Roland Cube 30 clean channel
icarusi
reviews here. I'll proabably get one as much for the versatility,
but found the clean channel not as loud as I was expecting. OTOH
using the 'Blackface' setting with the volume on full and using
the lower end of the gain, I was able to get a much louder sound
than the 'JC Clean', with very littile distortion.
I won't be committing until Thursday, but wondered if current
owners here are managing with the JC Clean channel, or are using
one of the other amp models. I was using a Strat so a HB equipped
guitar might produce more level from the JC channel.
Icarusi
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Rick Ross
switch to black panel..the sound is louder and warmer..
for a $200 amp..you'll be hard pressed to find something
comparable...
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Tom Lippincott
I can't comment on that amp in particular, but I do have a couple of the
Roland/Boss modeling preamps and have played through some other brands as well.
I almost always find the same problem you do. I think to 99.9% of the guitar
world, "clean" and "quiet" are synomymous, as are "distorted" and "loud." So I
don't think these companies even bother to build in the capability of "clean"
and "loud" at the same time, which is a pretty essential property for most jazz
playing. I don't know if your amp will have anything like this, but one
workaround I've found is to engage the EQ section and, even if I'm not boosting
or cutting any specific frequencies, there is an overall EQ level that can be
boosted a good deal without changing the tone. Using this technique I can
bring clean, relatively flat sounds up to the same level as distorted or
heavily EQd sounds. If you really crank the level it can get a bit noisy, but
only at extreme settings, in my experience.
Tom Lippincott
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icarusi
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> I don't know if your amp will have anything like this, but one
> workaround I've found is to engage the EQ section and, even if
I'm not boosting
> or cutting any specific frequencies, there is an overall EQ
level that can be
> boosted a good deal without changing the tone. Using this
technique I can
> bring clean, relatively flat sounds up to the same level as
distorted or
> heavily EQd sounds. If you really crank the level it can get a
bit noisy, but
> only at extreme settings, in my experience.
I'm currently doing that with a little 20w 8" speakers Kustom
which is unusual in having a 4 band eq. It has 2 inputs each with
it's own volume control, but a bit too quiet full up for my
current use. I set some of the eqs more to the plus side than I'd
normally use, which is giving me some extra level but more of a
'rock' tone than I'd prefer, hence the Cube 30. Actually the
Kustom amp sounds like it includes some compression or soft
clipping circuitry, so it probably would work well with a plain
boost pedal for more 'rock' tones. The Kustom was always intended
for my nephew, so if the Cube 30 works OK I can pass it on, but
it'll still be a wrench.
Icarusi
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icarusi
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> I own the amp....and use it exactly as you have described..
> switch to black panel..the sound is louder and warmer..
> for a $200 amp..you'll be hard pressed to find something
> comparable...
Thanks for the confirmation. I was just thinking I could try the
clean channel set just for quieter comping, if I set the
'Blackface' level suitable for soloing, and it's slight
compression should work to lift the sound in the mix, compared to
a totally clean uncompressed sound.
icarusi
Unfortunately it turned out to be a $230 dollar (equivalent) amp,
rather than the $200 (eqiv) I'd been lead to believe, which puts
other amps in competition such as the Marshall MG30DFX which is
$200 (equiv, same power and speaker size but slightly bigger) has
separate eq for each channel (2no) but reverb is not separate
from the FX, but the section has a level control. The Behringer
GX210 is in the $230 range, and is a 2x10 30+30 watt with a 99
preset multi-fx section and double f/s (as supplied with the
V-amp) included.
sgcim
I've used a Roland Cube 60 for the last 20 years and, since I only
played solid bodies thru it, I never used the clean channel once
because it was too weak.
But since I recently bought a Borys B120, I have to use the clean
channel, because the OD channel sounds horrible with this guitar.
I assumed I was gonna have to get a new amp for the Borys, but the
Cube is working out fine.
One word of warning: ALWAYS put the little sucker up on a chair AND
tilt it up.Although the Cube 30 is not as powerful as my little "atom
bomb" amp, you still have no idea how loud these suckers are.
I did a gig Friday night where I had to play a trio thing and, since
the sound guy miked the amp, I figured I could just leave it on the
floor cause it was going thru the PA.
It turned out they were taping the gig, and the mikes were recording
mikes.
So I wound up playing way too loud, but I couldn't tell because it
was on the floor. A trumpet player came up and told me it was
"piercing" and I turned way down.