Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

[Dr. Vegetable]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

I know people who love the Micro Cube for busking because it can run off of 12VDC. Some of them are pretty decent little amps for the money.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

The Microcube is amazing for what it is. Particulalrly clean things.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

Our own BTMN was playing with one of those little Deacy things plugged into a 4x12. OMG - it was amazing sounding!

 

[coachc55]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

So most seem to like the Cubes over the new Fender Mustangs.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

2w micro cube. headphone out plugged into the soundcard:

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

OMG
love that
touch of chorus or delay?

2w micro cube. headphone out plugged into the soundcard:

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

just the reverb built into the amp. seems i only recorded on the right channel tho! lol. i guess the line/headphone output of the amp is stereo :smack:

 

[Lake Placid Blues]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

I'm a vintage tube amp snob and love my micro cube. Never tried the Fender though.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

So most seem to like the Cubes over the new Fender Mustangs.

I think the majority of experience is with the Cube
and doesn't reflect at all on the Mustang until someone chimes in

the Mustang being a slightly newer model
and the Cube being so polarizing

 

[Aceman]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

All of the modellers are a combo of models, ability to tweek, and effects. You really have to check them out for yourself at the end of the day.

 

[ratiug]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

Epic is correct, the cube 80XL is the way to go. I got tired of buying tubes every year so I got the cube 80xl ,I also got the 3 fs-6 footswitches to access all the effects in the amp ,it took a few gigs to get used to it but now I love it,plenty loud and I get a lot of compliments on the tone,I pair it with a 1x12 open back cab .great amp simple and versatile. ,and the Dyna amp setting is very cool ,don't get the 40xl get the 80 xl

 

[thespricket]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

The Mustangs are way more versatile and flexible in a live situation. You can save a lot more presets, and I think they have more amp models and effects available. AND I think they sound pretty great. I've got a Mustang I that I keep next to my couch for practice and I dig it.

I work at GC and we always have the Mustangs, the Spiders, and the Vypers (peavey) and the mustangs absolutely sound the best, albeit there's not much competition from those two. We never have the full sized Cubes in stock but I wish we would so I could give one a try, it's been a while.


Guitar->pedals->amp

 

[jefgat]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

"So most seem to like the Cubes over the new Fender Mustangs...."

Or, most have not tried or heard the Mustangs.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

At small clubs I've used my Cube 20X quite a few times on an amp stand.Works great and the tones are decent.Great practice amp at home also.I run my Boss BR 80 through it and learn tunes.Sounds great mic'd out!

 

[Aceman]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

At small clubs I've used my Cube 20X quite a few times on an amp stand.Works great and the tones are decent.Great practice amp at home also.I run my Boss BR 80 through it and learn tunes.Sounds great mic'd out!

WARNING*****

You can't buy a Cube 20 like John's in a store!!!!!!! Just saying it *might* not be stock….

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

WARNING*****

You can't buy a Cube 20 like John's in a store!!!!!!! Just saying it *might* not be stock….

LOL...Just the add on of a speaker out on mine so I can run it into a 2x12 or 4x12,but I never do anyway! LOL...I Like the sound of the amp on it's own..I'm going to get a much better speaker for mine and the amp will be even better!

 

[Demanic]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

Love the Microcube. You can take a line out from it direct into a PA anytime you need more volume.

 

[NecroPolo]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

Our bassist is playing guitar too and he's been using a 30W Cube for 6-7 years or so. He plays everything and his tone is quite okay. It was tortured a lot both onstage and offstage and seems to be super reliable.

I have no info about the Mustang. Anyone?

 

[TimmyPage]

Re: Roland Cube vs. Fender Mustang

The Cube series are amazing amps, the gain responds fairly realistically on most settings, I really love the Classic Stack setting on mine, I use it about 90% of the time for practice, and even sometimes at smaller gigs or band practice. The key to the roland cube, the one thing that holds people back from thinking that it's amazing: It does NOT have a speaker simulator built in. This means that in order to get speaker push, you are going to need to turn the volume up. If you want the push of a stack, you're going to need to connect it to a cab.

At a low volume it can sound kind of digital and meh, but once you start rolling the master volume up to a decent level on them, they sound great, and they do an amazing job of recreating the amps they are modelling, with a twist of their own. I know a bunch of people who use them live, not just for convenience, but because they legitimately sound awesome.

I just wish that the Fender Deluxe model on it were better, it's one of my favourite amps in real life and the model sounds crappy. It's the ONLY weak point of the amp in my opinion.