not exceptional. Mine came with a paint flaw on the back, but I am not going to go through sending it back just for that. Character? Would I buy this guitar again? Without question, NO! There are MUCH better offerings out there. They just cost about 3-4 times as much. I was burglarized earlier this year and, among other things, they stole ALL of my guitars. It is nice to have SOMETHING to play once again. Even if it is a POC. (chuckle) Sort of a back handed "recommendation" if all you care about is price. This guitar IS playable. Update 8/14/2019 After having this guitar for a little while longer, I would add half a star if I could. It has held tune with the strings that came on it and the frets are not nearly as bad as I thought at first. Of course, given that I have nothing here to compare it to, it may still be a POC, but it is very playable and is filling my "guitar gap" nicely. I would go to 4 stars, but I haven't had it long enough for that... (smile) Update 5/18/2020 I guess I have gotten as "used" to the frets as I am ever going to be. After playing this guitar for 8 months, I guess I have just gotten used to the lousy frets. Is it even close to a good guitar? No. Is it playable, yes. Is it a good first guitar for a young person just getting started? Well, in my humble opinion, no. Unless this is all you can afford. It may make a new player appreciate a quality guitar even more or just turn them off to playing completely.

I bought this guitar with the typical reservations and concerns about buying something this personal on-line without playing it first and the insane danger of having it shipped to me and it arriving in the proper number of pieces. My concerns were overwhelmed by my good luck and superb good fortune. The seller packed it well enough (box inside another box with good packing material.) The guitar is perfect and the obvious point is that for only $81.18 including TTL (tax, title and license), I got a guitar very similar in quality to a Martin. I'm not saying that the sound is exactly equivalent to Martin, but it's close enough for this "game of marbles." You might have to be an old guy from Texas to get that reference. The other point being that this came from a retail store. Since there are several of these listed on Amazon, is this a continually-manufactured product or is this a "going out of business sale?" If this is a standard product and the manufacturer and the reseller are both making a reasonable profit, then how can Martin justify charging $1,000 for a very similar product? I guess guitars are less expensive to make than I thought. A Martin is NOT worth 10 times as much. I've owned and played Martins from a 0016K to a J45, with a few D28's in there along the way, and this Rogue 090 can hold it's own with any of them. I highly recommend this guitar to everyone - those with callouses on our finger tips as well as those with painfully sore finger tips. I GOT REAL LUCKY!

I just received my Rogue RA-090 guitar today from Musicians Friends. Actually, it is a nice guitar for a cheap price. At first, I was thinking that it was going to be a kids guitar but this is not a kids toy. I'm glad of that!!! This is a real guitar for beginners or people who needs a traveling guitar to carry around and not worrying about the surface getting scratched. This guitar is put together nicely, and it sounds wonderful. For $40, I would recommend people to purchase this guitar. My guitar came in mint condition, no scratches, no strings detached or nothing, everything was perfect, and package real good. The only thing I had to do was tune it up and start playing. Be sure to purchase a Snark tuner as well. Snark tuners are perfect for tuning quickly and accurately. I will definitely do business again with Musicians Friends, very quick arrival of my package. Plus it came a day early. UPDATE: February 19, 2011 Two days later, the high E string broke. I can't complain; I was going to replace the strings with better quality strings anyway. The strings that came with the guitar sounds brilliant but they're a little hard on my fingers. I will probably get some lighter strings; I think these strings are medium or heavy. Overall, I'm still satisfied with the Rogue RA-090 guitar; it is a nice looking guitar. For 40 bucks, you can't beat a deal like this for a playable guitar. I still consider people to purchase this guitar; you will not be disappointed.

I bought this for $40 in march, and it is now december, meaning I have had this for 9 months now. This is my first guitar so here's my review. It's nice, sturdy, durable (i don't use a case), and it is well worth it. I tell my friends that it is a forty dollar guitar and they are impressed at how cheap it is. It's very very solidly built but light, like wield-it-as-a-sword type of light. I am still using the original strings and I agree that the strings are on the tight side. Compared to friends' acoustics I have played, this one is usually louder and its ring is more "pop" if that makes sense. I recently played a Jasmine acoustic/electric and the Jasmine was more serene sounding and each strum blending, compared to this one where each string rings distinctly and with flare. On this one, action is high so when strumming carelessly hard, I have to make sure I press down harder or else it will buzz ... but I don't mind this because it helps me learn properly ;) Everything I have said in this paragraph are not cons, just characteristics. EDIT: I thought I should update. I changed my strings a few weeks ago since I broke the G-string (ha-ha). It's a bit crazy but I changed the strings to elixirs. It'll sound like I'm advertising elixir strings but my guitar is much more finger friendly. Strings are more gentle yet still solid. How does it sound? Ah-mazing. It rings clear, vibrant, wider in a sense, and ...uh, well just take my word. My friends agree it sounds better. So with that in mind, who knew that a string breaking could be a good thing? ;)