Roland Mobile Cube Battery-Powered Stereo Guitar Combo Amp Black

I bought this amp to travel with along with a travel guitar. I put it in a laptop case and carried it on an airplane with no problem. It's not big money, so I didn't expect premium sound and you don't get that. What you do get is a small, portabe P.A. amp with decent sound and a lot of inputs for whatever you want to do with it. I run a Y adaptor into the mic input for two mics, run my guitar into the guitar input and a CD player into the aux in for backing tracks. It also has a dedicated stereo keyboard input but you can't use that and the guitar input at the same time. My guitar sounds pretty good through it. It has Chorus, and I like the way it sounds. It also has Delay or Reverb (not both at the same time) which also goes on the vocals. I pretty much use Chorus and Delay all the time. It also has crunch and distortion effects for the guitar, and they are usable, but I prefer to use a battery powered pedal instead. The amp doesn't get real loud, but it has decent volume. It won't replace a powered P.A., it's seriously lacking in bottom end, but it is there about as much as you can expect from 4" speakers. Overall, I'm happy with it. If you need a small, portable P.A. where there is no power, this amp works pretty well.

I bought this amp on sale about 6 years ago and it still sounds as great as it did when I first used it. I love it! It's perfect for practicing and jamming out with friends. 10/10 would recommend.

Bought the Roland MC over 10 years ago. I still own it and thought a review might help someone shopping for an amp. In my opinion, the Roland MC is a great solo or small group, highly portable, extremely low watt, practice session amp. For electric guitar, it sounds great clean with a tough of reverb, but don't expect much bass or volume. IMO, the Overdrive setting is just OK, and the Distortion/Fuzz is terrible. Before I forget, buy the AC power adaptor as battery life is very limited, especially at anything but the lowest volume settings. For the built-in effects, the chorus button works fine for the simplest applications, along with the somewhat adjustable delay, but there are lots of limitations. Consider them a nice "toy" feature of the amp, nothing more. As a PA, I found the Roland MC very useful, and used it for years with my acoustic-based, rock band as a single mike PA during our quieter practice sessions. It provided just enough amplification for lead vocals to cut through 2 guitars and an electric bass playing at low to medium practice volume levels. However, as soon as we added a drummer, it was over for the little MC. As far as battery use, I font recommend it. I tried it once on Halloween dressed as Brett Michaels playing "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" on acoustic-electric. Terrible performance. People started singing along and a friend turned up the volume...the amp had no dynamic range and actually get LESS loud the harder I strummed the guitar. The ultra low wattage of the amp severely limits its usefulness in performance scenarios. My son took the amp to college and he uses it in his dorm room where noise levels must be kept low but prefers practicing with a Scarlett USB interface and headphones and is looking for an amp with more power. Anyway, I hope you found this review helpful.

Portable practice, studio recording, small loft performances

For jamming with guitars

I'm a truck driver and the compact size makes it easier to practice in the truck. I also use the Xvive U2 wireless system to eliminate cables in the small space. Since I am only practicing I only need it loud enough to hear and not blasting....