Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

This amp has a wide variety of basic canned (and mostly useless) dsp effects, two channels. It has a bunch of tone models.

As some other reviewers have said, the clean channel is great (its supposed to be the famed jazz chorus circuit so figures). But the amp models are severely lacking and consist of a single crappy tone at varying different degrees of input gain. The distortion is mechanical and lifeless and siphons the highs right off anything you play into it. I use a fulltone OCD pedal (of increasing fame) and can get a much more responsive tone out of this by playing channel 1. The delay effect is mildly useable but all of the effects offer only a single tweak making it impossible to get that perfect sound.

It would deserve a better rating if it diddn't pretend to have all these models.

If you like to play soft and clean, get this amp.

It's a tough little bugger and heavy, but I haven't abused it so no comment.

fender american standard fat strat with custom emg 18v 81/s/s pi2/ spc.
esp ltd ex-50 with ahb2-b blackout in the bridge, emg exp, pa2.

various boutique pedals.

2008 Roland Cube 60
Very versatile, especially the clean JC channel and the Clean models.
2 cheannels, separate output for tuner, or another amp
wish you could disable the internal speaker
used for home recording and possibly for gigs

I use this guitar for many styles, rockabilly, alternative rock, surf, 50s-60's. It does a very good job at all of these styles. I like boomy extension cabinets and to get that sound you will need an extension cabinet. It has the classic "mid pushed" 12" sound, but the "mostly sealed" back helps with the low end. The amp is quiet even run through a pedal board. This amp shines on the JC clean channel and the Black Face and Tweed models on the lead channel. I wish it had separate eqs for the channels though. That would make life a lot easier. The clean channel stays clean even at high volumes. I have A/B'd the clean channels vs my Fender Blues Deluxe and although the warmth of the tube isnt exactly there, it is the closest model to a tube amp I've heard. The distortion is good as long as the volume is kept below 11:00. After the I feel the speaker "flurbs" out.

Roland has the history of being a high quality company. I have not owned the amp long enough to say but based on other reviews I'm sure it will be fine for many years as most Solid State amps are. They are known to be very reliable and consistant.

Not needed yet.

I have been playing for roughly 6 years. I own different amps. Fender Blues Deluxe, Roland Cube 60, Kustom KMA35DFX, Vox AD15Vt practice. The Roland is by far the most versatile. Better models than the Vox, less transparent than the Kustom and it is feature rich. I love the clean channels, I like the line out option and the external cab option. This amp shines with single coil pickups and needs some tweaking if your guitar has Hot humbuckers...I wish you could disable the internal speaker when using a cab. I wouldn't mind getting another one in the future!

Mine is a 2004 model I think.
It is a very versatile amp, can go from clean to blues distortion to rectifier in 2 seconds.

It has two channels, one clean channel and a lead channel. Lead channel has 8 different modes. The effects include reverb & delay which are decent. I'm not too happy about the tremolo, but I guess that's due to me otherwise being spoilt with spring-tremolos in my other amps. I don't use chorus/flanger/flanger so I won't comment on them.

Also, this amp does not take pedals very well, it keeps the same tone character whatever pedal you put on it pretty much. Using a pedal won't add any new sounds to this amp from what I've experienced.

For the price I paid for the amp, I can't complain.

This amp is plenty loud.

I play about 70% blues, 25% 60s/70s classic rock. Alvin Lee & Ten Years After, SRV, Michael Bloomfield, Fleetwood Mac, The Allman Brothers, Taj Mahal. This amp generally fails at making the sound I want.

I play a Strat plus deluxe and Les Paul Standard. The clean channel and the acoustic simulator is where this amp is at it's best. The clean channel is where this amp really shines, nothing short of superb. Though it has something in it that says "not tube".

The acoustic simulator sounds very well, perhaps especially when playing chords using the bridge & middle pickup simultaneously.

The drive is where this amp falls short. It has the same cheap sound to it whatever you dial in. I don't know how to explain it, but if you compare it to any tube amp you'll get what I mean. Then again, considering the price and how good the clean channel is, it's ok.

10 for the clean, 9 for acoustic, 4/5 for the drive channel.

It's always been very solid, always been working, but I have treated it very good and never gigged with it. It seems to be built for a nuclear war and I'm sure you could knock it with a hammer without making a dent in the front cover (which is mad out of metal by the way).

Only complaint I have, is that the inputs and outputs is partly made of plastic which isn't very solid. I broke it once and repaired it myself.

Never dealt with them. No special warranty as far as I know

Overall, this is a lot of amp for the price you pay, and I rated it accordingly. If this cost three times more, I'd give it a 3.

For someone starting out that do not want to spend a fortune on an amp this is a very good option. For metal it's OK. Though when you've played a bit you will probably feel this amp is not sounding as well as you'd like it to and purchase a more expensive tube amp such as peavey classic or blues junior, unless you play metal those can perhaps be better alternatives for a starter.

Very well known amp so I won??t comment again what everybody knows.
Please read previous comments for this info.
As it offers enough for the bucks, I give it a 8.

I have this amp for three years now and I tried the following guitars with it:
an Eagle from The Heritage, a Gibson 335, an Ibanez GB15, a Gibson 125t, a Godin Multiac Jazz, a Parker PM20 pro, an Epiphone Les Paul, a Yamaha pacifica, a Godin Multiac Steel, among others.
I only liked its sound with the 335 and with the Epi.
Maybe it is especially well suited for 57 classics PUs.
Hotter magnetics like the Godin mini-humbucker don??t sound very well with this amp.
However, the creamy bluesy sound you can easily (and cheaply)get from it makes it a vey good value for the bucks.
Choose the COSM channel, select Tweed, don??t open drive, rise volume at comfortable spot,turn down to 9 o??clock treble and bass, leave medium at 12 o??clock, add a gentle touch of reverb and chorus, and you??ve got a very nice sound for fusion jazz.

No problem at all at this time

dunno

I am 52, I began to learn music when I was 7, and to play guitar when I was 10. I??ve had a lot of gear, some was average, some definitively bad and some (the less) very good.
Actually, this one is only a good value if sound quality doesn??t matter that much, or if you have a guitar equipped with 57 classics. All others will lack in some deficiency, with a cheap, undefined, hollow sound. (At least, to my taste, indeed)
At the present, its only use is when a friend of mine who has a 335 come to play with me and use it. This way, he carries only his guitar and can leave his own amp at home.

The cube 60 has 2 channels, JC clean and overdrive. A great selection of amp models, headphone jack, footswitch inputs on the back, and is built like a tank.

The sound this little amp produces is amazing. The JC clean channel is nothing less than superb and the gain channel is all the overdrive you'll ever need. The different amp models can give you any sound you are looking for. The Mesa rectifier setting is the best overdrive setting I've ever played through on a small amp. I tried out quite a few amps in this price range and the cube 60 killed them all hands down!!!!!

I've only had it a week and it seems to be a rugged and dependable little amp.

Have not had to contact Roland.

I've been playing almost 30 years and for the money this has got to be the best practice amp on the market. This thing kicks the Marshall MG series and the Vox modeling amps in the ass. There is no tap delay settings to mess with. It's an easy to use no ******** amp. If it were stolen I would not hesitate to buy another one. It's the best grab and go amp out there. I play a gibson 61 reissue sg through it and the combo will melt your brain!!!!!

Bought the amp new this year because my new tube amp puked after limited use. I won't give the make. Needed reliability. Fortunate to play with a former Grammy winner and also one of the country's best guitarists and CANNOT afford failures. Excellent reproduction from the direct out. Clear, clean, even "warm", for a SS amp. I expect the mystery speaker might be helping there. Powerful. Excellent models. Unfortunately, cannot switch between models. No efx loop, but that can be overcome. Chorus is not variable enough, comes on too strong. Exf management not versitle. But a small price to pay for the overall amp, especially considering the cost. Could afford lots of amps, but this one (having heard it used by other players I respect in the business) was a clear choice. Nothing here that can't be overcome, but odd for anything Roland to miss these "so obvious" needs. Would suggest anyone use a Weber (or other) beam blocker on this or practically any amp.

Excellent. Modeling is great, excellent clarity, clean, unusual warmth for a SS amp. With your favorite pedals, there is practically no sound you can't get. The gain is very nice. I run it straight up (1/2) and it seems to be very managable, allowing for playing technique and pick-up quality to make a difference in the sound. Very important for control, from my point of view. More than enough power for anyone. PRS, Schecter Classic C-1 (poor man's PRS w/Seymour Duncans), Parker (Taylor acoustic, but not played thru this amp). Playing origional, some covers, etc. Rock of the old (but not southern) style. Very powerful and direct.

I have always loved Roland gear. Used many various pieces on my solo CDs, and continue to count on Roland in the studio. Most guys I know use the expression "It's Roland. You can drop it off the back of the truck and then plug it in and it's OK." Not that I want to try....

Never much need to call on any of my Roland gear. The times I did, got bad info only once, and continue to believe strongly in Roland support and their products.

I have played for over 30 years, own tons of gear for my studio and playing out, and won't try to list it all here. If lost or stolen, would immediately buy another. It's not the ONLY amp anyone would need for EVERY application, but don't want to be without it. Love the sound, the weight, the dependability, the gain, the direct out quality, the modeling, the dependability, the look, the power, did I mention the dependability? I compared the amp to about everything available, and made a point of listening to and talking with other players whose opinion I respect. Listed some of it's faults in "features". Still surprised Roland didn't cover these things. This is professional grade gear for working, professional adults.

I got this amp about a week ago and was mainly sold on the Mesa Rectifier sound and the Dyna Amp. The amp covers a lot of ground from chiming clean to mega saturation. I play pop rock, rock and hard rock and it has no problem covering that territory.

Most of the features have been covered by other reviewers. The reason for a 7 on features is because of the lack of an effects loop, common EQ shared by both channels and lack of control over the lead models; it would be nice if they were foot switchable. As it stands now, you can switch from clean to lead with a foot switch but not, for example from Dyna Amp to R-Fier when using the lead channel. I bought it solely for studio work so the lack of model switching is not a major problem for me but could be if used live.

The amp covers a lot of tone ground. It is very loud; more power than I typically need. The clean channel remains clean at very loud volume. The distortion is the main reason I bought it. The models have been crafted very well and the amp runs almost completely quiet no matter what gain setting is used. I'm pretty sure they have some kind of gate on it.

As with any solid state or modeling amp, at least the many I have played, the tone is a bit on the harsh side. Although the models are very nice, I have to give it an eight for the harshness.

The plus for me is that I use the recording/headphone output and run it into my 120W tube head then through a Marshall 2x12 with the back removed. I have never been happy with the distortion tone from my tube head and the marriage between the Cube 60 and my tube head is perfect. Sound quality is a 10 with the two amps running together. The nice thing about this amp is that it sounds good enough on it's own for small gigs; just not quite there for recording without some help.

I've only had the amp for a week but it is built like a tank. Very solid construction and all of the knobs are smooth.

If I was a gigging musician, I'd feel very comfortable using this amp without a backup.

I have never dealt with Roland directly but have used there website. When I bought the amp it didn't have a manual. I wasn't able to find the manual through the rolandus.com website but found it on the roland.com site. Kind of weird.

I have been playing for about 25 years my set up includes a JMF H120T 60/120W tube head, Marshall 2x12 with Celestion G12T-75s, Line6 Delay modeler, MXR Phase 90, Voodoo Lab Microvibe and Analog Chorus, Tube Screamer TS9DX, ProCo Rat, Yamaha AES620, Ibanez RX 352, Taylor 315ce, Edenhaus custom.

It's hard to say if I would replace it with another Cube 60. The tone I am getting now is awesome and can be quickly dialed in. But, I've had my eye on a Mesa Dual Recto for some time and would probably take that next step.

The price on this amp is excellent and overall the amp is very nice, especially in conjuntion with my tube amp. I wasn't planning on even considering a SS amp or modeling amp but after explaining to the guitar tech what I was looking for, he suggested giving the Cube a try. I was demoing a Peavey Valve King at the time and was disappointed in the gain channel. The Cube can belt out some great tones.

The addition of separate EQ for each channel, an effects loop and a way to switch the lead channel model from a foot switch would make this a better amp.

You know all the features. I just want to mention about:

Closed back cabinet - makes this amp sounding more boxy than all Jazz Chorus amps I have (JC-50, JC-77, JC-80), but it also makes it very loud for 60W. Not my cup of tea but may work fine for hard rock stuff.

It has everything you really need - the only useless thing is Direct Recording that sounds crappy (hisses a bit) compared to Roland Micro Amp.
The best feature is size and weight.
I like reverb and delay but other effects are not really usefull.

If you think it's clean can sound like Jazz Chorus you probbably have newer played one.
It's good for a jazz stuff but my AER alpha souns way better (and it's 6,5kg!)
Roland Cube 60 sounds to cold and digital compared to both AER and JC Rolands I have - all solid states.
For alternative rock I prefer my JC-77 with two 10" speakers. This amplifier responses to your pick better and has warmer more natural sound (almost tube like - you can not say it about Cube 60)
Cube 60 is much better soulution for hard rock to metal stuff (more punch). Cube is also more versatile working horse.

It's a Roland!

No need to repair, just asked them about an age of my JC apms and got prompt replay.

Sounds not as good as my JC choruses and you can not really compare it to my Fender 65' Deluxe Reverb (or any tube amp).

But if you want a new amp this is the best workhorse you can get for the money, nothing more - just very practice to rehersal to backup amp.

Much better amp than all those voxes valvetronix considering their poor reliability.

Mine is made in China I think.
I'm sure you know all the features already.

Good: Amp modeling is awesome. Very responsive to picking dynamics. Almost like tube. Acoustic simulator one of the best that I came across. Super loud. Loads of outputs.

Bad: Can't switch between amp models, only between channels. (Clean & amp models). Effects level are too high and too aggressive. Reverb does't sound sweet enough

After using it for quite some time, the overall tone of this amp seems a little 'boxy' compared to my Fender Champion 30. The clean channel is quite decent but not shimmery. However, the EQ and Contour helps somewhat.

Like I mentioned, the amp modelings are really cool. I like the Brit combo which was suppose to emulate a Vox AC30. Very nice sound, I use this a lot in my church choir as well as other small gigs. I put the gain to almost middle, and control the volume. It really respond to your picking strength and dynamics. I love it!

I use my one and only Fender Strat, Mexican made. It seems to like this amp. Can't wait to try a humbucker into this baby.

Is it noisy? Only when you want to! This thing is freakin' loud! It even matches with our church 100 watts Peavey Bandit.

Only been using this like less than two months.

Sturdy, protection all over and one look you know this amp was meant to be hauled over, shoved in and out of the car boot or your truck bin. This thing should last you like a lifetime.

No comment. I'm sure they are up to the expectation. Hey it's Roland!

I have been saving some moolah to get a bigger amp for gigs and practice. Was considering very seriously for VOX AD50VT. (Maybe next round?)

I have been using small practice amps like PARK 10 watts, IBANEZ Tone Blaster 15 Watts. Tone Blaster was traded together with my ZOOM 505II for a Fender Champion 30 Watts, Solid State. I love that amp. However it's not loud enough for some practice sessions not to mention gigs. This new love of mine will cut through any sound settings or volume settings of the band and the surroundings.

I like the Acoustic Guitar simulator. Too bad I can't switch between amp models or else this would have been superb!

Overall, I feel I have had a good buy. A very satisfied owner indeed.

I bought this through an individual seller. I git it at a much better price compared to buying fro a store.

Bought the cube 60 amp after hearing a friends cube 30. Read up on spec and took a chance. Feature packed, powerful, portable. I was impressed.

This amp was to serve 2 purposes. Home practice and gigging. I have to say I was disappointed with the sound. The set up was fiddly and I initially blamed myself for not adjusting the controls correctly.
I have owned many amps vox,marshall,orange, so I wasn't particularly a novice, but I found the soung muddy and felt I couldn't find a clean compromise and lose the 'dodgy' effects altogether. Using it at home on lower volumes resulted in 'wind, cymbal, shushing noises which were very distracting.

Had a few musician friends check it out and we all agreed it was a faulty one. I couldn't believe how efficient Roland were. It was collected and returned to the service depot and I enclosed a letter explaining the problem. I have since recieved communication stating that the amp is working perfectly and there never was a problem.
So comparing it to my friends cube 30 and my neighbours Fender modelling amp it really dosn't cut the mustard, so I have to accept that it is just not right for me but maybe others might love it. I think I may sell it and buy a marshall, always loved the tone they produce.

As I explained the service dept were really efficient. The internet store where I purchased it were not so helpful. Would recommend buying locally, you can always hump it back to the store.
The warranty on this item is three years.

I have been playing in bands for forty years and used all sorts of equipment.
If the cube 60 were stolen it would probably make my day.
As I explained I chose this item as I was after power and trasportability.
Did consider the Peavey valve king and the 50 watt marshall stack but the cube seemed a better option.
I woold like to be able to convert this amp into a bog stadard no frills lead guitar amp at the flick of a switch (this has a 'clean' setting but in reality the modelling seems to cross over) so it dosn't operate as advertised.

This is the newer version of the amp made in the last couple of years. It's a loud 60 watt solid state amp. It's light and portable and can be hooked up to an extension cab (max 8ohm).
No Effects loop - poor omission but there is a line out/headphone. Apparently you'd use this to daisy chain another Cube 60.
Effects - are usable but only on very low settings as they're slightly over-cooked. The sharing of the delay and reverb is a great shame as I like to use both.
Essentially, it has 2 channels. The first is the clean channel and the only amp model available is the Roland JC. The bright switch adds flexibility to this. The second channel features several amp types which include acoustic, Black Panel (Fender), Tweed (Bassman), a Vox, Marshall, Peavey 5150, a Rectifier model and the Dyna Amp which responds to the sensitivity of your picking or volume knob to go from clean to dirty.
This is a great amp but I would've loved to have seen the following improvements to turn it into a superb amp and would not have minded paying more for this. Seeing as Roland have now introduced newer versions (X Range) of the smaller wattage amps, perhaps we'll see some of this much-mentioned improvements in a new model:-
Effects loop
Inclusion of a 3-way switch (nothing included and the amp is redundant for live use without them). I use piano sustain or unlatch pedals. They're cheap and work well and you don't need the Boss ones, which are good but expensive. The Behringer equivalents which may tempt some do not seem to have good reviews on Harmony in terms of reliability but I have other Behringer items and they have proved reliable and good. Just make sure that whatever you buy are the UNLATCHED ONES as other pedals will require 2 depressions to change channels etc and many people here have fallen foul of that. Switching is instant.
Models available - all the models available on 2 identical channels so that you could have a choice of clean and dirty amps or different versions of the same amp. I like to the JC model very much but I wish I could pick another clean amp like the Black Panel and still use the Metal Model (5150 amp) and that way get the best of both Worlds. Of course, I can't as they're on a shared channel.
I play in a function band, so I require a certain degree of versatility and use the amp effects with some Boss pedals. It works well and I've heard a Boss ME-50 plugged into the amp as well and that works very well.

I look to emulate certain signature sounds with an amp and a standard pedals like a wah, compressor, delay and chorus & they are as a jazz lead sound (G.Benson), a good crisp Fender Deluxe-type clean, a funk sound (aka nile Rodgers), Andy Summers chorus/delay sound, Bryan Adams crunch (think "it's only love), ACDC crunch/Marshall rhythm and a big articulate AOR lead sound like Steve Lukather or Neal Schon. This amp does all this with just the aid of an outboard compressor pedal. Ok, I can't get them all at the same time and some of the combinations I like, but it's all there and at useable stage volume.
I have actually used the Acoustic model with success and it works well on a strat but also on my Taylor acoustic (it's more of a piezo sound) but once again useable.
The cleans are great on this amp and I underdstand alot of funk and jazz players use them. The lead/distortion sounds are big and I found that they do respond to guitar volume changes very well. There is a slight degree of digital clipping when you wind the volume down but it doesn't interfere with my sound. I only have the gain at 1/2 way and that's enough.
I use the amp with a PRS Custom 24, a customised Fender strat and Taylor acoustic. They all work well but the biggest surprise is the humbucker-loaded PRS. It likes this amp enormously, almost stratifying it on the clean channels.
Noise levels are minimal and the sheer volume on tap here for it's weight and size (32lbs) is incredible. I do connect it to a Mesa Boogie 1X12 Celestion-loaded Vintage 30 cab) and it takes on a rounder, fuller more mature quality and it's louder. However, I do like the speaker in the Cube although I do not know what it is and I understand that Roland were careful to "marry this up" with the power amp thus creating more volume closer to the 60 watt rating (not something alot of solid state amps can do).

I've had plenty of Roland/Boss gear for ovcer 20 years and it's the best. I currently own various compact pedals, a portable digital recorder the amazing 2 watt Micro-Cube. The latter has been well used over the last couple of years without any problems.
As a back up, I normall take a Behringer V-Amp2 along and/or some pedals and a DI box/speaker simulator.

Roland UK are incredible and I'm surprised to read that the same level of service and courtesy isn't seen all over the World, in particular in the US. I receive quarterley magazines, e-mail updates and have had all my questions answered fully and succinctly either on the FAQS site or by phone and by a professional.
Their 3-5yr warranties are also superb and I wish other manufacturers would offer more than the standard year!
I've also encountered Roland reps in music stores who've been superb to deal with and have influenced my decision to buy their products.

I've been playing for over 25 years and have been through all sorts of amps, both expensive and cheap and rack systems. The Cube to me is really what I've been looking for. Yes, I do hear individual sounds from amps that are better like the clean from a Fender Deluxe Reverb or a Rivera but try getting all that under one hood and in this size package for the incredible price of ??150 ($300).
I overlooked this amp a couple of years ago because of the restrictiveness of the pedals and sharing of amp models (see above for improvements) and bought a popular American amp which was more versatile in a live situation. However, sound-wise it failed to deliver and I sold it and went with my initial instinct. Lesson learnt - USE YOUR EARS!
If Roland take on the common improvements that are all over these reviews, it would be a monster product.
The following link may help answer some questions for users:-
http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/faq.cfm?ln=en&prd=CUBE-60&dsp=0&iCncd=479

the best amp ever light and moveable. easy to use but you need footswithes to changes your fave sound effects.

its crystal clear compare to to those bigger amps. thanks to roland they made such a beautiful amp. i have no problem with this amp. EXCELLENT AND VERSATILE .

FOR SURE U CAN DEPEND ON IT big or small band its worth having one of these.

As noted in other reviews, good for clean sound channel and some of the rock tones are good (VOX, 5150 are good, Mesa is ok, acoustic emulation good if gain is pulled back a bit). Reverb is good, and chorus effect can be useful. Don't use others like phaser, flanger, tremelo, echo). Dyna-touch mode seems like useless novelty.

Unlike prior review, the 12" speaker is not Celestion, I pulled mine (logo'd Roland China, with light magnet) and put in a Celestion Vintage in place. Some mounting mods required ... smoother tone and much more bottom end for extra 100 bucks.

Wide variety of sounds for any style, very loud although effects decrease punch through. Use it with both Fender and Gibson ... higher gain modes are bad with Gibson but excellent with Fender.
Gibson is best with VOX emulation mode, nice tone and resolution.
A compressor pedal adds extra gain/sustain when needed (not included). Not noisy at all, in fact even the line out to PA and ext spkr cab are silent.

Very solid construction. I am guessing it will last forever under normal use.2 years without problem or glitch.

No idea, although owner manual could be more comprehensive.

Played for 25 years, various guitars and vintage -- have used this amp for practice and gigs of all sizes, useful as monitor and hook up to PA via DI box from the line out makes it totally versatile. Loud enough for almost anything. Only thing I had to do is replace the speaker with a Celestion but that was a personal choice. The stock Roland spkr is ok but a bit harsher and thinner than the Celestion Vintage replacement I put in (although it is quite a bit heavier now to carry!).

I just have to knock the features rating on this amp. If you read the reviews below, even though they are mainly favorable, many list features they wish the amp had, or features they wish were implemented differently, but nonetheless give a fairly high rating in the features category. I don't think that having more features should necessarily warrant a high "features" rating--implementation of features is very important, too. The "features" of this amp can be quite limiting and frustrating. Since a rating of 1=Very limited, I'll give it a 2 (quite limited in my opinion). A couple of thoughts:

"IT DOES NOT HAVE CHANNEL SWITCHING". It is essentially a single channel amp. What?? Of course it has channel switching!! Well... to my way of thinking, it looks like this: WE AT ROLANDCORP. U.S. HAVE DECIDED FOR YOU. YOUR CLEAN CHANNEL WILL BE A MODEL OF OUR JC-120 AMP. THE ONLY CORRECT CHOICE FOR CLEAN ELECTRIC GUITAR SOUND IN MUSIC. Now doesn't that sound ridiculous? This is one of the most absurd, stupid design decisions I have ever seen Roland make. In many of these reviews, users mentioned preferring a CHOICE for the first channel. Perhaps the amp, as designed, should be marketed as "A portable 112 combo version of our JC-120, with the addition of a second modeling channel". At least Roland wouldn't APPEAR so arrogant...

Other "features" previous reviewers have noted: No Effects Loop. To use all footswitchable features, you need 3 cables running from your footswitches. Footswitches not included. You can choose Delay OR Reverb, but not both (not uncommon on amps like this, but it's inclusion would make for a better feature set). Make sure you weigh the features you desire against what it offers.

I'm confident all the previous reviews are sincere, and should give the reader a good assessment of this amps desirability and value. Thanks to all who took the time to write reviews! I may go ahead and buy one of these amps for myself (used--Roland doesn't deserve the sale of a new unit to this ornery customer), but to me as well as some of the previous reviewers, it will likely be used as a basic single channel amp, probably with pedals in front.

See below for many thoughtful reviews

After years of useless, uninformative websites, Roland is finally getting its act together. Haven't had dealings with the people at Roland...

It really is a pretty nice little amp--but with an extremely frustrating, illogical implementation of features.

2006 model, bought it new in Brisbane, Australia. Immediately got rid of my Peavey JSX combo, as after the Roland I could not stand the weight, noise and poor power/weight ratio of the Peavey. I have no idea whether Satriani actually plays this JSX, but I am sure that if he does, then his noise gates are the best of the best. Roland kills. My other amp is a Carvin SX200, which is a bit better than the JSX, but still had to repair it a couple of times whiole new. The Cube could do with some more channel versatility, but then it is simplified for a purpose. It is loud, clean and I get by most gigs up to 500 seaters. For larger venues I run a stereo setup with the Cube and the SX200.

Sound really great. I play mostly classic rock and contemporary stuff in the Pink vein, but have tried it a few times in the downtuned growling-howling sort of "Disturbed" mode - did not let me down. Also sounds great with my Ibanez Tolman accoustic, surprisingly. My guitars are Ibanez, Westone and Fender, all equipped with either DiMarzio or Seymore Duncans, and all sound good on the Cube. The noise is much less than any american amp i have owned, and to be honest - never again will I buy anything else but Made in Japan, when it comes to electronics or cars!

Not yet sure, but I am blasting the hell out of it and still smiles back at me!

I have dealt with Roland - Boss most of my life - always satisfactory!

Guys, buy Japanese electronics, unless you want to look sheepish on stage when your Fender, Marshall, Mesa or other overpriced crap fails! Low cost too, and better design! I would certainly stick to Roland, and probably get rid of the Carvin for a JC or something.....

I preface this review with the fact that I've owned Line 6, and Vox modeling amps prior to purchasing the Cube 60.

As one reviewer said...just the right combination of features and simplicity. I gig with this amp, and I don't have time to read the manual in the middle of a song. It's very straight forward to make adjustments with it. Now..having said that...there are a few suggestions I have. First of all...Roland should include a footswitch with this amp. If you want to take advantage of all the switchable features, you'd have to buy three seperate foot switches...that's not cool Roland! In some aspects, the amp's too simple. One or two patch bays would be great. If Roland couldn't include any patch bays, then seperate tone and effects controls for the dirty channels would be just fine. I would pay more for that.

I love the size of the amp and it's not too heavy. It seems to be constructed well. I love the different output options (line level, headphones, tuner).

I first heard this amp over a year ago in a music store...I couldn't believe the sound quality. I went through a Line 6 Spider II, and a Vox AD50VT before finally purchasing this amp. A music store salesman, who's opinion I highly regard, told me he owned one of these amps and he raved about it. That was enough for me. The Vox was put on eBay and I purchased the Cube 60. I'm not let down by any means. My other working amp is a Fender Hot Rod Deville. I also build tube amps. I'm really impressed with the sound of the Cube 60. So much so, that I've been leaving the Fender at home on gigs. The Black Panel and Tweed models are outstanding. The distortion models are awesome too. It's not quite as loud (on clean)as my Deville, but has more than enough volume for any of my applications (I play in a 9 piece band!).

I have no opinion on reliability yet, as I've owned it a month or so. Seems well constructed though.

No opinion here, but I like Rolands website. Getting to manuals for download is easy.

Overall rating a 9. Would like a different arrangement in the channel switching or a patch bay or two. Other than that...it looks to be a keeper!

This amp has a lot of features, but unlike some modeling amps, they're not overwhelming. It is exactly the right combination of versatility and simplicity for my needs, which are oriented toward diverse classic rock covers. I love the fact that there's only one knob for each effect (no need to twiddle two or three parameters), and no menus to scroll through.

As others have mentioned, the one significant shortcoming is the lack of an effects loop. However, the built-in effects cover most of the obvious bases.

I'm not going to review all the models; others have done that well enough. They do cover what I need more than any other single amp I've gigged with.

This is my main reason for posting today: To anyone who says, "This thing is built like a tank; I would gig without a backup", think twice. Mine crapped out on me without warning right in the middle of a practice session. Turns out the power amp IC blew. It's a $20 item but cost another $70 labor to troubleshoot and replace. That's not excessive as far as cost goes, but my point is that these amps CAN fail, and I'm damned glad I wasn't gigging without a backup at the time.

Before I turned the amp over to a qualified service person, I had the idea that I might try to troubleshoot it myself. So I ordered the "service notes" from Roland. What I got was a parts list and a schematic, and it turns out that it wasn't for my amp but rather for ANOTHER solid state "Cube 60" that they manufactured in like 1982 (no modeling capability, of course). I called them about the error and they sent me the correct copy, which still didn't turn out to be useful to me personally, but no matter. Overall, my dealings with Roland were satisfactory.

I've been playing electric guitar since I began teaching myself in 1990; I've been gigging with a "weekend warrior" classic rock cover band for about five years. I play a modded Strat (humbucker on the bridge for one), and my main amps until now have been a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue and a Gibson Goldtone GA-15RV, both 1x12 combos.

One thing I really like about the Roland Cube-60 is the very low weight to power ratio. It's the easiest amp to carry around and yet it gets pretty loud (recall, however, that 60W on a solid state amp are more like 30W on a tube amp .. not sure why). I would probably replace it if lost or stolen, because of that exceptional sonic versatility in a surprisingly simple, convenient package. I just hope it doesn't blow again, as that would really dampen my enthusiasm for this model.

60 Watt modeling amplifier 1 x 12 made in China. I play mostly classic rock, 80's rock, etc. There are 9 amp models and 6 built-in effects. This amp is very versatile. You can get a sound for just about any style of music from this amp. It is a very loud amplifier, loud enough for gigging, practice, etc. It sounds great at bedroom volumes as well. I wish there was a footswitch included for channel switching. I am going to buy one. I am not going to go into too many details since the other reviewers have done it already. There are enough inputs and outputs to do anything you want to do.

My main amp is a Mesa triple rectifier half stack. I use a 1993 PRS Custom 24, a 1987 ESP Mirage, and a USA Fender Sambora signature Strat. I have been playing for 22 years and have owned many amps, both tube (5150, double rec, triple rec,tremoverb, mark4, jcm800, jcm900, DC3, ETC.) and solid state (peavey, marshall, etc.). I am not going to get into the whole tube vs. SS argument because they both have their purpose and I just want to talk about this Roland. This amp flat-out rocks. I can get great sounding cleans, to extreme gain, and everything in between. The amp models are great. In fact, at lower volumes, this amp sounds better than my $3,000.00 Boogie set-up. The two I use the most are JC clean and metal (5150 model). I use a little bit of the built in reverb or delay to fatten things up. I am SUPER picky about my tone. In fact, I am a real freak about it. For this kind of amp, I think the cubes are the best. I had the 30 watt version of this amp previously. It was also a great amp and perfect for home jam sessions. I compared these to the vox ad30vt, ad50vt, and the new line-6 spider 3 75 watt combo. The roland's are built like a tank and don't feel as cheaply made as the competitors. Also, according to the reviews here, the vox seems to have some reliability issues. I just think the cube sounded the best and seems to be the most reliable. Roland has an excellent reputation. The other's had more effects editing capabilities and so forth, but reliability and tone are more important to me. I don't care what is the most popular, I care about what sounds the best and what will last.

I had the cube 30 for a year without any issues. It sounded great and worked flawlessly. I upgraded to this one for the extra power. I will use this for small shows instead of bringing the big rig everywhere. This thing kills when miked-up for recording or through a PA system.Built like a brick outhouse. Never gig without a back-up, no matter what amp you have. You will regret it at some point.

I called once to ask some general questions and they were very nice.

I have been playing 22 years and if this were lost or stolen I would buy it again. I feel it smokes the competition. These can be scored pretty cheap because they are not the "sexy" amp right now. Show the cash and your local retailer will probably be happy to give you a deal. I have seen them priced all over the net and in stores at $345.00 which is a fair deal for what this amp has to offer. I got a brand new one in the box for $269.00. There is nothing that can touch this amp at that price. Or actually at the $345.00 for that matter. If you can compare this to the others and judge them based soley on the tone, I think many would choose the Roland Cube 60.

BTW*****
this is an update on a previous review of this product.

Its been nearly a year since ive had this amp. Still good, still diggin the sound.

This is a 60 watt solid state modelling amp. It's got 9 amp moddels all together. I dont really like to count to the acoustic as a moddel but, eh.

i really just wish the delay was separate from the reverb.
cuz there are times where i like to use delay and verb at the same time, but cant with this amp. if the delay was controlled with the FX knob that'd be cool. people keep wishing for an onboard tunner, but i really dont mind just using a patch cable and resting my tunner on top of the amp and pluging into the tunner output. thats a really good feature. the sound comes out clean always, which is good for tunning.

Heres a list of thing that'd make this amp alot better:
.a single footswitchable boost for the OD channel.
.the delay on a separate controll than the reverb
.a fx loop would be cool, but if you had the boost and the separate delay, i wouldnt see any need for any fx that'd have to be put into the preamp.
.a storage of 3 presets.
.a tripple footswitch

the features are good, but it seems like they kinda just wanted to tease you. each good feature has at least one downset.

With this i am using my main guitar, a Fender JAP Antigua Strat with a SD lil 59 in the bridge, soon to be a JB in the bridge.

i like to treat this amp as if it were a tube amp. i use one distortion moddel, the same amount of verb always, no effects, and use a delay and an OD pedal with this, plus my wah.

as for clean, i like lowering my neck pup on my strat way way down, making it very quiet, and giving me an almost clean sound. and switch to that position while playing live. I dont like using a completely clean tone, exept for a clean jazz song, or when recording clean guitar. live, a tad bit of gain on a clean sound works well.

The distortion moddels all sound pretty good, very realistic. I allways use the Classic stack moddel. I think this is supposed to moddel a marshall plexi. The Blackface, brit combo, and metal models are good too. For certain types of music different moddels work better.

I can get a really good beatles tone using the brit combo. thats what it's supposed to moddel i gues. and the blackface with alot of gain sounds pretty good too. when i want alot of gain i use the metal model, not live just when i feel like shredding. live i use a digitech bad monkey for a gain boost. as most have said, boost pedals dont really do much with this amp. but i still use it. the boost pedals do alot more if you use less gain. as i do. with the classic stack model i use about half gain, sometimes more, sometimes less.

really i think good pickups are an important tone factor when playing this amp.

its really tuff. its dropped out of a friends car. still fine. id certainly gig without a backup. ive gigged with this thing a couple dozen times. Plus tons of band peactice. When using this thing live, put it on a chair or stool. or buy an amp stand. you really get more volume from smaller amps if you elevate them so the speaker isint pointing at the ground, and you loose half your volume.

its good. its no flextone. so its not so easy to use live on its own. i play alot of old rock (zep, allman bros, jeff beck, clapton, srv), sometimes i like to crank the gain and play some harder rock. Im also heavy into blues. Jazz as well. The band im starting will be sortof funkjazzbluesrock-ish. this is a very versitile amp. id way sudgest getting it. the absoulte best amp for under 500 bucks with all these features. just do as i said, and treat it as a tube amp. buy a good OD, a delay, and a wah, and you're set.

In theory this amp seemed perfect for me - I had to order it because I couldn't find it in stock. I wanted to get a light SS amp that was punchy, warm and verstile. I was dissapointed. The cabinet, although closed backed, was not large enough to get some resonant warmth out of it. Although the JC clean sounded OK, I really wanted to be able to use the black panel at low gain for a sweet clean tone - this was not possible due to the digital clip present even at low gain - a nasty clip sound really. The best gain to my ears was the stack with the metal and rectifier modes being too fizzy. The tweed was also dissapointing especially when driven - very ugly sounding distortion. I wasn't looking for a tube sound out of this amp. I almost traded my Crate XT-65R for this - glad I didn't. I think the Crate, though less expensive, has much better tones and feel than this amp. To be fair, the Crate doesn't have chorus, delay or flange which sounded OK on this amp. So in conclusion - a barely adequate clean and unusable distortions to my ears. I don't own any tube amps because I generally like SS for my type of playing and rely on pedals for my OD sounds. I also own Evans and Ultrasound amps. Keep at it Roland - I KNOW you can do better than this - I really liked the Blues Cube series - now discontinued (why???). Maybe you need to lose the COSM or at least up the bit rate to get rid of the jagged distortion sounds. Analog wouldn't be a bad option....

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)

This amp is part of Roland's Cube series. The 60 has the 12" speaker. It is a solid-state amp with a clean channel and a modeling channel. The modeling channel models everything from acoustic to thrashing hard Rectifier-like sounds, and it has a dynamic setting that allows you to go from clean to higher gain through picking dynamics. No footswitch comes with the amp; you'd have to buy it separately. It has an output for an extension cabinet. For effects, it has chorus, phaser, flanger, and tremelo. It has a delay and reverb effects, also. While the delay and reverb are good, the other effects are probably suitable only for beginners; experienced players will find them quite limited. Overall, though, for a small, light-weight, low-price amp (a theme you will hear repeated often), the features (clean, modeling, and effects)are above standard.

This rugged, tiny, lightweight amp puts out sound like you won't believe. I am torn a bit on who to judge it, becauser the amp models are okay but not great. However, the clean channel, when teamed with a decent modeler like the GT-8, is tremendous. If you want do nothing but slashing, this amp is great, too. It has volume like you wouldn't believe, and with the 12" speaker it is useable for live gigs. I use at GT-8 Boss pedal fed into two Cube 60s set to their clean channels. The sound is awesome, and the entire set-up is light weight, flexible, and provides all the decibels you need. If the GT-8 conks out, I can use the Cube 60 by itself and use its modeling channels to get me through the gig. I have to give it two ratings; one using an external modeler, and one for the amp itself. By itself, the amp modeling is probably an 80% solution (8). Using the clean channel and an external modeler, its a 9.5. I will average that out to about a 9.

These things are built to last, and are not fragile like tube amps. I love tube amps, by the way, so I'm not anti-tubes. Tubes, though, age and must be replaced, and are sensitive to bumbs--the kind of bumps traveling bands endure routinely. The Rolands are rock solid and retain tonal quality even at high volumes.

I've never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for about 40 years--twice with paying bands. I own all kinds of gear to include Sunn amps, Cyber-twin, Les Paul guitars, tele's and Strats. I also play some Epiphone Elite guitars. I have more money and gear than talent.

I think Roland really created a champion when they made the Cube series--in particular the Cube 60. It is not a boutique tube amp, but when one considers the reliability, weight, size, volume output, and features, this amp is a solid 10. No one expects such a light weight amp to be able to cleanly project volume the way this amp can; it is stunning. You will probably never play this amp passed half-volume, and even if you did, it would still sound great. With my Boss GT-8 running through this amp, I can get great plenty of volume and mimic anything you need for a gig--Marshall Stack, Fender clean, Vox, tube-break up--whatever. The GT-8 does the "thinking" and the Cube 60 projects the volume. It is awesome. And when the evening is through, I can pack up in 10 minutes and not strain my back trying to load a 4x12 cabinent into the van! Frankly, I think the days of multiple cabinents and amp heads are over, because the modelers out there teamed with feeding directly to a mixer or an amp like the Cube 60 make an ampline full of gear seem very 1970'ish. You simply don't need it.

The Cube 60 is a fantastic little package. If you're looking for a small amp in this price range, do not buy anything else until after you've given the Cube 60 a test drive. Then you can decide. Personally, as noted above, I now play through 2 Cube 60s!

Not sure what year the amp was made in, bought in 2006 so I am asuming its a fairly new amp. I mainly play rock and metal but occasionally I like to switch to a classic 60's or blues tone and the cube is perfect for it. Has two channels clean and lead with the lead channel having a huge tonal range. No effects loop but thats not too big a problem, headphone jack very useful for late night playing. Mainly use this amp at home or in band jam type situation but its comforting to know that this amp has the balls to cope with a gig situation. The extention cab out is really usuful if you need to plug in another cab for that extra boost.

I am currently using a shitty Ibanez Gax30 (the cheapest model in that series) but this amp is able to make it sound like a strat or a les paul. This amp is great for all styles of music as it can model a variety of amps from the good ol fashioned Fender Tweed sound to melt your face distortion with a Mesa/Boogie Rectifier. Clean channel maintains its clean and crisp quality at high volumes and comes with a bright switch if you really wanna increase the mid and high sections. Three Thumbs UP!

This amp is built like a tank, I wouldn't have any fears of chucking it in the back of a truck and driving round the country. This amp can stand up to the gig circut and will take anything you throw at it. Saying that the amp is still a reasonable weight and is easily transportable.

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A REALISTIC Review of the Roland Cube 60 Guitar Amp
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2005 Model
60W 1 12" Speaker / Amp modelling / Some FX / Reverb
2 Channels - Very lightweight and loud for an amp this size.
Feature set: is great and versatile however that is assuming you find the sounds these features produce to be acceptable. (I didn't but still rate the amp high because it does have lots of features.)

I wanted something to play at home and for jamming, possibly small gigs. This amp is light weight and portable and seemed to fit the bill.

Guitars: 77 Les Paul Deluxe, 80s Jap Strat, Partscaster
Music Style: blues, rock (mild overdriven sounds not mega distortion)
Years played: 15 or so. Not a pro or even semi but have a good ear.
Previous Amps Owned: Fender Super, blues deville, Princeton Chorus, Princeton Reverb (old one), Line 6 Flextone, 80s Roland guitar amp (can't remember model)
Noise: Fairly quiet amp.
TONE: Seriously lacking. I thought when I played it in the store it was a little dull but figured it was the guitar I used (And it was hard to tell cause of the guys with long hair stuck back in the 80s making lots of noise). When I got it home I played with the knobs for hours assuming I just didn't know how to dial in the good tones. (I never did dial them in!) The amp just sounds dull and lifeless no matter what setting.
REVERB: The reverb didn't seem to add any dimension to the tone and just seemed lakcing.
EFFECTS: sound like toys. wouldn't use them on this amp.
AMP MODELS: Those here who have said the Black Panel is good must have never played a tube amp in their lives. This sounds nothing like a Black Panel fender. (Not even close). I have a line 6 POD and even it has more life! The clean channel may have been ok with a semi-hollow type guitar like a 335 but with a strat was really dull. The distorted amps just sound bad. It does seem to sound a little better turned up but not good enough to want to keep it.

I think this amp would be very reliable. It seems well constructed and would likely last a long time. Can't rate it a 10 cause I am not going to keep it!

Can't rate this cause haven't needed it.

To be honest I would rate this amp very high if I could accept the tone it produces. It has a great list of features, sturdy construction, light weight and loud for an amp this size.

If you like the way it sounds then it seems to be a great amp.
However the tones seem really flat and dull to me. It is so lacking in tone that I decided to return it.

SUMMARY: Great idea, good volume but overall dull and lifeless.

Lesson Learned: always give an amp a good 30min listen without the interference of noise making tools in the background!

PS: Never rely on the reviews here cause alot of people are tone deaf and have no basis on which to judge the sound of an amp! Pay attention to guys that have played for a while and write more detail about their reviews and ignore the guys who give 10s on every category. Ultimately just go listen to it yourself!

The one i have was made in 2005, so i guess it's a current model.
please see other reviews for features or visit website / try one in shop!
oh, the effects are usable but just ok, and you need to plan ahead what effect you want for each song.
The speaker emulation out on the back is brilliant. no more miking up required.

I use a Gibson es336, and a 1965 Fender telecaster. i play in a functions band in bars and ballrooms for weddings/dances etc. Basically, pop music from last 50 years. i only use the clean channel, and the marshall stack emulation for my distorted sounds. for the price, it sounds fantastic. However, i use it when i feel lazy. my 'real' rig is a mesa rack or a marshall plexi (with a G-force for effects). of course it does not sound as good as either of these, but in the overall mix of a live situation it is certantly good enough. in a back 2 back comparison with any good valve amp it sounds a bit dead, or flat. this is a common ss characteristic.

i use it every weekend with no problems. like the boss pedal range it seems very strong.

never dealt with the company. my local music shop changed the first one i bought because it made a loud pop when i switched it off. i have since found that they all do it. it depends on the electrical supply that it is plugged into!

i have been playing 30 years, some of it professionally. i have a room full of vintage valve gear and a boogie rack as my main amp. i got tired lifting gear every weekend so i bought this on a whim. my main concern, and the reason for writing this review, was if the cube was good enough to gig with. I believe it is. it is loud enough even with a heavy drummer. the tone is good enough. it is very handy. it is a fun amp because it feels like a giant killer. honestly, if you can play to a reasonable standard, you will know that most of the tone is in your hands anyway.

2 channels, clean and OD selection. Also includes a EQ and Effects such as Chorus, Phaser, Tremelo, Flange, reverb, delay.....
has SPEAKER OUT, Foot Switch. Offers a lot sounds and very easy to use. Line out also.

This is my favortie amp. I've had many big buck amps, but they were always boring. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't play in a band, but instead love playing alone and along with backing band tracks or learning Hendrix or SRV. I think for a guy like me, who just loves jammin at home, this amp is the best. Yeah, i got caught up in all the hype of expensive amps. I currently have a fender bassman LTD and a class A crate V3112. I love those amps, but i have more fun with the Cube 60. I also have the Cube 30. I bought the cube 30, before the 60. The 60 wasn't released at the time i bought the 30. Anyway, i think for a lot of people who just jam at home, this is the amp to have. I can dial in any guitar god i want, SRV, HENDRIX, Gilmore. No, I don't sound just like them, but close enough to make me happy. I also like how easy it is to dial in, very easy to use.

I've had the amp for about 2 yrs, no problems.

don't know

I've been playing about 16 yrs. I've had and still have many guitars and amps and effects. I like the feeling of having nice equipment. I have some very nice guitars and amps, but usually play only one guitar and amp. Lately its my gibson SG classic with P-90s and the Roland 60. If the cube 60 was stolen, i would buy another, no question about it ! Why do i like the Cube 60 and 30 ?
1. They sound very GOOD 2. Its easy to dial in tones you love. 3. I like that i can plug an extension speaker into it, but haven't. 4. The amp can be loud and could be used to play in a small venue. 5. It offers a lot of tones to cover many guitar gods.
TRY IT !

I bought this in 2004 and have used it for rehearsals and in a variety on live settings. Features as mentioned elsewhere. I agree that an effects loop would be good, but the headphone out, line out and ext speaker are fine. RE THE FOOTSWITCH PROBLEM - yes, I too was pissed off by the need to buy three expensive f/s's, but (after a couple of goes) I've built a simple 3 switch unit. The thing is to get UNLATCHING heavy duty push button switches - the wiring is simple.

I'm pretty happy with the sounds from this amp. The clean channel is brilliant, and lets the characteristics of the guitars pickups come through. The amp models are fine, and there is enough tweaking available with the gain and EQ, as well as the effects to get tasty sounds - so long as you don't expect the exact sound of the original amp (if you want a Marshall sound, buy a Marshall!) As mentioned by others the volume from this amp is surprisingly loud, plenty for most playing settings. For a simple set up, the on board effects are fine.

As mentioned elsewhere, built like a tank. Never any problems.

Never had to deal with the company.

I bought this amp as a way of getting back to electric playing after a long break. I started playing in 1974, and owned at that time an original Vibrolux Reverb (why did I ever let it go?!) I have a Tele 72 Thinline RI and a G&L Legacy. The Cube lets me get 'character' of each guitar. I've also used the Cube with an acoustic-electric with an OK result. If replacing it I would probably would at alternatives in both modelling combos or valve amps, but I suspect that this wold again be my choice for value, versalility, and reliability.

I assume this is a 2005 model. At this stage I would hazard that 'versatile' is an understatement compared to anything I have
ever used - having been a strict 'combo' player for the past 35 years. I purchased this amp after two rehearsals on a borrowed unit. Features include 9 amp models and an array of typical guitar effects all in a 'dial up' configuration. For the price ($595 Australian) this is very hard to beat. I guess I could have wished for an effects loop but I am over that now. The ability to footswitch between the distortion models would have been ideal - maybe next version. Footswitching capability in general is a pig's breakfast as cited in other reviews. This tiny cube (it weighs less than an astronaut's f**t) easily cuts across my fairly dynamic rhythmn section in a rehearsal room although I am yet to use it in a gig. My band's style is country rock but we kick arse despite our collective vintage. For portability, functionality and 'out of the box' tone I have not experienced anything like this - especially for the price.

I have used the Cube60 with a borrowed Mexican 'Tommy Emmanuel' telecaster as my own floral re-issue is getting refretted. The TE is modified with replacement pickups - probably 'Seymours' - and features a strat style 3 pickup configuration. It is strung with 11-54 Ernie's. I had already been advised of a potentially suitable mode for a 'veteran' sound - that being 'blackface' mode. No disappointment here! In fact I have not even experimented with the other modes as the 'blackface' is so ideal. Does it really sound like a genuine old twin? Well if you listen to telecaster master Roy Buchanan, for example, you will hear what is missing but that's not the point - what do you seriously expect from a cheap, mass produced digital emulator? This is its 'own' sound despite the 'blackface' tag and one external listener thought I might have had an old AC30.

Despite the very usable on-board effects I set up my usual stomp chain of Ibanez PDM1 delay with TC Electronics chorus and Ibanez tube screamer. This really works although the TC will probably go west as the on-board tremelo is so cool and who wants to sound like Andy Summers (who?) any more. The tube screamer behaved brilliantly producing Bonnie Raitt type slide tones. I had all Cube's tone pots on 12 o'clock - same for gain & volume. As indicated in other posts it is a quiet amp when you are not playing due no doubt to a built-in noise gate.

This is a loud little mother and the tone drew the attention of the other band members who were flabbergasted at the sound quality and gathered around for a look at the panel. I tried the 'JC120' channel and it is also superb as real JC120's are. I'll probably get a footswitch so I can flick between this and the 'blackface' and another to switch the tremelo in and out. The reverb is fine and adds a nice bit of headroom. As for the other modes and effects ??? I guess its comforting to know that I can peel the paint off walls or start fires if I need to to but those days are gone forever for me - I might get sued or something for breaching duty of care. Flanger? - nahhh! Phaser? - can emulate a Hendrix Ubivibe I suppose.

I have a FENDER Hotrod Deluxe that this will mostly replace. This has been unreliable and is not in the same league tone or versatility wise. I will retain this however as it has tactical capability in open air situations being stupendously loud and
dominating when it works.

Don't know yet - it could not be worse than the FENDER Hotrod Deluxe (or could it?). Roland to me is like Yamaha - both industry standard brands associated with reliability and quality. My old Voxes and Musicman amps were thrown in and out of trucks for years and never a breakdown - hopefully the Cube will see a return to this. Chinese manufacture sounds scary but so did Japanese 40 years ago.

Don't know - see other reviews

Bloody brilliant for the money! I have been playing since Adam was a lad and played a few rigs over the years. This is not a 'real' tube amp but it sounds much better than the 'real' tube amp I own. In fact it has been the main reason I have returned to playing period. My dream after retiring from full time music was to get a tele and a tiny 50 watt amp that I could easily carry and maintain. Well - hallelujah! The time has arrived. If it were stolen I would simply buy another. I look forward to seeing what Roland will do with this model next. No more temperamental valve problems, no more lower back problems. It leaves all other standard cheap combos in a hole.

Not sure when mine was made, I bought it in 2006.

I'll skip the features list etc as that's been beat to death.

The amp is very versatile for my expected uses and against my styles (blues, blues-rock, honky-tonk, etc) and overall has a boatload of cool features and sounds. Having all the input/output flexibility is very nice.

On the down side, there's a couple durability concerns I have (refer to the Reliability section), and the footswitch situation is just unforgivable.

A footswitch for this thing couldn't cost more than $5-10 to produce in China along with the amp, which means they could either include it with the amp (and a slight price hike) or offer them after-market for $25+. But to suggest that we buy THREE of their over-priced, one-size-fits-all-for-all-their-products footswitches at inflated prices is obscene. In the end and using Rolands' solution, the footswitches would come to roughly half again the cost of the again. Nonsense!

I play a 62' reissue Strat with Van Zandt Vintages Pluses, a custom Warmoth neck, 5-way switch, and a Mike Lull shielding + setup. Oh, and a Guild Bluebird AAA flame-maple-top, which is a fantastic git but long ago took 2nd chair to the Strat. I used to be a LP/Hamer/whatever guy, but after the '62 RI project was done and I learned to love my Strat, that was all she wrote. But I digress...

As I said, I play blues, rock, (basically, road house stuff), and occasional church stuff.

I've not had a chance to crank the Cube anywhere close to max yet, but I didn't buy it for that anyway. And since it is very loud at a given setting and for it's rated output and size, I can't imagine cranking it unless I get carried away in a jam or serious gig somewhere...

I bought it as a prax amp (spends most it's life in my bedroom or music room) and as something lightweight to drag around for prax, jamming, rehearsals, and possibly lightweight gigs. For playing out I have a Fender Prosonic combo, a box with V30s, a Marshall PB, and an older Carvin tube combo with a single 12" (a poorly-disguised modest Eminence with vanilla character.) But I digress again...

Overall, this thing sounds sweet. In general it has less of the "buzz saw" raspiness that is generally associated with less expensive amps, fx, modeling gadgets, etc.

Most the modeled amps produce at least a decent facsimile of the real McCoys, and sound very good at low to typical household/garage/coffee-house jamming/prax/rehearsal/playing levels.

The thing is efficient/loud, given it's physical size and rated power, and can play with some real authority and a lot of chunkiness for an amp in this class.

The JC chan sounds nice with the Strat and just a touch of verb or delay, or perhaps a touch each of verb and chorus.

Used with restraint, the modeled amps and digital fx sound much better than I would've expected for an amp in this class and price range. The thing does cost less than a lot of standalone fx pedals/processors, after all...

I bought my former step-daughter a Korean PRS and one of the Crate G/L/F...X 60 watter x 1-12" combos (similar price + features.)

The Crate had some things to recommend it, but by comparison and if turned up at all it takes on that all-too-familiar and all-too-nasty clipped-diode/warped transistor raspy sound. In comparison this Cube sounds better at lower levels and displays less of the SS raspiness as it is turned up.

The modeled amps and fx do display typical digital fx vagaries, something that I was not surprised by.

The digital processing nuances seem to become more pronounced when playing one of the modeled amp settings with the gain run up, and both digital fx processors going. Not surprising, with that much modeling/processing going on. At some point and if the gain and fx are not used with restraint, the thing starts to take on that typical 80's rack-rig buzz saw sound. Again, that's not surprising.

I like the Dyna Amp (or whatever it is) modeled amp, it has a lot of potential for soulful blues or SRV-ish playing, as it *does* model the touch/pick sensitivity of tubes better than any other similar SS/modeled amp I've played. Play softly or with restraint and it cleans up, dig into some pick harmonics or start sawwing away like SRV, and it gets dirtier/louder.

Overall, while I wouldn't trade it for *any* decent tube amp and agree it's a marginally gigable amp, it also does not require a relationship with an amp tech, half a car load of cabs and accessories, it's lightweight, and again it does a pretty good job of delivering what it is advertised to produce.

And I have to make an observation here...

A lot of people have dissed this thing because, well, it's a $350 practice amp with just enough guts and features to be useful with just a git and a cable, and to be a pretender in lesser gig situations.

I've been playing off and on for several decades, did a couple years in a blues band, have played more parties/jams/pickup-gigs/walk-ins/sit-ins/etc than I care to remember, and have (as I said), a small room full of tube amp gear.

All that is to say that yes, the Cube is not a "giggable" amp, it won't replace even a decent gigable rig, nor is it going to obsolete a "real" git rig.

On the other hand, I have to say that anyone who thinks/expects/believes that a 1x12" 60 watt SS modeling amp that comes with all the features this one does *AND* only costs three bills plus drinking money, can replace a "real" guitar rig is on crack, pure and simple.

Expecting this amp to be giggable in a real sense and comparing it to amps in that class is nonsensical. It's like comparing an iPod to a pro sound reinforcement system. They're not even designed to similar parameters/needs and the difference in cost is significant.

Long and the short of it: As far as cheap or modest priced, all-in-one amp + fx units that are marginally good enough for modest gigs, prax, etc, this thing is sweet.

I've not had it long enough to expect or experience problems, and would be *majorly* POed if I did.

But having owned a number of amps over a number of decades, I do have some observations in this area.

On the plus side and overall, the thing is basically built like a tank. It's heavy and chunky and well built. It has nice corner protection that wraps around the corners and the top/bottom and sides. The protectors *are* plastic, but at least the protectors will take the abuse (and likely break, sooner or later) rather than the amp itself, and they can be replaced. That is their role, after all, and at least they added them in the first place.

The electronics are all encased in a heavy steel inner-chassis that also (apparently) serves as a heat sync and "wack" protection. None of what ought to be "internals" are left exposed or hanging out, as is the case with some amps in this class.

I do have several beefs that could lead to durability issues...
1) The cord has no strain relief where it comes out of the amp, and since that passage is flush with the back (instead of being resessed, reinforced, or the cord removable), I expect that sooner or later the cord will fray or be damaged in that location
2) The cord retainers/nubbins stick out off the back of the amp and, being plastic and somewhat lightweight, I'd expect them to be broken off sooner or later
3) While the control panel ("face") of the amp is somewhat recessed, the knobs still are not recessed enough to be out of harms' way and I again expect that without some sort of healthy case, sooner or later they will get wacked/bent/broken

I'm giving it a 7 in this area because it just doesn't make sense to produce such a sweet amp (in this class) and then do things like fail to recess the face/panel sufficiently, stick the useful-but-lightweight cord retainers on the back as an obvious afterthought, and not put strain relief on the power cord. As I impled, overall the amp is well designed and built, but in these three areas...

No need, and if Rolands' reputation holds true, won't need them...

Overall, this thing is a winner. Don't listen to the people who bought this thing (a well-equipped Civic) and then were upset it wasn't a Porsche Carrera. Likewise, if you want a truly gig-worthy amp with real tube tone, start saving your pennies until you have roughly 5-10 times the cost of this thing (because that's what you'll need to spend) and buy the real thing.

But if you're looking for a lightweight, all-in-one, marginally gigable prax/jam/kick-around rig that only requires a git and a cable to be ready to play, you'd can hardly go wrong. It certainly sounds much better than any other SS modeling/pseudo-tube/trans-whatever/digi-this-and-that amp in this class that I've ever played or been exposed to.

I'm giving it a 9 (as opposed to a 10) in this area only because of the footswitch situation and the obvious durability concerns.

Has a lot of options. I don't like effects so I really don't care what it has. Only use very little delay.

Amp models are very good. Probably the best modeling I have found. The Dyno feature makes it feel more like a tube amp. I use that feature to get the "brown" sound. The rectifier model has more than enough kick. I went from a 5150 combo to this just cause I have no room in my house. The cube is no 5150 but in a house recording setting it is actually better. Good sounds at a lower volume. It does have the ability to get LOUD but, once you get to a certain level tubes ALWAYS sound better. I do think this sounds pretty good ran in to a p.a.

It is a bit goofy when it comes to ease of switching tones in a live setting. You need 3 seperate foot switches. Very uncool.

It is a great sounding amp for what it is. Remember it is NOT a Rectifier or 5150. If I had the room and money I would have a stack of each. I don't. This is the next best option.

New 2005. So many sounds...no easy way to use them in a live performance setting. Roland has completely cheaped-out with a totally inadequate footswitch system (not included) for this amp.
THREE seperate footswitches (not included) are needed for channel and mode switching, each requiring a seperate cord to the amp. What a mess. Whoever the Roland bench-techy genius was who designed this footswitch system is certainly not a gigging player. My old 1980's Roland Studio Chorus came with a matched three-button footswitch (included) so that I could use all the features of the the amp. How sensible. Basic common sense.

Fine clean JC sound, plenty loud, lots of meaty overdrive tones and crazy fun FX. But...oh oh - Quick! you're doing a live gig - switch from clean sound to Marshall stack with some reverb! Wait, I must... walk...back...to...amp...first and play for a while with dials (footswitch not included) Or, I must buy THREE Roland footswitches (not included, but available at your friendly Roland dealer) in order to fully use this amp.

Roland makes solid stuff, including THREE seperate required footswitches that are not included (but available for additional cost from your friendly Roland dealer).

I called Roland, nice enough guy answered my questions, he told me I need to buy THREE additional footswitches in order to use this amp flexibly in a live setting. Thanks Roland. Maybe for your next amp models don't include knobs, speaker or power cord either (all available at additional cost from your friendly Roland dealer).

I've been playing 30 years and have played and owned almost everything at one time or another. Whatever. THIS amp as is might be fine for noodling on the end of your bed with knobs within arm's reach, but very frustrating to go through what is required to switch settings via footswitch (THREE footswitches required - not included). Additionally, the generic footswitch(s) for this amp is a basic design Roland uses to minimally cover a footswitch requirement for a number of their amps, apparently a cost-savings thing (for Roland, not me, as I need to buy THREE of'em). PLUS, the LED light just blinks when you step on the button, it doesn't stay ON or OFF to let you know what channel you're on...only furthering the frustrating lack of user-friendly engineering presently offered here by Roland. So even if you do buy the THREE required footswitches, they are lousy footswitches! If this amp came with a well-designed matched 3-button footswitch (w/LED's that told me something) that could be plugged in with ONE cord I would give this amp an Overall 8.5 rating. As is, too frustrating...and...inflexible...must...sell.

Built in 2004, the Roland CUBE-60 is a closed back, 60 watt solid state amp with 2 channels. Digital effects that include chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, and independant delay and reverb. Bass, Mid, Treble and Presence EQ. Clean channel models Roland JC-120, with Bright switch. Lead channel models the following:
Acoustic: Makes an electric guitar sound acoustic.
Black Panel: Fender Twin Reverb.
Brit Combo: VOX AC-30TB.
Tweed: Fender Bassman 4x10.
Classic Stack: Marshall JMP1987 stack.
Metal: Peavey EVH-5150.
R-Fier: MESA/Boogie Rectifier.
Dyna Amp: A model that can go clean or distorted depending on picking style.

Along with a recording/phones out, the amp has several line-outs at the back. There are footswitches (sold seperately) to switch on/off the Delay/Reverb, Effects and switch between Clean and Lead. Ext Speaker is for powering speaker cabinets, the standard Line Out is for connecting to a PA mixer, preferably through a DI box, and the tuner out for tuners and (apparently) connecting to another amp. The control panel sits on top of the amp at the back.

Now with all those features for a solid state amp for its price and size, you have no excuse to not call this amp versatile. Any kind of guitar music can be played here.

I use replicas because I can't afford the real thing. I use a Epiphone Les Paul 100 with humbucker pickups, and a Westfield electro-acoustic guitar. First off, a lot of people say the Acoustic amp is useless. Not with me. When I use my electro-acoustic through it, the sound is very rich, and more versatile and better than going through a PA. Not sure how this Acoustic model compares to other acoustic amps, but it's still pretty darn good.

My band plays funk, soul, jazz, rock and blues. Needless to say, the CUBE-60 caters to all of these. For funk, soul and jazz, I find myself using the JC Clean and the Black Panel models a lot: The Black Panel for a warmer, slightly distorted sound. For rock and blues, I go for the Brit Combo, Classic Stack, the Dyna Amp and (for really hard rock) the R-Fier. The Dyna Amp is great for when I want to go for the quiet-to-loud songs without the need of a pedal, and all it needs is just volume adjustment on the guitar. The R-Fier is great fun to use when I'm in the mood to play Metallica or Pantera. All the effects are very nice, especially the chorus, for when I want a full, airy clean sound, and the reverb is smooth too. This amp suits any style I play, and it has helped me play better!

The amp is 60 watts, but with the distortion models on, it sounds like it can exceed it. I've never had the chance to use this at maximum volumes yet, as I mainly play pubs, clubs and small halls at the moment, and it's loud enough to be heard. The JC Clean channel does start to get distorted at around 8-ish, but since the amp is still loud enough, I don't need to turn it up that high.

Roland has a well-known reputation of making durable products. With its rugged build, metal grill, and closed back, this thing looks like it can take a real beating and will keep working. Even my bassist said it looks like it's bombproof. That said, I've only had it for a few months now.

Never need to ask them anything. After all, this amp looks like it'll last a long, long time.

While I've been playing guitar for the good part of 10 years, I've not had any tutoring in ages, and only started to fully understand the details of guitar amps, because only fairly recently I needed to upgrade from my Crate GX-15 when I was starting to gig a lot more regularly. I decided to browse numerous sites to find the best amp on my budget. No way am I gonna be able to afford a MESA/Boogie of any kind or any tube amp. I saw that the Roland CUBE-60 was getting consistently great reviews, and decided to buy it over the Marshall MGs, Fenders and Laneys around that price. I suppose my only gripe about this amp is that you need to buy the seperate footswitches. Still, buying this kit at only #175 new from an online store was more than good enough. I'll no doubt get the FS-6 for this soon. Should it get stolen, I'll find the guy and bash that person's head in with the CUBE-60 (it can take a beating and still work), or I'll buy another one without hesitation if it ain't found.

There are too many things I love about this amp. Its versatility, the sounds are great, it's small and portable yet deceptively powerful and can be heard easily in gigs or rehearsals. It's just great fun to use, and it's recently become my best friend when it comes to my guitar playing, and it sounded great in recordings too. Best of all, it's very affordable. Now, imagine what a 100-120W model would sound like?

60 solid state watts. Pretty loud for solid state.
Made in China 2005
Good bottom end. Speaker can handle quite a bit of loudness.
Two channels: one clean JC (as in Roland Jazz Chorus preamp), and a push-button switch to a channel with several amp emulkations, including "Acoustic, BF, Classic, Tweed, 3 versions of hi gain amps, and last but not least - Dyna-amp!"
Effects and delay/reverb knobs too.
Output jacks in the back, plus a headphone/lineout jack on top.
Fairly intuitive controls. Not complicated.
Decent sounds for all occasions.

With my stock American Series Strat, or my modified Ibanez shredder with humbuckers, it can sound mellow and clean on the JC or "Acoustic" selection, and the rest can be varying shades of mild to wild, using the gain and master vol, and effects.
It gets all the most called for sounds, from SRV to sparkly Country, to crunch and grind and screaming dentist drill with harmonics, especialy on the "Dyna-Amp" setting, which is great fun and has tons of harmonics squeals and feedback you can milk. All at any volume you might want it at.
It also seems to have a noise gate built in that does its job pretty unabtrusively on the higher gain settings, though it can be kicked open with lots of single coil noise and volume. I have no complaints. It works with you pretty well, and doesn't compress the sound. Five stars.

I play gigs with it all the time.
Never any troubles.
It behaves itself very well, and delivers a good sound always.

I have no idea.

I think it's got a two year warrenty.

I've been playing semi-professionally since the early seventies (always had a day job too though).
I've had tons of amps and many guitars, but my present rig is this amp for everything, and either the US Strat, or the Japan-made Ibanez RG-570 with a Rio Grande "BBQ-Bucker" in the bridge (for Rock&Roll posing).
It screams. But can also do a nice Blackface Fender sound too.

I really like the "Dyna-Amp!" You can squeeze all kinds of singing and squealing tones from it, then just turn the guitar down for crunchy rhythm stuff.

I wish it came with a foot pedal for channel switching, and maybe a cover, but the grill is expanded metal so the speaker is at least protected. It also has corner protectors that run down the whole side to the back.

Loved tubes for years, but upkeep is just too expensive if you can't wtite it off (I can't).

I tried some Behringers, but don't like programing.
This Roland is easy like a J-Station to use. Just dial it up.

I don't much like the headphone/lineout sound, but live it records well with a Sennheiser 421.

Plenty of amp for the money, and can get loud enough for the clubs I play and the drummers I use (they're not gorillas).

My amp was built in 2005, bought in December. 2 channels, Roland JC ultra clean on one side, 6 amp models varying from jazz/blues to thrash metal in the other. Quality sounds alround. I play in a rock band with guys who have Marshall AVT's - the sound quality is in the same ballpark. Usable for all types of guitar music. Super little package alround - I'm very happy with this purchase.

For all you tight fisted moaners who can't handle the fact there's no footswitch provided for the miniscule amount of cash exchanged for an amp of this quality : to resolve the footswitch issue, you need to buy minimum one UNLATCH sustain pedal (not LATCHING, which is why some of you guys have to tap twice to change channels, etc.). I got two Bespeco VM20 pedals (http://www.harshnoise.com/product_info/bespeco_vm20) that are way cheaper than the Boss FS-5U and very tough. I use one to change channels and one to switch the effects on and off. The effects are sufficiently good for live use too. the Chorus and Flange are particularly good. The reverb is perfectly adequate and the delay is just OK - not really up to the standard of the other features. Likewise for the tremolo which I would never use anyhoo.

For the money, the sounds are excellent alround. Particular favourites are the JC clean for jazz, funk, new wave, Johnny Marr type vibe etc. On the dirty side, every stop has its uses and sounds great, particularly when turned up to about half volume (which is easily loud enough to overpower a psychopathic drummer). The bassman sounds excellent with my strat for SRV sounds, the marshall is also great and versatile and the 5150 and Rectifier scream like a pre-menstrual banshee when powered by my Les Paul Standard. Very similar in quality to the Marshall AVT 100 for me (and a lot less heavy to carry about !). No it isn't a tube amp, but for the money and for most real world gigging musicians this amp sounds the bollocks. It won't need servicing twice a year either.

To new to judge. Seems to be built like a tank though. No rattle at high volumes and good bass response too. My Cube 15 is still going strong 3 years after purchase. Hopefully this will do just the same.

Don't know. The website seems good (http://www.rolandus.com/Multimedia/Flash/cube60/) => coupla video demos for you there. Johnny DeMarco's is worth the download time for its comedy value alone.

This has to be rated as fantastic value. You get about 7 different classic amps, good reverb and 3 useable effects in a compact, light and loud package for a mere snip, mate. Built like a tank, loud enough for gigging and easily competes with an AVT without breaking your back. I have been smiling since I bought this metal grilled Hellbastard.

Little tip to sign off with => when you try it out in the guitar shop do the following : choose a bridge humbucker equiped guitar, select the mesa rectifier, gain at 3 o'clock, bass full, mid 12 o'clock, treble full, presence 3 o'clock AND MOST IMPORTANTLY => volume at half-way... now HIT that E power chord and feel your gonads tremble.

'05-Built, i don't know where it's from. Everyone else has given the features, so i won't bother. It is a very versatile amp for my music, which is basically anything from early electric Bob Dylan through to Muse. I wish it had come with at least a channel-footswitch, but at this price, i don't really mind. I would definitely have paid extra for an FX loop, which is what drops the mark here by 2. I use it in rehearsals and small gigs, and for those functions it excels. I borrow Marshall DSL amps for bigger gigs, when they come along. One feature that I use more often than I expected is the inbuilt phaser. i set it as low as i can get it, and switch on and off with one of the FS-5U footswitches i bought.

I'm using an '04 Japanese Fender Tele (stock single coils) with it, and the apparent inbuilt noise gate is excellent. It definitely suits all my playing styles. The biggest problem with the sound is that, regardless of EQ, the Marshall model ALWAYS sounds harsh and trebly. I usually use the AC30 Mod with gain at around 6.5 and bass-and-middle heavy EQ, and the Boogie mod with no gain and the eq more or less the same. The phaser sounds good at low volumes (small gigs/rehearsal), but the other DFX (verb, delay, trem, chorus, flange) sound crap.

I stand and jump around on top of this thing in my more insane moments, and it has held up fine, so...

No rating for this, but you really shouldn't have to pay for the manual.

I've been playing 2 years, and my current rig is Fender Tele -> ZVex Fuzz Factory -> Boss FV-50H -> Cube. For the price i got it for (500 Aussie, marked down from 800) it is fantastic.

Brand New 2005. Lotsa versatile features, ONE BIG DUMB DESIGN FLAW: (as the last reviewer also stated) in order to access all three main modes(A/B'ing between the clean JC channel and the modeling channel; and accessing the two sets of FX knob settings) you have to buy THREE seperate footswitches - one for each! With each requiring a seperate cord running to the amp!! Molto stupido! Sloppy design! (Years ago I had a little Roland Studio Jazz Chrous that had a simple three-button footswitch (Lead/Reverb/Chorus) that worked great!) Really dumb backward thinking here - as if a non-musician designed this without thought to using the amp in a live setting or any regard to its fully flexible use. And unlike my little Studio Chorus that came with a specific footswitch, the new Cube 60 includes no footswitch at all. (Am I supposed to run back over to the amp in the middle of a live tune and start pressing buttons and turning knobs between rhythm and lead breaks?) Of course, you can buy THREE footswitches at your local Roland dealer for an additonal cost. I have to lower my score here due to such poor user design planning.

Lots of sounds, unique design in how the two FX knobs spin seemlessly through various effects, kinda cool, kinda inflexible. The modeling knob gives decent impersonations of a variety of tube amps, though ultimately more hard crunch distortion than smooth singing sustain. Wish it had a second MASTER knob. Plenty loud, lotsa good clean headroom for small club jazz-combo stuff on clean JC channel. (Although I did A-B the Club 60 next to my old Polytone 1-12 Minibrute II and the Minibrute is still the KING for clean warm archtop jazz.)

Roland has always been very reliable. However now that they are subbing production out to China we will have to see...

I called customer support with my initial inquiry about the footswitch dilemma and after a couple prompts quickly got to a real person who was very personable. I was trying to find the 3-button switch that goes with their 3-mode Cube 60. I was told I needed to buy THREE seperate FS-5U footswitches! (Or OK, I could buy a 2-button FS-6 for FX switching but would still need two cords running to the amp - and a second FS-5U with a third cord for the channel switching.) Yikes. Thanks for the tip, Roland!

If Roland would design a 3-button footswitch specific to their new Cube 60 so that the amp's flexibilty could be fully accessed without having to turn around and push buttons in the middle of a gig this amp would be far more usuable. As is, it's OK for noodling around at the foot of the bed within arm's reach of the knobs. OR - if you are just playing straight clean jazz out of the clean JC channel it's fine as a backup to your Polytone.

I recieved this amp in 05. for x-mas. THERE IS NO STYLE OF MUSIC THIS THING CAN'T PLAY. nuff said. it has a external speaker out, as well as a line out for you to plug into a mixer.i have found the tunner output nice because i just plug it in with a 6 inch patch and set it on top the amp. it has one intstrument input, a distortion and a clean channel. the clean channel models the Roland JC famous clean tone. the distortion channel models various amps:

acoustic - (useless by the way)
fender twin reverb - (blackface)
Vox ac-30 - (british combo)
Fender Bassman - (tweed)
Marshall (60's-70's sound) vintage stacks - classic stack
Peavey 5150 - (Metal)
Mesa Boogie - (rectifier)

i wish i didnt have the acoustic amp. it's useless. they could have not made that but made a volume/gain boost for leads and such (also footswitchable).
its kinda lame of roland that they didnt make 1 single footswitch, but they had to sell 3 of them seperately. by the way the footswitch on my amp that i bought, has to be taped twice in order to take effect and switch channels or turn on the delay/reverb and effects. strange. but maybee it's somthing i need to adjust.

with this i mainly use a Epiphone les paul custom plus with a SD '59 in the bridge pos and a stock gibson humbucker in the neck pos. i have a squier strat also with a '59, but it's a mini humbucker. the strats single coils in the 3,4,5 pos sound very lovely with the clean channel. the distortion channel as i stated earlier, has 8 different models. i listen to alot of classic rock, LED ZEPPELIN, THE WHO, CREAM/CLAPTON. so when i play these styles in my room or with my band i use the Classic Stack model of course, with the distortion set to about half. my EQ is always set with the bass slightly cut (11:00), mids and treble given a 1/8 turn boost (about 2 o'clock). when not playing clasick rock i find the metal model very nice. only using little gain (9:00) i can get a versitile enough sound to play any hard rock sound, so thats what i use mostly for playing with my band. if i need lighter dist, i'll switch to either the tweed, or the british combo with about 12:00 on the gain.
the amp is only noisey when useing a lot of gain and vloume together. since i dont i dont have a problem. but even when i do crank it the noise stays pretty low for what volume is being put out.
all the fx are prime in their tasks. much better than most stock amp fx.
the dyna amp and acoustic amp are useless. the dyna amp just sounds bad and the acoustic is like having a second clean channel.

have only had it for a day, so it's hard to tell. but i can really see how well this amp willlast up. it's just so nice. i laughed out loud when i saw how small it was then i pluged it in and began to ROCK!! it's size and helpful features alone make it the awsome amp it is. i'd gig without a backup. oh yea.

i've been playing for a little over three years. i play alot of blues and hard chord laden rock. i really wish it had a three button footswitch to hookup all at once and not deal with three seperate cables and footswitches. but i still dnt get that having to tap the footswitch twice to get it to work. it's not the switch, because i've tried a fender footswitch on it and it did the same thing. the work thing abou the footswitch problem is that when you hit it twice the led goes off then comes back on, so you have a lit led in both channels.

I DO RECOMEND THIS AMP TO ANYONE, I'VE LISTED THE ONLY TWO BAD THINGS ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE VERY PETTY MINOR THINGS. DONT LET THAT INFLUENCE YOUR PURCHASE

The primary reason I bought this amp was because of it's many features. I was playing at church and needed something to go direct into the mackie board. I considered one of the many POD like pre-amp/multi effect processors but didn't want to spend $400 on something that I would only use for going direct at church. I bought the cube 60 because it offered both line out and recording out which bypasses the speaker and uses speaker emulation. I also use a little chorus and reverb which are very usable. I don't like the sound of going direct but since I had no choice the cube 60 did the job very well.

I use a Gibson 335 Dot and a Fender 35th anniversary custom shop strat with silver lace sensor pickups. While I still prefer small tube amps, I have to say that this is the best sounding solid state amp that I have played through. I was looking for an amp that I could get a good clean sound out of and the cube 60 does that very well. In either the JC clean channel or the Blackface model you can get very good clean tone. You have to tweak your settings but I have been able to get some great clean sounds out of this amp. The distortion sounds are not great but may be useable if you don't need a real tube sound. I use a fulltone Full Drive 2 pedal and it gives me many options for overdriven sounds. I compared this amp with many other amps including: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Fender Vibrolux, Mesa F-30, Marshall 401, Line 6 modelling amps, and a crate palamino 30 watt. While I liked the warmth and tube distortion on many of these amps, they were all noisy when playing at performance or recording levels. The cube 60 has no noise that I can hear in the clean channels. I can also turn up to high levels and not break up. Very good headroom.

I have never had a problem with any of my Boss products. The only amp problems that i have ever experienced have been tube failures and microphonic tubes on a Marshall 401 amp. I returned that amp before I purchased the cube 60. I have owned Fender tube amps and still own a Blues Junior with a Mojo tone speaker in it. I have tubes checked/replaced every year. With the cube 60 I have no maintainence to worry about. I expect this amp to outlive me.

I called Roland because I was getting some ugly feedback from the Marshall stack model with my strat. The lace sensor pickups are very hot and I found that when using this model I need to put the gain setting down around 8:00. Roland technical support were easy to get ahold of and answered my question regarding this issue.

I have been playing guitar for 30 years. If the cube 60 was stolen or lost I would probably buy another. I love the features and light weight of this amp. It's very easy to haul around and has good clean sounds. There is nothing that I hate about it but realize that it is a $345 digital modelling amp and has limitations. This will not replace a quality tube amp but is an ultra reliable and versatile guitar amplifier. I compared it with many other amps and found that in this price range nothing else came close.

come on BLOOZER, you can't submit such a harsh review of this amp. 99% of the people who reviewed this amp, love it. Also, you can't compare this amp to a $800 tube amp. For this type of amp (solid state with effects) its the best one on the market. I'm a tube guy also, but I play this baby more. Its a fun amp that is reliable, has many great tones, very easy to use and light weight. I agree, a professional might not use this amp for recordings. But, for the guy who plays for fun and plays small venues, this amp is perfect.


Do you know what year the amp was made in? 2005

Is the amp versatile enough for you and the styles of music you play?
IMO this amp covers all styles
What are those styles? Blues, country, Hard Rock
How many channels? 2
Does it have channel switching? Yes
Effects loops? Headphone jack? no effects loop, yes
What features do you wish it had? better control of the effects
Are there features you never use? hmmmmm, the effects
Where do you use this amp? skanky bars across USA
Does it have enough power for you? Yes

I think for this type of amp,Its the best.
a small 1x12 effects amp with great tone
no, its not a tube amp
but, if you don't feel like messing with tubes, want a light weight, many great tones and so on
can't go wrong

What guitar and pickup styles are you using it with? american strat
How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)? blues rock, RAP should be outlawed !
Is it noisy? no

What kind of sounds can the amp make? all type of heavy rock, good SRV crunch/Bite, some great pink floyd
How much variety? lots
Is the clean channel distorted at high volumes? no, great clean

its a ROLAND, they keep on tick'n
built like a tank

don't no

I paid $400. I felt guilty paying only $350. so, i added $50.

How long have you been playing? 15 yrs
What other gear do you own? fender super reverb and cube 30
If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else? I'd buy it again, most denfinately.
what do you love about it? great tones, easy to use, light weight
What do you hate? no effects control
Did you compare it to other products? yes
Which ones? Vox, Fender, Line 6
Why did you choose this one? sounded better. its feels more natural.
Anything you wish it had? Yes, Buy One
Anything else you'd like to share? Yes, buy the Cube 30 also

Lots of "cheesy and wonky" features such as delay and reverb and sort of a chorus ( if you want to call it that). Offers simulations of various amps (hey, why not get the real thing)and no foot pedal. A beginners amp for sure. If you like cheap and cheesy, then these effects and features are for you.

One word,,,,STALE! Why on earth would anyone even consider getting a Solid State, Modeling or otherwise. It absolutely befudles me how anyone can rate this above a 4, and as compared to what?! Amy manufacturers are continually shoving newer solid states down are throats, when we all know they sound the same. This particular amp is no different. I played on this as a back-up when my Fender DR went out, and am happy to provide the readers,,,,stay away...NFG. Best to get another tube as a back-up. The clean was stale, sterile. and the ridiculously sounding effects only made it sound worse. The distortion, is just noise, not matter what amp simulation you select.

It's solid allright, will make a great boat anchor!

I would only want to call them and tell them they are about $300 too high.

Like I said, this was someones back-up I had to use. Never seen so many bad looks from the patrons at the bar I was playing, just sounded like shit, no matter what I did. How can anyone here at HC rate a solid state amp above a 5,,,,really,,,,who are you kidding? What are you comparing it too, another solid state? Why get one? Tubes are the real and only deal, no matter what your budget. Don't pay attention to anyone that rates it above a 5, go ahead, try a tube amp, any model and you will see what I am talking about.

Made-in-China '05; Completely solid state (transistors, op-amps, whatever).
Jazz Chorus pre-amp on one channel, and a variety of emulations on the other.
Common to both channels tone controls and effects (I usually only use a bit of reverb).
I mostly use the JC channel for background dinner Jazz at resturants and cafes.
Sometimes the "Blackface" setting for jamming with Rock&Roll/Blues friends.

Great Jazz sound from dry to lively on the JC channel, the "tweed" setting is interesting but kinda bassier than I remember actual tweed amps (can be EQ'd though).
The "Blackface" setting is pretty good for variety beyond the JC clean.
I don't use the distortion settings much. I couldn't say how authentic they are or what the standard reference would be to compare to. They'll make an archtop hollowbody guitar feedback instantly though, if that's any indication.

It is clean and quiet, and a nice small luggable package for 60 watts. Has more clean headroom than the 30 watt version, and better bass without speaker flap. Power to spare for my uses (straight ahead Jazz).

Roland stuff I've had has been very reliable.
The outside is well protected from bumps and scrapes with plastic bumpers. The speaker grill is metal with holes.

If this made-in-China version is held to Roland's usual standards, I have no worries.
It's still fairly new at this point, but I've been gigging it steadily with no problems of any kind. I expect it will do it's job longer than I'll be playing, at this age...

No experience.
2 year warranty.

45 years playing guitar.
I've had Roland stuff before, never any problems.
It sounds good and is light and small for its power rating.
The speaker seems full range and doesn't flap with bass tones.

I was actually after a Tech 21 Trademark 60, but this was much cheaper, and I like the reverb sound better: Plus it's got effects if I ever need some swirly sounds. It's smaller and lighter too.

It sounds very consistent from room to room too. I never have to fiddle with the EQ. It always sounds good in whatever environment I use it in.

2005
very versitile for any style from jazz to metal
2 channels (9 types of amps)
acoustic amp is useless
used for home practice and jamming with more than enough power
solid state

I use a strats with HSS configuration
I play beach music like surf and reggae
the r-fier amp will rattle the amp when palm muting at high volumes
Can cover all grounds of sounds
clean channel with break up just slightly when colume is maxed
Distortion can be classic or modern

Very dependable along with all of roland's other products
about a year old with no problems

Roland is known for their awesome customer support

been playing a 10 years and own other tube and solid state amps
I would buy it again
I love how it is versitile and light weight
I compared it to the Classic 30 and Hot Rod
I chose this amp becuase it is very comparable to a tube amp without the hassle of tubes and weight(still not as good as a tube amp)

I bought this amp in September 2005. I use to play blues, R&B, and a little bit of Jazz witha band. I play it with a semihollow Samick tipe ES-335 guitar. It has oll the features I need, easy and functional. Enogh power 60 W, I put the volume Knob at number 4 when I play with the band in 3 x 4 meter square room for assays and it sounds loud enough.

The clean channel is great, soundfull. With the "bright" button activated it sounds a little sparkle.

Lead channel is very good. All optional lead channels sounds well balanced distorted. This amp has to Volum Knobs : one for clean channel and one for the lead channel. That's very usefull, you have just balance separately the two volumes, and I find it very useful and simply not like other amps whehre there is a Master Volume with two different gain chanels.

The pallete of clead simulated combos is great: you can get a multitude of distorted sounds just only touching two knobs (selector of chanel an gain). Easy and simple as well.

I use a Footswitch FS5U Boss with this amp.
But I notice that when I have pressed on the FS5U on, just to change from clean to distorted channel, I have to wait about 1 second to engage the distorted sound. Its not automatically.

I haven't use it at preformance yet.
But I'm sure it sounds loud enoug to performance for 50 or 60 people.
It seems very robust and resistant.
The edges are well reforced with big rubber parts.

Very friendly.
I have asked Roland for the FS5U footawitch I purchased, and they asked me inmediatly.

I play for more than 15 years.
I've been using Fernder Twin reverb, Marschall and Peavy, and they sound like waht they are, specific sounds.
I do prefer very much a vestatile amp like this one.
If I loose my amp, surely I would bought the same on again.
I love the sounds this amp can create, clean and distorted.
Maybe, I would like to have separately knobs for clean and lead channels. But it doesn't matter too much.
Until now, I'm very happy with it.

Purchased new in October 2005. It is a two channel 60 watt amp with one 12" speaker. I use this at home for recording, jamming with friends, and just practicing.

I play a Hamer Artist Mahogany throught this, and it sounds great! Channel one is the JC Clean which sounds great. Lots of headroom. I can get tons of different tones with this amp. My favorite models in channel two are Black Panel, Brit Combo, and Tweed. There is also an acoustic mod, which you'll never mistake your guitar for sounding acoustic, but I quite like the clean transparent sound of this setting. I can get more distortion than I'll ever need for my style of playing.

I've only had it two weeks, so I can't comment on reliablity. I've had numerous Roland/Boss products, and never have had a single problem. I would trust this as much as any piece of gear without a backup.

I've never dealt with them. I suspect they are average. I still have a Boss ME-10 effects unit, which I lost the manual on. I was thankfully able to download the manual off their site even though they stopped making the unit about ten years ago.

I've been playing for over 20 years. I have had several amps from Marshall, Crate, Fender, Peavey. They have all had their voices and were good in their own ways. As I've gotten older, I'm trying to simplify things a little bit. This amp suits me perfectly. I love how small it is. Very deceiving! Loud too! It appears that several people were not happy with the stock speaker, but I think it sounds great, and have no plans of replacing it. I wish it had an effects loop. The most major gripe I have is that there is not separate eq controls for both channels. I would have happily paid a little more to have these two options. I am thinking of getting another one to be able to play in stereo and have two 12" speakers generating the sounds. I love this amp, and would replace it in a heartbeat. Nice job Roland!

This amp is a 2005 model. It's really versatile, which is the primary reason I bought it, plus it sounds really good. I play classic rock, r n' b, country, gospel, pop and a little jazz, and I need an amp that will give me a wide range of tones and effects.

The amp has two channels that are switchable, though you have to buy a separate footswitch if you want that capability, which is kind of a bummer. Roland should include footswitches if their amp is going to need them, especially when it comes to channel switching. There is an effects loop jack, a headphone/recording output jack, and an external speaker output jack (which is very cool, because I sometimes use a Mesa cabinet in conjunction with my amp). I also bought footswitches to turn the effects and reverb/delay on and off. That's a lot of floor switches, but they're necessary for me.

I wish this amp had amp modeling on the clean channel. All it has is the Roland Jazz Chorus sound, which is a great sound, but it would be nice to have a little more versatility.

I use this amp in a variety of settings. I play in a really tight and kicking church worship band on Sundays, but I also use the amp when I play with a classic rock band. I do some freelance gigging and recording, too, and it works well in those situations.

This is a small, lightweight amp, but it's got a lot of power and volume. I have a Roland MicroCube that I use for practice and rehearsals, and it sounds so good that I wanted its bigger brother. This amp is LOUD--and when I plug in that Mesa extension cab, it really can rock.

It's a solid state amp, which will no doubt offend some purists, but for me it works just fine. It sounds good, it's very portable, the effects are great, it's loud enough, and its easy to use. Plus, it's built like a tank. What more do you want, especially for this price?

I usually play a modified Tele with Seymour Duncans, graphite nut and graphite saddles. I also have a Squier Strat (one of the real good ones from the 80's with Texas Special pickups), a Peavey EXP and a cool 70's Hagstrom Swede.

My style is an amalgam of all the influences and experiences I've had since I began playing over 40 years ago. I love my rock n' roll, but I also love sweet country and blues licks.

This amp is really quiet. That's another reason I like it so much--I hate hiss and 60-cycle hum, and they aren't a problem here.

The amp can give you a lot of different sounds if you tweak it enough. It's got a lot of variety, ranging from a pseudo-acoustic sound (which isn't all that great by itself, but it's okay in a band setting), to typical Fender amp sounds, to a Vox soundalike thing, to a Boogie rectifier sound. I'm not all that crazy about the "Dyna-amp" thing--it doesn't seem to be as responsive as I'd like, but I can't complain overall.

The clean channel is really clean at high volumes, so that's a cool thing. The distortion channel won't be to everyone's liking, especially if you're a metalhead, but it works great for me. Lots of sustain and good tone going on here.

It's a very dependable amp, especially since it's solid state. I'd use it without a backup, for sure. It's still pretty new, so it hasn't had time to break down (not that I expect it to).

I've never dealt with Roland, so I can't comment on their support or service.

I've been playing for over 40 years, and I have all kinds of gear (amps, effects, guitars, etc.). If this amp were lost or stolen, I'd buy another just like it. Mostly I love the tone, the versatility and the portability (this thing is light and small, which doesn't look too imposing but it sure helps save your back!).

If you're a generalist when it comes to playing, and if you aren't looking for an "over the top" metal amp that will destroy buildings, this will probably do you just fine. It works great for me. And at this price, it's a steal.

I have a very recent model, don't know the exact year, doesn't matter. I play well...a little everything, and the Cube is insanely versatile. The lack of an effects loop, and only having the JC clean on one side can be a tad annoying, but not the end of the world. As for the built in effects, I rarely use them, but they're alright. I use it for home and band practice, and it sounds great for both.

I have an Ibanez SZ720FM, and whatever I feel like playing, with a little playing around, I can find the tone I want. Seriously, this amp will do anything, and sound good doing it (relative to the price of course). No noise, cleans only break when you want them to, and you can get some crazy distortion going on. Good stuff.

Never had a single problem with it.

never had to find out.

For the price, I doubt you can buy a better amp. It's loud, its versatile, sounds great, and won't break your wallet. You can't ask for much more. An effects loop and a better distribution between clean / lead sounds would make this the ultimate little amp.

I originally submitted a review of this amp on 6/22/2005, and would like to submit additional information.

Several people have complained about the lack of sustain in the dyna-amp model. Well, I believe that this problem lies in their technique less than in the amp. To take full advantage of this model, one must have a very dynamic picking/playing style (sharp attack, pinch harmonics, and vibrato et al.). I am willing to bet that the people who are complaining have never played an ?old school,? non-master volume tube-type amp with only a cable between them and the amp.

Old school rock amps (e.g., Marshall JTMs and some JCMs) react very differently than modern high-gain amps (e.g. Mesa, VHT, Soldano, 5150, Engl et al.). The distortion on an old school amp comes from the power stage being overloaded to the point were the power tubes go non-linear. While in overload, sustain comes from the power supply being asked to provide more current than it is capable of providing; hence, pulling down the B+ supply voltage (i.e., compression/limiting occurs via supply sag). The amount of sustain produced is based on the time it takes the power supply to recover from overload. Modern high-gain amps produce almost all of their distortion by running the preamp tubes in their non-linear region via cascaded voltage gain stages. As most triodes draw one milliamp or less of current, they have little impact on the power supply. Hence, sustain is not controlled by power supply sag, but by how long the preamp can keep the signal larger than is needed to drive the power amp.


With the above said: with the right EQ settings (bass at high noon, mids dimed, treble at high noon, presence and gain to taste), the dyna-amp model reacts and sounds very much like a dimed plexi Marshall. If you listen to all of the great players who record with plexis, you will hear a lot of vibrato at the end of each held note. That vibrato is there because that is what it takes to get sustain of an old school, power amp distortion amp. IMHO, the dyna-amp model "breathes" much in the same way as an old school tube-type amp.

For the price asked this combo has plenty of effects/features/connectivity.Like all things these days it's made in China but the Chinese can build gear like The Japs when they need to and they certainly did with this combo.Loud enough unless your seriously touring.You can always line out to a desk/PA and use it as a monitor.

Unlike a lot of people i use the effects alot, perhaps because i'm coming from some seriously poor stomp boxes.The JC clean channel is a peach.Like others have said it is dead quite which is a world away from my distressed Cobra lead .I didn't find any of the sounds/effects less than interesting and theres enough versatility for most.People have said they bought it to get a valve sound on the cheap and there has been some mild criticism of it in that regard but its valve sounds are probably a good imitation IMO.
Look towarsds buying this amp for its durability , flexibility ,above average sound quality and portability ,anything else you get from it after that is a bonus methinks.

I bought this amp because of Rolands reputation for reliability/support and though i've never owned Roland products in the past i've listened to other peoples combos and was always mightily impressed.This combo seems very well put together.

Based on other peoples experiences Roland provide better than average support.

I think i've said it all before.You have to get out of that mind set of thinking your combo should be the size of a chest freezer to sound any good.Don't put a combo on the scales to assess it , plug a guitar in!If you're already sorted on the gigging front and dont need the power then i'd heartily recommend the Cube 30 which does most of what the 60 does just doesn't have as much socketry or power.

This amp has a lot of great features, with the built in effects including delay and reverb, two channel operation, and a very loud 60 watts through one 12" speaker. The two channels are clean (Jazz Chorus) and on the lead side it has several different amps (Acoustic simulator, Fender Twin, Vox AC30, Fender Bassman, Vintage Marshall, Peavey 5150, Mesa/Boogie Rectifier, and a dynamic model that responds to picking strength) modeled. My only complaint would be that I'd like to see the Twin and Bassman models on the clean side. I use this amp in a 12-piece funk band and a 6-piece latin jazz group, and it's plenty loud enough.

I bought this amp mostly to have a Twin that didn't take up as much space or weigh as much. If it helps, my main guitars are a PRS Custom 24 and a 50's or 60's reissue Strat with Fat 50's pickups. Anyway, I wanted a smaller, easier to manage Twin and I feel I got it. I play rock, jazz, funk, and some blues, and this amp can do anything. I don't care a whole lot for the built in effects, but I don't use them. I just run my effects in front of it. I really like the Rectifier sound as well. This amp gives you great clean sounds that don't break up unless you want them to (and they do it just like a tube amp), and the distortions can give you anything from a little dirt to an incredible roar. Also, the Acoustic setting is better suited for an acoustic simulator, not to amplify your favorite acoustic-electric. Those just sound very brittle through it.

I gig with this amp all the time. I love getting my real Twin out when I can just to really peel the paint off the walls, but this amp is great for lower volumes or tight spaces. It has been indestructible for the most part, but I did manage to break the input jack on it. When I gig with it I don't use a backup, it is unbelievably dependable.

I think the warranty on these is 1 year. When I broke the input jack they repaired it under warranty without even blinking. Other than that I haven't dealt with them much, but I hear they're good people

I've been playing for about 12 years, and I feel this is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I also have a '74 or'75 Twin Reverb, which I do like better, but it is SOOOOOOO heavy and loud that sometimes it isn't practical. If this amp were lost or stolen, I'd definitely get another. What I like about this amp is the clean sounds you can get on the lead side (the Jazz Chourus side is almost too clean). It would be nice, though, if the Twin and Bassman settings (and maybe the Vox as well) were on the clean side. It would be awesome to have the Twin for the clean sound then switch to the Rectifier for the distortion. Probably the greatest thing about these is they sell for around $350.

2004 model, I suppose. Check the other reviews or the Roland website for the specs.
You haven't much scope for adjusting the effects parameters. About as much as you would with a cheap multi-effects unit.

Seems to have a built-in noisegate that you can't shut off, but it may be just a digital note decay thing.

There are some nice tones to be had from this amp but the bottom line is....it's DIGITAL. Played side by side with an actual tube amp you can hear the difference. I set it up beside my Blues Junior and I dialed in as close a sound to it as I could and experimented with my Telecaster. There's a roughness to the attack and the note decay is artificial. The latter may be a built in noisegate...I'm not sure. Either way, I don't like it. You almost HAVE to have an effect going to make up for the bland quality of the sound. I rate an amp for the way it feels plugged straight in with no effects. If I want to keep playing and playing then it's a good amp. If I don't...or if I have to massage the sound with effects...then it isn't.
This isn't. Almost... but no cookie.
It's OK for doodling around at home or for recording but in a live situation I wouldn't use it (I tried and it felt tranny and 'wrong'). They just haven't digitally captured all the dynamics of a tube amp yet.
I'm not a tube snob. I WANTED a digital amp that I could use live. I bought this and gave myself plenty of time to get the hang of it and not make a snap judgement.
The clean tones are very nice except for the unnatural dynamics and slight rawness mentioned above. The various overdrive tones/simulations are fun but they have a thin phoney quality, much like you get with those Zoom do-it-all pedals teenagers like playing Squiers thru in their bedrooms.

I've played about 35 years. I've tried lots of gear looking for a simple but effective setup and it seems that a telecaster plugged into a small tube combo is all I need. I bought this as a backup/practice amp, but it's only suitable as a practice amp IMO. It was cheap so I'll keep it, but I wouldn't miss it if it was sold, lost, stolen or smashed.

I got this amp about 4 month ago from Soundcontrol. The best thing about this amp apart from its sounds is its compact size. I go to college and I can carry this amp ON A BUS. Now, I don't know any other decent 12in spearker combo that can do that.
Features are already written by others so no need to go into too much details. Lots of models to choose from, 3 band eq, presence control, digital EFX and reverb. For me, it loses a mark for not having separate EQs for the clean channel, and another for not having a footswitch as standard (I bought a cheap switch on ebay but I have to press it twice for it to work).

I've used this amp with a variety of guitars. My dad's fender USA strat, my Epiphone Les Paul Standard, Gibson Les Paul Studio, my mates PRS Soapbar II SE, and some crappy cheap guitars I got on ebay.

The best description I can give for this amp is that it is a HONEST amp. Unlike the Marshall MG series, where everything you put in it ends up sounding pretty much the same(buzzy, artificial overdrive), this amp can really transfer the real tone of your guitar. This can be good or bad. A problem with this amp is that bad guitars will sound awful in it. The main reason for me buying Gibson Les paul studio was that my epiphone sounded really muddy in it. Even with presence at max, high treble and midde and rolling back on gain, it still didn't have any sharpness to it at all. It's a totally different story however when you use a good guitar with it, with my Gibson, I can do very convincing Guns n Roses sounds with R-fire model, Led Zep with Classic, and Greenday with Metal. They still sound quite cold and that's the only fault.

Clean channel is amazing, beautifully crisp and clear or smooth and gentle depending on settings. Chorus effect works very well with clean too. Other effects aren't very useful for me they are too strange.

This amp can be very loud and it sounds its best WHEN it's loud. I've noticed this because of the difference in sound I get while practicing with my band and while practicing at home. Everything you do in channel 2 at low volume sounds kind of muffled, like having a blanket over it or something. Playing to CDs at similar volume you'll have a hard time hearing it. However when it's loud it comes into its own. Where a Marshall MG would start to buzz and start feeding back manically, this amp stays quiet even with gain at 3 O'clock, and just totally rule. Perfect palm nuted powerchord thumps and screaming solos are no problem. Great sound and I will be using this in a gig that's coming up pretty soon.

This thing is totally solid in construction. No loose bits anywhere. I've accidentally left window open in my room before and a typical Yorkshire afternoon rain poured that day, drenching my amp. I kind of panicked at first and then wiped it with a towel and then I just left it to dry. Much to my relief, it worked no problem afterwards.

Don't know but Sound control gave me 12 months guarantee.

Overall I'd give it a 10. It's just such a well made package. I think it'd be very hard to beat this amp for the price, maybe except if you buy a second hand valve amp or something. DEFINITELY bettter than MG50 which is about the same price, I used them to death in college and I hate them. If you play anything that is not heavy metal, you couldn't go wrong with this amp. Well recommended.

I bought two of these solid state amps in 2005. One I use in the studio because I can get a variety of very nice sounds at a low volume and one for playing live. The amp is compact and easily portable. As others have mentioned, it would have been a bonus if channel one had more selections than just the clean jazz chorus. Channel two has several usable models to choose from. An effects loop would have also been a bonus. The onboard effects are OK, I only use the chorus occasionally. An effects master knob would have been another nice feature. At 60watts the amp has plenty of power for small to medium gigs. Having a built-in noise-gate is a very helpful. The amp requires a non-latching momentary switch to change channels and turn on/off effects. Best bet is to get one from Boss.

The guitars that I use with this amp are Hamers, a PRS, an Ibanez and a Schecter with a wide variety of pick-ups. All work well with this amp. I enjoy the clean jazz chorus sound for most of the rhythm work. I orginally bought this amp after watching the Roland video demo and hearing the dyna-comp model. I liked the way that you could control the clean/distorted sound of the amp with your guitar volume. In practice I found that when soloing even with alot of gain that the notes would just drop off and not sustain. I now only use the Marshall model with the gain at 3 to get those nice crunchy Marshall chords and lead lines. I use a Tech21 DD-1 pedal for soloing with the gains setup about halfway. This gives me four distinct sounds out of the amp:

1) Channel One - Jazz Chorus - Clean Rhythm
2) Channel One - Jazz Chorus w/DD-1 - Jazz solo(ala Larry Carlton)
3) Channel Two - Marshall - Crunchy Rhythm/Lead lines
4) Channel Two - Marshall w/DD-1 - Heavy Rock/Metal Distortion

I did make a few mods on my Roland amp for live performance. With the amp up about halfway(which is pretty loud) I noticed that there were dead spots in the sound at different locations in front of the amp. I suspected that the metal grill was too close to the speaker and was "choking" it. I added a 1/2" molding along the inside of the front face of the cabinet and remounted the grill on the molding. The 1/2" of extra room between the speaker and the grill eliminated the dead spots. I also took the painstaking time to cut 4mm off around the circumference of the speaker hole and mounted a Celestion GT12T-75 to replace the bland Roland speaker and that really added the tone I was looking for in each of the four sounds from the amp.

I have owned Roland products for several decades and never had a problem with any of them. I suspect this amp will carry on that tradition.

See above. I have never had to contact them.

I have been playing guitar pro and semi-pro for over thirty years. All styles of music: Rock, country, pop, funk, folk, progressive, jazz, etc. I have owned at one time or another almost every major brand of guitar and amp that was on the market. For ~$350 you cannot go wrong with this amp. It will work for the pro as well as the bedroom jammer. The other two solid state amps that I bought to compare to the Roland were the Tech21 Trademark 60 and the Randall RG75G2 which were both more expensive. I choose the Roland. It is not like playing a real tube amp, but it is pretty close.

Made in 2005 I guess. Very versatile for jazz, rock, soft stuff. I use the external speaker jack to hook up my 80 watt tweeter/crossover and use it with the acoustic setting and presence all the way up. I wish they would stop trying to squeeze chorus/flange/phaser/tremelo all on one knob and just have chorus depth and speed. Same for the reverb, just a depth knob will do. I use the bright switch with the JC clean a lot. Plenty of power. I can play with the band at half volume. Huge transformer and heat sink inside. 12" Chinese speaker with weird size frame. More on that later.

I use an LP and Tele, and the Tele really sings with the JC clean and acoustic settings. The LP is best with the Blackface and stack settings. I don't expect this to emulate a $2000 Mesa or even a Fender Twin, but it does sound good on it's own. I also own a Dleuxe reverb (1972) but it needs a rest, and I get tired of lugging it around. The cube 60 is light (32 lbs) vs 65 lbs for my DR. I like the Marshall stack setting the best of the mondo-gain models. I also use this top play bass once in a while. Clean stays clean uo to 8 or 9 on mine. You will not be able to switch spaekers easily. You will need to cut the opening in the cab which is 1/2" particle board. I tried several of my Celestions, an EV, and an Eminence, none would fit the opening. The back is glued on, so you cannot place it from the back.
Dispite having two tuned bass ports, and insulation in the cab, it is in serious need of bass response.

I would use it without a backup. Chinses made, but excellent construction.

I can never get a hold of them, but their website is nice.

Been playing 30 years. Modeling amps come and go. Don't buy it for the effects, but take a little time to tweek them. They are hyper-sensitive to adjustment, which is good. A lot of research went into this model. Aside from the crappy generic=sounding speaker, it's a great amp to play with. Enough sounds to please all your friends and piss off all your neighbors.

Bought it new in Dec 2004. All the basic effects, EZ to use in a live show. Absolutely no noise when you aren't playing which makes it terrific to mic for the house. Small, light, and loud. The only addition I could ask for is a depth control for the effects, but that would add cost.

Excellent amp emulations that are EZ to dial in and EZ to change on the fly.

My second Roland amp, never any problems.

This amp will easily do any range from brilliant JC clean to full squeal OD at a click. Should note that footswitches are sold seperately and use a 9v battery and standard guitar cable. No cover available from Roland, but Lecover.com sells one to fit. I've been playing for 38 years and this amp made me put away my beloved tube Marshall DSL-401, and cost half as much. I mostly use a Carvin DC-135T. The Cube 60 is very good amp for small gigs or recording. I am setup and be ready to play live in just a couple mins. Don't dismiss it because of the low cost.

You know the features already!!!

Never Use any of the Effects on this amp!!! I am re-submitting a review from a previous review. When dialed in right this amp can sound very nice. I actually got a compliment from a fellow guitarist at a gig the other night. I guess like all amps you gotta fiddle with it to find some kind of tone. When i use this amp i don't use any effects, don't use any of the amp models. I just use the JC clean. Thats all you need. For size and price this amp is not bad. Use a good od pedal with this amp and you've got a winning combo. I actually let the other guitarist that gave me a compliment use my rig, because they played after us, and the amp to my ears sounded pretty damn good. How can something non-tube sound so good? I was dumb founded. In my first review i flogged the cube 60. Good amp Good price.

2005 Model - See the other reviews or the Roland web site for the specs. My guitar instructor bought one and recommended it - I checked out the competition, and I'm very happy.

I've played my 50th Ani. American Deluxe Strat and Les Paul classic through it and it sounds fine. The distortion has good density and doesn't break up on decaying notes - pretty darn smooth. It is not noisy at all, and I find I can get quite a lot of different sounds out of it. The clean channel is very clean, and if I were ever to play live or jam with someone I might take my POD PRO XT to run on the front end with the pedal board, but I don't play live any more and I just wanted a versatile practice amp that had some portability just in case. I also thought I might try miking it and recording it even though I have the POD.

The effects are okay and I'm glad they exist, but they're limited. I find that the chorus is often more than I want even at the lowest setting, but it's not really a big deal.

Seems very solid. It has a metal grill over the speaker. I'm also a keyboard player and this would work for keyboards too. Knobs have a good solid feel and are of a fairly large diameter. Personally, I hate knobs that are the diameter of a pencil, so it's cool that these knobs are bottle cap size and great.

I've owned at least 20 pieces of Roland gear in my lifetime and I have 7 pieces right now and they're all working. The Juno 106 has the chip problem but as a whole Roland gear has a great reliability and durability record.

Great once you get them, and they've sent me parts for free in the past. I believe the warranty is 3 years, but if it lasts 3 days it'll last 30 years.

Just what I needed. Top of the line practice/jamming amp or middle of the road gigging amp. That's my take. You can't expect programmable effects on an amp of this quality in this price range. I looked at the Line 6, Marshall, and Pevey eqivalents, but the cube had all the ingredients I wanted: Quality sound, Small size (fits in my car), Solid/durable construction, Amp modeling, effects, ability to be somewhat loud (I've never had it past 2, but I hear from the other reviews it can boom).

BOTTOM LINE: A great little amp for the price.

2 channels: clean channel is a JC Chorus emulation which is very good but I don't really use it because I think it's too "sparkly" and "beautiful", just not my cup of tea, and besides it really sucks for distortion pedals. Lead has 8 emulation modes (including Acoustic...God knows why).

====>NO EFX LOOP, which really pisses me off beacause I love the 5150 emulation ("Metal") and my Boss DD-6...and I can't use them together. (delay sounds like crap before the distortion).

Incorporated EFX are good, but they are just useless beacause you have very little control over them, pretty much just an "on/off" option.

Great emulation of distorted amps for the money, a lot of variety.
I really hate the classic (way too much "twang", sounds artificial), R-FIER (pretty much the definition of "muddy" and "unarticulate") and Dyna-Amp (neat concept, but the distortion sucks in this mode).
Love the Brit Combo and Metal settings though.
All the other modes are OK.
Again, great value for the money paid.

Don't use it that much, but it has never failed.

Never dealt with them, but it pisses me off that I can't find in their website any way to give the company some feedback about their products.

I just wanted to write this to vent out the design flaws that I think are preventing this amp to be an excelent amp instead of just a very good amp.
This is supposed to be a perfect amp for small gigs, but I can't really grant this amp that status without an EFX loop.
I mean, come on!...how many "pro" amps come without an EFX loop these days???

Incorporated EFX:
Well, if you can't put enough knobs in the amp to offer proper configuration for them...then just don't put them and save us the "this is amp is very versatile because it has tons of EFX incorporated" crap.

Clean Channel:
I know that the guys in Roland think that they JC sound is best clean channel ever, and I agree that is sounds absolutely beatiful, but that doesn't mean that everyone likes to use it. I would really prefer using the Black Panel mode for the clean channel for instance.
I think it would make much more sense having two "twin" channels, each one with the 9 modes available in this amp (JC Clean, Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic, Metal, R-Fier and Dyna Amp). That way you could have a "crunch" and a "lead" channel, or a "clean with a little distortion" and a "lead" channel, or whatever you want to do with both of your channels.

Incorporated EFX:
The incorporated EFX are very good in sound quality, but the they are so uneditable that they are pretty much useless (except for the reverb and the delay in an specific situation maybe).

Despite all these problems, this is a great amp for home practice and for small gigs. It sounds really good in some modes and it is very LOUD.

Plenty of features. 4 band EQ, lots of effects. Only two channels, no headphone jack. I use this amp in my room and to jam with my drummer, I havent gigged with it yet but I plan to soon. I had to to give it an 8 for features because theres no channel saving seen on most digital amps and all the features it does have are next to useless unless you go out and buy a pedal.

I'm using it with an Agile-AL 2500 Les Paul right now but I've also used it with an Ibanez RG170 many times and a Squire Strat. It suite's my style of music which is metal decently, I honestly think the Spider II's have a better metal tone but what you get from the cube isnt bad at all. It's not noisey at all and it's extremley versitle. The distortion gets fairly brutal although theres room for more. The clean channel is buetiful, you can get an early Metallica clean thats dead on, sparkling and clear with almost no warmth.

It seems to be built solid, I've had it for about two or three months and haven't had any problems.

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It's a nice amp with tons of sounds. What I don't like about it is it the speaker is way too small for its wattage, the amp itself is much too thin, it looks a bit dull, and it doesnt come with a channel or effects switch. Many of the distortion channels seem muffled unless you crank the treble and presence. Other than that its a fine amp considering its solid state.

I've owned a number of small modeling amps until I aquired the Cube 60. I've been interested in a modeler for the versitility (as opposed to a one trick pony tube amp) but they never seemed to measure up tone wise. I owned the Cube 60 for some months now and am very satisified...and I'm a fussy person. It has ample power for moderate band situations and built in switchable effects. I made my own foot switches (two) which plug into the back. The foot switch uses a simple momentary switch so those DIY'rs among you can easily construct a pedal if you're creative. A simple touch to "ground" and the thing switches. A really great feature of this amp is the Extension Speaker Output (8 ohms). This is the only lower end modeler that I am aware of that does not turn off the main speaker when you plug in an extension cabinet. The amp is light weight and easy to set up. There is also a Line Output which I have found to be better for direct recording than the headphone output. As for the effects there is no depth control, its either on or off. I would have preferred to be able to control the depth. I gave the amp a rating of 9 for its power, light weight AND the Extension Speaker Output.

I've got a totally reworked ES335 copy with guts I've installed. The guitar is capable of a jangle clean or classic rock tones. Using the Cube 60 I have this available to me. Unlike the lower end Vox's I've owned this amp is quite (no hiss). It works for when I want sqeaky clean jangle or classic rock grit and various shades in between. I gave the amp a 7 for sound because of the stock speaker.

So far, my Cube has worked without a hitch.

Have not had to deal with customer support so far.

I've been a player for 35 years now and as I have said I am fussy. I want my gear to sound good and I want the modeler to sound reasonably authentic. I am also a big DIY'er. I've read the previous ratings and yeah, stock this a good, versatile, easy on the back and wallet amp. Probably the best in its price range. But I will tell you what I've discovered that really makes this puppy sing...replace the speaker with a Jensen MOD 12-70-8 speaker. In addition, I added an extension cab that I made with a Carvin Vintage VL10 speaker. The tone change was VERY pleasing to my ears. If you like the Cube 60 with its stock speaker, you will stun your band mates with the sound of the Jensen. The Jensen simply works supurb in this amp. For you jazzers do yourself a favor, put this Jensen in. The downside of installing the Jensen is that its not a drop in replacement. I had to file the inside dimension of the speaker hole using a rough round file and I had to construct a special adapter for the negative side of the speaker connector. Roland uses a small size connector for the negative terminal. Roland adds a speaker frame connector too. Its not needed for the Jensen though but it does need to be tie wrapped back, don't let it dangle. So yeah, there is a small amount of work to do get the speaker to mount properly...but its sure worth the effort. Be warned, if your a cluts with tools you may not want to do this mod as the guts are exposed when you're filing. I placed a cloth inside to catch the wood filings. The Jensens are not expensive either. I'm now getting a dynamic, sharp, clean Jazz Chorus jangle and a sweet smooth tube distortion simulation thats sounds unaturally good for a modeling amp. I gave this section a 10 because I felt these low cost speaker mods really worked magic. I will add one more note here, I tried no other speaker brands. Its the combo of the Cube 60 and the Jensen MOD (and VL10) I've rated. I choose the Jensen because it's NOT a heavy colorizing speaker as the Celestion is. Modelers require a more neutral speaker. The Jensen MOD 12-70-8 is rated on this site.

Oh my God! I mail-ordered this thing on a lark. I usually play one of two hand-wired tube amps that I designed and built. One is basically a silicon-rectified 50s AC-15 on steroids (as an aside: the original AC-15 circuit is almost straight out of the Mullard handbook), and the other is an AC-30TB on mega steroids (more gain, more tone, more range). I recently started playing with a group on a regular basis and needed an amp that sounded good at low volumes in order to be able to practice at home without irritating my wife. Both of my tube amps sound great and have that cathode-biased breathiness at high volumes (the EF86-based AC-15 derivative sounds and feels amazing cranked), but this little bugger is truly amazing. I literally played through this thing until my fingers bled last night--something that I have not done for almost thirty years! I just kept my pushing myself to see what it was capable of producing. Like most, I really like the JC setting for clean sounds. However, unlike other posters, I really like the Dyna-Amp setting. In fact, anyone who has played a cranked, short-signal-path, EF86-based amp will love this model. It is almost like an idealized version of the original AC-15. Because the original AC-15 used the premium EF86 pentode tube instead of a garden variety triode, such as the 12AX7A, it has a lot more gain on tap in the first stage of the amp, which makes it incredibly touch-sensitive. Additionally, because original AC-15 circuit has an incredibly short signal path (EF86 small signal amp->12AX7A phase inverter->2xEL84 push-pull power amp), the amp topology, as a whole, has incredible dynamics. The Dyna-Amp tops the EF86-based AC-15 circuit when it comes to touch sensitive dynamics.

This amp was purchased over Memorial Day Weekend so it is a 2005. The amp is very versatile with different effects and amp modelings. However, I think I will rarely use them except for chorus and reverb. I primarily bought it for Jazz to be used with my hollow bodies. I use this amp for practice, small gigs, and playing with my jazz group. At 60 watts it has the power for those small venues. The big 12" speaker is great and I put it up on an amp stand. I like the outputs and the place for a footswitch which I will use soon. This amp is simple and I like it that way. Last week, I played at a club and I can set it up, turn it on and play. I dislike fiddling with amps and effects. The simpler the better.

This amp is as clean as Chlorox. That is why I bought it. Roland has a great reputation for that clean sound. I have played through the Roland JC 120 (too big) the Roland JC90 (then why not get the JC 120) the Roland Cube 30 (too small). When I played the Cube 30 about a year and a half ago I was REALLY IMPRESSED! The sound was amazing with my hollow bodies but not enough power for a small gig or practice. The new Cube 60 just gave me the power I needed.

We did an outdoor gig and I could not have sounded better. I have tried the distortion channels and they are fun but the clean is what I needed. I play only my hollow bodies through this amp (Gibson ES 175 and an ES 137). I usually do not take the volume past the 12:00 point (halfway) because I really get distortion and feedback with the jazz box guitars. This amp, as stated in previous posts is perfect for jazz.

This amp seems to be built like a brick outhouse. Solid. I like the metal grille in the front and the covered back. I have not have any trouble yet and from what I gather about Roland Products, I probably will have little trouble. Their website is good and would definitely help if there were a problem. However, I do not have faith in any technology and I always have a back up amp. You never know when that amp will fall out of the back of my truck.

I have not dealt with them and probably will not because they make good products. The warranty is done on their website. By doing the warranty you also get on their junk mail list which ain't bad. I like that type of junk mail.

I have been playing for over thirty years and I still feel like a beginner sometimes. I play jazz and blues. All my amps have been by Fender. I have had the Champ (when I started in 1972) and a Princeton Reverb (1976 Silver Face). I wish I still had them. Now, I have, including the Roland, the Fender Deluxe 90 (sans effects) and the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 112. Both are great amps but they did not have the cleanest sound for my two Gibsons. I play my Strat through the Hot Rod Deluxe with all sorts of effects for blues/rock/r and b gigs. The Fender Deluxe 90 is now a guest/back up amp. I will probably never use the Hot Rod Deluxe for the hollow bodies again since I purchased the Cube 60. The former just was not clean enough past 3 on the volume.

This amp came at the right time for me. Unless, you are a pro, this amp is perfect. It is not a Polytone, Raezer's Edge, or an Acoustic Image, which is what the pro jazz guitarists are leaning towards. I saw Pat Martino live and he was playing through a Roland JC 120 but now he is using Acoustic Image. So, if you are using hollow bodied guitars and playing mostly jazz I strongly recommend this amplifier.

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

Made in 2004. 60 watts into 8 ohms, 1 X 12, 32 pounds. 2 channels: JC Clean, and Lead with 8 amp models. 6 built-in effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay, and reverb. All except the reverb are adjustable for time/rate only. Luckily, the fixed effect levels are such that they don't swamp whatever tone is dialed in. Versatile? Are you kidding? One can cover country to metal and everything in between with this amp. It's got power, too. I've had the amp at three club jams unmiked and it cut through fine, using the Tweed model of the Lead channel. My only wish is for a simple footswitch that would let the player dial through all the amp models and effects, instead of just switching channels and turning on a selected effect on or off.

I play mostly blues and old rock. Main axe is a Highway One Telecaster. The Cube 60 sounds amazing! Amp modeling is coming of age, folks. The EQ is voiced really well, especially the midrange. The Cube 60 handles the low output of my Hwy. One Tele's pickups very well. So far, I've pretty much used the Tweed model of the Lead channel, which is warm and grinding with the gain turned up. I've also used the Classic Stack(old Marshall)model, and was rewarded with a sweet,crunchy tone with plenty of vibe, but a lot less bass than the Tweed model. Strange. The F/X are a ton o' fun. Turn the knob to the Classic Stack model, dial in a medium-rate delay, and it's time to play the solo in "Red House". Or, dial in a clean tone with chorus and delay, and you're Andy Summers playing in The Police.

Seems like a dependable amp. It's built pretty tough, with these inudstrial-looking plastic corner-protectors. The knobs feel reasonably firm. I don't know about the bright and channel select push buttons, they feel a little bit cheap. But, I take good care of my gear, and I think the amp'll hold up just fine. I noticed that the speaker is secured with six screws instead of the usual four.

Never dealt with the company. Cool website, though.

I've been playing 19 years. I also have a Tech 21 Trademark 60, another celebrated solid-state guitar amp that sounds cool, but it takes more time to tweak and dial in. Roland really did their homework. If you're in the market for an amp and you don't have to have exact 100% tube tones, RUN, do not walk, to your local music store and check out a Cube 60. Beginners, amatuers and Pros alike can't go wrong buying one of these, it's THAT good. Sorry if I sound like a commercial.

Instead of listing the features, I will rate most of them by how useful I find them.

Bright Switch: Have not played a guitar yet where I needed it.

3-Band EQ: Very effective. However, each amp model has to be optimized with the EQ, in order to get close to the particular sound that is being modelled. I did not find a sweet spot of EQ settings that sound good for all of the amp-model.

Presence: Subtle, just right

Digital effects selector: Very cheesy sounding wave modulation effects (phaser, chorus, flanger, vib). When engaging any of these they make the amp sound worse, IMO. Therefore I chose to not use them. If I need chorus, I play an old JC-77.

Reverb and Delay: Not the greatest, but a slight amount of reverb actually makes the amp sound fuller.

Modelling selector: Unfortunatly, one can select only between "clean" and "overdrive" sound, and not between several overdrive sounds. (Maybe that's too much asked for at this budget.)

Gain: Very subtle, however, chrunch and overdrive level depends strongly on what model is selected. Also, at higher gain settings, the high frequencies roll off, and bass gets boosted. EQ adjustments may have to be made dependent on gain setting.

Cabinet with port holes in front and open slot in back: This is actually one of the best cabinet designs I have come accross. It makes the amp sound huge!!!

I played the amp with single coil and humbucker guitars, such as Fender Strat, Tele, Gibson ES-175, PRS Mc Carty, Hamer w/P90. I have been using the amp at home for about 4 month.

The clean channel (JC model) sounds very good. When I compare it directly to my old JC-77, it comes very close - although not identical. The JC-77 (ca. 20 yrs old) sounds a bit more mellow. The clean channel is dynamic and touch sensitive, and that makes the amp very fun to play. Lots of punch too. This amp can keep up with bigger amps anytime.

I personally find the "Acoustic" model sound absolutely unattractive. "Black Panel", "Tweed" and "Classic" models nail it amazingly well. I have not figured out though what "British" is supposed to model. The "Metal" and "Rectifier" sound a litle bit overboard, but nevertheless are useful for folks who want a Heavy-Metal sound. "Dyna-Amp" I personally find not attractive (too harsh, sterile).

The Black Panel model sounded so good that I sold my '65 Super Reverb R.I. It does however not come even close to my 65 Twin R.I.
I hoped I would be able to simulate a clean Plexi tone, but the overdrive models only sound really good at medium to high gain settings.

If the amp is cranked and placed into a corner or in front of a wall, it almost sounds as huge as a 4x12 - unbelievable!!!

Based on my personal taste, preferences and expectations, I would give this amp a 7-8 rating. But on a sound per bucks scale, the Cube-60 deserves a "10".

Looks well made and sturdy.

Have not dealt with.

Have been playing for about 30 years. Have been a "Fenderholic" and owned at least a dozen of Fender amps, besides others. This amp is attractive because it offers a lot of tonal versatility at a low price. The Cube-60 simulates most of the intended sounds amazingly well, IMO. Of course, it does not exactly sound like an original; but it comes close enough for many gig or studio application, I guess. I can imagine that many people would choose the Cube-60 for a gig over of hauling a big rig. Also, at a retail price of $325 for the Cube-60, one has to think very hard if spending big bucks for a tube head and a 4x12 is absolutely necessary for getting a big tone.
Looking at what you get for the money, this amp deserves an "11" as overall rating, IMO.

See the other oposts or got to the rolandus website for the details. No need to repeat...... I'm on my lunch break anyway! I give it a nine for lack of FX loop.

I have numerous Strats with different pickups and a Parker Fly Classic. This amp is very versatile from blues to whatever. I play rock, new rock, metal, blues. I do not find it very noisy. There is obviously a noise gate of some kind built in. You can tell. I have nailed the Skynrd sounds, Hendrix, SRV, 3 Days grace, Tanric, Dire STraits etc etc. I can simply find a sound that works for what ever I am playing. It also works well with my AC and RC Booster pedals in front of it... Believe it or not! I wish it had an FX loop so I could put an EQ pedal in there for boost and/or reduction. I won't degrade it because of the FX section. I haven't found an amp with onboard effects that really move me anyway.

Most importantly... IT FEELS right. Your guitar feels like you are playing through a tube amp. There is some kind of subtle compression or squeezing that feels like a cranked deluxe reverb.

The reverb and delay are okay and I can use them. On the FX side, I like the tremolo but I think the chorus, phaser, and flanger are not usable because the is no means to adjust parameters. ROland has provided what they think is a usable range for each effect but it doesn't work for me.

I haven't had any problems with Roland gear ever. I can depend on it. I am not ready to gig with it yet; but I will soon. I always carry a back up whether I think I need it or not. What kind of musician would you be if you were'nt prepared for a breakdown? It has performed well so far. I have used it daily..yes daily for about 2 to 3 hours a day for 2 months so far

Have never dealt with them except to order a user manual that I lost. They do not offer downloads of their product manuals. You have to purchase the manuals. That, in this day and age, is absurd! Pure crap! I will be nice and give them a 5.

I am 46. Been playing since I was 7. I would replace it if it was stolen or lost. I will get a second as a backup anyway. That's how I operate. I like its size and sound. I really cannot believe that I like this amp. I have had and still have most of my old Fender tube amps, Boogies, Marshall, Crate (all tubes). I love the Fenders the out of all of them but I still like the Cube 60 as much as my pro and deluxe reverb. Unfortunately, I have wasted more money than I will admit buying and trying every new "tube emulation" and and effect that ever came out. I have gotten rid of all of them. I like the cube 60, sounds great, feels great. I am not a tube snob. If it sounds good then it works for me. I have had so many tube amps overr the years that I understand each tube amp has its own sound and character.... even if you are comparing 5 of the same amp....they will all sound different.

This is a follow up of my other post. This amp is is it for me! I now rate it a ten! in the fender department! Turn the gain up to about 1-2 o'clock and it gets that nice saturated grit like that new 2000 dollar tweed twin. No kidding! Roland did this right!
OK ROLAND! NOW MAKE ONE IN STEREO!

MY FENDER TUBE AMPS DONT SOUND THIS GOOD!

Got it today 1/08/05
The amp has alot of tone going on in there. The ones i like the most are the jc120,fender, vox and the marshall. the others i dont care for.The modulation effects na--- but the delay and verb are pretty darn good! imo the modeled amp section needs it own eq. or a bright switch. It is loud! in a more comfortable kinda way. Like a good power amp on a pa system.its loud but you dont notice how loud it really is till you try to talk. its clean power.
I dont gig anymore so i'll use this amp mainly at home. But it is enough power to gig with. For classic rock, blues,country, jazz this amp will shine brightly. for metal, well thats for the metal heads to deside.The amp models on the ones i like are pretty true to the orignals. All ia all, its a real good deal.

I use a godin sd guitar and it works well with this amp. The clean channel need a bit more compression imo i just put a cs3 in front of the amp and it does the job well. A loop would be cool so you could use a volume pedal after the preamp. Overdrives? man theres enough flavors to please anyone. smooth-gritty to all out nasty yeah its got the good!

3 year guarantee on parts and labor if something goes down. the only thing i dont like is plastic input/output jacks. If someone trips over one of your cords, bam! broken jack! seen that before.Other than that it looks pretty heavy duty.

they back their stuff. Three years parts and labor on this amp.

been playin over 30 years. other gear i use?Br864, boss pedals,fulltone,maxom. mackie,JBL

Here we go: REVIEW FOR ROLAND CUBE 60 GUITAR AMPLIFIER (in case you didn't know what you were reading yet).

This amp was made by Roland in 2004. I play just about any kind of rock along with some blues and the occasionaly oldie, and I've yet to find a sound I can't get out of my Cube. It's a two channel amp - one for clean (based on a Roland Blues Cube) and one for the other amp models. Those models include, but are not limitted to, acoustic simulator, Fender Blackface, Fender Twin Reverb, Vox AC30, Marshall JCM 800, Peavey 5150 (aka 6505), and a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. There is also Roland's "dyna-amp," which is supposed to react to your picking. I'll touch on that in the next section. The amp has six digital effects: reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, and tremolo. There's no effects loop but the quality of the built in effects mean that you should rarely need outboard modulation effects. It has a very good headphone jack, line out, speaker out (8 ohm for cab), and tuner out which sends the signal unaltered. I use this amp for jamming by my self and with my band. I can easily drown out my drummer without having to crank it, all though he's not the loudest drummer in the world. For medium gigs, the clean channel may not have quite enough power before it starts to break up, but the distortion will be plenty loud. You can always mic it if not. The 4 band EQ (low, mid, high, presence) is fantastic. It really allows you to taylor your tone. The bright switch on the clean channel will take you from sparkely fender to dark marshall with the push of a single button. The only thing this amp is lacking is an auto-wah effect, but who wants to rely on a built in wah? This is a deffinate ten.

I play my Schecter 006 (dual humbuckers) through the Cube and it sounds absolutely fantastic. The combination suits my sort of random music style perfectly: I can play whatever I want depending on my mood and it will sound good. I can go from a Sweet Home Alabama tone to a Master of Puppets tone in a matter of seconds. There is virtually no noise through the amp. On the higher gain models, you can get some good sounding feedback if you stand close enough to the amp, but it's one of the quietest I've ever played. I have yet to com accross a tone that I can't get fairly close to with the Cube. It's all there if you know how to get to it. The clean channel does tend to break up when the volume gets turned up, but it gets loud enough to hurt your ears before it does. Even then, it's a much less offensive sounding breakup than you would get from most solid state amps.

The dyna-amp is a great concept. The guys at Roland did a good job designing it. The problem though is that the technology for it just doesn't seem to be there yet. It does what it's supposed to do, but not in a way that sounds great or would actually be useable. When you turn the guitar volume knob down enough to clean up the sound, you're too quiet compared to the distorted volume.

My rating of 10 is compared to other amps in the price range. Obviously there are many amps that sound better, but not for under $500!

I tend to be careful with my stuff, but with this thing I get the impression that I could kick it off a stage and it wouldn't even get scratched. Heavey duty particle board, closed back construction, rubber corner guards, and a metal grill. What more can you ask for. I'm taking off a point for the plastic knobs, but really, what do you expect? You can't have your cake and eat it too! (At least, I think that's how the expression goes.)

I've never dealt with Roland directly so I can't give a rating for this, but...

I also own a microcube. A few days after I bought it, it started giving me a sort of hissing sound when I tried to play lower notes. I brought it back to the Guitar Center I bought it from and they replaced it with little hassle. I never figured out what the problem was, but I'm still not positive it was the amp. Oh well, it's all good now.

I've been playing guitar for just over five months, but I'm progressing very rapidly. I've played other instruments for years so I like to think I know good tone when I hear it. If this were lost or stolen, I'd most certainly buy it again. One of the main reasons I chose this, apart from the great sound and versatility, was the fact that it's smaller than most amps of similar power. The speaker size is the same but the cab is smaller. When I go jam with my band, I put my guitar on my back and carry the amp. It weighs just under 40 pounds so I'm tired by the time I get there, but it's doable. I returned a Crate GLX to get this and it also beat out a Vox AD50VT (the closest runner up), Peavey Classic 30, and Line 6 Spider II (not even close). It's got pretty much everything I want.

One final note - the footswitches. It uses three seperate Boss footswitches to change channel, reverb-delay on/off, and other effects on/off. These three $30 footswitches are NOT INCLUDED. Also, the footswitches do not include cables - you must purchace a normal instrument cable seperatly. Boss makes two types of single button footswitches: latching and non-latching. They are very unclear about which one you need. You need the non-latching. With the latching, you have to push the button twice to change anything.

On that happy note, I will say that I wouldn't hesitate to recomend this amp to anyone. There is not a single amp under $500 that beats it.

Now Lookie Here... This amp is a 2004 . I am a bluesman. I just
used this amp to my play guitar through at a gig in a pretty big room
at a Blues Club here in town. This little amp
kept up with the other big amps in the room, doing so quite well.
I was looking for an amp like this for quite a while!
For its size this thing did really well! Other guitar players had
Big tube amps with them and this amp held its own. One of my guitar
players was just as interested in it as I was to see how it would do.
He had a modern Fender with two 12's in it. The Cube was right next to his amp. He said he might get one to use himself for backup.
I have played some big venues with my other amps. At those venues
they can mic you up. So if the time comes maybe I will use this
little thing even at a bigger venue.
That would be kind of cool, just because it is pretty
small. (Or get two and have a "cube stack"... Wow.)
I used just a little bit of reverb and that sounded fine. I used
a little chorus on one song (which I never do) and we got a laugh out
of it... but really... it did sound kind of keyboard like on the
chords. A bit wierd for the blues on the lead. I did it anyway(once)
I was looking for a small, powerful amp with a good sound...
I guess I finally found one.

I was playing an Epiphone Joe Pass Emp. 2 guitar.(Big Arch Top)with
two humbuckers. (I think that what it has, two pickups anyway)
I like the Joe Pass for the Blues and with this amp it sounded great. I actually used it on the Jazz Chorus setting and on the Dyna Amp setting. The JC on the amp stands for Jazz Chorus. The JC Channel
is the clean one modeled after the "Jazz Chrous" amp of yesteryear.
The Dyna Amp setting is a unique Roland amp sound that lets you
go from clean to break up depending on your "attack".
I did that. It worked well. I just got this amp so
I really haven't used the other settings yet in a live situation.
Big Arch tops can feed back so at the end of the last song I did
a controlled feedback thing that worked quite well. No harsh harmonic
overtones like other non tube amps. Seemed pretty good.
I have other guitars I use to play the blues with but haven't had
a chance to use them with this amp yet. With the Joe Pass guitar this
thing was pretty good. Jazz guys usually use a guitar like this and
let me tell you the chords sound very nice and full thru this amp
with this kind of guitar. Nice.

It seems to me some real "thought" went into the construction of
this critter. I think it is perfect for someone who needs a small,
powerful, dependable, easy to carry amp to gig with. I think it is
pretty well made, but haven't had it long enough to comment on
reliability.

No dealings with the company yet.

I am 49 years old and I have been playing for 34 years or so. I own
a whole assortment of amps, guitars, etc. I am trying to lighten my
load so I can get into a gig without repeated trips to my van. I am
also a professional harmonica player and might even get one more of
these amps to blow harp through. One for guitar, one for harp.
I love the fact that this thing has such a great sound in a small
package. It is not perfect, but doggone close. For a blues guy it
looks a bit "solid state" but who cares at this point?
I haven't had a chance to blow harp thru it yet but I bet you
could come up with some pretty good sounds thru the "tweed" channel.
I have yet to experiment.
I play guitar and blow harp at all my gigs so it is my hope to
have my guitar (or two) on my back, my gig bag on my back, my harp
case and cube 6o in one hand and my other cube 60 in the other...
ONE TRIP AND I AM DONE. Yes one trip. Not Three trips with giant
amps, etc... Wow,,, THANK YOU ROLAND. I will trade the looks and
size for that ONE TRIP. I will use the Big Stuff for backup now.
I like this little amp so if it got stolden I would get another.
I like the line out so if you need to be louder you can do that too.
I looked for quite a while until I came upon this amp. I think it
is the best tool for the job at the price. If I get tired of it I
can pull the heavys back out and use them. But for now I like
the ONE TRIP and you are done aspect.
It doesn't have the "coolness" factor of the retro stuff, and nothing sounds like many of the great tube amps...but if you are
tired of carrying that stuff into gigs , or on a budget, or just would
like a cool little amp that has some fun sounds to play with , for
the money you can't beat it. It isn't a toy. It does a fine job in
the "real world". I wouldn't get rid of my other stuff, but for a
near geezer who loves the blues , this amp is pretty cool.
ONE TRIP, and you are set up and drinking your first lite beer of
the night while the other guys are going back and forth , back and
forth, with their gear...
I know some great players who have roadies to set their stuff
up... so they can use the 4x10's + , etc. But for the local
Blueman who has yet to move that far beyond the barroom... make mine a cube 60.
" ... I'm lookin' for my tools now, lookin' for my tools now...
yeh lookin' for my tools now ... when I get my tools... I'll take
you back to school... I'm lookin' for my tools now." ;)
(Harmonica Fats Song) The cube 60, a good tool for the
giging bluesman.

I purchased this amp 2 weeks ago. '04 I assume. JC channel is really clean and spongy with a nice chord bloom when you dig in. The digital effects really shine on this channel, although they could be more flexible, but not bad. Drive channel has some really good realistic sounding models, and the reverb/delay are average.

I am using a 93 PRS CE, 79 Fender strat with EMG/DG pickguard, stock 04 Fender Tele. I was searching for a smaller amp to gig with when I tried this amp at my local music store. It sounded good so I picked it up assuming I would use it for rehearsals with the 3 bands I spot with. I didn't think my search was over, thinking that only a tube amp would suffice for my style of playing. I play in a classic rock band and spot with an original rock-a-billy band and a country band. I had a week to tweak it before my next gig and it really grew on me. Realizing I couldn't crank it up until my next gig, which was a large venue; 500 people or so. I decided to take it along..do or die..but I brought my Twin just in case. The sound man miked it up with a SM57 through the house p.a. I set the amp model to Tweed with the gain at 12 o'clock and cranked it up. I could not beleive my ears. This little amp sounded great! Really loud too, my channel volumes didn't go past 4. My other guitar player uses a 04 Mesa Road King combo, he was speechless!!

Roland is the best in the business and I have never had problems with any of my Roland gear. I only used it for one gig so far, but really pushed it. No problems. Nice and quiet too.

N/A Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 30 yrs now. I stick with what works for me, but I like to be flexible. I also use a '75 Twin Reverb, Trace Elliot C100, GK micro amp with a Marshall cabinet. I would definetly buy this amp again. Definetly a diamond in the rough. I wanted to lighten up the gear but not sacrifice the sound quality and I think I found the answer.

Here is what I would change:

Put the clean models on the clean side, and the gain models on the other. Having the JC as the default model on the clean side is stupid.

I would also use mini pots for controling effect parameters. This would have given me more control over the delay, which is the only effect I used. In fact, an effects loop may help those who dislike the onboard effects to choose this amp anyway.

How about a tuner?

Finally, why no XLR out? I mean, if it's cabinet-voiced, why not give us the ability to go direct to the board?

I hit the clean channels with a Boss Limiter and really enjoyed their punchiness.

The medium gain models were so-so. The Vox produced pleasant feedback like a tube amp does. I was surprised.

The higher gain channels can produce some of the best chest-thumping tones from a 12" I have ever heard.

I found the amp was sufficiently loud to play live.

But alas, I sold the amp. Why? It just wasn't as good as my current set up (DG Stomp). The amp suffered from two flaws--the note attack was always a bit harsh and the sustain was often lacking. On many of the settings, the notes would just suddenly cease instead of fade away.

After my initial impression subsided, I decided to plug back into my DG Stomp + KC-300 set up. The DG had: a warmer attack, better feel, better note decay, higher clarity, and superior response to guitar knob adjustments. Also, the DG has a tuner.

Like anything, if at all possible try before you buy.

I suspect these will be reliable.

Don't know.

See above. I have nothing to add.

What a great amp. It has a clean channel and then it has 7 other amps to choose from in the "lead" section. I actually haven't used the clean channel with the band yet, I get all the clean I need from the "lead" channel. It's plenty loud, I play with a really loud drummer and didn't have it anywhere near max. I could see using it on any gigs. It also has an speaker out, direct out, and headphone/recording out (speaker compensated). Plus footswitches for channel, delay/reverb, and effects on and off. I wish you could use more than one effect at a time (though you can use delay or reverb with any of the other effects), but this is nit-picking, up until now, the most any of my amps had was tremelo and reverb! Really for $350.00 I am knocked out. Oh, I forgot to mention the acoustic simulator, it's not bad, I've never really heard a great one, it's just another cool feature.

I use vintage Strats that are stock and I play blues, funk, jazz, Hendrix type rock, Bjork style anything goesness. It was not noisy at all, and as I said, I had it turned way up. I was playing a group of friends and we were playing mostly funk, blues, and jazz, but we also were pleasing a sit in drummer by coming up with a death metal piece and the amp just went ahead and did that too. The thing i like best about this amp is that it really worked dynamically with my picking and volume know changes. I normally play through tube amps and old fuzz pedals, so I am used to being able to go from sparkely clean to crunch to bloated fat a$$ fuzz, all with my volume knob. This is the first transistor amp that has ever really let me do this type of thing. Without the fuzz pedal turned on, I set the amp for a medium distortion using the classic stack setting. Then with my guitar's volume knob I could dial in a great clean tone or a crunchy ryhthm, or allthe way up for solos or whatever, it was great! I have always wished for a solid state alternative for tube amps and, in my opinion, here it is. People say that there is perhaps less dimension than a good tube amp, and I agree that you don't get that exact bloom from the notes, but it isn't like a solid state amp either, it has it's own type of bloom and it was extremely musical. I really enjoyed listening to my notes coming out of this amp and it inspired me improvisationally.

I have had it a week.

n/a

I normally use tube amps. I am the kind of player who likes to play the amp and this is the first solid state amp that would let me do that for this price. I know that the Line 6 Vetta should let you do this, as well as Vox's super modeling amps. I haven't tried anything else in the $900 and above range because I wasn't looking to spend that on a solid state amp. I should say I loved the Vetta, but I really would only spend that kind of money on a great tube amp. The Fender Cyber Champ was really close and it offers a little more flexability for a little more money (but no ext. speaker out), but not enough in my opinion to ask for another $100. I was just looking for a good back up amp for my tube amp and found it, but I got so much more. I have no problems with taking this out as my main amp, I can't wait to try it through some different cabinets. I would buy another if I lost it, it's small, loud, musical, versitile, cheap, and works with your hands. Thanks Roland.

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

see below
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.