Roland Cube-30 Combo

Good and simple effects that you couldn't get in another amp without buying many pedals.

Great despite the fact that it's made of all hard plastic and metal, so tone is sometimes lacking.

I have played this amp for practice and gigging, it's been in cold and hot weather, it's gotten splashed on while playing, it's been turned to the max, and still everything works the way it should. Solid as a rock.

Never needed it.

Awesome little amp, no dissapointment

I somewhat hate this amp, so I'm in the minority here. I'm popping in just to warn you that although the cleans on this amp are very respectable considering the price, the distorted amp models have that awful gritty, brittle Roland COSM sound to them that makes you want to turn to self-mutilation after playing (or listening) for 10 minutes.

The worst thing about them is that they sound kind of okay when you're quickly auditioning the box. It take a little longer for the literally harsh reality to creep up on you.

I bought one of these things to be a lightweight complement to my tube amps, thinking it would get lots of use in the living room at home and also down at my photographic studio when I'm skiving off. And, you know, I'm actually NOT THAT FUSSY. If this amp were bearable, I'd be bearing it.

Instead, it's sat around mostly unused. I'd sooner cart my Mesa Express around at three times the weight than have to put up with listening to this ugly unmusical thing.

I've never been a pro but I have been an enthusiastic amateur player and sound recordist for the better part of 30 years. I know my Nyquist Theorem and my Phrygian mode. I can play.

I know other musicians who think these Cubes sound great. Well, they must have ears made of tin and string. Sorry to say so, but it's the only possible explanation.

Jazzers, however, may enjoy the basic clean tone of this amp with all the whizz-bang stuff turned off. I'm not one of that exalted company, but I think I know what they listen for and I'd suspect they'd like the Cube 30 quite a lot. Just make sure not to turn on any of the effects! They're better than the amp models, but still a little cheap-sounding and brittle.

Everything I need...simple as that!!

Blows away any other small solid-state amp I've tried, and close to the small tube amps like the Pro- and Blues Junior in clean and overall tone. It's also absolutely silent...no electrical noise at all. The more I play it, the more impressed I become. I'm seriously wondering whether to get a Cube 60 for jam sessions (the 30 just doesn't have the output when played live with a band, though the tone is great). Best amp models for me (blues) are Tweed and Blackface. Gain on about 3, volume 7-10 and a touch of reverb. The guitar controls do the rest.

Full confidence in it. Appears very well built and solid.

Never tried to contact them

A very impressive little amp!! Best practice amp I've ever come across, and has the ability to gig at low volumes. Beats the direct competition by a long way IMHO.

I got this little corker right after they first came out, so that must make it about ten years old now. 2 channels, clean, which is a jazz chorus sound and the dirty/ odrive channel which can do various sounds from black face fender to mesa hi gain. Lots of other very useful sounds inbetween. The effects are quite ok, I like the tremelo a lot and the phaser. I don't tend to use chorus or flange much but they all slot in with the amp sound really well and although there ain't a lot of tweakability (which may be a good thing) you can just get on with the business in hand. The delay is ok on the slapback/short setting but just too subtle for me on the longer settings. The reverb is actually pretty nice and agin slots in very well with the rest of the amp's overall sound. As for power, this little baby well kicks it out, I have used it mic'ed and unmic'ed on countless gigs, just don't expect it to compete with that 100 watt 2x 4x12 stack but who wants to lug all that stuff around?..not with my bad back.

I play psychedelisized blues/soul surfin' Syd style freak out plus various function band rock'n'roll gigs...jeez all sorts really...I've been round the block..twice. My guitars are; 1965 baldwin burns semi (lovely,lovely yum) 40th anniversary strat, squier japan jagmaster and my home brew frankentele thing. I also have a modded laney lc15 and a very ancient bird golden eagle 1x15 combo which is the heaviest 17 watt amp ever made,I don't gig it much but for recording it sings. I ramble on here and back to the cube...I just love it, plug in set the vox ac 30 sound to mid way and off you go. Want some country? the black panel is great and very very loud.I don't really do metal or if I do I prefer to use a fuzz box for heavy sounds but the cube can really do it all and it's so much fun to play with. I think I play my best through this little cazy amp it's just so versatile and useable.

I have dropped this amp once or twice, strapped it on to motorcycles/bicycles and hauled it all over the show. No problems at all it will probably survive nuclear holocaust or at least the current global financial meltdown...all those poor bankers, sob weep.

No Need.

I have been playing MY GOD 30 years now,(I started when I was 2 years old...thats an obvious lie) I have owned Hi Watt stacks, Fender Super Reverbs, Vox AC30's, Marshall Super Leads.. so many amps lost in the drug -crazed haze of the past and to be quite honest, financial considerations apart ( and who gives a **** about money, its the music we dig right?} I would not swap any of them for this mini-marvel of amplifier magic that is the Roland Cube. This is the best amplifier ever made (if you are a 44 year old cash- strapped hippie with a dodgy back) No seriously turn up to a gig with this and when all the other crazy fools have lugged their Marshall 4x12s etc which they've had on about a half of 1 on the volume control because it's 2008 and venues have PA systems now you can blow their minds with all the rightious tones coming out of this little tiny box. Best Amp Ever. Love it.

I have been using this amp since they came out. Mine is not the 30X model. Just plain cube 30. As far as features..just read below, as they are all listed. I wont repeat here.

This is where I would like to add something for folks reading these reviews. This amp sounds 'good' or 'OK" for jazz on the clean channel. I play jazz and other styles. Out of the box, it can sound a bit sterile and have that cheap sounding SS sound we all are used to. But, again, out of the box it really is just fine. Here is what you do to make it GREAT. Simply change out the sterile sounding speaker.
I put in an Eminence Delta Demon and I am getting sound that I can hardly get on my tube amps. In addition, out of the box the amp models sound wimpy and thin as most have noted below. HOWEVER, with a decent speaker they REALLY come alive. ALL of the models become VERY useable and very musical. It very simple. Put in a delta demon. Its the perfect match for this amp. My 10 is because of my speaker mod. Out of the box i would give it a 7 or 8.
Just for reference, here is a list of some of my other amps.
68 Fender dual showman w/ JBL
66 Fender Pro Reverb black face
68 Vibrolux
70 Marshall super lead
2006 Rivera Jazz Suprema
90s Polytone 112
Reverand Hellhound
Fender HRD (i have many of these all modded for different sounds)
other assorted fenders and marshalls.
For jazz gigs, weight and convienence, i use the cube 30 more than any of the above. I may go to a cube 60 ...but i cant think of why yet.

The plasic jacks break quickly and must be replaced. Other than that, since i have opened the amp to change speakers, I noted there is really nothing to this amp. Just a small pc board and cheap cabinet. Roland must make a fortune on this thing as there is nothing in it.
However, i beat this thing and it never fails to sound great.
I do not use this only for practice. You can easily do jazz gigs with this.

I own a LOT of roland product including synths, VGs, DRs, loopers and customer support basically sucks. But they are no worse than anyone else out there.

THese amps are great..i would buy another ..and a speaker to go with it.

My second cube 30, since I made the mistake to let a friend use it a couple of weeks (he paid me the amp, so no offense taken!)...
In the meanwhile I got me the cube 20x, a quite different concept (clean amp with a bunch of distortion boxes, not amp modeling), and the cube 30 may be better at low volume and by itself.

I got an empty cube60 on ebay, couldn't wait to put the cube 30 in it (a breeze) and find the right speaker(12 inches 8 ohms).

Stock you won't find a better 10'' speaker, the roland is very good at its job(loud, round, warm and much details).

In the cube60 housing and with a sheffield 1230 speaker, the cube 30 sounds incredible. Very loud, punchy, all models very usable, more realistic than stock.
This said, balance between ch1 and ch2 is only correct when metal-rfier are used, eq-wise.
If other models are used, you have to tweak the common eq to get satisfactory results, and you loose the ch1 in the process.

The sound quality is quite shocking, so better than the average.

The guy who said the epi valve jr being so superior has obviously forgotten something (if provided at all) somewhere: I had the epi valve jr head for a whole year and no matter what guitar/box/fx it always sounded strange (no bass, no treble, honk-honk and farty when pushed-that stinks big time).
The cube 30 is a very strong practice amp, with astounding sound quality, period. It likes telecasters, and is responsive to the guitar you plug in.

Rock-solid, as all the rolands I have (20x, gc405x, bluescube 60-310, microcube, cube 15) or had.

In the cube 60 housing it is only a tad bigger but the 12''speaker makes a big big difference volume/tone-wise.
One could even adapt a 12incher in the stock cube30: just cut a 25mm thick 304 per 297mm piece of wood, then cut a 280mm baffle hole in the centre, and install the speaker from outside. Dead easy, and the cube30 only gains 10mm in depth.
For the speaker check about the sheffield 1230 from peavey, others I tried (eminence alnico 122, celestion seventy-eighty, randall jaguar 50) were not as good. I think I read something about the sheffield being peavey's vintage30, do some research.

I have about 20 guitar amplifiers, and the cube30 definitely has its uses while not having to hide behind the others (such as bassman ltd, randall rx120d, peterson, peavey transtube bandit, yamaha dg60 to name the good sounding ones).
The cube30 can do so much, the perfect practice amp, no excuse to postpone your homework uh...

My friend even uses his stock cube30 at gigs (mic'ed of course) and nobody ever complains, quite the opposite.
In fact, for the non-guitarist audience it sounds more beautiful than most amps, clearer and non-aggressive. That's a fact we should learn, and fast (if we want to last on stage).

Now if you intend to hang a cab, the cube 20x may be a better choice (mine is hooked to a jensen alnico loaded 210 bass box, with great results).

OK less see, solid state amp with two channels, one designed after the JC120 amp made by Roland, the other with multiple effects and amp simulations. The effects are; chorus, flanger, phaser, tremelo, delay and reverb. The amp simulations are; acoustic, black panel (Fender Twin), Brit Combo (Vox AC30), Tweed (Fender 59 Bassman), Classic Stack (Marshal stack), Metal (?), and R-Fier (Boogie). It has Bass, middle, and treble controls. It has an Aux in and recording out/ headphones jacks. And it has jack for a footswitch for switching between the clean and effeects chanel.

Wish it had an extension speaker out.

Play a Tele, Strat, and Les Paul Custom. Use an Ibanez Tube Screamer and an occasional chorus pedal.

Ok, first let me say to the folk who already have one of these. Tell me these little amps aren't a kick in the *** to play. For practice I mean. This little amp just tickles the hell out me to play around with.

For the folks who don't have one, don't go thinking this is some kind of amp to compare with some main line amp. It's not. It's just a good little bedroom amp to practice with. It's emulations are not just like what they are labeled as. So don't think your gonna get a Marshal stack in this little of an amp.

Now having said that, I like the sounds the amp can produce. It's good enough to work on songs with in what ever catagory you need. The space/time effects are not the best, but do a good enough job to have fun with. The amp emulations are not spot on but are close enough to work with.

The JC clean chanel is pretty darn good in my opinion. Very clean and works good with an acoustic/electric guitar as well.

The emulation chanel has an acoustic setting which does a fair job of making an electric sound acoustic.

The Black panel is, to me, the best selection on this side. Pretty fat sounding.

The Brit combo is a lot of fun and brings the mid range honkiness with slight over drive of those type combos.

The Tweed selection is good territory as well. More fatness than the black panel but can get muddy if you don't tweak the EQ.

The Stack through rectifier territory has enough grit and grind to work through most any metal stuff or clean up enough to do some classic rock.

Again, keep in mind what this amp is. It's a very small practice amp. But it is a hoot to play around with. If you can get around the fact that it's not gonna be as good as a main line amp and will only be just a good little tool to practice with, then you'll like this amp.

It's thiry watts and loud enough to play over a quiet drummer. And though I've brought it to practice and played it in the context of a band, I would'nt recomend it for venue playing. It doesn't have enough volume to really get the job done. Unless you just loved it's sound and miked it through the PA, I'd leave it home for practice and bring you gigging amp.

It might make for a good recording amp. I don't know though. I haven't done this with it.

I bought this used out of a pawnshop for little to nothing and really don't know it's history or when it was made. I've had no issues with it so far in the year and a half I've had it. I probably play it every day and so far it's done just fine.

I've used several of roland pedals over years and if their reliabiliy is any indication of what this amp will be like, then it will probably last a while.

I've never had any dealings with Roland other than using their products.

I've been playing a long while now and have owned a lot of different gear.
If this little amp were lost or stolen, I would get another one.
What I like about this amp is it's convenience. And that it's a good amp to chunk in the car and go jam with in someones living room or out on the patio or something of the like and not embaress you sounding crappy.
Again, I wish it had an extension speaker out jack.

I could bore you with all the guitars I've owned and all the amps and stomp boxes I have or had, but that's really beside the point in talking about this little amp. It's value really doesn't have anything to do with all that.
On it's own, it's a very good little practice amp and a lot of fun to play around with. Try one if you get the chance.

If you are looking for a bedroom/practice amp---LOOK NO FURTHER!!There are many usable features on this amp--Clean, Several amp models for distortion, delay,Reverb,chorus,flanger, phaser and tremelo. They all work very decent--remember this is not an amp for playing gigs with--this is a VERY portable small practice amp with a 10 inch speaker so with that in mind it will do more than you need it to!

I play a PRS singlecut(10 top with Birds!) and it sounds amazing thru this thing. I play everything from blues, rock, hard rock, classic rock( Allman Brothers to Zeppelin, Eric Johnson to Satriani and everything in between)I also play a little Jazz, classical and whatever suits my mood at that moment.When I play live I use a Mesa Boogie Lonestar and at rehersal's I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I really wanted a versatile, portable, small bedroom amp so I do not have to set up my Mesa and pedalboard----I FOUND IT! Roland Cube 30X does everything I need it to and then some! Please do not expect the amp modeling to sound exactley like the amp it is simulating--cuz it doesn't but the types of distortion it does offer will satisfy your desires for Metal,Hard rock, Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz and the clean channel is beautiful--add a little phaser or delay and just play,play,play!!

This thing is built VERY well and Roland gives you a full year's warranty on parts and labor so how can you go wrong? There are no tubes to break down and replace, I have not had any problems, from what I know of Roland if there is ever a problem they will fix it without any hassle!!

I have not had to contact them---They do give a full year's warranty!

I have playing for over 30 years--I still play live (though not as often as I used)I have been playing PRS guitars for the past 18 years and when I play live I have been using Mesa Boogie amps for the past 12 years---The LONE STAR is incredible!!!)I am loving this Roland Cube 30X---30 watts are more than enough for your bedroom or living room---It is very portable so when I go on vacation it is coming with me!! The features work very well--I do not like every type of distorion it offers but then again I don't have to---the 2 or 3 I do use I am VERY satisfied with---that's one of the beauties of this amp it has something for everyone and for the price---It's a NO BRAINER!! The tuner is very acurate and a very nice feature to have---tune up anytime quickly and easily!! Need a reliable,versatile, great sounding practice amp? LOOK NO FURTHER!!

I got this amp 2 years ago and it sounds great. This amp can handle any style of music and it sounds surprisingly good. It is 2 channels, clean and Distortion. It has channel switching via optional foot switch and it also has a headphone jack and an aux input. I wish it had a direct out. I use this amp in my room and sometimes I take it to church. It is a little beast, it is quite loud for its size. The built in cosm emulation is very good for the price and i have recently discovered some secrets while practicing with this amp.

As I said it is very versatile for almost every musical situation. It is not noisy at all.
Clean channel: JC120 Jazz Chorus emulator is excellent.

Acoustic: Sounds good but it tends to be a bit hissi.

Blackface: This is the loudest of them all. I have found a secret with this channel. The EQ controls work like the original. If you roll down the EQ there will be no sound coming out because they control the input signal prior to distortion.

British combo: This one sounds very progressive. I like the fact that it has punch.

Tweed: This channel is one of the best. It works like the original as well, The EQ controls act as the volume i.e the higher they are the more distortion you get. This is because fender left the EQ controls before the distortion Circuit, so the EQ acts like volume controls. Check this out

Set the EQ controls low and the Gain low and the Volume High and this amp sounds like an old fender tube amp and yeah it adds compression to the tone.

Classic Stack. GOOD very powerful and raw sounding

Metal Stack: Very much like joe satriani.

Rectifier Stack. It gets very UGGLY in a Good Way.

The effects are alright not that good though.

Delay: SO SO it could be better.
Reverb: I like it acutally it fills the room.


The speaker is loud.

It is Roland need I say more. I used to have a JC77 which was my fist amp and Roland/Boss has never let me down.

never had to deal with them

I have been playing for 7 years or so. It is pretty good for a practice amp. I think that there amps that are better than this one but cost way more.

It's a pretty decent amp for the money. Really what can you buy for $200 bucks that's awesome? Sure you can get a bunch of pedals, but look at how much money you spend on that. There are a few things that I don't like. The effects are either all or none. I also wish it had an speaker output.

Not too bad for a practice amp. I've owned practice amps in the past that were top-of-the-line, like peavey, crate, line-6, etc... They all sounded like s*#t. And still do.

Solid.

The best solid-state practice amp on the market. Don't argue with yourself. Vox, peavey, crate, marshall, line-6, fender and countless others don't compare with the sound and durability of this amp. Peace

As a 50 year old player who started at age seven, I've learned to play various styles including pop, classic rock, country and jazz. I play two main guitars, a 1991 Fender Stratocaster Plus (w/ Lace Sensors), and a custom archtop jazz hollowbody made by Heritage in Kalamazoo, MI. My other amp is a Fender Hot Rod Deville 4X10 (Tube), which sounds awesome with the Strat, but hideous with the Heritage. Hence, I was looking for a solid state amp for my jazz box. The Cube 30 seemed well built, sounded great in the clean channel with my Heritage, and was compact and relatively light. (The Fender is very heavy, and I'm getting too old for that stuff.) All I needed was the clean channel, so I bought it. It sounds just like the Roland Jazz Chorus at a fraction of the price. Good thing too, because the effects are not very good. I use external foot boxes instead.

I was not prepared for just how good this amp sounds modelling the various amp types however! It is awesome, as long as I don't use the digital effects, and just play it through the various amp models. I have so much fun playing the Strat through this thing because it pretty accurately reproduces any type of sound I need. I can get all of the rock and blues sounds that I want, and still come clean for the jazz box. Since the thing is so much lighter and less fragile than my tube amp, i probably will use the Cube whenever I'm playing outside my own home.

It seems to be built like a tank, and being solid state, should be very durable. I'm very happy so far, although I've only had it for a month or so.

At $250 (with tax), it is well worth the money!

Normal features of a Cube 30, 2 channels, some effects, no effect sloop which is making me think a lot about using effects with this amp since with most amp the pedals sound better when connected to the effects loop, recording out/headphones jack, nice features for a practice amp

Ok, to be honest I only use it for the clean sound and it's a great clean sound. I use it with an Epiphone Les Paul Custom with an EMG 60 on the neck and an EMG 81 on the bridge and the EMG 60 shines with this amp. I tried a Vox AC-30 and comparing it I think the Cube is better! I think it's a pretty good amp for any clean sound that you want, just choose an adequate guitar and eq it, it's that simple! It's not noisy unless you use it at maximum volume.

By the way, I have played live with it and it works. These 30 watts are loud enough!

I've gigged with it, rehearsed with it and it still works. Bought it 10 months ago

Never dealt with them

I've been playing for 8 years and i have only one electric guitar, an acoustic guitar and 2 amps, one of them is the Cube. If it was stolen or lost i'd buy a new one, that clean sound is worth a lot more than the price of this amp!

Only a handful useable models from all the ones on the amp.

The JC clean channel with reverb is the nicest sounding channel on this amp. If you like some of the low-gain settings or the clean channel, it might be worth buying. The high gain settings like r-fier has too much mud in the signal, and not enough clarity or attack to be usable. There is also huge volume jumps when selecting the blackface or acoustic from the other models. The E.Q. seems to do nothing, even when sweeping the dial 100% the bass E.Q. knob still didn't remove the mud from the signal. It does the same with headphones, so its not the room acoustics. Even with a 7 band E.Q. pedal and an active EMG 707 pup I could not get any note definition on the f-fier channel.

I havent owned it long enough, but it seems to be built like a tank, like all of Boss' stuff. Too bad it's high gain models sounds so-so.

Never called them.

This amp has one of the best sounding clean channels I have ever heard. The Dyna-amp sounds like continuous distortion, but I use actives, so it might be better with lower output pups. The acoustic channel and blackface are pretty cool, but they are 4 times as loud as the other settings. The E.Q. knobs do nothing,the bass knob does not work at all. The high gin settings are 'mushy' sounding, not good for cutting high gain sounds.
I think Roland was expecting everyone that plays metal to immediately scoop all the mids out, but I hate that weenie scooped tone. Any mids in your signal will turn your sound to complete mud.

Standard features for Cube 30. Look at their website. I find them more than satisfactory for a small solid-state modelling amp.

The only things missing, that I can think of, is a different EQ for clean and lead channel and an FX-Loop if you wanna mix in other units.

I use an Epiphone Les Paul Standard (stock humbucker pickups) through the cube.

The clean channel is really clean and nice, even at high volumes. The lead channel has some interesting models, like the "Tweed" (Fender Bassman), the "Classic Stack" (Marshall) and the "R-Fier" (Mesa/Boogie Rectifier). Nice response and sound variation with the "Gain" knob. I didn't use very much the other models. The acoustic simulator was a totally bizarre bad-sounding model. I don't know if that's a problem of my unit or they're actually selling this stuff.

This amp can cover quite a large soundscape (in my practise/bedroom recording setups): from perfect clean (if you wanna hear just your pickups), to subtle bluesy, to classic-rock crunch, to fluidly distorted thrash.

EQ: It's OK for the lead channel but I couldn't get much of drastic change in the sound for the clean channel (or the "Blackface" lead model, a Fender Twin simulator). Perhaps its my guitar with the poor quality stock humcuker pickups...

The reverb is nice and the delay is OK but you cannot get really long delay times or repetitions. I'd say about half a second max delay time, dying out after 3-4 repetitions in a bedroom volume configuration.

The modulation FX - Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Phaser - are just OK. The problem, again, is that you can't really tweak them. Here, the little knob changes a little bit the "tempo" of the modulation. I don't really like/use them, except perhaps for the phaser, but they can be useful if you want some variety.

I also got myself a foot-swith, the Boss FS-5U, to switch between Clean/Lead. That's a cool feature.

The overall amp is very quiet, and it gets just a little noisy if you start pumping up the volume over the bedroom level. I'm normally below 10% of max, and the amp is dead quiet there, for the lead and clean channel.

I should also note that the Headphone output is quite nice, and for some models I'd say it's even better sounding than through the actual amp speakers. It retains nevertheless a "digital" sounding aura. I have never used it (yet) as a direct recording output.

Problem here: About 12-13 months after I got the amp, the selector knob that switches between the 7 different lead models blew it.

When you turn it, you get the actual model sound you want for 1-2 secs and then it disappears leaving something sounding like the clean channel. You're into the R-Fier with full gain, the red LED on, and you get just clean sound. Fortunately one position kept working: thank God it was the Marshall simulator and not that acoustic crap.

I opened the amp to have a little look inside, and I didn't find any striking problem. Looks like this switch sits on a small circuit board, which must have died out. I'm planning to get it repaired, but I don't think its gonna be cheap.

Too bad. I bought the Cube partially due to the high quality and durability of the company's pedals (BOSS), and it let me down.

The warranty was 1 year. My amp presented a problem right about that time. I'm planning to have it repaired but I haven't dealt with them yet. Seems like Roland has a repair place in Greece, so that could be less of a problem than I first thought.

I've been playing strictly in my bedroom for 8-9 years. Electric guitars for about 6. I like rock, blues, jazz and some more hard-rock stuff now and then. I'm not a talented musician nor have I a good "ear", but through a decade's experience with guitars and music I can tell a nice sound from a bad one.

I used to have a small Park 10W amp (Marshall licenced product of the early 90s, replaced by the Marshall MG series), which is a terrible mess compared to the Cube-30, but was functionning really well for over 15 years (I got it from a friend).

Before I bought it I also checked some small Marshalls, Fenders and Line6s in that price range, but they didn't quite hit it like the Cube.

If it was stolen I would probably buy it again. Perhaps I'd go for a smaller cube (the 15 or 20), cuz the 30 version is way too loud for my bedroom action. The other amps I want to check are the small Orange Crunch and Vox Pathfinders. I found the on-board DFX are not really mature yet, and I can settle for just a reverb. I'm also intrigued by those small tube amps that start to appear (Ibanez, Epiphone, Behringer).

To conclude, I liked the Cube30 amp - especially the clean channel and the Bassman/Marshall simulators - but I was disappointed by the switch problem I mentioned. Thus the 5.

I bought a micro cube and was so impressed with that, I raved about the 30 watt and my girlfriend bought me the 30 watt for Christmas. I make my living with a guitar and have many vintage amps. I use this amp on small gigs and home recording projects. I never would have thought in a million years I would ever use a transistor modeling amp, but it is very COOL!!

I like it!!!!

Its a Roland, what can I say? Its as tough as a boot

Never used them

I've been playing over thirty years and as I said I have tweeds and Blackfaces as well as plexi-Marshall and I love this 30 watt Roland is the bomb!

This amp has plenty of features, none of which are very good.

Strange that people rate it highly in this category and the sound quality category and then say things like "emulations pretty much useless"; "only use external effects", etc.

The JC20 channel and the blackface emulation, both of which are pretty clean, sound fairly good.

All the other amp emulations sound like garbage. Muddy, no sparkle, no attack. Garbage. Makes me wonder if anyone who rated this thing has actually played through any of those real amps.

Don't know, but it's a Roland, so I'm guessing it will last like a tank.

No comment.

Save your money. I sold this thing and bought a Valve Jr from Epiphone for $120 less. Forget about transistors and get a real tube amp. The attack will make you want to play for days without stopping!

Put your money into pedals for the Valve Jr (eq is a good one) and you will come out miles ahead. Trust me, it kicks this amp's butt any day of the week unless you are planning to play clean and loud. If you want dirty and loud, get the Valve Jr. It's a very loud 5W when it's disorting.

Keep saving your money and buy a bigger tube amp if you ever need to. Transistors are for amateurs, just ask any pro.

I've own it for 1 day. But I have tried my friend's cube30 for about a month :D
I bought it because my amp is broken. I just use it for silent practicing at my bedroom and use it for home recording. All I need is a good clean channel because I use Tonebone HotBritish for distortion and BadMonkey for booster

i use a Epi Les Paul Classic with 2 humbuckers (Duncan 59 and Duncan Distortion) and it sounds great with both. i play pretty much anything from blues to 80's heavy metal and it suit my songs just fine. it is never noisy.

The clean channel simulates a sound of a jc 120 and it sound so damn good with my boss ce5

Lead Channel:
-The acoustic simulator is good enough but I don't need it.

-black pannel(clean), surprisingly very good with my tonebone on.

-british combo, I hate it

-tweed, I don't need this

-classic stack, hmmm...tonight i'm gonna check how it sounds with my tonebone on. I think i'm gonna set this classic stack for cleaner sound and let my tonebone handle the distortion. Hope it works.

-metal stack, I hate it!

-r-fier, suprisingly good. I use it without my external fx. I set the bass/mid/high at 11/1/12 o'clock and the distortion feels wide. Think Dream Theater rhythm guitar tone for example.


Effect:
-chorus, its good only for clean channel (JC120). But I think my CE-5 sounds better.
-flanger, not too good
-phaser, I don't like it
-tremolo, good but yes, its completely useless
-delay, good but not too good.
-reverb, good. I like this.

I'm not going to use this amp for my gig. It's a bedroom amps only for practicing. My friend told me that if I change the speaker to some celestion or something like that it will sound punchier. But I don't need to sound louder for practicing. If I need to sound louder then I have to buy some head cabinet like marshall-crate-peavey etc and not this one.

never had a problem

I've been playing for 9 years. I have two guitars: Epi les paul classic tobacco sunburst and some cheap washburn lyon guitar.
I use badhorsie2 wah, boss ce-5, boss ns-2, digitech badmonkey, boss dd-3, boss ps-5, behringer eq700 and tonebone hotbritish.
I've not compare it a lot because I limit my budget to $150. Many combo amp is better than this, but it stil worth the price.
if i would lost it id buy the Line 6 combo or buy again a new cube 30.i wish it camed with a foot switch and the clean channel for every metal amp modelled in lead channel.

By now you know about the features of this amp, so I wont go into that in this review.
But I will say that the FX and Delay are pretty good and more than useful, they work well.
Yes I wish some things were slightly different, but that's because I'm used to spending hours and hours tweaking Line 6 trash, and going through Boutique pedals into tube amps.
This amp is simple to use, that's why it's so cool.

I think the JC Clean is perfect for what it's supposed to do. I own a 66 Vibrolux Reverb, the "Holy Grail" clean Fender amp, and I'm quite happy using the Cubes Clean Channel, is sounds good to me.

But here's a great little trick I discovered whilst messing around.
I have a Boss OD-20 Drive Zone(COSM) pedal, the one that models 22 distortion boxes.
So I put it in front of the Cube, and whilst messing around I discovered that using the Cube's Black Panel and the OD 20 for distortion I get some incredible fat tones, very impressive.

I set the Black Panel with Gain halfway, but here's the weird part.
I set the EQ at Bass/Zero, Mids/Fully Cranked, Treble/Zero.
They say those EQ settings normally put an amp in "neutral" mode.
Well, the OD 20 Metal Zone and other sims into the Cube sounds unbelievably good, way way better than the Cube's Rectifier and Metal sims.
Try it, use any of your Boss pedals, it works.

No opinion as yet

Roland, Boss, must be good.

I've been playing for about 7 or so years.
I own 62 and 68 RI Japanese Strats, a Les Paul Studio, and a Floyd Rose Strat, also Japan.
The Fulltone OCD is my favourite pedal into my 66 Vibrolux Reverb amp.

I heard and played a bunch of tube amps in the last few years, they need high volume to really shine, the Cube 30 doesn't, it sounds great at low volume and even better when loud.

I won't bore you with what you already know.

I bought this amp a little over a year ago and I submitted a review for it not long after. I raved about it then and now it's over a year later and all I have to say is...I JUST LOVE THIS LITTLE THING! I just can't get over the tone I can get from it. Since I've owned it,I sold 4 of my guitars. When the people came to my house to try out the guitars,I plugged them into "the cube" and each person that played through it,raved about the tone that came from this little gem. To me,this is the ultimate practise/recording amp for the money.

I've owned it over a year now and I play use it on a regular basis. Never had a problem with it. It's so solid. I really believe if I through it off the roof of my house onto the street,it would still be in one piece and still work. Of course I have no intention of doing that!

I can't say. I never had to call them.

I've been playing guitar for 30 years. I've gone through a ton of gear. I've heard a lot of different amps and played a lot of different guitars. I know the good stuff from the shitty stuff. When it comes to tone,I'm very fussy. So I think I know what I'm talking about when I say that the Roland Cube 30 is one of the best amps out there in it's price range. Actually,I want to rephrase that. The Roland Cube 30 is one of the best amps out there. Period. If it got stolen,and I got my hands on the bastard who stole it,that son of a mutha will wish he was never born
when I got through with him. Needless to say,I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Its a solid state 30 watts with a 10inch speaker. Its very loud, I have never gone past half volume even when playing with loud drummers. Lots of channel models, JC Clean, Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Stack Classic, Metal, R-Fier. Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Delay and Reverb effects. Input, Aux In, Recording Out/Headphones and Foot Switch jacks.

I bought a footswitch for it to switch from JC clean to the lead channel. I am not sure if this is normal but it takes 2 presses for it to switch, which is annoying and kind of makes it useless.

Paired with a good guitar this amp is extremely versatile. It offers a huge amount of usable tones and allows you to cover many genres from vintage to modern, clean to high gain. I switch between the JC Clean, Brit Combo, Tweed and Metal channels fairly often and they allow me to mimic just about any band or artist's sound fairly well.

Contributing to the versatility of the amp are the included effects, although I must admit I do not use them very much (apart from a touch of reverb). On the subject of reverb, it comes on very strong. I have the dial turned so it just barely comes on and even then it is very noticeable, especially when you turn the volume up. Overall I like the sound of it but if you turn it up it'll sound like you are playing in a bathroom. The delay isn't as good because you can't set the delay length or anything like you can with a normal delay, so I never use it. The chorus and tremolo effects are decent (and usable). Flanger and Phaser aren't my thing so I can't really comment on them.

The amp sounds great if you are just playing in your bedroom or jamming but its not the best for recording. The speaker is very powerful and doesn't get flabby at high volumes which is a plus, but on the other hand its a little too noisy to use for recording.

Overall I'd probably give it an 8 but considering the price and that its meant to be a practice amp I will give it a 9 because it definitely excels at what its made for.

Built very solid and meant to last. I have had mine for 2 years and its traveled around to many places and received a fair few knocks and it hasn't minded one bit. The input jack is starting to get a little lose but that is probably more my fault than the build quality. I have gigged with it without a backup, I know it can be depended on.

I have played on an old Roland Cube (pre COSM) which I'm guessing would have been around 10 years old and it was still going just fine despite being thrashed by school kids everyday (it was an amp for a high school). If thats anything to go by then I guess the new Roland Cubes will last forever.

Never worried about the warranty and have had no problems so I can't really comment about customer support.

I have been playing for 5 years and I am a bit of a tech head so I like to do a lot of work/tinkering on my guitars which means this amp has been played with a lot of different pickups. The only other amp I own is a Fender Champ 15w but I have gigged with a Marshall 100w combo.

It has great versatility for a prac amp. Sounds good at low volumes but can also be really cranked and get extremely loud for its size. Lots of usable tones from the different modeling settings and most of the effects are usable. As stated before I don't like the delay effect or the footpedal for it.

When I was buying it I compared it to a Marshal 30DFX, obviously I felt the Roland Cube was better.

2006 The amp is very versatile, that is what it was designed to be. Name another 30 watt combo that has channel switching, effects with footswitch capabilities, line/record out, extension cabinet and the amp modelling that it has, at the price I got it for and ... forget it it's not possible. Plus it's made by Roland/Boss, which means it will last forever. Nobody could ask for more. This little puppy is impressive. It's not a 2X12 tube combo so don't expect it, but for a practice amp, jam or even a gig miked it is cool. It would make a great backup just in case.

Gibson Les Paul, Yamaha LL-X6, Yamaha AES 420. For classic rock especially 50's rockabilly the delay is awesome, for certain songs the tremolo is very useable and a welcomed addition. It's quiet, very quiet. It's great to not have to lug my Traynor YCV80 to practice or my pedal setup. Quick and painless. Our band does all kinds of different stuff and the amp can handle it all with ease. I am pretty picky and realize it wouldn't be ideal for a live setup but in a pinch it would certainly do and for practice and small jams more than enough. Distortion is good but not a full botttom-end pounding wall of sound, so don't expect it. It's amazing what some reviewers expect from a $300.00 practice amp. Come on get real and be fair.

It's Roland. Enough said. No other company has the track record that Roland does, as long as it's not abused buy the owner. Yamaha is a close second though.

I always go through my dealer. He always takes good care of me with all my products. The Roland rep for my area is great.

I've been playing 25 + years. I have lots of gear and have owned lots of other stuff, some which I wish I still had but this baby will be around for many years as a solid practice amp. I could say I hate this or that about it but it is what it is and I am happy for what it is and was designed for. I didn't compare too much, it's Roland and my past experiences have made it easy to buy Roland products. If stolen I would get another one, but I might get the 60 watt version instead, just in case I did ever need to use it for a gig.

What can i say? Its got all the effects one could look for. I mostly use the delay and chorus though, so i've not got too much experience with the other effects.

Clean channel: This is undefined and also kinda muddy. However, i'd say the clean channel is the best feature on this amp, as the drive channel simply doesn't hold up against my standards. The clean tone sounds pretty warm and rich, and with some tweaking, i could actually get a pretty good clean from this amp with my epiphone les paul custom.

The overdrive channel is another story completely. I don't use it anymore, to put it simply. The tone i get from this is just too discouraging. Its come to a point where i only play my guitar through the clean channel, i just can't stand the overdrive.

Whats wrong with it, you ask? Well, its ice cold. The tone is almost dead, its just plain awful. Also, its waaay too trebly for my tastes, and the bass barely packs a punch.

Is this sound good enough for a beginner? Definately. But once you start moving towards an intermediate level of playing, your ears should have developed to such a degree that an amp like this is a pain to be listening to.

The overdrive channel i give a 1. The clean channel pulls up the average quite a bit, and is the only thing worth shit on this amp.

Very reliable. I haven't gotten the chance to push it, though, so i put N/A. Its not once been past 5 in volume, due to my practising conditions at home.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 9 months now. Im buying a mesa/boogie f-50 now, and i'll never look back at this amp. Its junk as far as i'm concerned.

The sound i get from this is so cold and death, i shiver at the mere thought. This amp has been paining me for about 2 months now, and im so glad to finally be getting rid of it. Still, i do have some affection towards it since it was my first amp, but believe me, its got nothing to do with its sound. I give it a 6 overall. Its a good starter amp, and thats what it was designed to be, so i can't really fault it for not being on par with an all-tube marshall tone-wise.

Basically, you get what you pay for when you buy this amp. If you've progressed to any point beyond intermediate, though, i'd advice you to skip this link in the amp chain, and save up some more money for something better.

Cheers :)

Bought new 2005 for a small, in house practice amp, features have all been explained and nothing new to add.
Foot switch would be cool to toggle back and forth from clean to dirty.
Have run an Ultra Vibe in front for Hendrix and Trower wanking.
Although never a priority, I like the looks and seems most I've read don't for some reason, I guess they have to compensate for the lack of talent and focus on just trying to look good, I've seen that method get a lot pussy though, so I can't really knock it, whatever works.....

Have more guitars than I need and still not enough but right now use mostly with my stock JP Music Man sig.
Play everything from Classic Rock, Texas Blues to instrumental Shred & Metal,a little Prog also...Amp takes me where I want to go in those categories with authority.

I'b gig with it in small venues with confidence or without worries of malfunctioning.

Stock warranty, one year I think,and haven't had to call Roland on it.

Been playing long before most here parent's even knew each other, close to 30 years and old enough to probably be your dad....yes we all get older and no one gets out alive.
I'b buy another if stolen and compared it with the Vox Valvetronix line
which sounded very "digital" and un-tube like compared to the Cube30.

I bought this amp last year at a moving sale for a music store
High-quality DSP guitar amplifier with 30-watt output and 10" speaker
Includes 8 COSM guitar amp models: JC Clean, Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal Stack, R-fier Stack
Powerful onboard EFX section includes chorus, flanger, phaser and tremolo
Independent Delay/Reverb processor
Two-channel operation (Clean/Lead) with footswitch control of channels and EFX Recording/Headphone output for silent practice and recording
Auxiliary input for connecting CD players, drum machines, etc.
Simple interface for selecting amp models and effects
The Roland Cube 30 is a great little practice amp, that can be used for gigs if you have a good PA.

I mainly use the amp for practicing at home, but I have also used it as my stage amp at Church.
My guitars are a Bill Lawrence swampcaster tele, and an Ibanez Artcore.
At home I use it straight. The clean, Overdrive, and Distortion, and very sweet and meaty.
At church I run my pedals into it, (Sabine turner> Danelectro pastrami overdrive> Godlyke OD 1> Barber electronics OD> Nobel OD 1> Ibanez Smashmouth> Digitech delay > Nobel Preamp boost >Danelectro Tremolo> Ernie Ball volume pedal)
and have it miked for the front of house mix.
I have more then enough volume in both settings.
When I use my pedal board I set the amp to black panel, and put both the gain and volume at noon.

I have had no problems, with this amp, in fact this amp would make a good back up, as long as you have a good PA to mic it through.
Solid state so no tubes to worry about.

Never had to deal with customer service.

I have been playing for 24 years. I bought the amp as a practice amp, but had to use it in a church concert setting, due to a problem with my main amp, and it kept up extremely well with the rest of the music team, which consists of A synth player, a piano player, 3 back up singers, lead singer, acoustic guitar, bass, and drums.

If stolen I would purchase it's big brother, the Cube 60

What I don?t like about it is the 10 inch speaker. I wish it had a 12, but for the price, definetly bang for the buck winner.

shortly:

30 watt solid state with 7 different amp emulations. Chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay and reverb effects. Two channels, no footswitch. Aux in, line out/phones.

The sound from this amp is generally dull and flat. I have found black panel to be only somehow useable amp emulation. JC clean sounds very cold. Distortion lacks punch and is muddy. Don't even consider playing metal with this.

Reverb and delay are quite ok but phaser, chorus, flanger and tremolo are all terrible. Also it lacks support for multi-effects though it doesn't matter because the effects are useless anyway.

The EQ is ... useless. You have to turn the buttons from 0 to 10 to make some kind of change to the sound.

Seems to be quite solid.

No experience.

I can't understand all the hype about this amp, you'd better check it out in shop before buying. Instead of fitting this amp with loads of useless effects and amp emulations it should stick to one or two decent sounds. Definitely not worth money. If it were stolen i would just buy another amp.

This little tank of an amp has more features than you can throw a bean at, and I don't even know what that means. It's ultimately versatile and can support almost any style of music, especially if you have supporting FX. Two-button switching for channel and built-in FX. I'll spare you the rest of the features b/c they're available elsewhere. I've used this amp in my studio/practice room and in the living room. I'll gig with it too, when I don't feel like lugging my Twin around. In short, this amp is a little wonder of amplification

I'm using it with a 1979 Gretsch 'Beast' on a variety of styles (http://dand.net/tunes.htm) the clean ('Jazz Chorus') is great. HUGE bass is available if you want it, and it stays clean even at high volumes. Amazing, from such a little thing. There are so many different CSOM distortions that you'll be able to find something you like. I use an external FX box most of the time. The built-in FX are fine, although you necessarily don't get as much control as you'd get from dedicated FX units. Nothing to cry about, it's an AMP, not a pedal board. The reverb is great and some of the other FX are decent if they're what you're looking for.

I have no doubt that it's reliable. I have several Roland family products. Never a problem.

Rolands are so dependable, who'd know how good the support is!

I've been playing for about 17 years. I've owned countless vintage amps and plenty of other gear. This 10" sounds better than most single and many dual 12" amps. It's remarkable. This amp is so small and light and perfect, I would absolutely buy it again were it to leave me. I can think of a few ways to make the FX controls better, but that would clutter the interface and drive up the price. Regardless, I use my own FX. THIS IS A GREAT AMP. IF YOU'RE THINKING OF GETTING ONE, JUST DO IT.

its my second rewiew because i found some new features on the cube.
i will skip the yaddi yadda that everyone has written

i use a samick av3 (les pauls)with 2 humbuckers and it sounds great with both. i play pretty much anything from metallica to cob (children of bodom) and it suit my songs just fine. it is never noisy.

it simulates a sound of a jc 120 but i cant tell if it simulates well because i never heard it but it sounds great

in the lead channel there is

an acoustic simulator witch sounds good with chorus, delay or reverb with the treble knob to app. 7 the middle to app. 3 and the bass to 10. the acoustic sim. with distortion sounds incredible

a black pannel(clean) witch i think is useless for my gender of music can be useful for other genders

a british combo its a week dist for blues or rock riffs with the gain knob at max

a tweed its a medium dist who is not really present

a classic stack its a good dist for rock and maybe metal

a metal stack its a powerful dist not verry good for classic but better for metal

a r-fier its the more heavy dist that the amp has

effect

chorus its good

flanger not so good its like chorus but there is waves in it (normal) but i can only choose the speed of the waves

phaser good but useless if you dont know where ever i may roam from metallica

tremolo good but its completely useless

delay good but not long enough

reverg good

but it is still a good amp: it has plenty of effects and lead sounds

depend on it

never had a problem

ive been playing for 4 years and it is the best thing i ever had after myself of course. i have two guitars: samick av3 (les pauls)cherry sunburst and a classic one (encore (roumanian mark)) and a boss od 20 twin pedal. i will probably buy a cheap guitar (equinox or something like that) and a kustom amp 10 watts(both for traveling without the heavy equipement. my brother has a black laredo (strat style) and a behringer (30 watts) witch i played on for 3 years. we both prefer my equipement. if i would lost it id buy the cube 60 or get back an other cube 30. i love everything about it exept the tremolo and the fact that there is not two jacks for a footswitch ( effects and clean/lead). i wish it camed with a foot switch and the dyna amp dist

Originally I am a keyboard player. I bought mine used halfway 2003, with the intent to (re-)activate my guitar playing skills. Because I actually had no idea which amp character I was going to like, I chose this model, because it is a modeling amp and it is able to emulate a lot of different types of amps.

It's a great amp to practice at home because of the headphone jack, which also works great for recording.

Mow that I joined a band as a guitar player, I also use it for gigs and rehearsals. It's definitely loud enough for my style of music (gospel/praise/contemp. Christian) which isn't quite the loudest music around though. I never needed more than 1/4 of the range of the volume pot on the clean channel. On the other hand, the guy who owned it before me sold it, because he thought it wasn't loud enough. I saw that Roland also have a 60W model now, in case you have to compete with a loud drummer.

Most of the time I use the built-in chorus on the clean channel, and the R-fier setting on the lead channel. I use a self-built footswitch for channel switching and to switch the chorus on and off. It is really really nice that you can select delay/reverb apart from the other effects (chorus/flanger/phaser/tremolo).

Ideas for a Cube-30 Mk II?
- 3rd channel for a foot-switchable clean-crunch-lead configuration
- par. effects loop
- recessed mains cable storage
- built-in tuner

I use it with a Chinese Squier standard strat, which I upgraded with Seymour Duncan vintage pick-ups. The clean channel, which is called "JC clean" indeed reminds me of how a strat sounds through a Roland Jazz Chorus 120. (The guitar player in the band where I played keyboards had one) It is very clear and crisp and you never have a lack of treble. It's ideal for rythm guitar. I like this sound a lot, especially with a little bit of the built-in chorus and delay on it, but that is a matter of taste. I can imagine very well that a typical blues/rock guitarist would find it a bit too sharp.

Most of the time I use the R-fier setting on the lead channel. It gives a modern lead sound which is great for single-string guitar solos. This sound is obviously meant as an emulation of a Mesa Boogie Rectifier amp. Although I found the emulation on other modeling amps (e.g. Line-6) more realistic, the nice thing about the Cube is that it really seems to behave a bit like a tube amp. If you turn down your volume pot on the guitar, or you just play softer, the distortion gradually disappears, until a claen sound remains at very low volumes. I found this a very usefull and expressive feature.

The other settings on the lead channel are ok, although I don't use them as often as the 'r-fier' setting. The 'brit-combo' setting is meant to emulate a Vox AC30. Put on the delay, play a U2 riff and voila!

About the built-in effects: Most of the time I use the chorus together with the delay; both are ok. Sometimes i use the reverb, which sounds a bit like a traditional reverb-spring, which is fine for a guitar amp.

The amp hardly produces any noise. I think that the circuit has a noise gate. If you listen carefully you can hear that it cuts off the final part of a decaying tone. It's not annoying though, and I prefer it over the noise i heared on many other amps, including the venerable JC 120!

No problems, it's road proof.

Support wasn't necessary for this unit. On all other occasions I dealt with the Roland customer support they were very helpful.

I never heard an amp at this price level that had so many good sounds right out of the box. If you want to find out what kind of amp you like: buy it for it won't disappoint you.

On the other hand, after using it for almost three years, I find myself trying out the originals. . . .

Achete neuf en 2005 a Viry pour 240 Euros chez Guitarman.
J'ai achete cet ampli pour jouer a volume modere chez moi principalement du Jazz et du Blues.

Les caracteristiques sont connues : Electonique a modelisation (Roland COSM), puissance de 30W.
Tres puissant mais tres bonne epaisseur sonore a bas volume.

1 canal dit "clair", replique du celebre Roland Jazz Chorus avec un volume dedie et on beneficie de l'equalisation Bass - Medium - High

1 canal dit "lead", reprend l'equalisation 3 bandes avec en supplement un reglage de gain
Il possede son volume et propose 7 types de modelisations d'amplis. (Comme 7 canaux differents en grain d'ampli, en dynamique ainsi qu'en seuil et niveau de saturation).

Acoustic (son de type electro acoustique a micro piezo),
BLACK PANEL (du Fender Deluxe Reverb a Twin Reverb),
BRIT COMBO (VOX AC15 a AC30),
Tweed(Fender Bassman a Vibrolux),
Marshall Stack (Bluesbreaker a Plexi 800),
Peavey (5150 ou Soldano) ,
Mesa boogie (Rectifier).

La section d'effets de modulation : chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo.
Moderation dans le dosage ! Manque quand meme des reglages pour une reelle exploitation.

La section d'effets de retard : delay, reverb
Super vraiement !

1 prise casque (pas terrible du tout)
1 entree auxiliaire (super pour les lecteurs MP3 en accompagnement)
1 entree pour switch de canal (valable uniquement sur scene).

Tres grande polyvalence sonore pour un petit ampli a 240 euros.

HP de 10' etonnant en reponse et en chaleur.

Je regrette qu'il manque une boucle d'effets mono pour inserer des effets choisis, ainsi qu'une sortie pour "external HP".

Il manque aussi une line out avec "amp simulator" commutable.

Mais bien sur, s'il y avait tout cela, le prix serait sans aucun doute plus eleve !

J'etais septique sur les modelisations mais je doit dire que la technique a fabuleusement progressee et que la musicalite, le realisme et la diversite obtenue sont stupefiantes.

Ce Cube 30 est vraiement super pour tous les sons Clairs ou Crunch que j'ai toujours recherche a obtenir.
Il faut passer un peu de temps pour optimiser les reglages tres efficaces de cet ampli.

D'abord et surtout pour moi, tous les canaux sont exploitables en son clair !

On peut obtenir par exemple sur le canal "Marshall" un son Jazz un peu sale et "oldies" de Type Charlie Christian
avec comme reglages : un gain au minimum, Bass a 50%, Medium a 90%, Hight a 10% sans oublier les reglages propres a la guitare, micro grave, volume 80% et Tonalite 50%

Les canaux Metal et R-Fier peuvent avec un reglage du gain modere et un bon dosage de l'equalisation 3 bandes, procurer des sons bien Blues ou Blues/rock du genre rauques, organiques, rapeux et quand meme chaleureux (de type Soldano ou Brunetti testes a Pigalle en Magasin (mais hors de prix)

Le canal fender tweed va donner un son bien punchy clair pop/blues funky/jazz d'un ampli Bassman 59. (Je connais bien cet ampli Fender pour avoir souvent joue dessus chez un ami)

En poussant le gain avec un reglage Bass 50 + Medium 40 + High 70 et sur la guitare, micro "Bridge" on arrive au son voisin d'un Fender Vibrolux en mode crunch !

Le canal Brit Combo emule bien le mode VOX AC30-AC15 (J'ai possede un authentique Vox AC30 des annees 70) avec des sons clairs etincelants de type pop Beatles ou crunchy genre Rolling Stones, Queen ou U2 - Les sons Brit Combo vont aussi bien pour de la "country/rock". Tout est dans le reglage de l'ampli et de la guitare.

Le style de jeu est aussi fondamental.
Le canal "Acoustic" qui emule un micro piezo reagit tres tres bien au picking, au bluesgrass ou au jazz en arpege de type Ovation.
Cela passe bien evidemment par un reglage fin : guitare - ampli.

Le canal Black Panel est mon prefere. Gain de 0% a 50 %
Typiquement Fender, Jazz - Country - Blues - Rockabilly...
Brillant (Albert Lee) ou sombre (Wes Montgomery) suivant reglages...
Toutes lea variantes du Fender Deluxe au Twin Reverb, le bonheur !

Le canal Roland Jazz Chorus est fidele a l'original est est une reference internationnale.
J'ai possede un Roland JC-50 qui etait moins polyvalent sur son canal clair, c'est dire !

Le delai est vraiement super en "Slap Back" pour un type "Old Rock" et le top, c'est bien la reverb qui ajoute une bonne epaisseur au son d'une facon assez progessive.
Meme reglee a fond, on peut toucher au style "Music Surf" dans l'esprit d'un Fender Reverb 1966.

Les modulations sont inegales mais bravo toutefois pour le vibrato ou le phaser regle sur une valeur minimum.

Je branche en permanence un preampli Hughes & Kettner TUBEMAN en reglage Boost pour "lamper" le signal sonore et c'est un plus !

Mon ancien Roland JAZZ CHORUS JC-50, n'est jamais tombe en panne !!!
Ce cube 30 semble solide comme un tanck !

Jamais eu besoin.
Video sur le site, tres sympa mais pas assez representative des nombreuses possibilites sonores de l'ampli...

Je joue de la guitare depuiq 30 ans
Je possede actuellement une Washburn H35S de 1988 et une Gibson Sonex Deluxe de 1981.

J'ai possede beaucoup d'amplis differents et joue sur la plupart des marques plus ou moins connues (SUNN, Ampeg, Orange, Roland, Fender, Marshall, Brunetti, Vox, Boogie, Acoustic, Soldano, etc...)

Les sonorites du Cube 30 sont etonnament realistes !

Elles sont toutes exploitables et avec des resultats sonores tres differents.

Suivant les reglages de volume, de gain, d'equalisation 3 bandes avec l'ampli choisi on est sur un style ampli tres authentique et musical !

Les reglages des modulations sont eux a parametrer au minimum car trop envahissants si on a la main lourde.

Teste contre un VOX AD30 lors de l'achat, Le Roland s'est montre tres superieur en sons clairs et crunch.
Il font jeux egal en saturation, chacun dans sont style.
En saturation pure, le Roland est plus agressif et le Vox plus subtil grace a sa lampe 12AX7.

Le Roland est par contre beaucoup plus simple a regler !

Je rattrappe la complexite organique de la lampe en branchant mon preampli TUBEMAN en amont de l'ampli, meme pour les sons clairs.

100 euros d'ecart en faveur du Roland ?

Le rapport qualite prix du Cube 30 est imbattable !
Ideal pour le travail la maison et se faire plaisir avec plein de sonorites differentes suivant l'humeur
Mon prochain ampli sera sans doute un Atomic 18W avec un VOX Tone Lab en preampli, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher (+/- 900 euros)

You know all the features by now so I won't repeat.

I bought this for a straight ahead jazz sound and I'm very pleased with it. You get a wonderful fat,lush,jazz tone through the "JC clean" channel with one caveat. With bass and mids turned up and treble down, the tone is fantastic, if the amp is set far from a wall. Too close and the bass will boom and overpower you even at low volumes. If you turn bass and mids down, you lose that phat, thick jazz tone. In my 14 x 13 "guitar den" it must be placed near the middle of the room. In my 20 x 25 living room it's amazing just a few feet from the wall. The only channel I use besides the JC clean is the "tweed" Fender bassman which sounds more "bluesy", very different, much less thick, but still usable tone. I recommend placing the amp as close as you can get to the wall when using the tweed model. I play and Eastman carved top and a Ibanez AF-85 with a Benedetto pu. Both guitars sound distinctly different with this amp. I use a tiny bit of reverb but none of the other effects so I'm not qualified to comment on those. Overall a fine sounding amp, and a bargain I think for $225.00 from music123

Seems solidly built, metal screen over speaker, reinforced edges so it should take some abuse without any problems.

This is a follow-up.
This amp really lacks a tap tempo button!

I have hooked it to a bassman 410box loaded with alnico jensens(I own a bassman reissue, and the tentation was way too big!), and to a 115 closed-back box too, to see what happens. Read on.

With the 410 box this little cube sounds unbelievably good and loud, fresh and much detailed. It showed some critical trebles too, somewhat constipated if you forgive me.
I could hear very well the fakeness of driven tones, with their same frequencies which were displeasing. Just normal with such a box and such a type of amplifier.
The clean tone is perfect with humbuckers, very clean and fresh, nothing disturbing here.

With the 115 box the cube sounds way different, on the dirty side a la bluesman. And with a very noticeable delay due to the speaker's size (and quality, a Park 15-80w ). Again the clean is excellent, and the drives sounds processed.

In all cases the onboard eq is adequate and efficient.
The most important is: this cube really sounds awesome!

As long as you respect it, yes. The boxes I hooked it to were 8 ohms, so no trouble.
If you want pure ****, go buy a Vox AD series (any would do).
Roland stands for highest reliability, as you already know.

Very awesome little guy!
I don't understand the lack of tap tempo button, and the fact that effects volume does affect the signal in the same way, distorted or not. Everyone knows that if you set the reverb on 3 in clean mode it will be far too much in drive mode. So Roland could at least have done this differently, and I'm not speaking of adding controls or what.
For example, Hughes and Kettner do this on their analog amps: you have one reverb knob, but it acts heavier on the clean channel than on the drive channel. By the way, their bass knob acts the same on the tube 20th anniversary edition.
Can you hear me,Roland?

A short review. Feature are terrific for a practice amp and modeling is fast and intuitive. As I recall it lack an ext. speaker out, and that was an oversight.

Brutal with single coils, ice-pick, harsh, terrible.

This amp was voiced for humbucks or P90s and OD/High Gain players. It's not a pleasant experience using this for a Fenderish clean sound. If chimey high end is your thing, look elsewhere.

For what it's designed for, fine. The JC clean channel is particularly annoying and digital sizzle with good single coils.

Appears rock solid.

If you are a single coils player, try before you buy. If you're looking for decent OD/Gain thashing practice amp for your LP, SG, etc., go for it.

I own a 2005 example of the Cube-30. I bought it before I had an accurate knowledge of tube vs. digital/tranny, and only after a year of playing. I play mainly punk, grunge, metal, and some classic or hard rock. Tons of sonic options, 2 clean sounds (Jazz Chorus, Black Panel), 3 classic gain (Brit combo, Tweed, Classic stack), 2 high-gain (Metal, R-fier) and an acoustic simulator. This amp has a recording out, AUX. in, and a footswitch jack for channel switching, but np effects loop, and switching EFX on/off requires an expensive 2 footswitch thru stereo cable system. I use this amp for bedroom practice, but it can handle a band rehearsal. It's really too weak for gigging, though. Good practice amp.

I use a BC Rich Mockingbird with 2 super hot ceramic humbuckers, a Fender Mexico Strat with 3 stock singles, and a Gibson SG Special with 2 vintage-style Alnico 2 humbuckers. The amp seems to suit the Mockingbird for super high-gain settings, and the JC clean. The Strat suits the R-Fier setting, Acoustic, JC Clean, and the Black Panel clean. The SG loves the JC Clean, Brit combo, Tweed, and R-fier settings. The amp can make virtually any sound, but, the only well-mastered sounds are the Chorus effect, Jazz Chorus, and R-fier settings. Very good practice amp, but I wouldn't dare record with it, because the sounds are quite cold, and in some cases, extremely muddy. The EFX (Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Delay, and Reverb) are o.k. The chorus and phaser were my favourite, while I found the Tremolo harsh, the Flanger and Reverb cold, and the delay was very hard to adjust to the perfect time (tap-tempo reqired maybe?) I found that the Black Panel was way too bright and harsh with humbuckers, and it was much louder than all the other settings. The Brit Combo was muddy and buzzy, also the Classic Stack, which sounded extremely similar to the Brit Combo. The tweed was nice, actually capturing some tube dynamics, but it was very harsh with the Mockingbird. The metal setting is nice for the Strat bridge-pickup and the Mockingbird, but isn't bright enough for the SG. As I've said before, this amp is a nice practice unit, but if you want an authentic sound, you need the real thing, or at least an all-tube circuit.

Very reliable! What can I say? It's a little solid-state combo that's never been past 5. Never had a problem.

I've never dealt with the company.

If this amp got punk'd, I'd get a Mesa F-50 or Mark IV, which I am currently saving up for. But, if I was limited to under $500, I'd probably choose this. I wish this amp had a MIDI-in for switching distortion sounds, rather than just channel switching. I also wish it had separate depth and rate controls for the efx, and a genuine spring reverb. But for $345 Canadian, you can't go wrong

je joue du metal et cet ampli me donne tous les sons dont jai besoin et plus.il y a 2 sectionss de son et on peut les changer grace a un petit bouton. sur ce bebe, on y retrouve du chorus, du flanger, du phaser et du tremolo. on y retrouve aussi du delay et du reverb. on peut brancher une boite de son pour faire plus de bruit et on peut mettre une footswitch. jaurais aime qu'il y aille de l overdrive. javoue que le tremolo et le phaser sont presque completement inutiles excepte pour se vanter davoir plein deffets. jutilise cet ampli dans mon sous-sol et je nai qu a mettre le volume au cart et cest deja tres fort.

pour jouer j utilise une laredo noire qui est vieille mais efficasse avec trois single coils, que jutilise plus souvent avec un behringer, et jai ma chere samick avion 3 (les pauls) de couleur cherryburst, qui a 2 humbuckers que jaime brancher dans le cube 30. le cube sonnes tres bien evec toutes les pedales, particulierement avec une boss od 20 drive zone twin pedal, que je reccomande d acheter tout comme moi, vous ne le regreterez pas. comme le lai ecris plus haut je joue du metal (heavy metal, thrash, black, speed, death ...) et sa me donne tous les sons, et meme plus, que jai besoin.passant du metallica nothing else matters au metallica hit the lights ou du quo vadis (groupe de death de gatineau) a tetris, tout les sons du cube sont parfait.(pourquoi ca sappelle cube 30 si ce nest pas un cube?)

on peut choisir entre du acoustic simulator(BOSS)ou acoustic, qui dailleurs ne fonctionne pas tres bien mais qui nest pas le plus utile

du black panel, qui donne un son particulier (clean)

du brit combo, qui est une distortion crue et sale

du tweed, qui est une faible distortion et est assez grave (fender)

du classic stack, qui provient de marshall, est un son de stack qui donne un son particulier

du metal, qui vient de peavey, est une distortion plus eleve en drive (gain) que les autres

du r-fier (rectifier), provient de mesa boogie, est une des plus grosses dist que je nai jamais entendu

bref, les sons varies beaucoup: dist brutale a simulateur acoustic

le cube 30 est mon bebe, je depend dessus. jai deja fait un consert devant 700 personnes avec ce bijou et cest parfait. il na jamais brise cependant cela ne fait qu un an que je lai

avec les memes vendeurs jai eu des rabais exceptionnels. ma guitare etait 660 $ et le cube etait 375. jai peille ma guitare 319 et le cube 30 300. malheureusement avec les rabais je nai pas eu de garantie

je joue depuis 9 ans avec une guitare Encore (classic), une guitare laredo noire (electrique), un ampli behringer 30 watts, une guitare samick avion 3 (av 3)cherryburst, une pedale boss od 20 drive zone twin pedal. si je perderais mon bebe ou bien je le racheterais, ou bien jacheterais le cube 60, dependemment de mon montant dargent.jaime tout de l amplificateur. avant de l acheter, jesitais entre le marshall mg15cd et quelques autres mais des que jai entendu le cube 30 je lai acheter sur le champ a cause de sa flexibilite sonore. jaimerais qu une footswitch vienne avec.


ps. je nai que 13 ans et jai fait une vingtaine de conserts solo et en band. a chaque fois que je donnais un show, javais mon cube 30 a cote de mois

Not sure what year mine is. it's pretty versatile for me: i play anything from The Beatles to Disturbed. it has two channels(one clean that is supposed to simulate a jazz chorus and another to simulate distortions, plus an accoustic simulation on the distortion channel). it has an MIDI footswitch but it doesn't come with the amp and i can't find out where to get one.it has a decent set of effects:chorus,flanger, phaser,tremolo(al on one knob;not overlappabble) and a seperate knob for reverb/delay.has a headphone jack/recording out. also aux in in the form of a 1/4 " input. despite all of these, i wish it had a tuner and that the effects had a seperate control for effects-level(all it has is speed)and that they wereoverlappable. i don't ever use the flanger because it simply isn't my styler, and i use the phaser occasionally. i use the reverb alot(almost always)and everything else moderately. i use this amp as a practice amp and as a backup for church.it would be plenty powerful for my church band but our band leader is obsessed with mic-ing anything and every thing that can be mic-ed. this is a solid-state amp.

i use an ibanez-style guitar very similar to steve vai's. both the sinle- coil and the h/bucker sound good. it makes a little noise when not playing, but why would you buy an amp just to pug in your guitar and not play. the sound goes away completely when playing.

alright, about the distortion models. it has the following:acoustic, blackpanel, brit combo, tweed, classic stack, metal stack, and rectifier stack. the accoustic sounds pretty convincing, considering that most other acoustic sims sound like poop. once while playing bass for my church, our acoustic player forgot his acoustic at home, but luckily i had my amp with me. so he plugged in his lite ash strat aand turned on the acoustic sim. the first words out of his mouth were "Wow, that accually sounds almost exactly like an acoustic". there were people in the audience that had some funny looks on their faces that day, trying to find out where the acoustic guitar sound was coming from without having an acoustic on stage. i don't personnally care much for the black panel, but both the brit and tweed combos sound good. the classic stack has too much unwanted bass for me. the rectefier has a fuzzy, nu-metal sound when the gain is turned up all the way which is good for metal leads too.but, my favorite is the metal stack on gain: approx. 3 o'clock. this gets a good marshal sound out of it, but not necessarily marshal with gain turned to eleven(wich is frankly too much for me). my favorite band is Audioslave and this setting gets me the perfect average Tom Morello gain (average being what he uses the most).

the clean channel sounds good, but the best thing about it is that you can crank it without losing your tone. althou it is good, it doesn't quite sound like the jazz chorus that it's advertised to sound like.

now to tackle the effects. im not much of an effects guy, buti understand that they occasionally have their uses and still try to make the best of them. the only effect that i can find a great deal to complain about is the delay. it doesn't have the length that i would like, but even more detrimentally, it is more of a bockground effect. each delayed signal sounds alot more quiet than the last, so you don't get a sound as if there are two guitars playing one after the other, more like an echo than a delay.

the reason this gets knocked down to a six is because of the speaker. i have had this amp for over a year and just recently i decided to try something new. i used the headphone jack to plug into my 16 watt bass amp (with an eminence speaker)an it sounded, well, completely stellar. simply beautiful. the clean acually sounded somewhat bright and the distortions all just sang. the acoustic sounded even more like an acoustic. everything just sounds overall better. the only problem is that my bass amp, being a 16 watt amp, cant handle anything above a loud practice setting(loud being about the sound of an average noisy washing machine)with the thirty watts of the cube driving it.

also, i tried running some dist/overdr boxes into the amp, but it doesn't seem to be very compatible with external tone shaping.

this amp has never broken down on me. just recently i pluged in my guitar in and i didn't get any sound. i jiggled the cable input and i sound for just a second and then it went away again. i was getting worried but it just ended up being the cord, thank goodness. i wouldn't use it on stage without a backup, but that is because i would use it as a backup. it sounds good enough to use it if you have to and is durable enough to be counted on as a backup, but i wouldn't use it with the stock speaker as a main amp.

haven't had to deal with company.

ive been playing for fun for three years but have only been serious for the last year. i have also played bass for a year(seriously all the way through) and im starting drumming (all around musician i suppose). in case you were wondering, my other bass amp is kustom kba 16 (with an 8" speaker) i think.

if this were stolen, i would probably get a tube driven amp. probably the classic 30.

what i love is that i got this a year ago on christmas as a present (because my cousin decided that he wanted to pick up guitar again and i had to give back the amp that he gave me after he quit playing; he has once again quit already). this amp is what made me get serious about guitar. if youy are looking to uprgrade from your crappy solid state 10/15 watt crate amp (just for example) and aren't quite ready for the responsibility of a nicer tube amp(or simply don't have mony for a nicer amp period), this is a great amp.

what i hate is that i payed for a couple of effects that aren't versatile enough for me and that i don't ever use. also, i don't care much for the speaker.

i didn't compare this to many other amps, but looking back on it, i needed an amp really badly beacouse i didn't have one and there really isn't much to compare this to. it is the best amp in its wattage range with all of the modelling crap on it.

musicians friend just knocked it down about 5$. but, they also have the cyber deluxe on sale for three hundred and thats 150 dollars off. it has more than twice the wattage and the effectgs are higher quality. i wouls get the cyber deluxe if i were you.

IM CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW AMP, SO IF YOUR INTERESTED IN BUYING THIS FROM ME FOR AROUND 150$, JUST EMAIL ME.

awsome features. i was blown away wuth all the kick ass distortion and delay i could put on this baby. probubly the best jam amp around in turms of badassity. but i loved the octive option as well as all the other settings, and with a pedal pretty much put every other bass amp below 1000 dollers to shame. you could jsut about put this amp in any musical style adn not sound like its spread itself thin.

basicly i look like about 60 times the pro i am. considering im not a pro this means that thes amp has siccesfully distorted realaty itself in order to multiply by zero. i actually put my guitarist to shame as far as distortion went. and my style is discribed as acoustic industreal/ alternitive rock - like NIN + smashing pumpkins i guess. i it is way louder thatn other 30 watts and like i said befour, the badassity is through the roof.

well i cought it just recently so it hasn't exactly been gigged out. but it seems pretty damn solid and if it were a person, it would be some kind of commando.

it was a gift-im not as rude as to ask how the shopping went. meh

my only other amp was a kostom 10 watt (lol) witch i needed to put on overdrive to sound messed enugh. works well with a pedal. excuse my spelling

I just gave it high ratings two reviews ago, and in the meanwhile I could check out what other 30watters are on the market now.
So yes, I really think the cube is the best sounding out there.
However, I would like to see some improvements:
1-A built-in tuner, be it as simple and effective as the microcube's one
2-A master volume
3-The delay effect in the same department as the chorus&co, which then would allow footswitching on/off without losing reverb
4-A tap tempo button, so the existing knobs would do the effects mix
5-A very nice feature would be a recording out not affecting the speaker's signal.

With all these very minor interface-only mods this cube 30 would be good for the next century without more mods whatsoever.

Let's hope Roland hear me!

Achete neuf en 2005 a Paris pour 260 Euros.
Je me suis offert ce petit ampli essentiellement pour jouer a bas volume en appartement.
Il s'agit d'un ampli a modelisation (technologie Roland Cosm), d'une puissance de 30W. C'est plus que suffisant en puissance pour un appartement. Je n'ai eu l'occasion de l'essayer a un volume plus consequent que dans le magasin, et cela m'a semble tres convainquant.
2 canaux, avec egalisation 3 bandes commune aux 2.
1 canal clair, emulation d'un Jazz Chorus Roland 120, un master volume.
1 canal lead, gain et master volume, 7 modelisations : acoustic, fender twin, vox, fender tweed, marshall stack, peaveay, mesa rectifier.
U regret : le manque de progressivite des potards (pas evident a regler a bas volume).
Une section d'effets avec modulation : chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo.
Une section d'effets avec retard : delay, reverb
1 prise casque, 1 entree auxiliaire, 1 entree pour footswitch (changement de canal)
Je trouve que ces caracteristiques donnent une grande polyvalence pour ce qui demeure un ampli de travail. Les reglages d'effet sont notoirement insuffisants, mais je suppose que ce n'est pas ce que l'on demande a ce genre d'ampli.

J'utilise cet ampli principalement avec une Fender Strat US Standard ou une Fender Telecaster Mexico avec micros Bill Lawrence, occasionnellement une Rickenbacker 330, une wha Morlay et une TS809, essentiellement pour jouer du blues.
Il s'agit de 3 guitares avec des micros single coil. Le canal clair est correct sans plus. On est encore loin du JC120... .
Le canal lead est beaucoup plus convainquant, en particulier les modelisations de Fender Twin et de Marshall Stack (Classic Stack), en tous cas avec la Strat et la Tele. En restant raisonnable sur le gain, on obtient des overdrive tres realistes pour jouer le blues et le rock.
Le HP de 10' semble etre d'une excellente qualite, ce qui joue bien sur beaucoup sur la qualite du son.
Sans revenir sur l'eternel debat, il evident que les sons obtenus sont assez eloignes des originaux a lampes. Cependant, la qualite intrinseque des sons obtenus est excellente quand on les compare a la grande majorite tres moyenne des amplis a lampes que l'on rencontre habituellement.
Le son obtenu respecte entierement les caracteristiques de la guitare employee et du jeu du musicien (attaques), ce qui est appreciable pour le blues. Avec une petite compression en entree, c'est le bonheur a ce niveau de volume. Pour en avoir essaye des palanquees, je n'ai pas encore trouve mieux.
Avec des micros double bobinage, les sons clairs sont bien meilleurs.
La sortie OUT/casque est relativement utilisable pour l'enregistrement, mais j'ai obtenu de bien meilleurs resultats en reprenant le HP avec un micro, y compris a bas volume, ce qui est surprenant.
Les effets embarques ne sont pas terribles, en dehors de la reverb, a petite dose. Pour les afficionados du traitement sonore, il faudra penser a investir dans les pedales adhoc...
Un regret : l'absence de boucle d'effet pour pouvoir mettre en insert les effets en question.
Possedant par ailleurs un modelisateur d'ampli J-Station et un preamp Marshall JMP1, j'apprecie l'entree auxiliaire qui me permet d'utiliser les 2 entrees du Cube 30 avec une petite A/B Box Roland. J'utilise egalement cette entree auxiliaire pour amplifier ma basse, avec laquelle j'obtiens un son tres correct (c'est une basse active Ibanez BTB 400).

Cela semble costaud. Il s'agit d'un ampli a transistor, peu sujet en principe aux pannes.

Je n'ai pas eu a m'en servir jusqu'a present.

J'ai 43 ans et joue depuis l'age de 15 ans. Je possede egalement un tombereau de matos divers et varie: ampli Peavey 60 (pour la basse),un HH 100W avec enceinte SoundCity 2x12 (pour les repetitions), un preamp Marshall JMP1, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Banzai Fireball, Wha Morlez, Phaser Electro Harmonix, Roland A/B Box, Art Tube Compressor, Art Tube Pre Amp, Art FX1, Multi-effets Zoom 2002... et j'en oublie. Je ne parle pas ici de ce qui m'est par ailleurs passe entre les mains ou que j'ai possede par ailleurs !
Cote guitares : Fender Strat US Standard, Fender Tele MIM, Rickenbackern 330, Vantage XX, Yamaha electro-acoustique Compass CPx15w, basse Ibanez BTB 400.
Ce que j'aime dans cet ampli : le (tres bon) son a bas volume pour le blues et le rock, le prix, le poids. J'apprecie egalement qu'il laisse entendre le guitariste...
Ce que j'aime moins : des effets qui font honte a Roland (en dehors de la reverb), l'impossibilite d'avoir 2 canaux "lead" pour beneficier de toutes les modelisations sur chacun d'entre eux, le manque de progressivite des potards de gain et de volume, l'absence d'une boucle d'effets.
C'est un excellent rapport qualite/prix, a recommander a tout le monde. Pour les debutants, ce sera l'occasion de faire un investissement rentable sans le mondre risque (y compris pour la repet., a moins de jouer avec un batteur fou). Pour les autres, cela fait un excellent ampli pour pratiquer a la maison ou pour enregistrer.

it's been covered. (could have come with a foot switch though) pretty good for the price.

this little guy really suprised me. it really does sound pretty good. by itself it isn't bad at all considering the 10" speaker and 30 watt power rating. i just wired up an extension speaker jack on mine (disconnects the internal speaker when a cable is plugged in. radio shack $4.00 for two) through a halfback mesa 112 it sounds stellar. blackpanel is particularly juicy sounding and will do both clean and slight break-up. i find that modeling amps have the hardest time with slight break-up sounds. all of the models are much more convincing through the 112. (remember it also weighs more than the amp) the high gain models are a lot of fun. good for fast noodling and actually have pretty tight bass. they don't sound just like the 5150 and dual-rec they were modeled after but they sound good. for a laugh i hooked the line out through a 100 watt tube head (effects loop return) and a genz g-flex. oh my, the models got exponentially better. actually made me consider using it as a preamp for some things. the clean channel is good but black panel and high gain stack are the stars of the show. (wish i could have both on seperate channels) the reverb is not bad but the effects are so bold they aren't really usable in most situations. the acoustic sim is a waste of a slot that could have housed a useful model.

as far as how loud it is. is isn't terribly loud by itself (very small gig at best) with the 112 it's about twice as loud. now we're getting somewhere it might actually cut it up against a drummer. pretty impressive for what it is. considering its price i give it a 9. it really is a fun amp

haven't had it long enough but i would guess it'll be ok

i've been playing for about 17 years. i have played through or owned almost every type of amp out there. some highlights include, mesa tremoverb, dc-3, marshall jcm800, mk II masterlead, laney vc30 112,peavey delta blues, and various rack setups. this little amp is the best practice amp ever. the amount of sound you get from this little package is astounding. i highly recommend the extension jack mod though.

I would give the features a ten, but the 4 effects don't overlap. The only one I think much of is the flanger. I like both the delay and the reverb, but those two won't overlap each other.

There's only one channel that can be manipulated, the auxillary in goes straight out.

This amp easily goes too loud to play when my mom's home, though it did start breaking up at about three o'clock with some of the amp models.

If I gigged (or when I eventually do) I expect this amp would work in small gigs, and it should work as a preamp in larger affairs.

I have a Lite Ash Strat with Seymor Duncan pickups, and I send it straight into the amp. I am primarily a rocker, 70's and 80's mostly, which I think this amp does excellently, and I also play some pop and a little country, and whatever else I feel like, and this amp fits everything I do.

I plugged in my Ovation Celebrity (what it lacks acoustically it makes up for plugged in), and it sounded pretty decent on the acoustic amp model.

When the gain is turned all the way up, there is just a little noise on all but one amp model, but it's not at all prominent, and it's unnoticeable when playing.

While some of the amp models do start falling apart at loud volumes, the clean channel seems to hold on well all the way up.

I like the distortion, there's almost too much for me at the top of some of the models, but death metalers won't find enough for their music. The distortion stays musical throughout it's range.

It seems like it's pretty sturdy.

Haven't had to deal with them.

I've only been playing about four years, and this is my first amp, and the Strat is my first electric, and only my second guitar. I was in serious need of an electric guitar to adequately play the music I wanted to. I researched many other amps, but for what I wanted and in my price range, this one was the best I could find. The other amp I was considering was a Behringer V-Tone GMX110, but people seemed to have less problems with this Roland.

It is a bit heavy, and the strap is a bit stiff, but these are minor complaints compared to what I really want: sound.

This amp is a lot of fun to play around with and sounds great, especially for the price.

2004 model, same size as a marshall mg15, only one kg heavier.
No noise when switching channels or effects, impressive.
Built-in automatic noise gate, but don't worry it is non-intrusive. Just plain useful, never annoying.
Volume knobs are not progressive enough at low level, I mean it's not easy to get late-night volume. Just the same as my micro cube, I guess Roland should change their volume pots'characteristics.
Rec out way good, clear and open sounding.
Never tried headphones though.
Aux in convenient, accepts my active bass gladly (at living room levels, mind you) so I don't need an extra bass amp for practice.
Amp absolutely silent, I appreciate. This stated, it can be louder than expected, and I agree with reviewers who said its speaker to be way good:it is, and does not collapse at high volume.
Don't see the point of buying the 60watter, in fact, especially with a p-a around.

I only use two sounds, the jc clean and the 5150 model. I don't need anything else, but all models are more than okay.
I set the gain of the 5150 at noon, and use my guitar vol pot for rythm&lead. The big difference with many amps around is that the cube reacts very very well to this basic technique.
If I can't use my guitar's vol pot, I set the gain at minimum and just stomp on a clean booster for lead (same results as with guitar vol pot, only faster).
Overall this 5150 model can do anything, not unlike Luke's sound. Not bad!

About JC clean: it is a bit thin-sounding, mates very well with jazzboxes (...) and humbuckers. Too shrill with strats. That's at room levels, in a band this character is an advantage: you are well heard. Definition is the word here, I just like this channel.

Effects are useful at home, who needs them in a band anyway?
Chorus is a waste, flanger too, phaser is okay at low speeds, only the tremolo is up to my taste...
Reverb is quite fine, delay is enjoyable but really lacks settings.
Still, I like tremolo and this one is smooth and plain, and delay/reverb is a big plus when playing alone.
For what it is, what it costs, clearly top mark.

Absolutely. Tough tough tough.
No fuse I can see, maybe there is an automatic one inside I don't know.
Remember you still find orange cubes from the 70ties, and jc120 too, so I don't worry about reliability.

I bought this to replace my marshall mg15dfx and Ibanez valve bee all tube amp. And I did well!

Just the right size, power, features to get you playing for hours without touching the amp, a real musician's dream!

When I checked this, I immediately found two sounds I really much enjoyed, the jc clean and metalstack5150, and I knew I had to buy it.

Note that this amp is very transparent, doesn't spoil your guitar tone. Great to check guitars in a store.
On the other hand if you use a stomp box you better choose a real bypass one because you'll really hear a difference.
With a wireless system it is even worse, and I didn't hear much difference on other combos (line6 spider2, dod juice it, peavey bandit, marshall mg15) so the cube is very superior.

Apart from more control over delay, the most perfect small amp ever.
I can foresee it will stay long in Roland's catalogue.

Made in 2004/2005.
Lots of amp emulations, a wide palette to choose from. The channel switching and controls aren't much stage friendly, but not many people buy solid-state 30-watters to get onstage. I will, if I have to. Good stuff are the aux in, line out/phones, great reverb and the emulated amps. On the downside, you get no fx loop and no decent control of the effects. More on this below.

Like I said before, amp-simulation-wise, whatever amp baby wants, whatever amp baby gets. This little bastard covers it all: JC for cold clean and multi-fx pedals, not-so-bad-with-a-telecaster acoustic guitar simulation, blackface fender cleans, ac-30 from clean to dist, fender bassman, marshall stack, peavey metal stack, and, of course, mesa-boogie hi-gain. My music goes from U2 and Cure thru Radiohead and Blur down to Velvet Underground, so I don't think I will get harder than Ac-30 and classic marshall. I play a japanese '62 reissue Tele through a Vox Wah with a modded Ibanez tubescreamer to keep the wah from sucking tone. I wanted to buy a vox ad30vt, but it was almost two times the price. But, after I played this one, I thought the effects weren't so bad, and also vox has a valve in the poweramp. I don't think valves are a good thing in moddeling amps-- Valves means servicing, and servicing means spending money and less reliable amps.

I had it for only a week, but from other Roland products I've been getting the idea that only roaches and Roland amps would survive a nuclear war.

I've been playing for 10+ tears now. I've been in a band for 8, but we still thing on getting back together 'one of these days'. I own a '96 trace elliot supertramp twin stereo chorus. It was the amp that got me favouring good solid state amps over low budget and low quality tube amps. An amp doesn't have 2 B tube 2B good. And being tube doesn't make it good. There are great tube amps, but they're expensive.
I really like this amp. It has only 2 problems for me. First of all is the lack of control on the effects. The effects sound great, but you have 1/4 or 1/2 of a knob to do something you would need 2 or 3 knobs to do?! The second issue is something that's been irritating me since modeller amps got around. 90% of all modelling-amp-making companies are stupid enough to think "ok, so we got one reverb, delay, flanger and chorus on this amp, it doesn't need 3? spent on an fx loop, since it already has effects." I think these and most modelling amps would sell better if companies would wake up.

Made in:
2004
Versatility:
Seems to handle every kind of music I play. I like the Brit combo for Blues, slightly dirty rhythm and general purpose dirt (gain at about 2 o'clock). Classic stack is a good representation of a Meshal AC/DC sound. Metal and rectifier are good at reproducing 80's metal and new metal. I am not into metal but enjoy the r-fier. Nicely compressed full sound.
The acoustic model is nice and makes the electric sound like an acoustic.

Channels:
2 channel - JC and lead (with modeled amp sounds)

What features do you wish it had ?
Would be nice if it had a tuner. This would make it a great practice amp without the need to cary extra gear.

Where do you use this amp:
Practice at home and rehersals

The AUX-in is a great feature. I generaly use this to plug my laptop in to pump through Bass & Drums via a midi player. Great for learning new songs !

Use this amp with Yamaha pacificas 604 and 604w (great guitars that stay in tune). Stock pickups. I generally use the neck and humbuckers (for lead work and some riffs)
The only nise this amp produces is amplified noise from the single coil pickups

The clean channel isn't distorted at high volumes however I have only had the amp at 50% volume.

The distortions can be brutal if you have the gain maxed out. Distortion is good & usable with gain up to 75%. R-fier is good an 100%. Classic stack muddies up past 75%

No problem yet, but haven't pushed it hrd over long periods. I expect it to be reliable seeing it is a Roland and appears solid

NA

I have been playing 15 years. Played covers for 5 years and beginning another phase of covers after a 5 year break. I own a peavey bandit 80W, Roland GP8, Yamaha Magicstomp, 3 Yamaha Pacificas, several acoustics.

I try to only buy quality gear. Musical instruments need to be able to stand up to riggors of live playing.

I was looking for an amp that was light weight, capable of enough volume for rehersals, headphone and aux-in. I was in no rush to buy but wanted to get the right amp. They are probably worth Aus$400 new but $250 is a good deal. I tried a VOX, Line6 and a Kustom but went with the Roland because of the tone, size, reliability and resale value.

I like that this amp is loud enough to play with a loud drummer, has great tone and can be used with headphones for late night practice (very important with a new baby in the house).

It would be nice if it came with a footswitch, in built tuner and seperate eq's for the channels but I am happy with it, as is. It makes me want to practice without the need to setup a lot of extra gear.. Because of its small footprint I can now practice in various rooms.

The chorus seems a bit thin and the flanger etc are toys but I use external effects anyway. It would be nice if the reverb/delay were switchable.

Summing up ... It does its job well and is a versatile peace of equipment that can be used as a monitor as well.

Made in 2005
Three band eq, same eq for both channels
Two channels, clean channel models JC Clean (and does it very well)
Other channel has different amplifier models: Acoustic, Black Panel (Fender twin reverb), Brit Combo (Vox AC-30TB), Tweed(Tweed Fender Bassman 4x10 combo), Classic stack (Marshall JMP 1987), Metal Stack(Peavey EVH-5150), R-Fier (Mesa/Boogie Rectifier)
Separate volume knobs for clean / lead channel
Gain control, footswitching between channels and turning efx on / off
Aux in, use with a cd player, maybe even a microphone, handy feature
Recording out / headphones, good for nighttime practice or maybe recorinds, i would prefer micing it up
Digital effects, chorus is nice, hardly ever use the others, but they seem nice too
Delay & reverb, nice reverb, delay is a little short i think

Lacks separate EQ for each channel, and more footswitching features, compressor, noise gate

I use it for practice with a custom-built guitar, mahogany body, super strat body shape, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 6 stringer, bill lawrence L500XL bridge, 2 duncan singlecoils

With humbuckers, make no noise at all. Hums with single coils (but hey, there's no noise gate on this thing.. you'd have to expect it.) At max volume, hum pickup, no feedback or noise at all. Used in a living room enviroment.

I play all styles, pop/rock to church-burnin' metal, and it can do everything. Nice rock sound, great for blues, jazz master, and really good metal sound (the r-fier model). I find the metal stack model quite useless, too much chug-chug.. probably good for old school metal. For jazz, pop/rock, metal and blues it's perfect, maybe it lacks just a tiny bit in a hard rock setting (i.e. def leppard, kiss, deep purple-kind music.) Distortion is really nice, i burn two-three churches a week and i think it's got plenty. Pinch harmonics really scream, i compared this with a marshall AVT fullstack and the marshall lost distortion-wise, plus pinch harmonics on the marshall sounded real crappy. Clean channel is clean even at max volume.
Reverb is great, delay is pretty good, chorus is really nice, i rarely use the phaser, but it delivers, i don't use the other effects.

This plays really loud for being rated 30 watts, perhaps because of the easy driven 10" speaker. A line6 spider II 212 (75 watts, 2x12" speakers) barely plays louder, and i know, since one bandmember o'mine has it.

Gets a lil minus, i don't like the metal stack model + it doesn't like single coil pickups.

Hey it's a roland, you could microwave it for an hour and it would come out fine. Speaker element is protected by a metal grill, it can take a kick, i use this as a seat all the time and it still works. Speaker element can play at max volume for hours, doesn't blow. If our employers couldn't get us a good fullstack (mesa, engl, krank, orange) for a gig i'd go with this. I'd choose this over a fender or marshall.

Never dealt with them, but i bought this from a music store, so i'd deal with them not roland

Been playing for 3 years, besides this i have a engl powerball / mesa 4x12 combo but it doesn't sound nice on low volumes, plus i only use the stack in studio / for gigging because my neighbors are sons of bitches and call the cops as soon as i crank the volume on the cube past 5.

If it were stolen, i'd get either this or the new vox ac-30, i havent tried the ac-30 yet but i hear it's good, but it's a vox and vox has a hate it or love it sound so i'd probably get this as it has a more generic sound

I compared this with various amps in the 300$-400$ price range and this thing beat them all, the spider II which would cost $170 more came close but i like this better. I suggest you try the vox ac-30 too, though. I got a good deal on this too, retail price where i live (norway) is $450 so.. at this price it's like a 9.9. I'd want separate eq's though, but no biggie.

Eu comprei este amplificador no ano de 2005. N?o sei quando foi feito, mas acredito que seja neste mesmo ano. Versatil ??? Este amplificador e uma m?o na roda. Pra tocar em casa n?o tem nada melhor. Vou fazer uma comparac?o simples. Faca o preco de um Meteoro Thor Plus e some uma pedaleirazinha simples. Ja chegou aos R$700,00? Ent?o pode parar e comprar este amplificador. 4 distorc?es claras, delay e flanger de qualidade. So ai ja vai mais de R$1.000,00. Eu uso este amplificador em casa, para estudo. Ainda n?o usei no palco, mas acho que n?o vai decepcionar.

Minha guitarra e uma Epiphone Les Paul Standard Left-handed de 1997. Os controles de equalizac?o n?o s?o muito versateis. O controle de agudo ate que e bom, mas o de medios n?o faz muita diferenca. De graves ate que soam bem. O canal limpo e brilhante, doce e muito bom de se ouvir. As simulac?es s?o boas. N?o s?o perfeitas, mas s?o muito boas. A distorc?o METAL e arrasadora. A STACK e muito boa. A RECTY da vontade de tocar power chords pro resto da vida. A TWEED e legalzinha e a BLACK PANEL e perfeitinha para solinhos limpos e levadas swingadas.

Achei muito robusto. Sem defeitos. Rocha pura.

The cube 30 has all the fearures you will need and more.

The cube 30 can make brutal noises.It has 8 kind of distortion(lead): acoustic, brit combo, tweed, r-fier, metal, black pannel, classic stack.It also has wicked efx: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, independent delay/reverb. And for the clean channel, the cube 30 reproduce the sound of the legendairy JC-120!

I totally depend on it.

They were incredible. Mine was 375 $ and i got it for 300 $.

It has been 8 years since i started playing. I had a laredo guitar, behringer amp, and now a cube 30 and a Samick av3. If it was stolen i would buy it again, of course.

Mine was made in 2004 and is the same model that is being produced today, and was being produced through the nineties. The main thing about this combo is it massive versatility. The first channel, is JC clean, models the bigger roland JCs and its clean as a whistle. The second channel is where the versatility gets involved. It has a cute acoustic sound, a "black panel" model which i think is simulating a black face (that would make sense), it has a brit combo (vox AC-30), a tweed model, a classic stack (marshall I guess) a metal (peavey?) and a Rectifyer (Mesa/Boogie REcto). These obviously dont match the real amps but the style is the same and therefore they are usefull. ROland owns boss so the 'COSM' models that are on this amp are the same as on the boss pedals like "amp factory". The main gripe i have is that there is only one eq section, and that does both channels, the other is switching between models is a pain also. It has some pretty worthless effects Chorus TRem Flange and Phase but its nice to have them. It also has very useable reverb and delay.

I use it with a Epi Les paul and a PRS McArthy Soapbar. Ill start by saying that this is my favourite practise amp and it sounds great with both guiatr. It has a really warm bottom end for a solid state amp. Although i wouldnt gig with this, it certainly has the quality of sound to mike for a rehersal if need be. It does just what you tell it too, with the dials and your fingers. The brit combo model especially responds well to the dynamics and pressure of your picking. The distortion can go crazy with the gain knob cranked and you get get anything from sprkling cleans to bluesy crunch to metal head. I am giving it 8 for sound quality because it doesnt hold a candle to the better tube amps, but I think it could take on any other transistor amp.

I defininatly doubt it would break at a gig, it doesnt run hot like a valve amp, but it did get stuck on channel two for a while. The shop gave me a new one so Ive never dealt with customer support.

Never dealt with them

Ive been playing four years, and Ive had three practise amps, this one is the best. Its an important tool for jammin with when you dont have the car space or energy to load up the Mesa. Its got a clever thing to hold the cable on the back (like a zip tie thing) but no space behind the speaker for cables and pedals. It doesnt sound tacky like its marshall, fender and line 6 competitors but it would be the perfect practise amp, with a footsswitch and seperate EQ.

Not sure year made, but bought 2004 to use as stage foldback with acoustic electric. Not very effective competing with the other guitar player's 100w Music Man combo. I am happy to work with what it is - in my opinion, setting limits for yourself is good practice as a creative person.

I now sit the amp on the drum riser and go directly through the foldback. I play an epiphone Dot deluxe through the JC120 channel with a smidgen of chorus, on the other side, I use the Classic stack with tremelo halfway. The reverb is set on about a quarter. I mix the Dot pickups - full neck, three quarters bridge.
I got heaps of complaints at first when miked up and trying to play with heavy distortion. That was never my style anyway. It is much better now. The blues sounds I get are like an ol-bitey block of Kraft cheese.
The JC120 channel sounds fab - I use this for choppy, syncopated grooves and ballads.

Does what it is supposed to do. Feels solid. Everything works.

Billy Hydes, Victoria have a great guitar department, so I will phone them if I need to.

I have been playing for 20yrs in Christian church services. This is my first guitar amp. If it were stolen, I would replace it.
I compared this with the VOX and Marshall practice amps. This beat them hands down.

I am currently using two Cube 30's set up in stereo. I play primarily in a solo and duo (with a bassist) Jazz settings with these amplifiers. Although many people have panned these as "practice amps", I have had incredible luck with them in large hotel meeting rooms, brew pubs, and small outdoor concerts,(once playing in a very loud blues band setting) all without the benefit of a PA. The combination of portability, usable but not overpowering effects, and most importantly GREAT SOUND, has made these amplifiers indispensable to me.

I am currently playing a number of different guitars through this set-up. My primary guitars are a Rick Turner Renaisance Nylon string, a Tradition SP1 Strat style guitar with stacked humbuckers (a wonderful guitar, please see my review on this also...) and a Cort Joe Beck hollowbody. I am using the 'BLACKFACE" model set to a clean but warm sound. I add delay ( and sometimes just a touch of chorus) to help acheive a nice stereo spread effect.

In a solo setting I play primarily fingerstyle jazz chord melody. In the duo setting we stretch out to more towards jazz improvisation and blues. I have always been very, very, pleased with the articulation that comes from these amplifiers, no matter what guitar is played through them.

No idea about the reliability. It's a Roland. You can get them just about everywhere. Plus they don't cost a lot!!! I always take two with me anyway so I don't worry too much. Plus jazz chord melody is not real brutal on an amp.

Never dealt with the company.

I have been playing for a long time, 30+ years. I have had coutless guitars over the years and still have over 20. I have also had (and stil have) many amplifiers... Mesa Boogie, Fender, Peavey, Carvin, Standel, Gallien Kruger, Silvertone, and Polytone. At this point in my life, and for this kind of music, these amps are my hands down favorites.

The best not practice amp money can buy!

30 watts solid state COSM modeling amp with a 10" speaker and a closed back, 2 channels, 4 effects (chorus, flanger, phaser and tremolo) with a separate Reverb/Delay knob, 3 band Eq., earphones Jack an "play along with CD's" input Jack.

Channel 1 is modeled after roland's JC clean amp.
Channel 2 offers several amp models wich include : Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal Stack, R-fier Stack.

I'm currently using this with a yamaha RGX121D, an Ibanez RG170R and an Ibanez Artcore AF75 hollow guitar, all straight in to the amp. (notice that the pickups on all of this are not to hot)

The amp is very versatile soundwise, even though it doesn't have as many amp models as some other modeling amps do, the efects section is very limited and the efects are very basic sounding but the reverb and delay are just right (to my taste) since i only tend to use a little bit of them to ad depth and to avoid totaly dry sounds, I don't use the other efects as much (maybe a bit of chorus on the clean channel).

The modeling itself is fun to use and not as dull as some other modelers i heard, obviously it doesn't sound or react as real tubes should do but it's half way there since it does react to playing dynamics better than other solid state amps that i have tried (this is a personal taste thing though).

The one thing that impresed me when i first tried it is that it can get really loud at the lowest settings and it seems to handle loud volumes well without speaker distorting or farting out, this is a good thing especialy on the clean channel. (also good headroom for such a tiny amp)

all models have their "sweet" spot after a little bit of tweak, i tend to gravitate around midrange sounds rather than scooped (i dislike too much trebble for some reason)yet with this amp i play with EQ settings on all positions more then with other amps i have used, the EQ settings make a big difference from model to model, as if the models where voiced to react diferently to eq settings with each model. also the diference betwen single coils and humbuckers is quite dramatic, but in a good way (at least for me):

Acoustic - sounds better with the archtop to get a electroacustic kind of sound, however i don't use this setting as much since all acoustic models on every modeler i tried tend to sound flat and unimpresive.

Black Panel - i love this model, it doesn't get dirty as you turn the gain up, instead it just gets louder and it affects the warmth of the model a bit. with the mids set slightly behind the trbble knob i can get a very "snappy" sound when used with single coils without loosing low end. (great for blues)

Brit Combo - this one has the vox AC30 type of sound and it tends to sound good with a little bit of dirt (gain slightly pass half way), I'm not a very big fan of this sound but don't find it bad or useless, so i use it only if i'm in the mood, i do find it better with the Artcore than with the solid bodies.

Tweed - Another one i like, with the gain around 3.5, mids and trebble about 6.5 and bass at about 3 through single coils it sounds clean with an edge if i pick hard, again a very bluesy sound.

Classic Stack - this one is good for hendrix / srv / classic rock type of sounds that need only a small amount of gain (crunch)yet is very warm and it has good sustain, it has an enhanced midrange on the overall sound, so is best to roll the mid knob back a little for this one, it works great with both single coils and humbuckers.

Metal Stack - This is my favorite, great for hard rock or metal, it has a reasonable amount of gain without getting hissy or mudy, the eq setting for this one i tend to change depending on the mood (gain always on 10), i find this one to be great for soloing and rythm alike with both humbuckers and single coils , Very versatile, and it even cleans up a little bit when rollong back the guitar volume knob without a drop in volume.

R-fier Stack - this one is the tipical mesa rectifier sound, kind of trebbly if you ask me, but it gets a good metal sound rolling up the mids to 10 en the treble back to about 5, also helps if i lower the gain a bit, not bad but i find th "metal stack" better for metal.

Channel 1 - this one is an all around good neutral clean sound that sounds good for just about everything, it even likes pedals and overdrive/dirt boxes. O yeah this channel is GREAT f

Its solid and rigid and very well built, since i've only had it for a month and a half and i don't take it out, i figure that it will last, (Also modeling amps tend to be much like computers on their power requirements and benefit from surge protectors or voltage conditioners to avoid damage from power surges or irregularities in electric current).

its probably the most solid and straight forward practice amp. with a great versatility, great sound and most importantly FUN to play with, as it is so easy to use, much like a standard amp, no need to go trough patches or programs wich is a big plus for me at this time since i just want to plug and play. there is a lot of room for improvements in the effects section, i would have liked an effects loop for better versatility but at this price that is pushing it.

Amazing value, worth considering upgrading to a CUBE 60 in case it got lost or stolen.