Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

Bought new in '05. Gives about 9 amp models to play with. On one side of the amp you have the clean Roland sound. On the other side, there are 8 amp models. Reverb and delay share a knob, and chorus, flange, phase and tremelo share a knob. The EQ knobs and effects are shared by both sides. No footswitches or built in tuner, but I could care less. It's loaded with features. Totally closed back cabinet. Kind of "industrial" looking and Roland should consider packaging this amp in a warmer, more vintage look.

I love the sound and versatility of this amp. I have been playing electric guitar for 30 years and have owned some excellent guitars amd amps over the years. I am particularily fond of the Classic and Blackface models for serious work, although other models are usable too. The Cube 60 works well for small venues and I've used it miked at outdoor gigs with good results. It works well for recording too; clean tones come through very well with the 'direct out' option, but I would recommend cranking it and miking it for loud crunch or distorted leads. I prefer to select a specific model such as Classic, and use a pedal for more drive, chorus, etc., thus, don't care that this thing lacks channel switching or presets. It sounds very natural on clean settings, and when drive is added, it crunches up nicely with a tube-like sound. No transistor gritty fuzzy overdrive here that gives solid state amps a bad name - just a smooth and fluid drive. Works best with humbuckers and P-90's, or single coil neck pickups. It sounds a litte shrill and unnatural with single coil bridge pickups on my strat and tele except on very clean settings. My number one gripe with this amp is that the effects (chorus, flange, phase, tremelo) are way to "in your face" even at their lowest settings, therefore I find them unusable. If you want just a touch of chorus from this amp....... forget it. It's a very quiet amp and must have a built in noise gate.

So far so good after one year on fairly demanding use.

Don't know.

This amp sounds huge, loud and natural if played right, and can definitely fool the ears of tube guys like me. I have seen in other reviews that this amp is very popular with experienced players who have played professionally and owned many fine amps. That speaks volumes for the Cube 60. Sure, it's a fun and capable practice amp, but it also works well for live work and recording. I'll never give up my old Fender and Boogie amps in favor of the Cube 60, but I'm open-minded enough to say that solid state amps can sound killer too.

Effect, ODs, Clean, Delay, Reverb

LOVE IT ! had the amp for 3 years, still amazed how good it sounds.
WHAT WOULD I DO TO IMPROVE THE AMP ?

1. The effects are too much at low settings. Change the range....
2. Be able to save 5 presets.
3. A foot switch to change to different ODs.
4. Built in Tuner

I think its the sold state amp ever designed. For small venues (20), its good enough in volume. For a practice amp, you can't beat it.

NO PROBLEM

DON'T KNOW

LOVE IT ! I have many expensive tube amps that I never play. i play the ROLAND. Its just a FUN FUN amp to play.

This amp has many usable sounds and features. In order of importance, here is what I find lacking and could use some improvement. (I hope Roland is listening)
1) There are not enough control for the built-in effects. There is no way to control the amount of the effect and I find that the amount that Roland has selected for you is way too much. This will be subjective for and different for each user. Please add an "level" control for the effect in addition to the parameter. Make this 2 knobs instead of 1.
2) A build in tuner would eliminate an extra thing to carry along. I suspect this is coming since Roland has recently introduced a Cube 15x and 30x amps that have this feature.
3)A 3way footswitch instead of 3 single footswitches.
4) The ability to store presets would make this amp a total winner. (This feature may be a stretch for such a small amp).

I love the small compact size and the light weight. Do not change this.


If Roland adds 1 and 2, I will trade up right away.

Surprisingly good for a small amp. Much more powerful than I expected. I use a Godin Acs Nylon String and I am amazed at how good the guitar sounds through this amp. I am replacing a Fender Prosonic and not looking back.

2006 Roland Cube 60 watt transister with built in effects.
Wish it had an effects loop! Just Purchased it very happy with the flexibility of this amp. It is five Amps in one. This Amp is Very Loud, I think 60W is a conservative rating, Am playing this Amp through a 4x12 Quadbox - it is louder than my 50W Valve Combo! The Effects are all I will need. Had to buy footswitches (Bummer) worst than that need three cables going back to the amp from the pedals.

I love the sound of this Amp. Clean Channel is Rich And Full with sparkling top end, never tried a JC120 before but I can see why now people love that clean sound. Terrific headroom up loud, havent found this amp's limit yet, the clean channel very slightly dirtied so giving a warm tube like tone. Love the COSM dirty sounds, You can get a some very tube like tones - this is a tube killer amp, unlike alot of Transister Amps it does sound as good as it does Loud & Live as it does in the shop. Through my Quadbox the sound is huge, Really if you think its loud on its own try a Quady! thought it might blow it up but Roland recommends it. My band plays a lot of ACDC & general rock type stuff and this amp cuts it. Great Stevie Ray Sounds As well. Reacts to Different Guitars Like A good Amp Should.

Have one Huge Gripe that no seems to have mentioned before, I cannot find a boost pedal that boosts the volume on the dirty channel for Solos. Tried lots of preamp & EQ Pedals - all they do is make the sound distorted. It seems to load up the input like its high impedance or compressed. An effects loop would solve this - stupid Roland! Anyone got an answer please let me know!

Thought I would need two for reliablity & Power - I was wrong.

Not Much in Australia

Have been playing for 27 Years this my first Transister Amp. Its the first amp to convert me over. Allways loved combos - great for small gigs, need to be louder plug into ext speaker. This is more Tube like than my last Amp, would love to have Randall RM100C Combo but too Expensive.

Had the amp for about 19 months. Bought 2 of them. Lots of features...already covered. This review is based on my personal tastes..... Let your own ears and fingers decide. I play evrything. Blues with one band. Chick music (Sara Evans, Sara Mclachlin, Etheridge etc) in another band. Hendrixy SRV stuff in another as well as rearranged classics kicked up for a 3 piece power trio.

This amp models many amplifiers. For me, the jc120, blackface, acoustic, and their marshall clone is all I use. I am not a heavy distortion user, however, the other amp models do produce a very good replica of some of the boogies and early marshalls. I have a corral of vintage tube amps and was able to tweak this amplifier very close and in some cases what I would call exact sound copy. These amps are: fender deluxe reverb, fender deluxe reverb II, fender super champ, fender pro reverb, fender pro junior, fender bassman. I have some boogies, traynor, crate vc and Z but I only tried to match my fender stuff. The guitar "Feels" decent but not quite like the real McCoy. It is definitely usable though. It has a built in noise gate of some sort that quiets things down once the guitar output drops below a certain point. I would suggest turning your guitar volume knob down between songs when using the gainier amps. For guitars right now I am using Strats. Ranging from 1965 to AM Dlx Anniversay models. Stock pickups, new S1 type pickups and REAL handwound Bill Lawrence pickups...from the old guy in PA, not the crap from the CA company that won the lawsuit. It works for me.

Does it handle pedals? Some. Ofcourse it will handle any of the time-based stuff okay but who knows about the gain and overdrive pedals. I only tried it with what I use gigging which is the Prosound Communications Xotic AC and RC booster. It works with them acceptably, especially on the blackface setting. Keep in mind that those pedals will make ANY amp sound better IMO.

I have very nice gear, others have great gear. You sit there in a room and tweak an amp and you get it to sound incredible. You have these expensive amps and they sound great. Then you go to a gig with a lousy sound guy or you play a room where you can't turn up the amp.... so what good are they. They're wonderful for your own enjoyment or you can brag about them to another musician.

The only people that really hear the "awesome" tone are usually you and maybe a few musicians that show up at a gig to see your stuff. The average person in the audience couldn't tell if you were using a gorilla practice amp or dumble.

Uh oh..... I went of the path somewhere... no actually I was at GC on my lunch break and just was amazed at the BS a sales guy was selling a mom looking for a rig for her kid to start playing..... sorry.

I have two. I gig with it. Rehearse with it. No problems. Sometimes I use it in conjuction with a Fender tube amp with my Morley A/B/Y switch. The only issue I have with the roland amps is that the female jacks are crap. If you put any presure on them, the plastic nut cracks. It doesn't cause a faulty connection, but the jack forever gets loose. Everyone is moving to these dirt cheap female 1/4 inch jacks...it's so sad. BTW, it stays in my trunk and gets knocked around a lot!

Roland, for me, pretty much makes a good product but I have had issues with them in the past.... had to deal with an arrogant phone rep trying to order a keyboard manual...... they used to charge for their manuals rather than let you download them... I think they have finally reached the present day and are letting you get documents for free. How nice. Other than that, like it has been said before, their stuff is solid (cept for the jacks). It will out last me I'm sure.

Been playing for 40 years. I have mostly old Fender tube amps, boogies, Z, Roland micro cube. I usually use a Deluxe or Pro Jr or this amp. It's solid! It's Roland. Flat out, this works and if anyone complains about it, they're a snob or they have never gigged in the real world. I gig with this thing when I feel like to prove a point to the snobs that show up at some of my gigs. I try every modeling thingy that comes out. Soundwise a lot of the modeling gear works but they just don't make the guitar "FEEL" like the real thing. If you grew up on tubes, you know what I mean. Many of the newer players that never had tubes have no problem with the solid state and digital stuff. I wish that was the case for me.

It won't get stolen or lost. I wouldn't replace it. I have another one so I would try something different. I don't love anything about it. I really like it and it serves me well. If you have ever played a Z, that is an amp to love. The cube 60 works with my fingers. If you know how to play, you can use any amp and make it work for you. I hate the jacks. I know a number of guys with the same background I have musically and they have started using the roland cube amps. These are old school fender guys also. I have gigged with the Roland microcube with an sm57 on it and direct to board also. Believe it or not, I like the microcube the most. I also like the cube 30 version more than the cube 60. That's just me.

2006. Effects need to be more versatile.

Sounds great. For $350, it's a deal. Clean channel shines and seems to let the guitar's true tone through without coloring the sound. I can see whay Jazz players are attracted to it. For Rock and Metal, there's a range of tones to choose from. You can get anything from a little midrangey break up to scooped Recto style tones. It's quiet as a mouse, thanks to the built-in noice gating, though the noise gate's not adjustable (good). The gate does cut off some notes if you're playing extremely soft, but that's a good tradeoff for the ability to filter noise. One thing that I really like is the fact that this amp has a presence control. Many modelling amps don't have one, and it's always a deal breaker for me. Without that, I can never get the kind of top-end "snap" and pick attack I like. The 60 watts should be loud enough for a reasonable band. I wouldn't use an amp this small on a large stage, but for rehearsals and small gigs it seems like it'd be loud enough to comete with an average drummer. The only thing I don't care for is the effects. The reverb and delay are ok, nothing to write home about, and the chorus/flange/tremelo section is just dull, uninteresting, and overpowering on even the lowest settings. Overall, the whole package is growing on me. Not sure if it's this amp, my new American Deluxe HSS Strat, or a combination of the two, but everytime I plug in I find new sounds. At the same time, you can quickly get a tone and play without feeling the need to tweek it into the midnight hours.

It's built well enough for around hauling town. Be careful of the knobs.

Overall it's a great amp. Maybe perfect for an amp that's highly portable, lightweight and versatile. Jazz players seem to dig it for its clean channel and Polytone-like appearance similarities. Speaker out, headphone out, and tuner out just adds to the usefulness. I'd trade the fruity chorus effect for an effects loop. It's hard to beat an amp with this range of tones in a 1x12 config for $350. If it was toasted, I'd compare another one side by side with a Valvetronix and choose the better one. But that'd be a close call, I imagine.

Well, 60W solidstate amp with emulated stuff from polular amps some effects

I use Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul. It works very nice for small gigs, and "Lower volumes",. It is quite silent, the sound is very versatile , you can adjust it to any kind of sound you like. The EQ is working in better than on many all-tube amps (also the one it has the COSM modells from). the 12" speaker sounds great.

The tone is in your fingers - but this amp will not destroy it. For the price it beats most of its competitors.

You can drop it from a truck and still it will work...

Dont know - this is a solid box....

Played for 30 years, most rock and blues I baught it as a practice amp, but have ended up using it on gigs with small space on the stage, and lower volumes. I have a Marshall rack (60 kg) and two Marshall 2x12" cabinets (2x20 kg) as my main gear - this weighs about 17 kg's - so when I dont want to carry the big amp rack, the CUBE is used. It plays very loud for a 60W Solid state....

I will keep this amp for a while

To all the tube-freaks: Your ears may fool you on this one. it is a lot of dynamics in this amp. But dynamics is also a matter of guitar pickups - and your tone in your fingers. I use Fender/gibson's with high quality pickups and electronic HW - and feel good about the tone and dynamics in this amp.

But it is not a marshall , fender , mesa , vox etc. It's a very cheap "emulated" amp. But it works ....

I would like if it had a boost function "lead/rythm" on a footswitch who increased the master volume some.

The Chorus suck though sounds like a tivoli. Phaser and Tremolo is OK, but tremolo should have two controls depth/rate.

Delay should have time/repeat/mix control.

But you won't be dissapointed with this one..

Bought for practice and portability. Volume enough for small gigs and overall sound quality was above expectations. My favorite amp model is the Blackface and I would like to have it available as my CLEAN channel.

Overall sound quality is excellent. I wanted a portable Solid State amp that was reasonable in size and weight, sounded decent, was affordable and had no tubes to fuss with. I don't use the effects though they are ok. It just doesn't make sense to have to buy all of the individual pedals to access everything. I only care about a clean sound that I like that sounds good. I've got it with the Blackface model. I run my Zoom G9.2tt into this little amp and it sounds very good, and, it's a really portable setup. I've got my other gear when needed, but this can't be beat for hit n' run stuff.

Been playing for many years. Gig regularly. I'd like to see a Cube 100 1-12" amp. More model choices for the clean channel and effects that can be controlled with an included pedal.

2006 Cube 60 - This was originally purchased to have as an alternative to dragging an amp and effects to practice and to eliminate the accompanying set up time. Now it is just guitar, amp, and wah pedal. Works for me!

I use it for practice also for the aforementioned reasons and it is 100% adequate in that regard also. I don't find myself channel switching that often or toggling effects in and out but the Boss FS-6 double foot switch would be cool to buy & I really don't mind buying it if and when I need it because the amp is so inexpensive to begin with especially for what you get.

It has more than enough power for practice & home and would also be useful at a small gig no problem.

I really don't know what all the whining is all about because it does not have super duper adjustability to the effects. How much more do you want to pay for the amp & do you want the panel to look like the Enterprise bridge?

Since I don't use too many effects, the ones included re fun to experiment with. If I like it & use it enough, I'll think about a full on pedal for the stage rig.
Until then I'm having FUN!

The models produce some really good sounds and while they may not be exactly like the "original" they sound GOOD! Again whay all the whining. Just play & have fun. This was only $345 - I wish this was available when I started playing in 1963!

I primarily play two incredible Peavey Limited guitars - an ST (S-S-H) and HB (H-H). They both like the amp.

I play in almost any style I can think of (Blues Jazz, Rock, Surf, Latin, Reggae) and it is so much fun to be bale to have all of these sounds available ON THE AMP!

The models are pretty awesome, especially the Tweed, R-fier and Dyna models. I like all of them but those are my favorites at the moment.

The effects are limited in adjustability, yes, but for someone who wants to play around with new sounds they are FUN and inspiring. I wrote two new tunes in two days just noodling around on this thing! My playing got a craetive boost when I got this.

It's quiet when not playing, the clean stuff is clean (JC + chorus & delay is WAY cool), the tweed model gets bluesy, the black panel gets surfy with the reverb & tremolo, and the R-Fier is pure pedal to the metal - I love it.

Do you think I am having fun? I am having so much, I can't find anything to compalin about! That is where it's at for me.

C,mon it's Roland - this thing will be around for a long time - I never had any trouble with any Boss or Roland product and have not had any from this.

I have been playing for 43 years. My other amp is a Peavey Delta Blues 210 with Digitech and Rocktron pedals. I have been thru EVERYTHING and I can see this as being a keeper.

If it disappeared, I would replace it in a heartbeat. I have had a VOX AD and tried a Line 6 Spider, Fender Cyber, and a Peavey Transtube EFX - it would have been hard to judge between the Peavey & Roland because I like both of them but the Peavey was not in stock when I bought this & it was about $75 more so I am happy I went with the Roland. I do love Peavey gear but unfortunately it was not available at the time or I might still be A/Bing these two!

I'm thinking this is a 2005 Cube-60.

In terms of features, if you're thinking having a bunch of kick-ass amps available in an extremely portable box is a feature, then this amp RULES!!

BUT.... if you have any idea that maybe you'd like to use your own effects, then this amp is featureless. There is NO EFFECTS LOOP, and honestly, the built-in effects are only marginally useful. They're Roland, they should have Roland quality effects, right? Hah! The Delay and Reverb are workable enough, but given the lack of useful control for the Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, and Tremolo, they are useless. (at least the delay and reverb can be used at the same time), but there is NO deep editing of any kind. The Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, and Tremolo are ALL controlled by THE SAME single knob. How much editing of effects do you think you'll with that setup? None.

Another HUGE drawback is the absence of pedals with the amp!!!

Complete corporate greed at work here, as Roland expects you to use "Roland pedals only", and they are NOT included with the amp. So, if you plan on switching between channels (and you can only switch from the clean JC120 to one of the other amps), or if you want to switch any of the effects on/off, or the delay/reverb on or off, you'll need to pony up quite a few more bucks. Each effect requires it's own pedal! - Ok, I came across some Berhinger pedals that are basically TWO A/B pedals in one unit (DUAL A/B SWITCH AB200). Buy two of these instead of FOUR Roland pedals! They work great.

Ok, here's why I bought this amp. The amp sounds (ALL OF THEM) are very useful!! Damn.. I want a nice Fender on the edge of breakup, I got it. I want a Marshall driven hard, I got it. I want a screaming Soldano, I got it! Not to mention the JC 120.. fantastic. The sounds are warm and natural. (Don't even start with the tubes vs. solid state crap.. I could care less if there were hamsters on magic wheels inside the amp. If it sounds good, then it sounds good).

The Dyna-amp amp works beautifully.. play quietly, and the amp is smooth and clean. Hit the volume and the breakup sounds great! There is No noise with this amp either (unless you're playing). And is it loud enough? heh heh, I walked into an audition and the drummer pointed to the Cube 60, and asked if "that amp was going to be loud enough"? Yup, it sure was.. this little bastard puts out the volume!

The value I place on amp tones is how well they let me hear in real life what I want to hear. Does the amp inspire me to write new material? Does the amp allow to play my favorite tunes and get the sound I want?

The Roland Cube 60 scores HUGE in this category.

I've had no problems. I know Roland is synonomous with quality... they make rock-solid, gig-worthy products.

Ehhh, it's getting better. I lost the owners manual and was bummed they didn't have a downloadable copy online (at that time.. they do now). I contacted Roland, and was able to purchase a manual.. except they sent me the wrong manual. ;)

For full-time use in my main band (Alternative/Rock), this amp can't cut it in a live situation.. there simply isn't enough control over the effects. If you're not a heavy user of effects, then you'll LUV this amp!

However, for it's size, it can still produce some amazing sounds.. really, really useful sounds that inspire me to write new songs (or practice at low levels when I don't want to wake the neighbors, but still want the grind of a tube amp. It's that usefullness that prevents me from getting rid of it. I simply haven't found another amp out there (in this size and price range) that gives me all these goodies (limited effects notwithstanding). It's also HIGHLY annoying that Roland doesn't include the pedals needed to dig deep into the amp's capabilities.

I've been playing for over 20 years on a variety of s/s and tube amps, combos and heads. This lil buggar fits the bill perfectly for giving me the sounds I want (again, I'm referring to the amp sounds, not including the useless effects)