Rogue CG-50R Review

History:

Purchase: Bought this "Amp" for $129.99 from Musicians' Friend. Needed an amp for practice purposes; didn't realize what I'd gotten.

Pros: The clean channel is "OK"; can't really mess THAT up. The price initially, but, like they say, "You get what you pay for"...



Cons: The 2nd channel w/ distortion is weak. Weak distortion. Sounds more like the early fuzz tone ala the Kinks in the early 60s. When Dave Davies took a razor blade and cut the cone in the speaker to give a "fuzz tone" and recorded "You really got me" and "All day and all of the night". (History lesson I read somewhere from a rock n roll book on the beginnings of distortion). The eq: High Mid Low and Prescence, they ACTUALLY WORK. The reverb is weak. Don't know if it's digital or spring reverb; there is a small box unit in the cab, so maybe spring. But it's weak reverb sound. 12" speaker sucks; it's 4 ohm, and should be 8. All around crappy sounding amp. I'll sell it, and hopefully get $50 for it.

CG-50R Quality: The cab looks to be made of weak ass particle board. If I kick it, it might crumble. I mean, any kid in wood shop class could make a cab of better construction. This is horrible; even for the price, one should expect something a little better.

Rogue Summary: DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY THIS HUNK OF SHIT!!!! Weak distortion, reverb, and construction. Don't say, "Oh, this is all I can afford". Save your money, until you can make a purchase that you can be proud of. Seriously. IT ISN'T WORTH IT. Buy a Crate, a Peavey, whatever, at least they are made better and come with a warranty!!!

Rating of this product: 1

This Rogue Guitar Amplifiers Review Submitted By: Jiver

Date: 2003-05-11

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