All user reviews of 4/5 for the Roland Cube-30

Been playing for 15 years, all kinds of rock and blues...I was looking for a practice amp to play in my apartment.

Picked this up at Sam Ash for $260

I liked this better than the Line 6, Crate, Vox, Marshall, and Peavey practice amps at the same price point. They all had similar functions (built in effects, 8"-10" speakers, direct recording....but this one SOUNDED best to me.

so far, i've got nothing to complain about. It serves its purpose perfectly. If I were going to try and gig with it, the list would get long very quick, but for me...its got everything it needs.

Construction seems average. Nice little tough plastic grill on it. Nothing's loose or rattling around, I cant imagine that its gonna break just toting it around to practice and/or gigs

For a small wattage combo practice amp with some built in effect for less than $300, this little guy was my choice. I'm very pleased with its sounds and relative versatility. Like I said, its doing exactly what I needed it to do.

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- Roland Cube 30 amp ----> modlisation (effects) 30w power (but spits more ...)
- From guitar, two footswitch, one for the channel and the other for the effects between auxiliary ... (I thought a possibility of playing two guitars I have never tried it ..) and a Selection of distortion knob .. (7 I think)
- 3 equalizer (classic, very effective.), Two channel (clear and distortion), a knob for the reverb and delay and one for chorus / flanger / phaser / tremolo ....

I hope not to be forgotten ....

UTILIZATION

Simple .... works like a conventional amp ....
However, the settings (acute and severe mid) are sensitive enough, do not hesitate to seek the sound that we should ......
not need to read the manual (I think it is quite simple) anyway just a demonstration store and you'll get the gist ...

SOUNDS

- I'd be a whole style of music ...
- I play with an Epiphone ES335 (so its very blues) - and a vox wah-wah
- Very nice clear sound for blues, jazz rock show
- At the level of distortion is obtained from any (small distortion "sound" has a fairly heavy metal)

As I have already prcis the equalizer is sensitive enough so it varies quite ...

- The effects are nice, especially for START .. (tremolo and phaser above)

OVERALL OPINION

I've had little time even when (1 to 2 years)

honestly I would do is choice, very good amp ...
I tried a few models in the same price range, I prfr well ... it's the sound I need but there is all the same versatile ...

quality price ratio ... thank you very much Roland ..

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Unfortunately we do not just adjust the volume of the CD input

UTILIZATION

Configuration is very simple.
the sound is pretty good as long as not rise too high. No adjustments particular, aqulizer does its job. needs no manual.

is simplicity itself ideal for beginners

SOUNDS

The effects are very average (especially distortion that sounds very synthetic). cepandant The amp itself is pretty good. after buying an effects pedal is really quite separate. to play in his room or apartment that's enough. jpeu tell you that if you put more than half of your neighbors Riquent yell.

Ideal for beginners without releasing too much under the proposed distortion Assé get tired quickly if you play metal.

The clean sound is very beautiful, fully neutral, perfect for sticking a separate effects processor.

OVERALL OPINION

Two years ago that I use. what I like most is the power delivered to a 30watts. This is my first amp (I played guitar clasique before) I tried a 30 watt marshall before but the sound is much better on the Roland. cons by now I also have a stack (separate amps and speakers) and 100 watts of marshall ca consignment; to ca no question in my room xD
it's a good very good value / size / price. easily movable.

with the experience I repeat that choice has provided you do not fill to more than € 100 for the purchase of a marshall or peavey combo 100 watts of 80ou that will allow you to play with a battery. mg100dfx a bandit or 112 (depending on the desired sound).

I always use it as my marshall is in rehearsal. to work for me. jle sell for anything, it accompanies me everywhere with my grandparents, on holiday etc. it is very small)

This is a digital modeling amp from Roland, it has the following features:

- Two channels with shared three band EQ

- Independent Volume and Gain controls for each channel

- Eight COSM amp models on the lead channel: Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal Stack R-fier Stack and Dyna-Amp

- Six built in effects: Chorus, Flanger, Phasor, Tremolo, Delay and Reverb

- Headphones/line out jack

- Footswitch jack to control channel changing or effects bypass

- Built in tuner

- Power squeeze button


UTILIZATION

Despite having lots of features I find this amp really easy and intuitive to use. The clean channel is very simple to use as it's only got a volume control. The lead channel you just set the selector dial to the model you want then adjust gain to taste and volume to the level you need. The effects are simple to use as it's just one knob to control one parameter for each, this does limit the effects greatly.

The tuner can be quite awkward to use as you have to turn the selector dial to choose which string you want to tune but other than that it's okay.



SOUNDS

I think this amp sounds pretty good. I have used lots of the different models regularly but my favorites are the Acoustic simulator, Tweed and R-fier models. While they don't sound like a perfect copy of the original amps they still have a great useable tone.

The three band EQ allows lots of tone shaping capabilities so you can tailor your sound to how you need it, it's not quite as versatile as it's bigger brother the cube 60 but it's definitely enough.

I personally don't like the effects on this amp other than the reverb and only being able to modify one parameter makes it pretty poor in my opinion.

The power squeeze button on this model of the cube is really useful to get increased sustain at low volumes.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall this amp is pretty great, it's loud enough for home use and band practice but you'd need something a bit louder if you intend gigging.

The different models on this amp mean that it's good for a player who plays lots of different genres and styles or if your not sure of the sound you're looking for.

My least favorite thing about this amp is the effects as I find the use of them really limited due to being controlled with just one knob.