Roland Cube 30 amps
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Anybody tried a Roland Cube 30 amp? How is it?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Anybody tried a Roland Cube 30 amp? How is it? >Funny you should ask. I just walked in the door with a new one about an >hour ago. It’s got a variety of good sounds ranging from some beautiful >cleans to full shreds and everything in between. There’s a clean channel >which the manual says they "modeled" after the Roland Jazz Chorus amps. The >lead channel has 7 settings; >Acoustic – supposed to make your guitar sound like an acoustic. Not a bad >sound for strumming. >Black Panel – supposedly modeled after a Fender Twin Reverb. A beautiful >clean sound! >Brit Combo – an AC30 model. Lots of drive, heavy on the low mids. >Classic Stack – Marshall 1987 model. A brighter sound, good for hard rock. >Metal – Peavey 5150 model. Definitely high gain metal sound. Good for that >sort of thing, I think. >R-Fier – Mesa Boogie copy. An absolutely *dreadful* sound, the only thing >on the amp totally unusable to me. >The reverb is not the greatest, but it’ll do in a pinch. At least it’s >*got* reverb. Effects are *ok*, but that’s not why I bought the amp. I >probably won’t use anything but the chorus once in a while. Well, maybe the >tremelo too. >The footswitch system sucks. You’ve gotta use theirs because if you use a >normal one you have to click it twice every time you want to change. And of >course, that’s an extra option not included. Bastards. >Another *major* gripe is that it’s a sealed encloser with no external >speaker jack. You’re forced to use the 10" speaker – which is fine for >home, but would have to suck playing out. I *am* assuming that one could >use this amp out, since it’s rated at 30 watts. But with a single 10", >ehhhhh . . . I hate to go inside and void my warrantee, the kind of luck I >have with amps. These Jap screws are all painted shiny black. One turn of >the screwdriver would probably be detectable. >It’s also about twice as heavy as similar amps it’s size, weighing 20.5 lbs. >There is a line out which shuts off the internal speaker. That’s good for >slaving a larger amp, which I will try later. Also used for headphone. >There is also an Aux line in, sans volume or EQ. >What else? It’s ugly as sin (other than the control panel which is laid out >pretty nicely) no two ways about it. One of the ugliest amps I’ve ever laid >eyes on with that cheesy Japanese plastic, pseudo "High Tech" look. >I got it to replace this new Marshall MG15CDR that they gave me as a >warantee replacement for a fried MG15RCD (different amp, new design, POS). >So far, I think I’m gonna like it. The only question is, is it worth >$225.00? I paid $95 and gave them back the little Marshall, so it didn’t >seem like I was paying $225. If I had to shell it all out at once, I might >look around a bit. >All in all, I think I like this this amp though. Bottom line is it sounds >good, especially for a solid state amp. >Anyone else got one of these? Pete? Is this what you’ve got? >~kp
Being the cheap bastard that I am, and wanting things as featureless as I can get away with, I bought the Roland Cube15. So it has no real effects other than several distortions (gotta have distortion!) and a 3 band EQ circuit. About $100 for that amp. It’s a very neat acoustic trick that this amp does with it’s closed back speaker, and the thing sounds like a big amp, without having to play very loud. Same basic complaint about it not having an external speaker jack, but since I did buy it for playing along with the stereo, I’m not finding that a problem. I haven’t tried slaving it to another amp yet, but I’ve been half meaning to try that for a while now. Being a procrastinator, it hasn’t happened though. I’d love to be able to easily get this sound at a louder level, but I somehow doubt that it would translate to higher decibels all that well, because the solid state nature of it’s sound is rather easy to detect. But anyhow, the Cube15 is a good enough sounding cheapo that it’s almost the only thing I’ve used since it showed up. It’s just convenient, and I don’t need an OD pedal, or attenuator, and I don’t have to warm it up or anything. I know, tube heresy! But most of what I do is play along with the stereo, and I’m still working on pulling a good portable tube amp setup together for jamming with other assholes anyhow. Take a look at the new Avatar "Deluxe" enclosures: http://www.avatarspeakers.com/ Check in the G212H section, with the black or cream Tolex, with wheat grill cloth. Mmmmm… only 40Lbs. too. Talk about a GAS attack. I want one of those. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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And btw, fwiw, this is a scan of the top of my Roland Cube15 showing th control panel. http://picturefrompete.home.attbi.com/cube15.jpg That’s pretty close to the settings I use, but I don’t use that clean channel, that would need to be turned up more than that. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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The Metal setting hey Pete. Sounds like you would have just LOVED the amp I tried out this afternoon! I grabbed one of those current strats that have the two "Perly Gates" humbuckers (Seymour D) and plugged into a SLO-100 half stack in L&Ms small (glass encased) amp testing room. The best way to describe that amp is "Polished Fangs". Ofcourse I had to crank the master a bit and play stuff like Ozzy’s "Bark at the Moon". What a hoot! 
The gain channel is all distortion no matter how low you set the pre! Quite nice, but I can’t understand why all these non metal players have/ are using it? It’s just too agressive. I think that some of those guys are using the clean channel because of this. That’s the way the Boogie dual rec should have sounded -really no comparison. Nice amp, (loads better than their HR 50 I tried before) but I’ll definately be keeping my Guytron… Lloyd – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> [some stuff...] > And btw, fwiw, this is a scan of the top of my Roland Cube15 showing > th control panel. http://picturefrompete.home.attbi.com/cube15.jpg > That’s pretty close to the settings I use, but I don’t use that clean > channel, that would need to be turned up more than that. > Pete > — > Can I borrow a bucket of worms > and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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I forget right now, is SLO a Soldano thing? I don’t play Metal, but I do like the edge and the gain that that setting has. The earlier distortion setting seemed too much like pedal distortion, and the Full Stack distortion just… I don’t remember, but I hated it, so I always just use the Metal setting. I only tried the other settings the first couple days, and I picked what would work best for me. The speaker’s pretty well broken in by now, so I guess I should try the other settings again. Pete – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >The Metal setting hey Pete. >Sounds like you would have just LOVED the amp I tried out this afternoon! >I grabbed one of those current strats that have the two "Perly Gates" >humbuckers (Seymour D) and plugged into a SLO-100 half stack in L&Ms small >(glass encased) amp testing room. >The best way to describe that amp is "Polished Fangs". >Ofcourse I had to crank the master a bit and play stuff like Ozzy’s "Bark at >the Moon". >What a hoot! >:) >The gain channel is all distortion no matter how low you set the pre! >Quite nice, but I can’t understand why all these non metal players have/ are >using it? It’s just too agressive. I think that some of those guys are using >the clean channel because of this. >That’s the way the Boogie dual rec should have sounded -really no >comparison. >Nice amp, (loads better than their HR 50 I tried before) but I’ll definately >be keeping my Guytron… >Lloyd >> [some stuff...] > And btw, fwiw, this is a scan of the top of my Roland Cube15 showing > th control panel. http://picturefrompete.home.attbi.com/cube15.jpg > That’s pretty close to the settings I use, but I don’t use that clean > channel, that would need to be turned up more than that. > Pete > — > Can I borrow a bucket of worms > and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
– Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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Yeah Pete the SLO is Soldano’s "flag ship" amp. Lloyd – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I forget right now, is SLO a Soldano thing? > I don’t play Metal, but I do like the edge and the gain that that > setting has. The earlier distortion setting seemed too much like > pedal distortion, and the Full Stack distortion just… I don’t > remember, but I hated it, so I always just use the Metal setting. > I only tried the other settings the first couple days, and I picked > what would work best for me. The speaker’s pretty well broken in by > now, so I guess I should try the other settings again. > Pete > The Metal setting hey Pete. > Sounds like you would have just LOVED the amp I tried out this afternoon! > I grabbed one of those current strats that have the two "Perly Gates" > humbuckers (Seymour D) and plugged into a SLO-100 half stack in L&Ms small > (glass encased) amp testing room. > The best way to describe that amp is "Polished Fangs". > Ofcourse I had to crank the master a bit and play stuff like Ozzy’s "Bark at > the Moon". > What a hoot! > > The gain channel is all distortion no matter how low you set the pre! > Quite nice, but I can’t understand why all these non metal players have/ are > using it? It’s just too agressive. I think that some of those guys are using > the clean channel because of this. > That’s the way the Boogie dual rec should have sounded -really no > comparison. > Nice amp, (loads better than their HR 50 I tried before) but I’ll definately > be keeping my Guytron… > Lloyd >>> [some stuff...] >> And btw, fwiw, this is a scan of the top of my Roland Cube15 showing >> th control panel. http://picturefrompete.home.attbi.com/cube15.jpg >> That’s pretty close to the settings I use, but I don’t use that clean >> channel, that would need to be turned up more than that. >> Pete >> — >> Can I borrow a bucket of worms >> and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo > — > Can I borrow a bucket of worms > and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Anybody tried a Roland Cube 30 amp? How is it? > Funny you should ask. I just walked in the door with a new one about an > hour ago. It’s got a variety of good sounds ranging from some beautiful > cleans to full shreds and everything in between. There’s a clean channel > which the manual says they "modeled" after the Roland Jazz Chorus amps. The > lead channel has 7 settings; > Acoustic – supposed to make your guitar sound like an acoustic. Not a bad > sound for strumming. > Black Panel – supposedly modeled after a Fender Twin Reverb. A beautiful > clean sound! > Brit Combo – an AC30 model. Lots of drive, heavy on the low mids. > Classic Stack – Marshall 1987 model. A brighter sound, good for hard rock. > Metal – Peavey 5150 model. Definitely high gain metal sound. Good for that > sort of thing, I think. > R-Fier – Mesa Boogie copy. An absolutely *dreadful* sound, the only thing > on the amp totally unusable to me. > The reverb is not the greatest, but it’ll do in a pinch. At least it’s > *got* reverb. Effects are *ok*, but that’s not why I bought the amp. I > probably won’t use anything but the chorus once in a while. Well, maybe the > tremelo too. > The footswitch system sucks. You’ve gotta use theirs because if you use a > normal one you have to click it twice every time you want to change. And of > course, that’s an extra option not included. Bastards. > Another *major* gripe is that it’s a sealed encloser with no external > speaker jack. You’re forced to use the 10" speaker – which is fine for > home, but would have to suck playing out. I *am* assuming that one could > use this amp out, since it’s rated at 30 watts. But with a single 10", > ehhhhh . . . I hate to go inside and void my warrantee, the kind of luck I > have with amps. These Jap screws are all painted shiny black. One turn of > the screwdriver would probably be detectable. > It’s also about twice as heavy as similar amps it’s size, weighing 20.5 lbs. > There is a line out which shuts off the internal speaker. That’s good for > slaving a larger amp, which I will try later. Also used for headphone. > There is also an Aux line in, sans volume or EQ. > What else? It’s ugly as sin (other than the control panel which is laid out > pretty nicely) no two ways about it. One of the ugliest amps I’ve ever laid > eyes on with that cheesy Japanese plastic, pseudo "High Tech" look. > I got it to replace this new Marshall MG15CDR that they gave me as a > warantee replacement for a fried MG15RCD (different amp, new design, POS). > So far, I think I’m gonna like it. The only question is, is it worth > $225.00? I paid $95 and gave them back the little Marshall, so it didn’t > seem like I was paying $225. If I had to shell it all out at once, I might > look around a bit. > All in all, I think I like this this amp though. Bottom line is it sounds > good, especially for a solid state amp. > Anyone else got one of these? Pete? Is this what you’ve got? > ~kp
Used to have a Cube 100, when they first come out… Now they were UGLY… orange hehe….. Also enclosed, but a single 12" , but they project like crazy… My Cube was louder on 6 (we were headbanger kids) … than the other guitarist with a 160 watt Kustom 2×12" with a 4×12" marshall cab….. — C’ya Steve aka ZaGhost UT Crosshairs http://members.accesswave.ca/~seburges Music http://www.onlinerock.com/musicians/zaghost & http://www.philntheblank.com & http://www.kapyr.com ICQ 3839381 Running Intel Free
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I haven’t tried slaving it to another amp yet, but I’ve been half > meaning to try that for a while now. Being a procrastinator, it > hasn’t happened though. I’d love to be able to easily get this sound > at a louder level, but I somehow doubt that it would translate to > higher decibels all that well, because the solid state nature of it’s > sound is rather easy to detect. >Pete, just for grins, try running that cube into your Sound City and see >what it sounds like. Let us know. I’m gonna try it with my Marshall – just >as soon as I get up the gumption. 
>~kp
Since I haven’t had a power amp in years, there’s only a few practical ways I have of slaving the Cube amp. 1.) I have a 100watt per channel Sony receiver with one fried channel, so I suppose I could run it through the other channel, and through an EVM12L. I have my doubts about that idea. 2.) I have an old Acoustic 230 (officially spelled with lower case "a"!) and that has a preamp out, and a power amp in (maybe *that’s* why I’ve been saving that thing). 3.) Since the preamp in my SC50Plus still needs to be rebuilt, I just bypassed it so I could try running the SansAmp GT-2 through a power amp. So I could easily run the Cube15 through that. But I sort of doubt that you’ll like running the Roland’s line level into the preamp of your Marshall, because it’s a lot more power than what guitar or effects levels feed the amp. If you still have that TSL, it probably has an easy way to just feed the Roland’s line level into the power amp section. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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There is a jazz guitar newsgroup,and lots of those guys like the Cube 30 quite well.The question in my mind would be-does the new Behringer Vintager 110,fill the same need for less than half the $?It has a speaker out,30 watts,1-10" speaker,and is similiar(so people are saying) to the Tech21 Trademark 10,only with 20 more watts,and no reverb.These are selling for $100.00. Jon Neet
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Pete, just for grins, try running that cube into your Sound City and see >what it sounds like. Let us know. I’m gonna try it with my Marshall – just >as soon as I get up the gumption. >~kp >Since I haven’t had a power amp in years, there’s only a few practical >ways I have of slaving the Cube amp. >1.) I have a 100watt per channel Sony receiver with one fried channel, >so I suppose I could run it through the other channel, and through an >EVM12L. I have my doubts about that idea. >2.) I have an old Acoustic 230 (officially spelled with lower case >"a"!) and that has a preamp out, and a power amp in (maybe *that’s* >why I’ve been saving that thing). >3.) Since the preamp in my SC50Plus still needs to be rebuilt, I just >bypassed it so I could try running the SansAmp GT-2 through a power >amp. So I could easily run the Cube15 through that. >But I sort of doubt that you’ll like running the Roland’s line level >into the preamp of your Marshall, because it’s a lot more power than >what guitar or effects levels feed the amp. If you still have that >TSL, it probably has an easy way to just feed the Roland’s line level >into the power amp section. >Pete
Ok, I just got done running the Cube15 through the output section in my SC50Plus, and then into the Marshall 4×10. It’s not anywhere near as bad as I was expecting, but it was just too loud to be practical in a small room, so I’d still like to hear it in a larger room. I had to adjust the EQ immediately because the first sounds I heard were horrible. So I bumped up the bass some, and that helped. The whole setup amplified more solid state hiss than I would have care for. I had to shut it down after about 20 minutes of messing around with it, because it was really too brutal, and it wasn’t good enough for me to put up with that kind of brutal volume. Even though it wasn’t hurting my ears like some SS amps do. It’s real hard to say if I could get away with slaving the Cube15 in band situation. Probably only in an emergency situation. It doesn’t sound as bad as I was expecting, but it also doesn’t sound all that good. I enjoyed the thing more all by itself. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Ok, I just got done running the Cube15 through the output section in > my SC50Plus, and then into the Marshall 4×10. It’s not anywhere near > as bad as I was expecting, but it was just too loud to be practical in > a small room, so I’d still like to hear it in a larger room. I had to > adjust the EQ immediately because the first sounds I heard were > horrible. So I bumped up the bass some, and that helped. The whole > setup amplified more solid state hiss than I would have care for. > I had to shut it down after about 20 minutes of messing around with > it, because it was really too brutal, and it wasn’t good enough for me > to put up with that kind of brutal volume. Even though it wasn’t > hurting my ears like some SS amps do. > It’s real hard to say if I could get away with slaving the Cube15 in > band situation. Probably only in an emergency situation. It doesn’t > sound as bad as I was expecting, but it also doesn’t sound all that > good. I enjoyed the thing more all by itself. >Hey, I also tried mine today into my Vox Berkeley. Whoa, you’re right, >LOUD!! Jeezus!! Same thing with the EQ. Had to make some adjustments on >both amps. >I don’t know what it would be like in a loud situation. The sounds I heard >told me that it could be pretty good. But I think you’re right, the Cube >probably is best on it’s own for what it was designed for, a practice amp. >I’ll play around more as time goes by. >~kp
Sometimes I sure do wish I had a barn. I just talked to someone I know today who used to play in bands (asking about finding dog breeders) and he was saying he was just finishing building a barn. For some reason, it wasn’t even entering my mind when I was talking to him, that a barn would be a perfect place to stretch out with some powerful amps. But he’s too far away, and sold all his electric equipment. I’ve got some real ear bleeders though, and no place to use them. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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> Sometimes I sure do wish I had a barn. > I just talked to someone I know today who used to play in bands > (asking about finding dog breeders) and he was saying he was just > finishing building a barn. > For some reason, it wasn’t even entering my mind when I was talking to > him, that a barn would be a perfect place to stretch out with some > powerful amps. But he’s too far away, and sold all his electric > equipment. I’ve got some real ear bleeders though, and no place to > use them. > Pete
Hey Pete, Having a barn isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. (At least when it comes to usefulness as a place to "woodshed" with the big guns.) http://home.swbell.net/j_h_king/barn.jpg Mine is about 150 ft. from the house, and hauling big amps back and forth is just too much trouble. (Though I do have a pneumatic tired hand truck to help.) Plus there is no climate control out there, so the amps can’t stay. I know what you mean about "too loud in a small room" though. The room I play loud in most often, has the walls lined with guitars. Some of them are acoustics, and if I crank any amp over 20 watts or so, the guitars all start singing harmony ;=]. The acoustics will sometimes resonate so hard that I’m afraid it will damage them (strings buzzing against frets ect…). I guess a metal grilled 4-10" cabinet could be left out in the barn to plug into. Hmmmmm….. (metal grill because field mice from the woods behind the barn get in there and will gnaw at any paper/cloth material they can find out there). The old barn cat just can’t be trusted to get them all! http://home.swbell.net/j_h_king/barn_cat.jpg John King http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html
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> Used to have a Cube 100, when they first come out… > Now they were UGLY… orange hehe….. > Also enclosed, but a single 12" , but they project like crazy… > My Cube was louder on 6 (we were headbanger kids) … > than the other guitarist with a 160 watt Kustom 2×12" with a 4×12" > marshall cab….. > — > C’ya > Steve aka ZaGhost
Yup, I had a Roland Cube 60 (same ugly orange). It had enough clean power to be used as a bass amp. In the rare case that the 12" speaker wasn’t enough, plugging into a 1-15" JBL cabinet let it keep up with amps 2-3 times its power rating. Reminded me a lot of a Polytone Mini-Brute. John King http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sometimes I sure do wish I had a barn. > I just talked to someone I know today who used to play in bands > (asking about finding dog breeders) and he was saying he was just > finishing building a barn. > For some reason, it wasn’t even entering my mind when I was talking to > him, that a barn would be a perfect place to stretch out with some > powerful amps. But he’s too far away, and sold all his electric > equipment. I’ve got some real ear bleeders though, and no place to > use them. > Pete >Hey Pete, >Having a barn isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. >(At least when it comes to usefulness as a place to >"woodshed" with the big guns.) >http://home.swbell.net/j_h_king/barn.jpg >Mine is about 150 ft. from the house, and hauling big >amps back and forth is just too much trouble. >(Though I do have a pneumatic tired hand truck to help.) >Plus there is no climate control out there, so the amps >can’t stay. >I know what you mean about "too loud in a small room" >though. The room I play loud in most often, has the >walls lined with guitars. Some of them are acoustics, >and if I crank any amp over 20 watts or so, the guitars >all start singing harmony ;=]. The acoustics will >sometimes resonate so hard that I’m afraid it will >damage them (strings buzzing against frets ect…). >I guess a metal grilled 4-10" cabinet could be left >out in the barn to plug into. Hmmmmm….. (metal grill >because field mice from the woods behind the barn get in >there and will gnaw at any paper/cloth material they can >find out there). >The old barn cat just can’t be trusted to get them all! >http://home.swbell.net/j_h_king/barn_cat.jpg >John King >http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html
Is that cat’s name Barney? I’m not sure if your barn is big enough anyhow! I don’t remember how big he said he was building the thing, but I guess he said it was smaller than the huge garage that we all used to jam in when I was a teenager. So maybe it wouldn’t be enough. 80mile round trip though, so jamming at his barn isn’t a serious idea anyhow. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Used to have a Cube 100, when they first come out… > Now they were UGLY… orange hehe….. > Also enclosed, but a single 12" , but they project like crazy… > My Cube was louder on 6 (we were headbanger kids) … > than the other guitarist with a 160 watt Kustom 2×12" with a 4×12" > marshall cab….. > — > C’ya > Steve aka ZaGhost >Yup, I had a Roland Cube 60 (same ugly orange). >It had enough clean power to be used as a bass >amp. In the rare case that the 12" speaker wasn’t >enough, plugging into a 1-15" JBL cabinet let it >keep up with amps 2-3 times its power rating. >Reminded me a lot of a Polytone Mini-Brute. >John King >http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html
Just a side note about these last two or three posts, they don’t seem to make the Cube amps in Orange anymore. Course if they get enough mention, and the things start to sell real good, you might see color options in the next batch. I don’t see the Cube15 as being an ugly amp. It actually looks kind of cool to me, but all the Cubes being described as ugly so far weren’t the Cube15. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Used to have a Cube 100, when they first come out… >> Now they were UGLY… orange hehe….. >> Also enclosed, but a single 12" , but they project like crazy… >> My Cube was louder on 6 (we were headbanger kids) … >> than the other guitarist with a 160 watt Kustom 2×12" with a 4×12" >> marshall cab….. >> — >> C’ya >> Steve aka ZaGhost >Yup, I had a Roland Cube 60 (same ugly orange). >It had enough clean power to be used as a bass >amp. In the rare case that the 12" speaker wasn’t >enough, plugging into a 1-15" JBL cabinet let it >keep up with amps 2-3 times its power rating. >Reminded me a lot of a Polytone Mini-Brute. >John King >http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html > Just a side note about these last two or three posts, they don’t seem > to make the Cube amps in Orange anymore. Course if they get enough > mention, and the things start to sell real good, you might see color > options in the next batch. > I don’t see the Cube15 as being an ugly amp. It actually looks kind > of cool to me, but all the Cubes being described as ugly so far > weren’t the Cube15. > Pete > — > Can I borrow a bucket of worms > and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
Yes Pete, The old Roland Cube amps of the 80’s were a completely different series. The dimensions were unconventional for a guitar/bass amp. IIRC my Cube 60 was about 18"H x 15"W x 14"D, (very boxy). Hence the name "Cube". These newer ones you guys are getting are much more normal looking. I played a newer Cube 30, like Kent got, at a pawnshop a while back. I liked it. Especially for the $150 they were asking. But I need another amp, like a drowning man needs a bowling ball. John King
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>> I don’t see the Cube15 as being an ugly amp. It actually looks kind > of cool to me, >Mine’s getting better looking. I swear it didn’t look this good yesterday.
You’re being blinded by your ears. If you turn into Ray Charles, you better get used to bumping into things. >Wish they had put some rubber feet on this thing. I’ve got it sitting on >top of another cabinet and it slides all over the place. I’m afraid it might >slide off. Guess I’ll have to get some feet for it. I hate drilling into >particle board though. >~kp
Rubber feet. Try going to PartsExpress http://www.partsexpress.com/ and entering the number 260-770 in their search thing, and search those. I’ve got those on a few amp heads, and they seem to work great. They have a washer in them to keep the screw from breaking through when you tighten them down. I didn’t even notice my Cube’s feet. Mine’s sitting on the floor, and I think it’s been in the same spot for over a month. I hadn’t developed any interest in elevating it yet. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> Used to have a Cube 100, when they first come out… > >> Now they were UGLY… orange hehe….. > >> Also enclosed, but a single 12" , but they project like crazy… > >> My Cube was louder on 6 (we were headbanger kids) … > >> than the other guitarist with a 160 watt Kustom 2×12" with a 4×12" > >> marshall cab….. > >> — > >> C’ya > >> Steve aka ZaGhost > >Yup, I had a Roland Cube 60 (same ugly orange). > >It had enough clean power to be used as a bass > >amp. In the rare case that the 12" speaker wasn’t > >enough, plugging into a 1-15" JBL cabinet let it > >keep up with amps 2-3 times its power rating. > >Reminded me a lot of a Polytone Mini-Brute. > >John King > >http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rockinjohn/rockinamps.html > Just a side note about these last two or three posts, they don’t seem > to make the Cube amps in Orange anymore. Course if they get enough > mention, and the things start to sell real good, you might see color > options in the next batch. > I don’t see the Cube15 as being an ugly amp. It actually looks kind > of cool to me, but all the Cubes being described as ugly so far > weren’t the Cube15. > Pete > — > Can I borrow a bucket of worms > and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo >Yes Pete, >The old Roland Cube amps of the 80’s were a completely >different series. The dimensions were unconventional >for a guitar/bass amp. IIRC my Cube 60 was about >18"H x 15"W x 14"D, (very boxy). Hence the name "Cube". >These newer ones you guys are getting are much more >normal looking. I played a newer Cube 30, like Kent got, >at a pawnshop a while back. I liked it. Especially for >the $150 they were asking. >But I need another amp, like a drowning man needs a >bowling ball. >John King
The Cube15 is approx. 12" Sq. and 9" deep. So it’s not much of a cube at all. They also have something called a Blues Cube, and I’d like to try that http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?CatID=7&SubCatID=32&Prod… there’s a few different variations of that. Physically, they seem to be going for the Fender Tweed type of look, so I wonder if they’re open back speakers in those. I just stumbled into those this morning, and don’t know anything other than they cost a lot more, and they have a few more watts. http://www.rolandus.com/product_results.asp?terms=cube to join the bowling/swimming team. This is not good though, because buying the Cube15 gave me another combo, and I HATE combos. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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>> You’re being blinded by your ears. If you turn into Ray Charles, you > better get used to bumping into things. >I don’t know about being Ray, I don’t even have a piano. Maybe Blind Lemon >Pledge though.
My favorite Blues name is Bleeding Gums Murphy. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Rubber feet. Try going to PartsExpress http://www.partsexpress.com/ > and entering the number 260-770 in their search thing, and search > those. I’ve got those on a few amp heads, and they seem to work > great. They have a washer in them to keep the screw from breaking > through when you tighten them down. >Those are perfect. Thanks. > I didn’t even notice my Cube’s feet. Mine’s sitting on the floor, and > I think it’s been in the same spot for over a month. >Clearly, YOU haven’t been stumbling around blindly then. > I hadn’t developed any interest in elevating it yet. >When you do, you can be Stevie Wonder and take it to a "Higher Ground"! >~kp
Somewhere else in this thread, I mentioned their BluesCube. So earlier today, I was digging around Roland’s USA website for way too long, trying to find out if they were closed back combos. NO mention that I know of! But I looked at Ebay, and two people were auctioning different versions of the BluesCube. And they had photos of the back, and they’re open back. And while our Cube15 and 30 amps are put together in some country they aren’t willing to mention on their website (was it Malaysia?) the BluesCubes are "Designed and assembled in the U.S.A.", but keep in mind that the term assembled could be applied to a wide variety of things. Incidently, from Roland’s Glossary of Terms, (your Cube30 being described as "A 30-Watt Amp with COSM Modeling and DSP Effects"): "COSM An abbreviation for Roland’s "Composite Object Sound Modeling" technology that shapes audio by applying the sonic characteristics of popular or classic microphones, guitars, guitar amplifiers and studio reference speakers. DSP For "digital signal processing," the means by which digital audio is mixed, filtered, equalized, or by which effects are added. " On mine, it doesn’t have those things, and I suppose that could in some way explain why the one you bought is so much more expensive. But the BluesCube amps seem to have some modeling thing going on, but I think they’re rather thinly disguising it by saying "The BC-60 BluesCube
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