Roland Cube-15 Combo

2003. Plenty versatile. 2 channels with 4 awesome effects (already listed by others. This amp has plenty of power. Have already cheesed off the neighbours without going above 5 or 6 on the volume.

USe it to play an Epi LP 100. I play Blues and Classic Rock and it's perfect with a Reverb and Chorus pedal. Distortion is great. I lose harmoniccs on the 5th and 6th string when distorted but it's a pickup problem. Can't wait to try it with single coils.

It' a closed back Amp and I think that makes it a little more solid. Don't have to woory about dust and stuff getting inside as much. I think it adds to the bess response as well.

Haven't had to deal with them.

Love it. Afriend tried it out and is going to check out the Cube30 and Jazz models. Like me, he didn't know that Roland made guitar amps. These guys should advertise the fact a little more. They make awesome keyboards and keyboard amps along with great effect boxes and pedals so they should know what they are doing with amps. Normally I would be hesitant to buy an amp with built in multiple effects as their effects usually go unused once you get pedals and boxes but gambled due to Rolands experience with sound. It paid off. If this one disappeared I would probably upgrade to Cube30 at this point. (If I could convince my wife to let me spend that much.)

2003 model. A practice amp with 15 watts and an 8" speaker shouldn't sound this good: remarkable.

2 Channels / aux in - effects loop / headphone jack - recording out jack / no footswitch or reverb, but what do you expect for $100?

There are four effects built-in: overdrive / distortion / metal / metal stack: they sound fine to me but I haven't got much experience with effects.

Approximately 8' cord: Roland scores more points for supplying this nice touch. Cord is wrapped around two protruding hooks on rear of cabinet for storage.

I use a Parker NiteFly: two humbuckers. Great guitar, BTW.

Quiet enough. Clean channel is sweet to my ears but gain does not affect it. Probably not adequate for gigging but not designed to be; still PLENTY loud with no rattles (except the house).

Four effects built-in: overdrive / distortion / metal / metal stack provide great versatility. I'm not an effects expert but they sound good to my ears. I even like the metal settings and I'm not much into that sound.

I remain convinced that closed back amps provide the best sound due to the improved bass response.

This amp has two bass reflex ports under the speaker: Roland is smart enough to engineer their bass sound instead of ignoring it like most manufacturers.

Too early to say: seems very well built. Quite solid and finishing touches are nice, as with all Roland amps I've used.

I'm confident reliability will be at least average and probably above, which means it'll outlast me.

No experience here - believe the warranty is five years.

Only played for a couple of years. My other amp is a Marshall AVT50: another closed back amp that rattles the house.

This amp is good enough to have a footswitch even if adds a bit to the price: I can see people playing this in a church or coffeehouse setting.

While looking for a practice amp I evaluted a Fender Frontman 15R, a Roland BluesCube, an Ashdown 1508, a Crate GFX15, a Fender Blues Jr. and a Marshall (can't recall the model).

The Cube 15 is the amp I'll keep, and I'd replace it in a minute. I hope Roland makes a Cube 60 or so with a closed back.

New 2003, great clean/overdrive channel. Real heavy Distortion if you need it, headphone jack and aux input is nice for practice situations. Gets quite loud for such a small package. Doesn't really need anything but a touch of delay for me, reverb would be nice, but you can't expect decent reverb in something in this price range.

I use a Tele and Strat with this amp, sounds really great with my PB& J delay set for slapback. The clean is a very nice clean, the overdrives and distortions can get quite nasty! Overall very pleased with the sounds this 99us amp can generate.

Seems to be built like a tank

Never had to deal with them.

I've had this amp for 2 months now, if you need a great sounding small amp to practice or warm up with this is a great deal. I use it out back on the deck and it's perfect, I just add a little delay and whalla! The heaphone jack is nice late at night, and the aux. in is great for learning new tracks. I picked this one for it's sound/features over the Marshalls/Vox's etc. that were available to try out. For the price of a decent stomp box you can't go wrong with this amp.

Well, I have recently bought this little big amp, and am quite happy with the purchase!I like to play Grundge, Nu Metal, stuff like that so I require a little amp for practicing at home, that still manages to sound like I was playing loud when I'm actually playing it low!This amp features an execelent clean sound, and has 4 different kind of distortion effects wich I found quite usefull, since other amps with 15 wats are more expensive and their distortion effects are kind of lame :\ It is a bit heavier than other 15 amps!The controls are on top instead of in the front wich is quite usefull :) Plus it supports footswitch and all the regular output exits! All it needs to be perfect is a Delay effect... but hey can't have it all right ;)

I play an Ibanez GRX70!A guitar made to be played heavily...So I required an amp with strong sound!The 4 distortions come in usefull and the effects sound good!Although it is a 15 wat amp, it can reach quite high volumes and still mantain quality...If you're looking for an Amp to play at home and that has the power to play high when you get the chance, then this is the one for you! :) And besides, 2 of the distortions are quite similar to some effects used by Deftones and Bush...That might be of interest to some ;)

Up till now, found nothing no problem at all!But the amp is still quite new, so I don't feel I should evalute it's reliability!Hey till now, it has never failed, and I honestly don't think it will :)

Since I had no problems with the amp, didn't need to use the warranty or repair system!

What I love about this amp, is that even though it's only 15 wats, it manages to be the best I've played so far!I've played with a 15 wats Park by Marshall with reverb, a 15 Wats Sun Up (Fender Imitation I guess) and a 20 wats Fender(hated this one... when playing lowd, the sound was filled with noise in CLEAN MODE :| ) So far this is the only one I bought, and I have to say that I'm happier with it than I would be with one of the others :)

Standard practice amp with three levels of distortion/overdrive that are manipulated by a gain and volume switch. It's a practice amp.

I practice on a 1970s Fender Strat with stock picups and 1984 Kramer with humbuckers. With the overdrive turned down you get a good clean full jazzy sound. When cranked up gain is used it produces a good dirty Texas blues sound. And the distortion/metal works good on all volumes.

The cube is solid, light, has a strong metal grill cover, and covered back with bass ducts.

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Great amp for the price. It's what I was looking for in a practice amp: small, solid, good clean jazz to dirty blues sounds, and great price.

Brand new 2002/03 amp from music123. It has a clean channel and a lead channel. The lead channel has 4 different sounds: distortion, overdrive, metal, metal stack. Ive read that these four sounds are produced through the circuits of 4 different boss effects pedals. Its got a 3 level eq, aux. input, recording out. Thats about it for the features, oh.. it has a handle too.

How brutal is the distortion? Well it can get loud and when the gain is twisted up it gets me playing power chords for the sake of playing power chords. I live in an apartment so a lot of the time I turn the volume down, but like any amp it sounds best in its higher volume range. I mostly play acoustic, this is the first amp I have purchased, so I cant compare it to another that I have owned. However, I have played electrics before, and used practice amps like the cube, and it sounds better than most. I play a variety of songs on the cube, stuff by weezer, pink floyd, pearl jam, h2o, zeppelin and the cube holds its own. At low levels the 4 lead sounds are similar, at higher volumes they each have their own unique sound. Metal stack has the heavy metal growl, Metal gives good sustain, Distortion is less fuzzy than Metal, and Overdrive produces good blues tones

the amp looks and feels solid. I tried out a lot of practice amps before I chose the cube, it felt the most solid compared to mini fenders and crates.

The warranty is for 3 years, for repair you are required to take it to an authorized service center.

If you are in the market for a practice 15 watt amp, I recommend the cube 15. I played a lot of amps and narrowed it down to the cube or a marshall 15 with digital effects. I might have gone with the marshall if it werent 60 bucks more. The marshall's sound is different from the cube but I had no clear favorite soundwise. The attraction to the marshall is the reverb, delay, and such. The cube doesnt have reverb. Reverb would make it better, however for the 95 dollar price roland did a great job for the working man. Roland also makes another cube, the cube 30 with all kinds of effects and cosm, for more than twice the price of the 15. Ive played acoustic for about 2 years, and playing on my cube ups my appreciation for the electric guitar.

Brand new, 2002/3 I guess. Bought for home practice and begging in the metro. Something I don't mind bashing around a bit.

2 channels: clean and dirty (you can choose from in-built distortions, overdrive, distortion, metal and metal stack) wide range of sounds. Bass, mid, treble. Seperate volumes for each channel.

Headphones and CD input (so you can play along with the stars). No reverb (reverbs on amps at this price always sound terrible anyway).

The clean sound is great. That's what this amp is all about. Good range and clear tone/depth. From jazz to funk right on into cuntry... this Cube's got it nailed.

Surprise, surprise, the dirty channel is less great... pretty much zero sustain, not convincing and shrill overtones. Hums worse than a Boyz 2 Men number. But hey, at this price who's moaning... it kicks Marshall and Peavey's ass.

I use it with a Fender Strat (bridge HB) and on the clean channel it sounds fantastic (especially when its ME playing).

With the exception of the overdrive setting (and maybe the metal) the distortions aren't useful for anything other than annoying the girlfriend... come to think about it - they're fooking canny like!

Built like a rock. No rattle or other problems for now. Roland/Boss products are known for being as tough as an advanced mathematical conundrum and this is no exception. I mean... they're practically giving these things away!!!

Even when you turn it up loud (and trust me, this thing will hurt you in a confined space) there's none of the shake rattle and roll I got from Marshall/Peavey practice amps in the past.

Don't know. Good website though.

Great amp. The best little practice amp I've owned or tried out.

Yeah, so the built in overdrive channel isn't exactly fabulous but its more than made up for by the clean. If you want to get down and dirty on this sucka just plug in a decent overdrive pedal (tube screamer or a BOSS DS-1) on the clean channel with a reverb/delay effect and it sounds BIG. REALLY.

I'll give it a 9 overall since any less would be stupid and greedy and any more would be bullshit (nothing in this life is perfect, apart from Kinman pickups and the blessed virgin Mary).

I'd be quite surprised if anybody WOULD steal this... but you never know with very young kids these days. Obviously I'd be rather angry and would buy another one since its the best practice amp on the market in its price range.

I don't think I'll bother insuring it though.