• great little practice amp

  
  As reviewed by kelly on 3/6/2011

  I bought the roland 40xl cube amp and its a awesome little practice amp I mainly play metal style guitar but I also play a little of everything. This amp does it all Im blown away of the sound that comes out of this little solid state amp. The distortion is great and Im a serious player ive played in a few different bands and have been playing guitar for over twenty years. This amp has great features it has built in effects and everything from acoustic to blazing rectifier distortion. It has a power squeez button to get all that gain at low volumes and you can squeal harmonics at a very low volume with the power squezz button on. It also has a eighty second looper on it and it sounds great. This little practice amp is well worth two hundred dollars and I dont think anyone would be dissapointed with this amp im certainly not. I would deffanetly have to say its the best solid state practice amp you can buy.

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• Unbelievable Amp!

  
  As reviewed by Eric on 8/18/2011

  I have played guitar for about 20 years and have lots of different equipment. Recently, I bought the Boss E-Band unit and was really impressed by the onboard effects. I wanted a practice amp with that kind of versatility, but that didn't sound like a wimpy practice amp. When I went to my local GC I tried this amp along with the Mustang III and the Vox VT 50. This amp blew them away! First off, the amp models on this unit are all usable. The clean tone is amazing (as to be expected with Roland products). You can get tons of sparkle and crunchy blues between the Black Panel, Brit Combo and Tweed. When you get into the higher gain "Stack" settings, this amp continues to shine. The rectifier is my favorite model. You can dial in a great heavy metal sound with this amp. Although it has a 10" speaker, it has a closed back so you get lots of bass response. It could be mic'ed but is not quite loud enough to keep up with a full band, but is perfect for someone jamming with a friend, or playing in the basement. Another thing that this amp has that NO OTHER does is the looper. I would recommend buying the roland FS6 footswitch with this amp. Loop pedals can run 200.00 and up. This amp has it built in! ( This makes it the perfect amp for a guitar instructor as well.) At that price point, this can not be beat... PERIOD.

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• The perfect Swiss Army Knife practice amp!!!!

  
  As reviewed by matt leo on 5/4/2011

  The Roland Cube 40-XL is a really fantastic and surprising little amp! I've been playing for almost 30 years, and I play over 100 gigs per year.My main amps are tube Fenders and Mesas. I bought this as a practice amp that would be lighter to carry around to rehersal and be loud enough with decent tone. Many tube snobs have done a double-take at how warm and usable the tones are, and the amount of features packed into it are tremendous. The construction of the amp gives this 10" speaker more punch and bass than you would expect. The effects actually sound great, which is not the case much of the time w/ practice or "all-in-one" amps. The JC120 clean channel is perfect.The amp models all sound great, too, with the exception of the Classic and Rectifier, IMO. The former is too fizzy and lacks the warmth of most of the others, and the Rectifier is too scooped and distant-sounding. I feel the Metal (5150) and Extreme settings render it irrelevant, but I imagine some kids will just want option. I really like the Black Panel and AC30 models. I've also found that cranking the EQ knobs gets the best tone for many amps, too. The amp is loud enough to cut through practice with my rock band, too. You could definitely gig with this amp if you miked it, and the ability to use up to 3 pedals to control channel switching, solo boost and effects is huge. Oh yeah, and I didn't even mention the 80 sec looper!!!!!! All in all, Roland knocked this one out of the park.

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