With a little tweaking and some care it will be good for practice and as a backup if I decide to invest in a better lap steel.

It's affordable and is a great lap steel for someone to start out on .

If you really can't afford $179, Google "2x4 lap steel" and learn how to make an excellent instrument out of hardware store parts that's superior to the Rogue, and to a lot of more expensive instruments, too.

I would have liked the option to get better quality tuners and pickup, but overall I recommend this lap steel!

Buy yourself a decent steel like a Lap Dawg and you're good to go.

Why spend more on an expensive lap steel or a pedal steel when you can sharpen your teeth on this for $99?

This is a nice lap steel for the money