Roland Cube 30 amplifier?

DarkSymphony

ok, I've been playing guitar a good while and I'm actually getting to be pretty good. Nothing spectacular just yet, but I'm on my way. Now, I really only need a new amp for practice. I have a band comming together really soon and am able to borrow a friends amp for practicing with the band when the time comes. However, my old Peavey amp is flat out shitting the bed. it's crackly, cord input is extremely touchy...etc. so I wanna buy a new amp and I wanna know if anyone thinks the Rolan Cube 30 amp is of good build and qualty? I'm looking to spend around $200. thanks in advance! if anyone has a better suggestion than the cube 30, I'm all ears.

mooshoepork

I have played the cube 30 for about a year, as well as the Cube 60 and various Marshall solid-states. It depends on what kind of music you like to play. The Cube thirty is very easy to get a good sound of and in my opinion sounds pretty good. The 60 will probably be a bit overkill at the moment. The 30 has many nice built in effects aswell as being cheap. I'd say go for it.

DarkSymphony

we play alot of punk music. our own punk, not this blink 182 horse shit. we do keep it a little simple, but we add in appregios and pentatonic runs often times. I'm always going for an upbeat "happy" tone. so, I think I will get the Roland from the sounds of things. it seems good.

mooshoepork

Blink 182 isn't punk, it's pop-rock.

But anyway, the cube 30 is good for metal, so you should still be able to get a nice crunchy punk tone out of it too. It's a very versatile amp.

wasted pixels

If the only problem with your Peavey is basically that it's old, would you be willing to consider giving it a tuneup ($12 to $25) over buying a new amp ($more)? Input jacks are a super-easy fix even for someone with no soldering experience, and if the crackling is happening when you fiddle with the knobs, that's a piss-easy fix, too.

Then you can go grab a Big Muff or Tubescreamer (or both!) with the money you saved and call it a day.

EDIT: But if you really have your heart set on a new toy, hit your pawn shop and any indie guitar shops near you first, see what they have. I found a H&K Edition Tube for $150, just needed a new set of tubes ($40). If you *really* want a new amp, though, and nothing I say can dissuade you, consider the Vox Valvetronix AD30VT and the Orange Crush 30R. If you're really going for punk, you're going to want a British-inspired cheesy artificial tone, not 80's hi-gain cheesy artificial tone.

mooshoepork

If it is a peavey blazer or something, it would be really silly to keep it and play with a full band. Those amps are complete shite for that, and plugging a Big muff or a TUBESCREAMER into a small 15 W solid state will be an absolute waste.

Demerdar

I play a roland cube tube amp and am really happy with it. I would suggest this amp.

corcorigan

You know if you just twiddle knobs they tend to clean themselves and stop crackling. Plus inputs are basic enough...

I have a Roland Micro Cube (which is still too loud for my tiny terraced house, yay) and it's lovely.

limester816

You'll need at least 50 watts to keep up with a full band and play gigs without a p.a., so I'd go for the Cube 60. They're great amps.

wasted pixels

limester816 wrote: »

You'll need at least 50 watts to keep up with a full band and play gigs without a p.a., so I'd go for the Cube 60. They're great amps.

He really shouldn't be playing gigs with a practice amp (or, in my opinion, most solid-state amps) at all. But even if he was, 30w should be enough for a small room. It's certainly enough for garage rehearsal, unless he has an exceptionally loud drummer.

DarkSymphony

I *think* the 30 would do me well for now. Yes I will need a bigger wattage down the road, but my amp is extremely basic and old. it's a Peavey envoy 110. I'd really like an amp with some actual effect options too. It'd be nice is all. Anyways, it seems the cube 30 is good, but I will also check out some Vox amps.