Roland Cube 30X

One of my favorite fun practice amps played with my Warmoth Strat with Gilmour EMGs

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[megadeth806]

hey nice demo,i have the same amp but it sounds like shit,no matter what i try it sounds so muddy and horrible,i tried many different eq settings and lowering and raising the gain but still it sounds horrible,im 100% sure its not a problem with my guitar/cable and i tried asking help at like a roland forums,and it seems im the only1 with the problem,could u help me out?thx

[motokev]

@megadeth806 Hmmmm, sorry to hear that. I would try your guitar through another amp and see if it sounds good, using your cable. If good results, then has to be the speaker or amp. I would try and find another cube to try using your guitar/cable. Every Cube i've tried has sounded the same, 30x wise.

[ArmedAlex]

I gather you may slighty like a little bit of Pink Floyd?

[motokev]

@ArmedAlex yes, that would be correct. Gilmour is my favorite for sure. People think his playing is easy, its not. But, i must say its fun playing a few PF solos !

[afsartori]

@motokev I think we share the same taste. It's relatively easy to follow Gilmour's style because he uses a lot of minor and pentatonic scales, but the difficult part is following his sound, tone and creativity, in my opinion. I can't reproduce his bendings and tremolos, and I can't reproduce the feeling he put into every note he plays. They are his trademark I think.

[motokev]

@afsartori that is very true, its all about the feel that gilmour puts in his playing. His bends are beyond words as his vibrato and phrasing. All we can do is thank him for such great music.

[Octane2009]

i think In my OPINION getting this amp is like getting boss pedals worth 400 bucks. this amp is a bargain,

[thelion2430]

@motokev can you somehow give me an web page where is show the different sound settings for this thing...i lost the paper where is shown the differend souds....i need it because one sound was wery good and i dont remember how to find it ...

[bolivarmena]

@megadeth806

forget about the power squeeze, and crank that volume up nigga!

the mudd will go away instantly. if you wanna play low get a roland micro cube or a cube 15x this is a more practice-gig oriented amp.

[TheMoogieCoptr]

@megadeth806 dude I have the same problem too! The moment I plugged in my guitar it sounds horrible! My stupid Fender amp sounds better. (Trust me my fender amp sucks buttnuggets.)

[afsartori]

@rclocutor About the buzz, there's a bit of it when the amp is at its full maximum volume. But at that point your sound awakes your neighborhood.

[afsartori]

@rclocutor Well, I can't say much about the Cube because I never had the opportunity to "test drive" one properly. I had a Cube 15X for a few minutes once. I enjoyed the sound but the amp was a bit limited. I like a lot the VT15's clean channel. You won't have crunch if you adjust the gain and the volume. No complaints. I'm still learning how to get the sound that I want from it but so far I'm very satisfied. About the bass, the VT15 has a lot of it.

[rclocutor]

@afsartori If we evaluate the amps for their features, I stay with the vox. But if we evaluate for their sound quality … i preffer the cube 30 x, that in addition does not have buzz at high volumes, whereas the vt 30 do. What do you think about?

And please: sorry for my horrible english jajajaja.

[rclocutor]

@afsartori Without doubts the vt 30 possesses many independent effects, but when they are comnbined with the clasics amps presets, the sound turns confuse … it does not happens with the cube. Finally the most important thing: the cube has an awesome clean channel, that is perfect to play with an acoustic guitar.

In addition, his construction does that the sound wins in basses … whereas the clean channel of the vt 30 loses clarity, since it has a little crunch.

[rclocutor]

@afsartori You're right about the features: the vox has a lot of features, but i think that the cube has some advantages too. First of all, roland is a brand that traditionally manufactures synthesizers, whereas vox produces valvular equipments. Therefore, given Roland's tradition of emulating all kinds of sounds, the emulations of classic amplifiers - though it possesses less-, they are much more reall than vox emulations.