Rogue Starter Acoustic Guitar Matte Natural

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it is what it is..

I'm not complaining really, overall nice build and finish! honest observations and criticisms: surprise.. the fretboard is DEAD FLAT, means ease and speed for the manufacturing, doesnt need fret levelling and re-crowning is understandable, theres very little to go wrong, less likely to "fret out" (aka BUZZZZ..), keeps price low too. same for its lack of dots on the fretboard, not a problem. not gonna subtract points for this stuff. the bridge could be slightly lower, and the nut quite a bit lower, to be better playable, instead of arriving as a fingertip torture device. easy enough for someone to do who knows how BUT, someone who doesnt know may never want to pick up a guitar again. (minus two points!) dont get me wrong, I play mostly electrics but I'm not spoiled or "tender fingered" when it gets to acoustics. this guitar wasnt ready and willing to be played. after an action-job, (is removing the bridge and nut to grind the backsides down to put the strings closer to the fretboard. you have to know how, and how much to remove!) ...the FLAT fretboard is decently playable, good sound projection as well. not knocking this guitar's overall quality for its price, but its string height is a major detail -Rogue- needs to address for their little starter guitars, for everyones sake! this is actually a pretty nice guitar for fast-cheap mass produced, and I really dont regret the purchase at all, but I also stand by my criticism of its action as gotten. it is what it is.. if the action was right as received, It'd got 5 stars with considerations given for its very low price. PS: giving a guitar an action job can have it misbehaving with different guage strings. acoustic guitars do need SOME height to not buzz-out when strumming hard as well. what may sound like a simple meat grinding job, is actually tedious with strings off-on re-tunings etc. it can take 1-2 hours of time, OR the factory can make some alterations to plant a couple shorter bits of plastic! about .040 from the bridge and .070 at the nut, is a lot. GuitarCenter, dont post this if it hurts but dont NOT tell Rogue about it either hey.. if nasty stiff action hurts peoples fingers TOO MUCH, future sales flush down the... this is a "Starter Guitar", should be friendlier!