Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

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.