Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

[Lewguitar]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

That sucks that you have to sell more stuff but your health is more important. And that stuff is just that, stuff.

It's because I've missed so much work. Being self employed, I haven't been employing my self much lately.

If you ever want to compare, definitely check out the Vox VT series, even for the heck of it. Aceman is right, the effects are more tweakable. I hardly ever tweak them very much other than the effect level and I use the reverb mostly anyway.

I will. Robb's music had some Vox stuff but they didn't have the VT Series and didn't have the Night Train head - I wanted to take that for a spin. It's not a modeling amp but it and the Orange Tiny Terror have been getting a lot of press. I just wanted to hear it.

It comes as no surprise to me that the JC model in the Cubes sounds so good. It is Roland making a model of their own amp. They better get it to sound as close to the real thing as they can. Same with the Vox modelers. They did an awesome job with the AC15 and AC30TB models. I use the AC30TB model for my light to medium crunch tones and even clean tones by rolling the guitar volume back or using the HBE Detox EQ to choke back the guitar signal and re-EQ it a bit.

I think there's a modeling amp in my future! Sometime next year when I'm working more again. I'll always have my blackface Deluxe Reverb, Princeton Reverb and '51 tweed Super - but it'd be nice to have some modern sounds and effects all in one easy to use package too.

I felt that the Roland Cube 60 was the simplest to use modeler I've ever plugged into. There was a nice Line 6 amp there too but it was much more confusing and difficult to get started with. Once I got some kind of handle on it I liked the Line 6 - but all I had to do was plug in to the Roland and the tones were right there. Much easier to get great tones out of the Roland Cube.
Thanks! Lew

 

[Wattage]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

Seasick Steve uses them, he sounds raw and downhome!

 

[Lewguitar]

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My local store just doesn't have enough selection. I'm going down to Denver to try out a Micro Cube and some of the little Vox amps.

 

[The Dali]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

Good for you!



The Roland Cube series are some of the best solid state amps out there. I have a Cube 15 practice amp and a MicroCube. They sound great, both are portable, and are EASY to use.

 

[richard parker]

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The microcube is a lot of fun. I rarely use anything other than the Marshall setting. Doesn't sound a whole lot like a Marshall but it does sound very good. Cleans up remarkably well from the guitar particularly with a strat. I NEVER use effects but I have a lot of fun playing around with the chorus combined with delay. This little guy can sound HUGE in my kitchen. A much better solution than playing my 30 and 50 watt valve amps at the same volume. At the price you really can't go wrong.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

Here's what I got and I Love this thing! Plugged into a 2x12 cab sounds great,plus I use the cd input to practice songs through it....Great sounding little amp!

 

[ErikH]

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Don't be offended by their policy about the guitar/case thing, Lew. Just about every music store I've been in around here has the same policy. It's really not that big a deal.

 

[Mr Wolf]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

Not much to say except my Cube15 has been a very good practise amp for about 5 years now. Love it!

 

[Lewguitar]

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The Micro Cube is officially on my Christmas list! I'm hoping Carole will get me one.

I don't know that I'd want to gig with a Roland Cube - even one like the Cube 60.

But the Micro Cube is a blast to play through and I can even take it camping. Like Aceman said, I can sit out on the back deck next summer and just have some fun with it.

I saw a couple of brand new Micro Cubes on Ebay For $99. shipped and that's where I'll look when it's time to purchase. It just seems like a screaming great deal.

Wish my local music store had treated me a little nicer - but now I won't feel so bad about purchasing this online when the time comes.

 

[Dan-ola]

Re: Roland Cube 30x and 60 - I'm curious about them!

This thread has made me ask myself why the ____ is my MicroCube just sitting under my bed? DOH!!!

 

[Lewguitar]

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This thread has made me ask myself why the ____ is my MicroCube just sitting under my bed? DOH!!!

No kidding - especially if you can make it sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHthNMoMzA :lmao:

I was trying to think of who she reminded of and it's Paul Gilbert. Not that they play the same licks or anything. Just the energy and how much fun they both seem to have playing the bageewhiz out of a guitar.

 

[Aceman]

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This thread has made me ask myself why the ____ is my MicroCube just sitting under my bed? DOH!!!

Yeah - it's just waiting for you to send it to Lew where it will have a loving home...

 

[guitfiddle]

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I don't know that I'd want to gig with a Roland Cube - even one like the Cube 60.

But the Micro Cube is a blast to play through and I can even take it camping. Like Aceman said, I can sit out on the back deck next summer and just have some fun with it.

You could gig with the micro if you had to...you just run to the PA out of the headphone jack and into the board with it's input set low. Works really well. I did it at a party without an amp there and it sounded fine.

My favorite setting is the brit combo with the volume dimed and the gain set just below noon. Clean to dirty with the guitar's volume knob. Fun amp.