Roland Cube-15 Combo

Bought used for $75 including shipping from ebay. Like new condition, looks less than a year old. CD/AUX in, three tone settings for clean, separate gain and volume for each of the four distortion settings. No speaker out (pity, but could be added), headphone/out jack. I use it at home for practice only. It has more than enough volume and has a nice beefy sound. IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A SMALL WHIMPY AMP AT ALL - SOUNDS BIG.

I've used an Epiphione Les Paul standard and a DeArmond 77-T (has two single coils) Both sound great on it, very different from each other. The four distortion sounds, Overdrive, Distortion, Metal, and Metal Stack, are progressively more dirty and distorted but even the metal stack is not too noisy or out of control or too loud; nothing is too brutal, and for us older folks (>40) this is more tasteful than the megadeath/insane stuff. The Overdrive is my favorite, it's subtle, great for Blues/Chuck Berry, etc. It doesn't even sound too distorted at low volumes, it's a true overdrive. None of the sounds break up with volume though you have to turn the volume up to truly hear differences between the two lower distorion sounds. The clean channel is great for jazz.

I've owned plenty of Roland/Boss stuff and rarely had any problems unless after >>10 years of abuse. This is a solid looking piece of equipment.

Never dealt with them other than the website.

I've been playin as a hobby for 32 years. I'm a fan of epiphones and I have a Sheraton, an LP std, an Ovation applause AE28, a Dearmond 77-T, and an older ovation. I used to play jazz/Django Reinhardt/Brazilian, etc, now I'm more into Led Zeppelin, SRV, and other classic rock/blues stuff. I have several multi-effects processors, the best one being a BOSS GT-3 which is why it doesn't bother me that this amp doesn't have delay/chorus and the like. I think this Cube 15 is the ideal size for someone to play at home or in the garage. It's light enough to carry around without giving you shoulder arthritis, yet definitely not a toy feel to it. No dislikes. If it were stolen I'd buy another one, they go for $99 new now, a steal. I also have a line 6 Spider 112 which on the surface looks more substantial and cost me much more ($225 used w/pedal) but I like the sound of the cube better even though specs say otherwise. The effects are also more professional sounding, I hate the effects on the line 6 and I think most people would unless you are heavly into trash metal sort of thing.

I bought this amp in March 2004. It has a switchable lead and clean channels. Headphones out that doubles as a line out. Aux in for running a CD or some other device through to play with. It has four different distortion settings, overdrive, distortion, metal and metal stack. It has Bass, Mid and Treble controls for the two channels.

I use a 76 Gibson Les Paul Custom and a 2003 Fender American Fat Strat HSS Texas Special. My main Amp is a Mesa Boogie Mark II that I have since it was new in 1979. I needed something I could mess around with in the bedroom and in my recording studio. The boogie weighs 65lbs and I am getting to old to drag this around all the time. I like to play 80's heavy metal and blues like SRV. I call it shredding blues. I have been playing for 25 years.

The two metals settings I would give a 10++ for the money. The clean channel is average for a $99.00 amp. I would pay extra if they would make a model with reverb and a delay. But, I hooked my Pandora PX-3 into it for the special effects. The combination of the two, sounds SOOOO GOOOD!!. Leads sing! The metal stack setting has lots of low end crunch. The regular metal setting has a sound with less low end and more mid for more of a classic metal sound. It only limited by the 8" speaker it has. It has separate bass, mid and treble controls, which is unusual in this price range. You generally get a tone knob. I patched it into a PA and got a very full big amp sound. The headphones out does a good job of emulating the sound. Through a mixer you can lay tracks with it. The distortion is smooth and not bright and harsh.

I did alot of research into buying this amp and tested other practice amps. I bought a Create GFX-15 a while back and the distortion is lousy. It was between a Marshall MG-15 or this one. I didn't even consider this one until I read reviews on it. Then I had to try it. I feel real good that I bought the right one. The combination of features and sound is the best. The only reason I did not give the entire amp a 10 is the clean channel is average. If your not much of a clean player this is the practice amp for you!! The Marshall is good but the Roland sounds more like a larger amp.

It is built like a tank!

Don't know.

If this was stolen I would be sadden by it and go out and buy another one. I might even buy a cube 30 so I could gig with it. For a $99.00 price tag you can't find a amp to do anymore that this one does. Roland, build a version with effects and let more people know about this! This little amp has the potential to become a classic among pratice amps on ebay in the future. Like the Marshall 3005 mini stack.

3 band EQ (universal)
2 independant volume knobs for each channel
a gain knob (lead)
4 different lead modes

Clean is mediocre, nothing special, but does it's job. The lead channel is very nice. "Metal Stack" is my personal favorite because it does a great job getting those bone crunching rhythm pieces and screaming leads both at the same time. The other lead modes are wimpy and all don't seem to sound right in my opinion, but thats not why I bought this. For the money, it's good.

I say 6 because it keeps crackling and "farting" all the time. It isn't clipping or my cables or the pots. Some connection I think. I've heard stories of Musician's Friend giving people used items (as a matter of fact, I've gotten a bass from them once with a huge ding on the top and finger prints on it). I think the fault lays in them since I've had no trouble with Roland or Boss.

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I really enjoy this amp as a practice amp. The distortion kills my AVT50. If this got busted really bad, I probably wouldn't get another practice amp. If I had another chance to choose, I'd get a Drive (those things are f**king sweet for cheap amps!) I really wish it had a footswitch jack and that it didnt crackle.

I believe is a 2003/2004.
I just got it on 01/2/04.

2 Channel. Headphone jack,CD/Aux.

Packs a huge sound for the size.

I had the volume on 4 and it sounded like is was on 20.

Metal sounds great. I mustly like the clean as I'm more of a country fan.

I just got this amp so I can't tell how reliable it is. According to the reveiws I read its very reliable. Alos it carries the Roland name what more do you need.

I just got the amp. But Roland is world wide so it wont to hard to find a office. I live in Toronto, Ontario Canada there are two offices located in Toronto.

I've been playing with guitars for 10+years. Just over a year ago I learned how to play chords. I only a 1969 Pan Trini Lopez replica.

Before I choose the roland I looked at the Peveay Rage, Its nice but its a plain jane amp good for a kid but a real player.

this is a brand new cube 15 by roland. I was in the geetar store playen different amps. i wanted a small amp that sounded good. i tried many including the cube 15. i thot it sounded purty good at the store, plus i was attracted to the CLOSED BACK on the amp. I think CLOSED BACKS reeeely add to a small amp, thus thats the main reason of buying. this amp has a lot of features, but no effects.

I'm basically a strat man or a P-90 guy. i love p-90 pickups, thus i have a EB Musicman and a PRS custom 22. When ever i try a amp at after buying, i always jam to a blues backing track. I was kinda turned off that this amp didn't have REVERB, but i have enough effect toys to add to the amp. I have to have reverb !! i'm a reverb man. but, man this amp was only $100. so, i plugged my KORG PANDORA into it, to add some reverb and delay only. It really added to this amp and made the clean channel sound extremely good. I also played the OD channels, and customed the KORG to each. I got some very good tones out of this amp. I was extremely impressed with the CLEAN channel. This is a VERY solid amp, no buzz's at all as you crank it. I thot it was interesting, you really have to back off on the BASS to get a great tone. probably because the back is closed. this is a very versatile amp, does blues and JAZZ perfectly. Best sounding little amp ever tried. I had a tech 21 trademark 10, which i like. It has some very good overdrives, but never thot the clean was that great.
But, it is a great amp, but TOOOO MUCH $$$$$$$. I thot the cube 15 was better on the clean channel, but not as good on the OD channels.
But, the OD's on the cube are still very good, especially the metal one. man, cranks it and you love'n the POWER CHORDS of AC/DC
actually i thot all the OD on the cube were good, which is not the case with the TECH 21. i only like one of the OD's on the tech.
Yeah, you can't beat this amp for the price, nothing cum's close.

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I've had so many AMPS, very expensive amps. But, i woood say for a practice amp you can't go wrong. This amp gets ppretty lound and has a great tone thats not too different than bigger ones. Adding reverd for my taste really made me love this amp.

Made in 2003, this is a fine amp. I needed a new practice amp because I gave my other one (a hoorible SAMICK) to my little brother. I only had a ZOOM606 which I could use for headphone practice, but it sounded like shit through headphones. So I was off for a new amp.

I could afford the Cube30, which is, I think, slightly better for its money than the Cube15, but since I hardly ever use effects and I just wanted something simple with a few good basic sounds, I settled for this little Cube. Versatile enough for a practice amp, also the CD input and line/phones output (although it mutes the speaker) is a nice addition. Need nothing more from a practice amp, maybe reverb would have been nice, but that's Cube30 territory.

It's got all I need: a good clean channel and 4 types of distortion. The distortions are (I think) models of BOSS stomp boxes. If I am not mistaken these are: OD1, DS1, DS2 and MT2 MetalZone. Though I think the lower gain models lack a bit of sustain for solos, the metal/stack models have more than enough. I actually like the Metal (DS2) and Overdrive channel the most. The Metal Stack is good for riffing but sounds a little eerie for leads.

Clean channel is very well balanced for Humbuckers and Singles. I play a Cort Mirage M520 (great guitar) which has 2 humbuckers with Coil Tap on both pickups so I get a nice variety of sounds on this clean channel.

It can get pretty loud, but the sound gets worse (nasal) which requires a little work on the EQ I think. Clean channel breaks up at about 5 depending on the power of your pickups, which is nice... but not if you want clean sounds at high volume levels. I mainly use it at moderately low volumes and it does well what it's supposed to do.

Knobs are very solid, the metal grill is a nice feature. Never had any problems.... yet.

No idea. Got 2 years warranty (from the shop?) though.

This is a nice amp if you just want to play, without any unnecessary features I'd never use anyway. A reverb would have been nice but at 119 Euros what more can you expect?

For the size of this amp, it has many features. The amp has 4 distortions ranging from overdrive ot metal Stack and it has a very plain clean channel. Controlling it all is a 3 band eq. The effects, made by boss are top notch, however, the metal zone isn't nearly as sharp as the Metal Zone padal made by the same company. The only thing that kept me from giving this a 10 is the lack of a reverb effect. Other than that, this amp sounds very good for its small size.

I have a Standard Mexi Strat with single coils, and the sound that this amp gives out is ssimply amazing. Though it is not super loud, at "3" the sound is loud enough to overpower every other sound in my room, at "5" it is fairly loud, not ear-splitting, but good enough to make Hendrix-like feedbacks. I haven't ever try louder. This amp sounds awsome for its size. I actually prefer it over the Peavy Bandit. THe only bad thing is that bouton to swich for clean to lead is really close to the volume for the clean, so if you toggle it with your toe, it tends to turn off the volume of the clean channel.

I've had it for 8 months now and it has never failed me. I would probably take it with me if I was perfoming at a bar or buskering.

Overall, this is a brilliant amp to start off with or even as a second amp to bring with you if you go jam at a friend's house. I wound have liked a foot pedal to switch for clean to lead, but for the price, it is a great value.

This Amp is brill!!!! I play metal and rock and the four distorts on it suit me to a tee. The clean channel sounds great for riffs etc too! the only thing i could possibly fault is the fact there is no foot swith between the channels but the other features make up for it.

I play Les Paul and the sounds i get off it are amazing. I even run it throught my big amp at gigs to use the effects off it cos i is a bit tight at the moment and can't afford an effects pedal. it sound like a well rounded pedal. in fact i had someone come up to me at a gig and ask me what pedal i was using!!!

I use a big bugger of an oldd amp as my primary but when it broke down on me at a gig i used the cube as my primary and it worked without a hitch!! need i say more!!

Don't no, never had to use it!!!!!

before buying i looked at several other amps, including a marshall but it just couldn't compair. if i had to buy another amp i would buy it again or seriouly consider the cube 30. This amp is unbelivably good at everything. Superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think this is a 2002 model.... Good for anything due to the diff. types of distortion you can dial in. The dist. is great for anything from blues to hardcore (i.e At the Drive In , Cursive). It has 2 channels [clean and drive],a headphone jack /recording out and an auxilliary input. I wish it would come with a footswitch, and the only features I never use are the headphone and ext. outs. This is my bedroom practice amp, and it also holds its own fairly well with a band. But for gigging, it probably would not be enough without being miked. [Solid state, 1x8 15 watts]

I use this amp with a vision [anyone know that brand?] guitar loaded with 2 humbuckers. It gives a little noise, but it probably is due to my guitar, not the amp. My style ranges very widely [from jazz to hardcore] and this amp fits the bill nicely in all cases. The clean is very dimensional with distortion occuring at about 12 o'clock. I love the options it gives me for distortion. I most frequently use the Metal setting [with my wah] to get some awesome feedback, and the Metal stack it very compact and great for riffing [these 2 settings have HARD distortion]. I found the lower distortion settings a bit muddy at times, though fiddling with the eq worked wonders on that problem. It would be hard to find a style that this amp would not fit

Very dependable, would definetly use without a backup. It has never given me any problems.

Well.....because of the rating above, I've never had to deal with them.

I love this amp. My only issue is the fact that it is unsuitable for gigging. I would use it for recording, though and I would be very wary of parting with it any time soon. This is the best 99 dollar amp ever! no bones about it. Now just throw in a footswitch option and more power and youve got an amazing thing!

2 Channels with well Designed Features:Very easy to use!
Only a Remote Switch is Missing,but its OK for this Price.
There is a common Tone Set(Low,Mid High),Clean Volume,Channel Switch and Gain and Volume for Lead Sounds,plus 4 good effects:Overdrive,Distortion,Metal and Metal Stack.
15 Watt and a 8" Speaker,closed back.Aux in and Recording Out.
Headphone Out is usefull for Night Hours!

I tried it and checked clean and lead Sounds:Very Very Good!! Great Lows and attack.Dynamic and powerfull.It's a joy to hear and play.
It is my practice Amp now.I play Rock with a Paula and find that is the perfect Bedroom and Home Amp.Not noisy.A Lot of different Sounds.
With my Effects Processor it works even fine.
No better Amp to find in that case.

No Problems at all.

Don't need the Support.

Near on the 10!
Only the missing Remote Switch is the one thing that fails.
I like to have another one if neccesary !!
Hope that everybody can understand me,I write from Germany.
Rock On...