Roland Cube-60 112 Combo

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

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

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

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

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

No experience.
2 year warranty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roland is known for their awesome customer support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never had a single problem with it.

never had to find out.

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See above. I have never had to contact them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My second Roland amp, never any problems.

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

You know the features already!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOTTOM LINE: A great little amp for the price.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

N/A

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

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

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

So far, my Cube has worked without a hitch.

Have not had to deal with customer support so far.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

havn't used it

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great website!

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

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

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

Roland is quality stuff, I'm not worried.

Haven't had to call....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The cleans are clean.

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

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

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

seems built to last.

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

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

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

yes

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

How many channels? 2

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

Effects loops? NO


Headphone jack? yes

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

Are there features you never use? the acoustic

Where do you use this amp? at home

Does it have enough power for you? oh yeah !

What guitar and pickup styles are you using it with?

Ernie Ball Axis sport and my american strat


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

Provides all tones i would ever want, no joke !

Is it noisy? no

What kind of sounds can the amp make?

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

How much variety? A lot

Is the clean channel distorted at high volumes? not really

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

Best sounding modeling amp you'll ever find !

don't no

don't know

How long have you been playing? 15 yrs

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

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

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

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

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

Why did you choose this one? SOUNDS GREAT !!

Anything you wish it had? Yeah, BUY ONE !

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never dealt with the company. Cool website, though.

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

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

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

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

Presence: Subtle, just right

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Looks well made and sturdy.

Have not dealt with.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MY FENDER TUBE AMPS DONT SOUND THIS GOOD!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No dealings with the company yet.

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

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

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

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

N/A Never dealt with them.

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

Here is what I would change:

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

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

How about a tuner?

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

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

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

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

I found the amp was sufficiently loud to play live.

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

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

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

I suspect these will be reliable.

Don't know.

See above. I have nothing to add.

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

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

I have had it a week.

n/a

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

Many features for an inexpensive, small solid state amp. I believe there are nine amp choices, several effects choices from chorus to flanger to reverb to delay, and volume, master, bass, mid and treble controls. The 60 watts are plenty of power to jam with, and the 12" speaker sounds great.

With my Strat, Carvin and Les Paul, the amp sounds very good with both single and humbucker pickups. My favorite amp models are the marshall, vox and Roland JC120. My rock and roll/ blues style suit these settings very well. The amp is quiet in most settings. I have some fun playing with the 5150 and Mesa Boogie settings as well. I also use my Keeley modded TS-9 Tube Screamer in front of the JC 120 with great results. For the size and price, this amp delivers!

I have never experienced trouble with Roland or Boss products; however I have not owned this amp long.

I have never dealt with Roland on any matter.

I have been playing off and on for 33 years, primarily for fun. I own several guitars and a Fender Deville tube amp as well. I love my Deville with some great pedals. But for carrying around to friendly jams and small performances, this Cube 60 is wonderful. I would certainly consider buying the Cube series again.

Great features,though I agree with all the critisims post in other reviews I must add that the acoustic simulator does very lttle for my Gibson and I would like to see auto wah like the one in the bass cube.

This amp is hooked up to a marshall 212 loaded with kendrick black frame speakers. This addition produces way more volume espeacially bass. The dyna amp is my favorite with the classic marshall model a favorite for playing loud. I like the wide variety of amp models exept the tweed. Does anybody have a use for this? This is my first week with this amp and my opinion may change once i have grown acostomed to the sound of this amp. I really do preffer tube amps and this amp lacks that kind of vibe though all of its advantages make it a solid choice for a pro. This thing kranks with a 212 I would like to hook up two. It has a hissing sound that is very audible in a quiet room though it is certainlynot a magor concern. I give this amp a 9 for sound considering it is solid state, compact, inexpensive and has a sweet cab hooked up to it.

Roland is legendary for reliability. I have owned many and they are desighned and built very durably and they look good too.

I have dealt with them and they were helpfull.

Ive been playing for 15 years,5 pro This amp has replaced a Boss gt-6 hooked up to a Roland Bolt 100 in favor of a lighter more portable setup. I wish it was available as a head unit with 4 6l6 power tubes and had 10 memory presets,two fully independant channels and power amps (one for electric one for piezo),full midi implementation and a wah bassed on there V-Wah . hah. wishfull thinking, but maybe some roland desighner is reading these reviews to get ideas for the next cube 100 performance amp.

The main thing I was looking for in an amp was a great tone to compliment my jazz archtop. I knew this one had it the moment I played through it. What's more, the tone controls on the clean channel really affect the sound variations to where I can easily hear the settings I like. The effects sound natural to me, WAY BETTER than the Line 6 Spider II, which was a big disappointment. The enclosed speaker cabinet is far superior to open back amplifiers, which tend to sound whooshy.

I play a lot of chord melody and jazz lines. Kevin articulated it very well in his review: this amp does give you a "feel," and makes you play better. It sounds so good you don't want to quit playing. It has more power than I'll ever use, but when I cranked it up on the clean channel there was no distortion and no background noise. I am thrilled at finding this gem of an amp.

Like Korg, Roland has a reputation for reliability. It looks like a tough little brute to me and hopefully will last forever.

Just got it!

I've been playing 45 years and have owned many amps, including a Fender tweed, Benson, Carvin, Peavey and Yamaha. I would take the Roland Cube 60 over all of them. Price-wise, I paid more for my Benson back in the 60s! This amp meets all my requirements for gigs and home use. Why would you need anything else?

i was one of the first to buy this amp in the USA. I've been traveling the west side of the USA jammin with the Cube 60. I'm on the rode as i write this. The amp offers many OD's and Effects. I think the effects are a little too much for minimum setting. I think ROLAND need to fix that. All the OD's are very good. I get some very convincing fender tones on the blackface and tweed. It also offers some great marshall and Vox tones. This is the best little solid state amp i have ever played.

I'm a rock and roll/blues guy. I think this amp can provide any desired tone. THe clean channel also great for using with other OD pedals. you can switch between clean and OD channels with a boss switch. I like the DYNAMICS options. actually its the one i use the most. I swear it sounds like a good tube amp.
I amazed how quiet this amp is; no buzz'n at all.

I have had this amp on the road playen 3 nights a week for about 6 months. I have reallly cranked on this amp, no problems.......

don't know

well, i have played a few marshalls and fender tube amps. They are a pain in the but, since reliability is a problem. The weight of the amps also is a issue, thats why i bought this amp. I usually just play straight through with this amp, unless its a bigger night club, then i use a mic. This is a very good amp. I highly recommend you try one. Also, i don't understand why some buy this amp to use with other effects only. This amp offers better OD tones than any BOSS pedal i've played. TRY ONE

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extra plus for seperate line-out and phone/recording out, so you can plug the cube into a pa and you can hear yourself via the built-in speaker

I play a modified mex-tele with dimarzio-hb in neck-position, a tele-copy from a local git-builder and an old ibanez studio. Styles are blues, rock, pop, jazz and beyond. I looked for a little amp for rehears and small gigs. Were impressed by the clean(jc)-channel - very warm, loud and clear, does react on picking, same goes for the second channel. Very interesting is the dyna-comp. I get best results with gain very low. Also found a bluesy-crunchy tone with black panel - gain at 2 o'clock. Effects are very nice but for my taste the chorus is a little to much on its lower level, can get very cool old-style sounds with the ibanez, tremolo and slight delay. Phaser is good for funky sounds
When playing very quiet you can hear a little digital noise while the tone is ringing out, but this isn't very anoying and you won't recognize when you playing with a band.
Overall: very good for a none-tube amp!

looks very reliable!

I'm playing guitar for 15 years, played several transistor amps by hughes and kettner, now using also a marshall jcm900 combo. I like the cube a lot. Sure, it can't beat my marshall tonewise, but the different sounds you can from the cube are a big plus. It's the best-sounding trans-amp I tried out, light, small and portable, the thing I was looking for!

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It's the exact same amp as the Cube-30 with 60 watts, a 12" SPKR and a bunch of cool I/O--oh, and the aforementioned Dyna-amp. Here's the deal about that. It's a cool concept, except the clean part of the dynamics sounds too much like the Acoustic setting and not much like a cool amp like a Deluxe or a Twin or a Marshall. But it works well for me as I pick w/fingers and you get a ton of dynamics with the Dyna you can exploit well w/fingers.

The 60 actual sounds worse than the 30 in some ways. For instance, w/my Dan U2 the 30 w/the gain dimed sound incredible. But w/the 60 just ok. Same w/the Marshall clone setting--the 30 has these incredible overtones which sing through the 10" but are more muddy through the 12".

Having said that, the extra 30 watts makes the difference between gigable/jammable and a home wank box. No way could you take the 30 to a club and get heard. But the 60 kicks serious ass. The enclosed spkr has great, clean thump. And if you've ever heard the fartly Behr Vampire buzzfest when you crank. you know the value of solid, tight, buzzless bottom end from a light, cheap, compact amp. Priceless.

Anyway, the 60 is a great jam session amp--light, loud, lots of cool tones, and here's the killer:

The Vampire totally blows in terms of cab quality and distorted tones. Thin, hard, buzz--no character or overtones--the worst of tranny amp hell. It's downright criminal! Tho its clean sounds record incredibly well! Go figger. Now, the only other simulator I checked out was the Cyber-Deluxe. That had killer, sparkly Fender sounds but the whole Marshall distortotronic thing was weak. Not nearly as bad as the Behr, but lacking in definition and character. Not fun to play.

The 30/60 COSM series can't get the Fendery stuff down so hot, but the Marshall crunch/overtones are sweet and musical--best I ever heard. And the Fenders are liveable. No sparkle, but the Twin has the hard, clean, bright dominating thang and the Tweed sounds kinda retro, though too small, thin and dark. But workable.

Thing is, the Fenders and the Marshall are not clones, but all great fun to play, as they're dynamic w/tubey musical overtones. Add in the fascinating Dyna-amp, the fake acoustic and bob's yer uncle.

The other buzzsaw amps are a joke. Angry bees sound better. The AC-30 ain't too bad if you like dead guys from Liverpool music--set on bridge P/U and lay into Day Tripper riff and blimey, you're in Studio 3 at Abbey Road. But who ever used an AC-30 for blues or real rock? Tom Petty? I rest me case.

Bottom line--this is really a super useful, powerful, lightweight amp built like a bank vault which can pull out a buttload of tones out of it's arse. And has a wad of cool efx at a twist of a knob.

Downside is no presets, no midi, no channel switching beyond going from JC Clean to one of the simulators. Which is sorta ok, but not really. Most of the time you'd rather go from clean crunch/edge to mid crunch for leads, not from smooth jazz clean to Stevie Ray TS-9 lead tones. What sense does that make???

Now I've heard the record out w/the spkr sim. Save your bytes. Ain't happening. They kinda dropped the ball on the direct record/headphone out. Sounds cheezy and buzzy and sh!t. Too bad. The spkr sim is not adjustable, and it's poorly done. Hell, can't have everything.

But just mike the spkr w/a 57 and you're good to go.

Come on, this thing is a shick brickhouse.

Roland is big, and gonna be around for a while. I mo be there--up and over.

I've been around the block. You could gig with this thing. Matter of fact, it makes a fantastic gig backup amp since it's tubeless (read: w/always work right after getting dropped off the tailgate), cheap and light and small--and can do the job. If somebody's paying me to play--make mine a George Dennis or Gibson Goldtone or something expensive, ornery, complex and soulful. But for rehearsal, jams, general fun you can't beat this $299 sucker with a stick--even a gimungous one.

enough options too get great effects ranging from beautifull chorus too heavy distortion. Effect sound really authentic too me... less digital then the line-6 spiderII for instance

When i first heard this amp..... i was blown away. The cube 30 is great too but the dyna amp really is a great bonus option. And you can sertainly gig with this one...

If an elefant sits on ot....... it'll still hold

Haven't had the pleasure. Cause it's frikkin'reliable like a tank!!

Great,great amp. Been playing for 16 years now. One of my most precious possesions (like gollem with his ring). Preciousssss


One question maybe other owners know: Not sure about the recording function....haven't really inspected that function... is it good to record with? heard that the cube30 speaker falls out when pugged into record does the cube 60 have the same problem?

This is a update to my earlier posting. Tried this amp out for the first time last weekend with the band and it did not cut through like I had hoped.I run a boss me50 in front and it sounded kind of thin even with all my hours of tweaking.I still like this amp but not for a live giging amp.If you are in a band that is not to loud this might work for you.It is loud for a 60 watt and does not break up to bad at high volumes but Iam going to stick with my marshalls even thought hey are bigger and heavier. I still give this amp a 7 for what it is and what you get for the price.

2004 Got this amp 60 days ago. Been running it through the paces and all in all a very nice sounding amp. I really like the Brit Combo and Met stack settings. The R-fier is fun to play around with. Have not got the feel for the vibro amp setting. I wish it came with a 3 way foot switch. To get the Boss F5U it would be another $100.

I play a '62 reissue Strat that just sings. 3 way switching. also use on occasion my sons Squier Standard Strat. I just love the way some of these modelings sound with the gain turned off. I see that sometimes when the gain is pushed the amp does sound shrilly. The warm sound of the brit combo is just awesome. I also like the JC clean channel. You can really lighten up the amp with the bright switch.

just got it. Roland is known for quality

havent had to deal with them

I have been playing for the better part of 20 years. Have owned a lot of different stuff. Mostly used Fender amps in the past. Getting older and I like the 1 stop shopping of this amp. I am not sure of a sound that I have tried to get that I couldnt with this amp. I looked at the Line 6 and a couple of Fender models but for the money you just cant beat the versatility of this model.