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.