Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

Many features for an inexpensive, small solid state amp. I believe there are nine amp choices, several effects choices from chorus to flanger to reverb to delay, and volume, master, bass, mid and treble controls. The 60 watts are plenty of power to jam with, and the 12" speaker sounds great.

With my Strat, Carvin and Les Paul, the amp sounds very good with both single and humbucker pickups. My favorite amp models are the marshall, vox and Roland JC120. My rock and roll/ blues style suit these settings very well. The amp is quiet in most settings. I have some fun playing with the 5150 and Mesa Boogie settings as well. I also use my Keeley modded TS-9 Tube Screamer in front of the JC 120 with great results. For the size and price, this amp delivers!

I have never experienced trouble with Roland or Boss products; however I have not owned this amp long.

I have never dealt with Roland on any matter.

I have been playing off and on for 33 years, primarily for fun. I own several guitars and a Fender Deville tube amp as well. I love my Deville with some great pedals. But for carrying around to friendly jams and small performances, this Cube 60 is wonderful. I would certainly consider buying the Cube series again.

Great features,though I agree with all the critisims post in other reviews I must add that the acoustic simulator does very lttle for my Gibson and I would like to see auto wah like the one in the bass cube.

This amp is hooked up to a marshall 212 loaded with kendrick black frame speakers. This addition produces way more volume espeacially bass. The dyna amp is my favorite with the classic marshall model a favorite for playing loud. I like the wide variety of amp models exept the tweed. Does anybody have a use for this? This is my first week with this amp and my opinion may change once i have grown acostomed to the sound of this amp. I really do preffer tube amps and this amp lacks that kind of vibe though all of its advantages make it a solid choice for a pro. This thing kranks with a 212 I would like to hook up two. It has a hissing sound that is very audible in a quiet room though it is certainlynot a magor concern. I give this amp a 9 for sound considering it is solid state, compact, inexpensive and has a sweet cab hooked up to it.

Roland is legendary for reliability. I have owned many and they are desighned and built very durably and they look good too.

I have dealt with them and they were helpfull.

Ive been playing for 15 years,5 pro This amp has replaced a Boss gt-6 hooked up to a Roland Bolt 100 in favor of a lighter more portable setup. I wish it was available as a head unit with 4 6l6 power tubes and had 10 memory presets,two fully independant channels and power amps (one for electric one for piezo),full midi implementation and a wah bassed on there V-Wah . hah. wishfull thinking, but maybe some roland desighner is reading these reviews to get ideas for the next cube 100 performance amp.

The main thing I was looking for in an amp was a great tone to compliment my jazz archtop. I knew this one had it the moment I played through it. What's more, the tone controls on the clean channel really affect the sound variations to where I can easily hear the settings I like. The effects sound natural to me, WAY BETTER than the Line 6 Spider II, which was a big disappointment. The enclosed speaker cabinet is far superior to open back amplifiers, which tend to sound whooshy.

I play a lot of chord melody and jazz lines. Kevin articulated it very well in his review: this amp does give you a "feel," and makes you play better. It sounds so good you don't want to quit playing. It has more power than I'll ever use, but when I cranked it up on the clean channel there was no distortion and no background noise. I am thrilled at finding this gem of an amp.

Like Korg, Roland has a reputation for reliability. It looks like a tough little brute to me and hopefully will last forever.

Just got it!

I've been playing 45 years and have owned many amps, including a Fender tweed, Benson, Carvin, Peavey and Yamaha. I would take the Roland Cube 60 over all of them. Price-wise, I paid more for my Benson back in the 60s! This amp meets all my requirements for gigs and home use. Why would you need anything else?

i was one of the first to buy this amp in the USA. I've been traveling the west side of the USA jammin with the Cube 60. I'm on the rode as i write this. The amp offers many OD's and Effects. I think the effects are a little too much for minimum setting. I think ROLAND need to fix that. All the OD's are very good. I get some very convincing fender tones on the blackface and tweed. It also offers some great marshall and Vox tones. This is the best little solid state amp i have ever played.

I'm a rock and roll/blues guy. I think this amp can provide any desired tone. THe clean channel also great for using with other OD pedals. you can switch between clean and OD channels with a boss switch. I like the DYNAMICS options. actually its the one i use the most. I swear it sounds like a good tube amp.
I amazed how quiet this amp is; no buzz'n at all.

I have had this amp on the road playen 3 nights a week for about 6 months. I have reallly cranked on this amp, no problems.......

don't know

well, i have played a few marshalls and fender tube amps. They are a pain in the but, since reliability is a problem. The weight of the amps also is a issue, thats why i bought this amp. I usually just play straight through with this amp, unless its a bigger night club, then i use a mic. This is a very good amp. I highly recommend you try one. Also, i don't understand why some buy this amp to use with other effects only. This amp offers better OD tones than any BOSS pedal i've played. TRY ONE

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extra plus for seperate line-out and phone/recording out, so you can plug the cube into a pa and you can hear yourself via the built-in speaker

I play a modified mex-tele with dimarzio-hb in neck-position, a tele-copy from a local git-builder and an old ibanez studio. Styles are blues, rock, pop, jazz and beyond. I looked for a little amp for rehears and small gigs. Were impressed by the clean(jc)-channel - very warm, loud and clear, does react on picking, same goes for the second channel. Very interesting is the dyna-comp. I get best results with gain very low. Also found a bluesy-crunchy tone with black panel - gain at 2 o'clock. Effects are very nice but for my taste the chorus is a little to much on its lower level, can get very cool old-style sounds with the ibanez, tremolo and slight delay. Phaser is good for funky sounds
When playing very quiet you can hear a little digital noise while the tone is ringing out, but this isn't very anoying and you won't recognize when you playing with a band.
Overall: very good for a none-tube amp!

looks very reliable!

I'm playing guitar for 15 years, played several transistor amps by hughes and kettner, now using also a marshall jcm900 combo. I like the cube a lot. Sure, it can't beat my marshall tonewise, but the different sounds you can from the cube are a big plus. It's the best-sounding trans-amp I tried out, light, small and portable, the thing I was looking for!

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It's the exact same amp as the Cube-30 with 60 watts, a 12" SPKR and a bunch of cool I/O--oh, and the aforementioned Dyna-amp. Here's the deal about that. It's a cool concept, except the clean part of the dynamics sounds too much like the Acoustic setting and not much like a cool amp like a Deluxe or a Twin or a Marshall. But it works well for me as I pick w/fingers and you get a ton of dynamics with the Dyna you can exploit well w/fingers.

The 60 actual sounds worse than the 30 in some ways. For instance, w/my Dan U2 the 30 w/the gain dimed sound incredible. But w/the 60 just ok. Same w/the Marshall clone setting--the 30 has these incredible overtones which sing through the 10" but are more muddy through the 12".

Having said that, the extra 30 watts makes the difference between gigable/jammable and a home wank box. No way could you take the 30 to a club and get heard. But the 60 kicks serious ass. The enclosed spkr has great, clean thump. And if you've ever heard the fartly Behr Vampire buzzfest when you crank. you know the value of solid, tight, buzzless bottom end from a light, cheap, compact amp. Priceless.

Anyway, the 60 is a great jam session amp--light, loud, lots of cool tones, and here's the killer:

The Vampire totally blows in terms of cab quality and distorted tones. Thin, hard, buzz--no character or overtones--the worst of tranny amp hell. It's downright criminal! Tho its clean sounds record incredibly well! Go figger. Now, the only other simulator I checked out was the Cyber-Deluxe. That had killer, sparkly Fender sounds but the whole Marshall distortotronic thing was weak. Not nearly as bad as the Behr, but lacking in definition and character. Not fun to play.

The 30/60 COSM series can't get the Fendery stuff down so hot, but the Marshall crunch/overtones are sweet and musical--best I ever heard. And the Fenders are liveable. No sparkle, but the Twin has the hard, clean, bright dominating thang and the Tweed sounds kinda retro, though too small, thin and dark. But workable.

Thing is, the Fenders and the Marshall are not clones, but all great fun to play, as they're dynamic w/tubey musical overtones. Add in the fascinating Dyna-amp, the fake acoustic and bob's yer uncle.

The other buzzsaw amps are a joke. Angry bees sound better. The AC-30 ain't too bad if you like dead guys from Liverpool music--set on bridge P/U and lay into Day Tripper riff and blimey, you're in Studio 3 at Abbey Road. But who ever used an AC-30 for blues or real rock? Tom Petty? I rest me case.

Bottom line--this is really a super useful, powerful, lightweight amp built like a bank vault which can pull out a buttload of tones out of it's arse. And has a wad of cool efx at a twist of a knob.

Downside is no presets, no midi, no channel switching beyond going from JC Clean to one of the simulators. Which is sorta ok, but not really. Most of the time you'd rather go from clean crunch/edge to mid crunch for leads, not from smooth jazz clean to Stevie Ray TS-9 lead tones. What sense does that make???

Now I've heard the record out w/the spkr sim. Save your bytes. Ain't happening. They kinda dropped the ball on the direct record/headphone out. Sounds cheezy and buzzy and sh!t. Too bad. The spkr sim is not adjustable, and it's poorly done. Hell, can't have everything.

But just mike the spkr w/a 57 and you're good to go.

Come on, this thing is a shick brickhouse.

Roland is big, and gonna be around for a while. I mo be there--up and over.

I've been around the block. You could gig with this thing. Matter of fact, it makes a fantastic gig backup amp since it's tubeless (read: w/always work right after getting dropped off the tailgate), cheap and light and small--and can do the job. If somebody's paying me to play--make mine a George Dennis or Gibson Goldtone or something expensive, ornery, complex and soulful. But for rehearsal, jams, general fun you can't beat this $299 sucker with a stick--even a gimungous one.

enough options too get great effects ranging from beautifull chorus too heavy distortion. Effect sound really authentic too me... less digital then the line-6 spiderII for instance

When i first heard this amp..... i was blown away. The cube 30 is great too but the dyna amp really is a great bonus option. And you can sertainly gig with this one...

If an elefant sits on ot....... it'll still hold

Haven't had the pleasure. Cause it's frikkin'reliable like a tank!!

Great,great amp. Been playing for 16 years now. One of my most precious possesions (like gollem with his ring). Preciousssss


One question maybe other owners know: Not sure about the recording function....haven't really inspected that function... is it good to record with? heard that the cube30 speaker falls out when pugged into record does the cube 60 have the same problem?

This is a update to my earlier posting. Tried this amp out for the first time last weekend with the band and it did not cut through like I had hoped.I run a boss me50 in front and it sounded kind of thin even with all my hours of tweaking.I still like this amp but not for a live giging amp.If you are in a band that is not to loud this might work for you.It is loud for a 60 watt and does not break up to bad at high volumes but Iam going to stick with my marshalls even thought hey are bigger and heavier. I still give this amp a 7 for what it is and what you get for the price.

2004 Got this amp 60 days ago. Been running it through the paces and all in all a very nice sounding amp. I really like the Brit Combo and Met stack settings. The R-fier is fun to play around with. Have not got the feel for the vibro amp setting. I wish it came with a 3 way foot switch. To get the Boss F5U it would be another $100.

I play a '62 reissue Strat that just sings. 3 way switching. also use on occasion my sons Squier Standard Strat. I just love the way some of these modelings sound with the gain turned off. I see that sometimes when the gain is pushed the amp does sound shrilly. The warm sound of the brit combo is just awesome. I also like the JC clean channel. You can really lighten up the amp with the bright switch.

just got it. Roland is known for quality

havent had to deal with them

I have been playing for the better part of 20 years. Have owned a lot of different stuff. Mostly used Fender amps in the past. Getting older and I like the 1 stop shopping of this amp. I am not sure of a sound that I have tried to get that I couldnt with this amp. I looked at the Line 6 and a couple of Fender models but for the money you just cant beat the versatility of this model.

WOOOO WEEE they finally released the CUBE 60. I've had the CUBE 30 for a while. I love this cube series of amps. I think the key to these amps is the FEEL of the tone. other amps don't have that feel, thus you don't play as well. What i mean by feel, is that the amp is like one with the guitar and does not alter the tone of the guitar.
the cube 60 has more options than the cube 30, but cost a little more $125. it has a record out, line out, speaker out, effects, overdrives, 2 channels.

My opinion, best sounding amp. I have had so many amps, SUPER REVERB, TWIN, CUBE 30, VOX AD30, and so on. The cube amps provides me with a tone that makes me play better. I think the VOX AD 30 series lack the feel you get from the cube amps. I need to sell my VOX. I still have my super reverb, but i play the cube more. I can get tones out of the cube that just make playen guitar so fun. I get tones with that SRV brite bite crunch i can't get with the super reverb. I need to sell the super reverb. I think the cube 60 is a little louder than the cube 30 and sounds a little warmer. I still like the cube 30, so i'll keep it. I wish the cube 60 had a aux in like the cube 30, but i think the cube 60 is a little more professional. I highly recommend you try one before buying another amp, i think you'll be suprised. try a fender guitar with a setting of STACK, Gain=10, Vol=11, Bass=3, Treble=1, Mid=9, Reverb=3. All settings are in "TIME CLOCK" settings. I think thats a awsome SRV tone for TEXAS FLOOD.

no problems with the CUBE series

i've been playing 15 years. I take my cube amp to all the local bars to JAM. I'm a blues/classic rock guy. I personally don't think any other kinds of music exist. I love this CUBE 60 amp and will keep it for a long time. I have other expensive amps, but i'm selling them and keeping the cube 30 and 60. i like that the 60 can plug into a PA system, so if you need more volume you can get it. But, its pretty loud.