I bought a Roland Blues Cube Stage.

[JohnW63]

I really don't need another amp, but the Blues Cube line gets good reviews in tests. This one is in " mint " condition and comes with the Robbin Ford tone capsule, which is a $200 add-on and was still less than almost all others listed at Reverb without the tone capsule. I think I would have liked the Eric Johnson one instead, but I might be able to sell the RF one and get the EJ one, if I really feel the need.

I'll let you know if it turns out to be money well spent or a compulsive buy that didn't work out.

 

[shihan]

Looking forward to your thoughts. Always been curious about those, especially with the tone capsule.

 

[JohnW63]

It was less than a new small Blues Cube 30 watt , so I thought it was a good deal.

 

[Bernie]

What is a 'Tone Capsule'

 

[JohnW63]

A tone capsule is a neat trick they have to reprogram how your amp sounds by plugging in a add on circuit that they made look like a glowing tube. They get well know players to help them dial in the sounds they like and slap their names on it.

Roland - Blues Cube Stage | Guitar Amplifier

Blues Cube Stage: Guitar Amplifier - Authentic Tube Tone for Top Players

www.roland.com

Here is a review of all of them, from back when the amps were new.


Eric Johnson uses a Fender for clean stuff and a Marshall for lead work. The amp has a clean channel and a drive channel, so the tone capsule makes the amp mimic a Fender and a Marshall.

 

[dreadnut]

I like those guys!

 

[JohnW63]

The amp arrived today. It was mint. Had the cover that slides over the amp when toting it around and had a decent looking patch cable tucked in the amp with the power cord. Both nicely Velcro wrapped. Now I need to figure out how to make it sound as cool a Mick and "Danish Pete".

 

[dreadnut]

So did ya plug it in yet?

 

[JohnW63]

Oh, Yea. I've been twisting knobs and trying out settings. I'm pretty happy with how my G&L "strat" sounds on the crunch channel at 5 ( of 12 ). It only growls when I lean into it. The Robin Ford module is not as dirty sounding as the the Eric Johnson one would be, but it may be just fine. I've only tried an acoustic guitar into it a little bit. I think that's a very low channel volume with high master volume trick. You can blend the clean and dirty channel by having both on and dialing the channel volumes to taste.