roland cube 60 product review

[theeternalidol]

A left handed brother! Nice playing, sweet tone from the amp and cab.

I own a cube myself, though it's only the Microcube RX, 5 watt

[gillenh2o]

@theeternalidol i checked out your micro cube posts, great tone, oh and by the way i am envious of your lefty mm petruccii

[JohnLemazing]

Nice RG dude.

[guitarjammer1]

Question? When you hook this up to an extension, does the sound still come out of the main speaker? As well as the cabinet speakers?

[uwemusic]

@racke1993bg hey I got this amp and it is f..ing loud - I just played it on a big hall on a Halloween concert here in South Germany and I had the amp - with PA mic on it only at 4 ... (of 10)

[gillenh2o]

@uwemusic other than the volume how'd you like it's tone, just curious

[gillenh2o]

@racke1993bg i think so but the sound quality suffers without the extension cab in my opinion

[jasper11227]

I'm lefty TOO!!!!

[BoronganBata]

Are these things phased out? the roland cubes

[gillenh2o]

@BoronganBata no they have upgraded the line, now you have the cube 60x and the more powerful cube 80x

[BoronganBata]

@gillenh2o ahh so I'm gonna look for the 60x instead of the 60 okay man thanks

[guitarjammer1]

I have the cube60. I don't run it through a extension cabinet. I just play it as is. I have used it in small to medium dance halls. I mainly use the "Blackface" preset on the lead channel. Sometimes the "JC-120" channel. For effects I mainly use the delay set to slapback, and the chorus. I play country but can appreciate listening to other styles as well. I believe these came out in 04. I got mine in 06.

[100roberthenry]

great to see another lefty man!.....rock on...

might get this amp......like the distortions..

slayyer yay!!!!!........

[gillenh2o]

@100roberthenry cool, i checked out your page, thoe are some pretty cool pedals do you sell or is it just a hobby?

[VoodooMusic001]

Hey,can i connect my cube 60x in a Marshall speaker 4x12 400w ?? Sorry for bad english.. Plz help me!!

[gillenh2o]

yes

[oldgreg202020]

can you run a cube 30 through a cabinet???

[gillenh2o]

i am not sure if the cube 30 has a speker out or not but i will check

[gillenh2o]

i downloaded the owners manual, and by what it says, no you can't, it has a record out but not a speaker out, sorry

[Judplay]

Greetings, Gillen! I just subscribed to your videos and really enjoy your music. With the Roland Cube 60, would it pick up my Takamine Electro-Acoustic classical guitar with nylon strings? I'm experimenting with a fusion of jazz/classical and need nylon strings for Chet Atkins, Earl Klugh, etc. Any problem with nylon strings? Thanks.

[gillenh2o]

to be honest, i don't know, sorry

[streetja07]

ure awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[gillenh2o]

awe

[BayerPowerslide]

let me ask that the genz benz is powered only by the cube? man its powerfull....  5*

[gillenh2o]

yep

[XxRawkerChickxX]

i always think lefties look really awkward but you play awesome (:

[gillenh2o]

thanx, i agree i find that alot of times lefties look awkward when playing guitar

[tigetbunny82]

I love my new Roland Cube 60! It sounds amazing, whether you do classical,blues,rock, and even 80s metal....way better than the Line 6 Spider III series I tried out....wonder how it compares to the new Peavey Vyper series though since my first amp was a Peavey have a soft spot for them lol

[perfectxinsanity1]

i tried a peavy vypr out. i wasnt impressed. BUT IT WAS LOUD 0.0

[gillenh2o]

vyper sucks, in my opinion

[thesouthafricanguy]

YAYAY!!! Ibanez rules. great review too buddy...Do you think that I should spend the extra cash and get the Roland Cube 80X?? or just get the 60x???

[gillenh2o]

i always believe that the bigger the better

[1Mellodee]

Get the 80x if you can swing it. Same size but more Power

[jojo1791]

The amp seems nice, you seem like a really good guitarist too.

[gillenh2o]

thank you i appreciate the compliment

[verbity]

Nice video bro...how do you get all those cool video effects??

[gillenh2o]

windows movie maker, believe it or not

[skatallica76]

i love this amp u play nice to:D 5 stars

[gillenh2o]

thanx, the amp is pretty cool

[George656]

Have you heard any of Rammstein's albums? If you haven't then you should check out their last three albums which have the standard metal tone with the scooped mids. You Should also check out their latest two albums which I think have alot more mids and more gain.

[George656]

Hey GillenH2o, can you get a Rammstein sound out of the cube 60 using the rectifier model? Because I am trying to get their sound out of my Cube 15x using the Metal Stack setting.

[HandyWeeder]

what's the song you play at 08'20''??? i like that...

Thank you.

[gillenh2o]

that is an original called "Drift Away", glad you like it

[George656]

Do you know what bleach is? Because Javex is a type of bleach used for cleaning areas that are hard to clean. It is also a very corrosive chemical that if you get it on your hands and feet it will eat the skin away. So be very careful when using Javex bleach and where protective clothing and gloves so that you don't get any of the chemical on you.

[gillenh2o]

thanx man, i will look into that, how have you been

[TheAlmightyDom]

how much did you pay for your cube?

[gillenh2o]

about 370.00

[George656]

No it is not expensive at all. Do you have javex lying around your house?

[gillenh2o]

not really sure what javex is

[George656]

To get rid of the mold in your recording studio get someone to clean it using javex cleaner. This will remove the mold. You will probably have to use it every year because the mold will grow back. Do you have a problem with humidity in that particular room? If you do then you should buy a dehumidifier which will get rid of the humidity by taking water out of the air. Mold needs humidity to grow so by removing it the mold will not grow.

[gillenh2o]

thank you i really needed that info, is this procedure expensive?

[George656]

Are you going to be selling the Carvin MTS?

[gillenh2o]

i am seriously considering it, but it needs a repair first, thats why i took it off ebay, i noticed it was malfunctioning, it is either a bad soder joint or a failing power tube, after it is repaired i will decide on weather to sell it or not, but in the interum i sold my genz benz 4x12 and have purchased a line 6 pod xt live effects unit, i would like another cube 60 though

[tyrantzero]

Nice stuff. I'm strongly considering the cube 60. No footswitch with it though right?

[gillenh2o]

it doesn't come with a footswitch but you can

use 3 on it one for channel switching and the other two turn your effects on/off

[klpinvestments]

Nice riffage!!

[Xevidan]

Exelent reveiw!

I myself own a Cube60.

I am playing with the thought of buying a Marshall MG412A cab for it, or would you recomend that i look for a different cab?

[gillenh2o]

i don't know much about the marshall mg cabs, but the marshall cabs i have owned in the past were awesome

[Xevidan]

Oh well. Thanks for responding. :)

[varkunus]

would it be better than an ashdown fallen angel? It seems pretty smooth and seems to have a pretty big low end the 60w especially, people saying on clean the low end is almost to much

[gillenh2o]

i have not tried the ashdown fallen angel yet, maybe in the next few months i can score one and review it

[varkunus]

this sounds like to have a lot of low end on the 5150 model! I like low end will it get that much without the genz benz?

[gillenh2o]

the extension cabinet makes this amp sound totally different, it gives it more strenght and definition at high volumes, and yes it gives it a better low end reponse, the cube doesn't sound bad without a 4x12 cab, but it doesn't sound great

[babymicrobe]

Great review, thank you!

[CriesOfThePast522]

hey my cube 60 wont turn on even though all my plugs work. it wouldnt work last night but then it started working, but now it wont work again. can someone help me?

[gillenh2o]

sounds like a possible shorted wire or bad soder joint in the amp making it work intermidetly as the contact moves in and out of position, i say that because if a component had failed it would stop working and not start again, have it serviced, by a tech, or if you are soder savey open it up break out the multi-meter and search out the bad connection, check the power switch first

[gillenh2o]

don't use it at all till it's fixed, a bad connection can cause current to arc and burn out vital components and that would be expensive to fix

[gillenh2o]

check the wall socket to make sure it is not deffective, and it's corresponding breaker (in the breaker box) is it a gfi (ground fault interupt) wall socket, if so check to see if something is making it trip, also check the continuity of the plug with a multimeter set to tone it out, and check the plug in variouse positions (move it around)

[gillenh2o]

by plug i mean the power cord coming from the cube 60 (i know you knew that i just wanted to clarify)

[ThickpropheT]

sweet. do it yourselfers unite! Did the holes change the tone at all?

[gillenh2o]

just slightly, a tad more high end bite, but the difference is just barely noticable

[ThickpropheT]

I'm glad to hear your decision to rerecord w/ the cube. wise choice my friend.

That blue guitar is a Carvin, right? How'd you get them to put the holes in the top there?

[gillenh2o]

well i am re-re-recording now using a tube amp, but i still love the 60, the guitar is a carvin, and i put the holes in the guitar myself

[ofirdearie]

How load is the amp with the cabinet hooked up? I mean is as loud as having a half stack amp?

thanks

[gillenh2o]

it is very loud with the extension cabinet, i never turned it up past 5 except to test the loudness when i first bought it, it pushes the cab just fine, it is definately gigable (is that a word), when you do this it is a halfstack, the only drawback is that the rolands speaker does not disengage when the external speaker out is used

[chrismurray90]

hey, great review. do you have your cube 60 connected to a 4x12 cabinet?

[himtonny]

if you are asking me, no

[gillenh2o]

yes, a Genz Benz Vintage Voiced cab with jenson speakers in it

[himtonny]

at 1:01 zero the hero \,,/

[gillenh2o]

"ZERO THE HERO" not sure what that means

[himtonny]

its a song by black sabbath

[gillenh2o]

i can't beleive i didn't catch the reference, now i feel stupid

[himtonny]

lol, it ok, dude, i bought a cube 60 two days ago, can you give me any advise about how my settings should be for a heavy sound?

[gillenh2o]

i always use the metal stack or the r-fier model with the bass pumped with just enough treble to not be muddy. and the mids scooped and as always the gain maxed, i use a tad of delay for ambiance, and there you have it

[himtonny]

thanks, i will try :)

[varkunus]

could you do some gary moore still got the blues and maybe eric johnson cliffs of dover demos would appreciate it

[gillenh2o]

i got rid of my cube 60 temporarily to buy a soon to be out of production tube amp, but i plan to buy another soon - sorry

[gillenh2o]

the line6 spider III has a cliffs of dover patch, that sounds pretty killer, they have a sound clip up of it on thier website

[varkunus]

hhhm i hear lots of bad things about spiders though

[gillenh2o]

like what, i need to know i was contemplating getting one, i know the spider II's tended to get to bassey at high volumes, or at least mine did, what have you heard about the ibanez mimix

[varkunus]

i thought u had brought a carvin, but I hear the cubes are far better than the spiders III, the spiders sound very digital and false

[gillenh2o]

i had, but i found that there is mold in the recording room of my rental house(which is sepreated from the rest of the house by a brick wall) , and i am alergic to mold spores, i don't know how long it will take to rectify this problem, if at all so i have had to move my gear back in house, the carvin has to be cranked to a certian level for good recordable tones so i am back to looking for a good modeling amp

[varkunus]

check the peavey vyper and the cube

[gillenh2o]

i tried the vyper the same day i tried out the spider III, i definatly prefer the spider to that one, i found the vyper to be a tad to shrill sounding for my taste, i am definately considering another cube, i wish they would come out with a stereo head version though, the spider III head is 150 watts mono, and 75 per side in stereo

[varkunus]

I am selling an all tub dsl401 if you are interested

[gillenh2o]

i have had 2 of the newer marshalls in the past how many watts and hom much are you asking

[gillenh2o]

i may get another cube 60, but i am unsure, i went and checked out the spider three, i was impressed by about 10 of the 400 patches, but the sound quality wasn't bad, but i don't know, i have also looked at the ibanez mimix i just want to get the best amp i can for the cash, i probably only looked at the spider 3 because it has a vai, kings x, whitsnake, 5 metallica and warrent patch- also my carvin is on ebay as we speak - when i have the money i will get the amp i really want but till then

[darkPaillasson]

Waw ! you were right when you said to me that the cab makes all the difference :|

that's a really loud sound that you get !

[gillenh2o]

it is almost like an entirely different amp with the cab, kind of like the cube 60's big brother so to speak

[chicoggyfx]

Hey! Very nice review and nice playing as well! Thanks for this video, I have a question though, what is the first guitar you use (what is the model?)

Thanks in advance.

[gillenh2o]

ibanez 370dxl

[spajsboyz]

Hey, very nice review bro !! i have same 370 dxl with Bill Lawrence XL500 bridge pickup, and i want to buy this cube, but tell me, can i have the very classic thrash y tone from early 80 with lots of high tones burned on a nice max outed gains ?

check out my videos if you want and tell me if this amp will fit my style. Of course i want to play even a flamenco on that amp

[spajsboyz]

oh man , i forgot to ask about quality of the RECORDING OUT/phones output. Can You describe the quality of recorded sound .thx

[gillenh2o]

i am trying it out as we speak, it is not bad, not great but pretty good - i am currently locked into a bidding war on ebay for my dream amp so my 60 may temporarily hit the chopping block, but i will definately buy another in the event that i have to sell it this week so it may take me about 2 weeks to answer any questions about the cube that i don't get to this week

[gillenh2o]

i am going to fire it up this weekend and see, i haven't tried to achive that specific sound yet, but i believe it will

[MTNDEWTRI]

Are you using any pedals to get the distortion sound? Or is this JUST the Cube amp?

[gillenh2o]

it's all cube baby, no filler or aditives

[gillenh2o]

the 4x12 cab makes all the difference, my genz benz featured here gives nore clear pronounced highs and low mids, my crate blue voodoo 4x12 gives more thunderous lows

[brownhog72]

Way to go bro!!! Give me a holler sometime! I loved it!

[sonofkikkoman]

dude i love this amp! i have one and i'm so pleased with it cause it's just so versatile you can play anything with it.

[gillenh2o]

that is exactly what empresses me about it so much, you can play jazz, fusion, rock, metal, country, if you can manufacture the chops it cand produce the tone

[giosansan]

Youre just simply awesome, I got a 60 too and its the best, its sound and power are great. I love that it can drive a 4 by 12 cab wich is great for playing on stage and using the combo for little concerts or practice at home.

[kennosen1]

Hey. I bought a roland 60 today because of your review. I saw it at a pawnshop. I have a roland cube and I like it. Thanks again for the review.

[gillenh2o]

i glad my review could help, hope you like yours as much as i love mine

[gillenh2o]

in am glad my review could help, i hope you like yours as much as i do

[Judplay]

These impressive reviews for the Roland Cube 60 caused me to call a local dealership and see what they're going for these days. The dealer said the 60 had been discontinued and was no longer available. He wanted to sell me a Cube 80 for almost $400.00. He said list was over $500.00 Does that sound high? Thanks.

[skrape110]

cube 60 costed about 350 when new in 2004

[kennosen1]

great review. Keep them coming.

[ScreaminSavior]

great review, your cool.

[bluesenight]

really nice demo, but hows the delay/reverb. and how much did you pay for it?

[gillenh2o]

i paid about $370 for mine, the delay is good and the reverbs and choruses are nice, not enough tweakability for my picky taste sometimes, but very usable

[gillenh2o]

since 1987 (roughly)

[angelguerreroiii]

You are awesome. We need to talk about your video editing. I have use for this and my clients.

Angel

[gillenh2o]

cool, and thank you for the compliment

[bscott45555]

great job man how long have you been playing?

[gillenh2o]

oh my god i am getting old, i guess i have been at this thing for 20 years on and off, give or take a few years

[MatiBtodo14]

its really a great review I trust these more than the comercial ones u know

watch my vid if u can

[gillenh2o]

thanx for the compliment

[ryanbuskirk]

good review, thanks.