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VINCEB77
Published on 01/16/14 at 15:55
It is a transistor amp modeling. It has 2 clean sounds (JC clean and acoustic simulation) and 5 modeling sounds distorted sounds: overdrive, drive tube, distortion, metal, metal stack. It features 6 effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay, and reverb. An auxiliary input for MP3, footswitch, headphones and recording output with HP emulation. A built-in tuner that can work in color choice. Advertised power 20 watts (but it says 24 watts on the device) can be reduced to 2 watts with the power squeezer.
UTILIZATION
Configuration and ergonomics are excellent and exemplary as always Roland. We quickly understand its use. The advantage of this amp is to quickly find the desired sound. Shifting sound of amp models are straightforward and more pronounced than on the most powerful Cube, find the desired grain is much faster on this model. The auxiliary input is great to be accompanied with an MP3 player or a mobile phone for example. The headphone output is not bad at all thanks to HP emulation, saturated sounds do not like porridge in the headphone. The tuner is built is good, but there are more specific in nature. The power squeezer is not really convincing because it stifles the sound too much, so I do rarely used. Besides, it was advantageously replaced by a master volume on the GX.
SOUNDS
It is very suitable for home or mobile use, and allows you to play in all styles. JC clean is very convincing, clean and clear for a transistor. Acoustic simulation is doing its job. The overdrive is a bit muffled and requires pushing the amp to function better. Modeling (COSM) distortion, metal and metal stack scour well without looking like a bee angry and allow to address all styles from classic rock to metal hairy. Simulation drive tube is oddly placed (it would logically be placed next to the overdrive) but for me the most interesting, especially with the gain cranked. It is a pity she disappeared on later versions. The effects are good (it's BOSS) even if their settings are simplistic. Only digital reverb leaves me unsatisfied, it must grow almost to the bottom and can not be compared by far a good spring reverb ... On the other hand the second complaint is that you can not use the delay and reverb together. HP 8 inches obviously lack of scale and low in relation to a 12-inch but we can not have everything! This amp is well expressed with double powerful coils.
OVERALL OPINION
I have 4 years and I do not intend to replace. It is perfect for playing at home and enter the beef out. It is very compact, not too heavy (7 kgs) and has everything you need, there is no need to take extra gear. It's enough in the trunk to play hard but also knows ringing pleasantly low volume. It exudes a real sense of solidity, robustness and reliability. I love the efficiency of its sounds, its effects, perfect ergonomics, and speed to find the desired sound. It is less complete than the competition, but on the previous items, the other amps are lower. Given its overall quality and workmanship foolproof, I find the value of interest. I certainly would do this choice today with the new GX version has improved this thing.
UTILIZATION
Configuration and ergonomics are excellent and exemplary as always Roland. We quickly understand its use. The advantage of this amp is to quickly find the desired sound. Shifting sound of amp models are straightforward and more pronounced than on the most powerful Cube, find the desired grain is much faster on this model. The auxiliary input is great to be accompanied with an MP3 player or a mobile phone for example. The headphone output is not bad at all thanks to HP emulation, saturated sounds do not like porridge in the headphone. The tuner is built is good, but there are more specific in nature. The power squeezer is not really convincing because it stifles the sound too much, so I do rarely used. Besides, it was advantageously replaced by a master volume on the GX.
SOUNDS
It is very suitable for home or mobile use, and allows you to play in all styles. JC clean is very convincing, clean and clear for a transistor. Acoustic simulation is doing its job. The overdrive is a bit muffled and requires pushing the amp to function better. Modeling (COSM) distortion, metal and metal stack scour well without looking like a bee angry and allow to address all styles from classic rock to metal hairy. Simulation drive tube is oddly placed (it would logically be placed next to the overdrive) but for me the most interesting, especially with the gain cranked. It is a pity she disappeared on later versions. The effects are good (it's BOSS) even if their settings are simplistic. Only digital reverb leaves me unsatisfied, it must grow almost to the bottom and can not be compared by far a good spring reverb ... On the other hand the second complaint is that you can not use the delay and reverb together. HP 8 inches obviously lack of scale and low in relation to a 12-inch but we can not have everything! This amp is well expressed with double powerful coils.
OVERALL OPINION
I have 4 years and I do not intend to replace. It is perfect for playing at home and enter the beef out. It is very compact, not too heavy (7 kgs) and has everything you need, there is no need to take extra gear. It's enough in the trunk to play hard but also knows ringing pleasantly low volume. It exudes a real sense of solidity, robustness and reliability. I love the efficiency of its sounds, its effects, perfect ergonomics, and speed to find the desired sound. It is less complete than the competition, but on the previous items, the other amps are lower. Given its overall quality and workmanship foolproof, I find the value of interest. I certainly would do this choice today with the new GX version has improved this thing.