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Published on 11/28/11 at 15:00Roland struck a gold mine back in the 80s with their JC120 Jazz Chorus amp. To this day it arguably is one of the nicest clean tones available, so why would I expect anything less from the Micro Cube?
I wanted a small amp to keep around the house for when I wanted to jam ideas at a low volume. The Micro Cube was perfect and at $130 it was perfect for my budget at well.
It can run on batteries or on the supplied power supply. If you choose batteries it takes 6 AA batteries.
There is an 1/8' input to plug in an mp3 player or CD player. There is an output that can be used as a headphone jack or an out to a recording device.
There are 7 digital amp modeling presets; Acoustic, JC Clean, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Stack; Classic and Rectifier and a Mic preset in case you want to put a mic through this amp.
The amp has 6 effects, which I find a little over the top, but here they are: Chorus, Flanger, Tremelo, Phaser, Delay and Reverb.
The built in tuning fork is sort of week. A chromatic tuner would have been much more effective in my opinion.
The EQ is just one lonesome Tone knob, a 3-band EQ would have been cooler, but hey it's a cheap amp I get it.
Well built. It comes with a handy strap. Most of these are black, but I snagged a less popular white finish, there is also pink.
The LED light is pretty small too, it is a bit hard to tell if the amp is on or off.
A fun little rocker to keep around the house. Sure it isn't perfect, but if your big rig is packed away it is nice to have this to practice on.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I wanted a small amp to keep around the house for when I wanted to jam ideas at a low volume. The Micro Cube was perfect and at $130 it was perfect for my budget at well.
It can run on batteries or on the supplied power supply. If you choose batteries it takes 6 AA batteries.
There is an 1/8' input to plug in an mp3 player or CD player. There is an output that can be used as a headphone jack or an out to a recording device.
There are 7 digital amp modeling presets; Acoustic, JC Clean, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Stack; Classic and Rectifier and a Mic preset in case you want to put a mic through this amp.
The amp has 6 effects, which I find a little over the top, but here they are: Chorus, Flanger, Tremelo, Phaser, Delay and Reverb.
The built in tuning fork is sort of week. A chromatic tuner would have been much more effective in my opinion.
The EQ is just one lonesome Tone knob, a 3-band EQ would have been cooler, but hey it's a cheap amp I get it.
Well built. It comes with a handy strap. Most of these are black, but I snagged a less popular white finish, there is also pink.
The LED light is pretty small too, it is a bit hard to tell if the amp is on or off.
A fun little rocker to keep around the house. Sure it isn't perfect, but if your big rig is packed away it is nice to have this to practice on.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com