Roland Cube 30 amp settings

tenplay

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Sep 18, 2007, 2:38:31 PM9/18/07

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Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

Derek

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Sep 18, 2007, 3:02:07 PM9/18/07

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I like the JC setting on all of them in that series. I like a little
brighter tone for CM. The blackface setting is a good one for
ensemble, but everyone hears things a bit differently.

Norm K

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Sep 18, 2007, 3:36:26 PM9/18/07

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On Sep 18, 11:38 am, tenplay <tenp...@mail.com> wrote:
> Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
> playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

If you Google this group you'll find a number of people who like and
use this amp (and the big brother Cube 60). I use a 30 on solo gigs
and set it on Blackface with my archtop and JC for my Godin nylon
string. Sometimes I forget to switch back to the Blackface setting
when I change to the archtop and get a fine tone with that too. I
just like the bit of tube-iness of the Blackface sound with the
archtop.

Norm

Charlie X

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Sep 18, 2007, 4:36:39 PM9/18/07

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On Sep 18, 2:38 pm, tenplay <tenp...@mail.com> wrote:
> Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
> playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

Not sure i understand the question...Do u have this amp? If u have the
amp...just plug in and turn the dials till u hear something u
like...am i missing something here?
If u dont have one of these great cube 30s...then why would u ask
this?
Am i the only one finding this to be a strange post?

RobSm

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Sep 18, 2007, 4:38:45 PM9/18/07

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:38:31 -0700, tenplay <ten...@mail.com> wrote:

>Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
>playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

Tweed, with treble rolled off to about 2/3 ans the tiniest touch of
reverb.

pmfan57

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Sep 18, 2007, 5:14:08 PM9/18/07

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Does not seem strange to me. It seems like many other "seeking
advice" type posts.

jazzgeetar

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Sep 18, 2007, 6:45:45 PM9/18/07

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Either the Blackface or JC channel. Depending on which of those two I
generally I like the mids up (12:00), bass down (9:00) and treble
between (10-11:00). Most seem to prefer the Blackface channel, but I
go back and forth...at the moment I prefer the JC channel and its
clarity.

-Dan

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Jeanmi

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Sep 19, 2007, 2:12:37 AM9/19/07

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Same here:
Blakface model
Bass 9 o'clok
Mid 12:00
Treble 11:00
Gain: 10:00
Volume as needed
a hair of reverb

With this setting you can also switch to the JC model to have a tone
with less presence and mids. The JC model tone gets lost quicker on
stage though: the blackface model is definitly where the cube 30
shines compared to many other amps.

Jeanmi

jimmyb

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Sep 19, 2007, 8:44:37 AM9/19/07

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On Sep 18, 2:38 pm, tenplay <tenp...@mail.com> wrote:

> Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
> playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

Start with the amp flat and then make the tone adjustments on the
guitar, I have found the I very sledom have to touch the amp controls
at all

RickH®

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Sep 19, 2007, 10:36:18 AM9/19/07

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On Sep 18, 1:38 pm, tenplay <tenp...@mail.com> wrote:
> Anyone here use a Roland Cube 30 amp? What are the best settings for
> playing standard jazz chord melodies? Thanks.

I like JC channel with bass around 10'oclock, mids around 2'oclock,
treble rolled off below 12'oclock depending on the guitar.