Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

This amp has a few different amp models. But to me the only usable sounds are the blackface and the jc. The clean sound is pretty good. it has a few on board effects but all of them suck. The other amp models suck as well. You can tell that the distortion is very digital sounding. Not as smooth as a tube amp. I give this amp a 7 for its useable features.

its a loud amp. It can handle its own. Like i said before there are only two usable models. Thank god for foot pedals.

Its dependable. I'd use this amp as a backup.

havn't used it

I've been playing for about 17 years. If it were stolen i'd buy a small tube amp.

2005 Model, all the features covered here. I mainly use the amp at home just now until the band starts gigging again. I dont need the stack or rectifier models as they are too hot for my style. Closed back so the speaker is well protected and means you dont get the boominess you would get on an open backed amp. Suits jazz very well.

Heritage 575 Custom Archtop and Gibson ES-135 are my main guitars. The amp is definitely suited to my style which is jazz standards and blues. The amp is not noisy at all having a noise gate built in. Theres some great models on there and for sure they will never replace the originals, the portability of the amp compensates for this and the sounds are pretty close to the models. I have heard some folk say that it sounds just like an old Polytone, how true is this ? I dunno.

Seems very solid, and the steel grille over the speaker makes it very robust.

Never needed it, hope I dont , heard Roland are good but time will tell...

For a jazz amp, I highly recommend this amp and its gaining a lot of respect from gigging jazz guitarists and its loud enough plenty for most small to medium gigs and you can go onto the desk if it aint. If it were stolen , yes I probably would buy it again. What do I love ? Well i dont enjoy amps that you need to meddle with and push buttons to store parameters and all that thing, I prefer to just plug in my guitar and play and this amp lets me do it and it takes all of a few mins to figure out how to set it up once you get it. Sure its not as programmable or tweakable like many of the new digital amps but I find it very versatile for my needs and the reason I bought this is its simplicity.. The onboard effects again are not very tweakable but they are more than useable for me. The way I ofetn have it set is oftentimes using the clean JC channel for most stuff to give a clean well rounded tone then switch channel to a Twin Reverb sound for the more Benson/Wes Montgomery darker bop sort of tones where I need to have it. The bright switch is useful too. I didnt really compare it to any other amps as I heard about this amp on a few of the Jazz Guitar websites as a lot of jazzers are getting quite excited about it, so I went to the local shop and they matched the musiciansfriend.com on-line price. i think it would be nice if Roland gave us a footswitch with it bit anyway, the amp is a steal for the price. I would have liked a stereo digital hall reverb but anyway the spring reverb model works well enough. An effects loop would be nice too. I guess all that stuff just adds to the cost and then some. Anyway as it comes, the amp is great for me. I do own other gear but dont want to go rambling on about it here.

With my 575, I get a nice big jazz tone and with my ES-135, I can get the more jazz rock and blues tones I need. The 135 and the amp set to the Fender bassman model is a great combination for the blues.

Try this amp out and youll see why its causing quite a stir amongst many jazz players. For the versatile sounds, price and the portability, its great. No more wheeling in amps and I can throw this is a trunk of a cab when I need to. I am set up on stage in minutes, unlike the older days of wheeling in the twin and patching in my effects etc

2004
come on now this amp is a blessing
there are more usefull settings in this amp than the vg (rolands snyth)
its a blessing to a recording engineer besides the fact of its tone of which i can put a 57 in front of it and walk away the line out assures me im hearing what the artist is hearing
every artist has a dream tone no one amp well produce this tone if there many styles to be played but this amps purpose is just that it well not leave you empty handed on stage or in the studio as a eng. the gate( built in ) is nice this means it is quite untill you strike the strings and to get this else ways ie marshall i have to spend a half hour assuring the artist that it is nessary to keep the noise floor down using my gates

over 30 artists and counting have come to the studio to record and all of them pride them selves in there instruments and many have longed to have" that" guitar sound fantastic so we offer them most name brand amps to fool around with .some are hard to find yet its amazing how many when saud and done chose this amp jazz artists rock arrist even classical guitarwith pick ups over the expensive pre amps and proccesing
what seems to be of intrest to me is that 90%of the tone is really in the artist hands there for unatianable with money or practice but what the artist needs is a instrument that respects that and encourges tone. YO YO Ma and his cello for exsample so... what this amp does is totaly encourges artist to get to there soulfull playing

look this amp well not have svr or pat methey running out the door to exchange ther set up but someone well soon well be famous for using it in the future some one who will embess us with balls and of coarse ..tone .its in there

This is an update from a previous submision
Features include:
- Tonnes of volume
- Extemely light for the sound it gives
- Great clean sound
- Great overdrive simulation
- Rugged Construction
- Good looks
- Chord wrap that can handle a few patch chords also

I play this amp with a gibson and a lp copy w/ emg 81's and ive been playing for 15 years last 6 pro. I love the sound of the JC Clean Channel and also the Classic Stack simulation. The rest of the amp models are good. when I plug in my marshall 212 cab the is a low level noise that comes when a note is fading. Perhaps it is because of a mismatch of impedence. If anyone knows email me. But it is barely audible so it doent concern me too much. The best sound IMO is when the mid eq is dimed. I have had good coments about the amps sound on stage and it sound good to me so I give it a 10.

Roland products are bulletproof. I have owned many and have not been disapointed .

Have dealt with them looking for midi specs and they sent them no problems.

Overall this amp is a exelent choice for anyone, pro and beginer.

Made in 2004, Really versatile amp. Check other reviews - they are accurate on features

The clean channel sounds gr8 on all settings but once you switch to overdrive channels you get kind of a digital tone that reminds you of the distortion on zoom 707 pedals. It gets nowhere near to fender or marshall tone. Especially presence lacks even with presence knob turned up all the way. And once you add efx with distortion you have even less tone. But if you dont intend on using this for recording it sounds good.

The amp I bought started giving feedback as soon as i turned the volume up over 3 on distortion channel. Clean channel was fine though. I took it back to the shop and tried out a new one. Same problem. Turned out the whole shipment had some problem with the noise gate or something. The only one without the problem was the demo model on the floor. I took it and got some free stuff to compensate. The one I have now works 100%

I only dealt with the guys in the shop. Had some trouble convincing them that it wasnt normal for an amp to give feedback at volume 3 whilst muting the strings... But once they compared it to the floor model they believed me.

Iv been playing for about 6 years. I own a Fender rockpro 700 amp and have owned a zoom 707 fx pedal. I dont like the sound from cheap digital pedals so i sold it. Will rather get boxes when i have the money. I use a Cort x-6 guitar. Even though i really love this amp, i find my fender to soud better so i'm planning to sell the roland. I havnt giged with this one yet but i suspect that it might just not be loud enough. If you mic it up you shouldnt hav any problem and you can also ad a cab. Other BIG disappointment is that theres no footswitch included. If you want a footswitch for all 3 channels you have 2 buy it + 3 cables witch ends up costing a LOT.

The features have been hashed about quite a bit here, so I?ll just say that the EQ and presence are excellent ? and the chorus and flange, phase, delay and reverb are on par with the POD. It ain?t Eventide, whaddya want for $350? The amp probably should come with a footswitch for effects AND channel select, but I bought a Boss F5-FU pedal; I?m glad I did. I?ll probably just get another one for the effects later on. But for what you get, you can?t touch the price or reputed quality in this amp.

Within my present requirements, I simply can?t find anything I like more. I presently play a heavily-modified Fender Nashville Deluxe Telecaster. After using a complete POD setup (with full foot controller), and subsequently just selling the whole thing out of frustration, I never thought I?d go back to a ?modeled? sound. However, after humping different tube amps to the gig each week ? well I really needed something smaller, with less hassle. I skeptically tried out the Roland Cube 60 ?after hours? at a great little music store... ohmigod! The diminutive little amp was so loud when I cranked it that the next door tenant came in and complained! The ?clean? side of the Cube is Roland JC-120: a classic sound that has replaced my (dare I say it?) venerable Fender Super for definitive ?glassy? tones. (Hey, after playing everything for 40-years, I have a right to my little opinions)! Matching up volumes between the "clean" and "dirty" sides of the amp, I find that none of my band mates (or clientele, for that matter) cringe at my lead work as they did with a semi-cranked tube amp ? rather, I get compliments again! After 3 weeks, I settled firmly on the ?stack classic,? preset for those leads. At home, this particular one sounds rather wimpy, but at the gig it screams. I couldn?t be happier.

Three weeks; so far so good. Trouble-free; I gig with no backup.

Great website!

I should have bought this before a POD, Marshall, Super, etc. ? that stage level volume is simply not welcome at club gigs, and hauling around a Hot Plate with a tube combo would be just one more piece to screw around with. In the last 5 years, I only maxed a tube-type once ? it was incredible through a Celestion stack, but come on, once every 5 years? The Cube 60 is much better than I had a right to hope for: a compromise ? but it sounds great, carries great, and it doesn?t wrench my back when I put it up on the stand. It?s solid state and I?ve not talked with even one amp owner who had a problem with this amp. I cannot say the same for tube amps that get moved around often. For me, it?s been a slam-dunk!

Bought new 02-16-2005
Features have been explained in previous posts so no need to repeat them.
I have both the 30 & 60 and use them for pracice and small gigs.
The 60 I use with a mesa standard 2x12 ext. cab.
Some think this amp is ugly and I don't.
To those who do I wonder why they are playing at all to be so worried
about the cosmetics.
Its better to sound good than look good, if you don't believe that,
then you've never been clocked with a beer bottle and need to.

I have a satisified collection of guitars and use mostly
a MusicMan JP6 signature, gibson LP classic, USA Fender Strat
and an Ibanez AS-180 with this amp.
3 sounds I usually use are, Clean, Texas Blues and Metal.
This amp works well for my tastes and all are accomplishable.
I play everything from Hendrix, Satch, Vai, EVH, SRV to classic Led Zeppelin and this amp has the versatility I look for.
The feel of this amp is very tube like with the thick sustain you
get. Its hard to explain and find the superlatives but the sounds are sticky and meaty very similar to a cranked tube amp.
Roland invented COSM technology and sounds like it compared to the competition.

Roland is quality stuff, I'm not worried.

Haven't had to call....

Been playing 35+ years.
This amp is a no-brainer, just plug and play.
Major feature is "portablilty", just grab it and go.
I'm thankful technology has allowed me the freedom with this amp
and yes, I too am a tube snob and also own a Marshall DSL100 &
Peavy Ultra 212 and a "hybrid" Vox AD120VT among others.
Funny how most of the guys that really like this amp have been playing
forever and have gotten tired of lugging equipment around.
The younger guitar diezel cocks will just have to go thru the "I've got tons of equipment cool phase" like I did when I was younger and
eventually learned themselves, its just part of life's cycle.
And, when they start to actually go beyond Drop-D chords and begin really playing, amps will become a little less important.

Cube 60. Made in 2004. This is the most versatile amp I've ever come across. I play jazz to keep growing as a musician, rhythm & blues cause I love it and anything else called for to do the gig. This amp is great for anybody doing weddings or functions where you play a mix of styles. No, this isn't a Fender Twin, Marshall Stack or JC-120, but you can easily lug it around, and mic'd thru the P.A. this amp comes way closer to the amps it's modelling than it you'd expect at this price this is an amazing value!...I love the Tweed! (Fender Bassman model)great rockabilly, jazz or blues with my Godin LG (also a great guitar and value)you can stop lugging cabinets or wheeling in the twin through the parking lot cause this one will cut it no problem! I don't use many of the FX and amp models, but they're all very good to excellent. In my opinion, you don't need pedals with this. I use a dual footswitch for the channel switching (Jazz Chorus Clean to amp model) and for effects on/off. You can hook a third switch for the reverb/delay, but I set these for the room situation..usually low... and leave it so I don't use this feature. I have a micro cube that I bought first and it blew me away so I had to check out the new cube 60. An onboard tuner or even a tuning note like the micro cube has would be nice, but this amp does have a tuner out jack and is still a great value so I'm not complaining. It's screamingly LOUD for jamming and gigging on its own for most situations and if I ever play Exibition Stadium or the Air Canada Centre I'll mic it or you could use the direct to P.A. jack if you prefer (it doesn't shut the speaker sound off so you still have a monitor , too!) I've For the full specs including sample sounds you can visit the Roland site. My rating takes bang for the bucks compared to the others in this price range ($450-500 CDN)...there really isn't anything as feature packed and user friendly in my opinion.

I use it with a Godin LG dual humbuckers... love this guitar! and sometimes my old Charvel/Jackson "strat" (3 single coil pickups)and it also sounds great with my old Westone Spectrum LX -two humbuckers & one middle coil pickup. It's a little noisier with the single coils due to their nature, but the amp itself is very quiet...like I said: great amp models! Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, Mike Stern, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Hendrix, George Benson, Robben Ford, Skunk Baxter, Brian Setzer...the tools are here.. if I can't cut it it's cause I need more practice, and practice is fun with this amp! My sax and wife are getting jealous since I bought this thing a few months ago. The R-Ifier distortion is too brutal for me, but my grade nine music students at the high school swear by it

Looks Solid. Too early to honestly say, time will tell. However, I originally tried this cause I have old roland gear that still works well.

Has a one year warranty. Haven't needed them and I'd guess based on the abuse that the JC-90 has taken over the many years at the highschool, I likely never will.

If something happened, I'd hunt down the thief and I'd definately replace it.

there is a good array of i/o options, the clean is clean and the amp models give a variety of tones to choose from. The built in effects, likewise, help expand the range of the cube to something that is fun to play around with.

This is all I really came to review. It is LOUD. I was playing along side a miced drum kit and only had the volume knobs at around 9:30 oclock. There is plenty of power here and it it delivers it well.

The cleans are clean.

The distortion however is a little wonky. On high gain settings there are some weird digitalish overtones that crop up that give the sound on the mid and high notes on the guitar a kind of muddied sound. Even with mid, treble and presence cranked to 11, it still didn't have that cutting tone that I want. That said, I could easily get that kind of tone from it with a preamp and different set of effects, so it isn't a limitation of the amp itself, more just the onboard modeled amps. If you are into a more RnB kind of sound with just a touch of distortion or something, however, then this is for you.

Also, the onboard effects seem to be bedroom-amplifier grade novelty effects that just somehow managed to find themselves transported onto a split-your-ears gigable amp. Use only in an emergency. Or in the private of your own home.

all that aside, the dynamic range is decent, you can get chunky palm muted bass all the way up through tinkling high fretted solos.

seems built to last.

overall, it is a great amount of power for its price range. That said, you should take whatever cash you saved on the amp itself and put it into a decent distortion pedal, a cheap EQ, and whatever else it is you wanted from the onboard effects.

Do you know what year the amp was made in? 20043

Is the amp versatile enough for you and the styles of music you play?

yes

What are those styles? BLUES and Classic Rock. Nothing else is worth playing.

How many channels? 2

Does it have channel switching? yes (clean and Overdrive)

Effects loops? NO


Headphone jack? yes

What features do you wish it had? switching between all overdrives. To same a few settings.

Are there features you never use? the acoustic

Where do you use this amp? at home

Does it have enough power for you? oh yeah !

What guitar and pickup styles are you using it with?

Ernie Ball Axis sport and my american strat


How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)?

Provides all tones i would ever want, no joke !

Is it noisy? no

What kind of sounds can the amp make?

Blues (some good SRV with the strat, cold shot), AC/DC with rectifier, jazz with the clean, great vintage fender tone with the blackface.

How much variety? A lot

Is the clean channel distorted at high volumes? not really

How brutal is the distortion? All the overdrives are just amazing.

Best sounding modeling amp you'll ever find !

don't no

don't know

How long have you been playing? 15 yrs

What other gear do you own? Marshall DSL 50 watt tube head, Roland Cube 30, Cube 60.

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again? Yes, it a heart beat

what do you love about it? Its a fun amp that provides tones that most people would love. No matter who you are, you will find a tone you love. Its a great amp for small venues or just jammin at home. Its all about getting tones you love. We all play better when we find the tone we love.

What do you hate? the acoustic. I also think the effects such as Chorus, phaser, flange are too much at low setting.

Did you compare it to other products? Oh yeah ! I bought the Vox series (AD-30), but they just don't sound that great, thus i sold.
All the line stuff isn't that impressive.

Why did you choose this one? SOUNDS GREAT !!

Anything you wish it had? Yeah, BUY ONE !

Anything else you'd like to share? Yeah, BUY ONE

Oh, SRV is the best guitarist of all time !! AND !! no one will ever top him !

I listen to these fast boring players like Vai, satriani, that stupid sweed guy ( malstreem, something like that) man, they are just awful.
I recommend you guys play music instead of pain to the ears.

anyway, the thought of the day......heheheheheh