I just traded in my 15 year old Peavey Step Chorus 212 for a Cube 80X and I absolutely love it! I purchased my Cube 80 for the price of a Cube 30... with the trade-in. My Peavey, with its two 12-inch scorpion speakers, weighed a ton! Not only does the Cube 80 have great effects, its single 12-inch speaker sounds every bit as rich as my Peavey. The best part is that it is nice and compact and easy to transport. Plus, can I plug in my iPod! Can't wait to tinker with my new toy!
Sounds like a really good amp. Let's say that I would play on the JC-clean with a lot of reverb and some chorus and then switch to, let's say the R-fier mode. Will the effects still be active then?
@Phishboy26 The yellowish gold is commonly known as vintage white. It can also be an aged olympic white, at least according to fender. Speaking of which, it is obviously a suhr classic. Lastly, the humbucker looks too close to the bridge because of the extra pickup. since Johnny uses the gr-20 in some of these videos I'm guessing it's a roland gk-3 pickup.
@thomson125 depends, if u want them on they will be on if u "channel switch" .. and if u dont want them on.. save a preset of just r-fier without chorus and reverb in the "memory" function.. and switch that on instead of channel switching.. u get only the distortion without efx
@00000stephen There not bad at all. The amp you saw must have been blown out or broken because all of the ones ive heard playing acoustic sounded very clean and smooth.
It's essential for an amp maker to have a 60W and an 80W product, because 80W is a whopping 1.23 decibels louder than 60W, way above the threshold that the human ear can tell the difference in volume.
@DaanOnderwater...... NO, it is the knowledge and playing skills Johnny has to get the sounds he wants by adjusting the amp. That comes with experience and knowledge of your gear. I have a Roland Cube 30 that sounds just like him on the Cube 80X! Keep tweaking your settings and you'll get it. Roland gear kicks ass! The people pissing, moaning and putting down Roland gear is usually inexperienced players that think the equipment will magically make them sound great! Rock on!!!
Somehow I just wonder, what if someone were to connect all the BOSS pedals to it and use those pedals to replace those built-in effects. I've tried plugging in some BOSS pedals into a Jazz Chorus 120, and I can seriously say that its awesome! Much better than me plugging my BOSS pedals into a Laney tube amp that is of equal power.
they should make Tube Cube (would be a good name :P). if solid state cube sound better than line 6 spider, they should sound better than spider valve :OO
This amp is beatiful, the channels are insane,,,,,,, i luve blues sound i get the rock sounds, if u have 2 nots or 4 like the les paul, sg, es, ibanez, gretsch. tele,, i dont now about the strat, but have the amp on high volum and have the guitar on low ( i used most 1) because when the guitar is on high, u will get more crunch in the sound, but when the sound is low like 1 u, will get more clean sound, ANF THOSE HO DONT BELIVE ME TRY IT !!!!!
Is it only me that thinks the recording from amp to computer directly, doesnt give the same sound quality? what's recommended for recording, to get good quality sound?
@00ASSASSINATION i used to play a cube 30 and now I have a mustang I for practice.... theyre both awesome in their own way... mustangs clean sounds are amazing and distortions... well you wont find as many as rolands but theyre pretty distinct and I like mustangs better cause they sound "overdrived". while rolands sounds more like a marshall / mesa distortion... pure distortions. if youre also considering price... go with the mustang... a lot more cheap for a pretty similar quality
@tomerz99 no actually the amp was almost new. The acoustic model was clean and smooth it just did not sound like an acoustic guitar. I was expecting some version of the boss acoustic pedal because as i am sure you know Boss is owned by Roland. I just dont think they they are a very good value. For the money you could get a low-end tube amp that would sound much better and skip all of the lousey effects that just suck tone.
@stucak88 I think the only negative of this amp is that the chorus is a little cheesy. The dirt channel sounds killer. I think the tweed is best for rock and the classic stack is best fr metal.
Guys, Cube 40 is better than 80 no joke! Its more expensive but the sound doesnt get better, trust me proffesionals told me this. Please thumbs up so people can read. If you dont belive do research i only want to help you
The tone snobs posting on this video really make me laugh. This amp sounds better than anything else for bedroom use, and that's what it was designed for. Valve amps at these volumes sound horrible. Fact is that if you did a blind test between this amp, and an all valve amp with similar settings, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
At 5:50 it really rocks but I dont really like the blues rock stuff they play before its too much pop and ALL the videos are like that ?!? I like this style but its just too much XD
In real life these cube 80s sound horrible. Im not exactly shure how to discribe is, they just sound bad. I guess it is ok if you are going to play scooped mids heavy metal but the clean has no warmth the amp models are just various forms of overdrives and distortion and the effects are a joke. It has probably the worst tuner i have ever used and the acoustic model sounds nothing like an acoustic guitar. Over all they just sound cheap. I would look for a higher quality alternative.
Johnny DeMarco is an amazing very versatile guitarist,and the guys at Roland are GENIUSES.
Man, is Johnny an awesome guitar player or what?! I love the guy's playing!!
I just traded in my 15 year old Peavey Step Chorus 212 for a Cube 80X and I absolutely love it! I purchased my Cube 80 for the price of a Cube 30... with the trade-in.
My Peavey, with its two 12-inch scorpion speakers, weighed a ton! Not only does the Cube 80 have great effects, its single 12-inch speaker sounds every bit as rich as my Peavey. The best part is that it is nice and compact and easy to transport. Plus, can I plug in my iPod! Can't wait to tinker with my new toy!
i love it !
That 6 finger tapping is fucking insane! i have to get this amp
This guy has been fantasizing about joining Night Ranger for 30 years
OMG the solo from 2:20 is sick \m/
Gosh! this looper part was awesome
What guitar is the one that Johnny plays on the first 'Brit Combo' demo? It looks/sounds fecking awesome.
@Reincorn I think it's connected by the footswitch input in the back.
Sounds like a really good amp. Let's say that I would play on the JC-clean with a lot of reverb and some chorus and then switch to, let's say the R-fier mode. Will the effects still be active then?
awesome,
@bklixuz
That black bar is a synthesizer pickup.
imagine how nice their tube amps would sound!
what is black bar on johnny's suhr strat placed before the floyd rose trem and on the blue strat too? what is it used for?
Its a Roland guitar synth pickup. This is a Roland advert, after all.
Can anyone tell me what song is at 8:00 ?
@Phishboy26
The yellowish gold is commonly known as vintage white. It can also be an aged olympic white, at least according to fender. Speaking of which, it is obviously a suhr classic. Lastly, the humbucker looks too close to the bridge because of the extra pickup. since Johnny uses the gr-20 in some of these videos I'm guessing it's a roland gk-3 pickup.
@thomson125 depends, if u want them on they will be on if u "channel switch" .. and if u dont want them on.. save a preset of just r-fier without chorus and reverb in the "memory" function.. and switch that on instead of channel switching.. u get only the distortion without efx
5:46 that was pure awesomness
@00000stephen There not bad at all. The amp you saw must have been blown out or broken because all of the ones ive heard playing acoustic sounded very clean and smooth.
It's essential for an amp maker to have a 60W and an 80W product, because 80W is a whopping 1.23 decibels louder than 60W, way above the threshold that the human ear can tell the difference in volume.
He has his own band with his brother.
Yes, and you can buy a seperate pedal for the effects only if you want.
What is the footswitch used in this video?
@MitchRulzWorld i was talking about the footswitch
2 questions is the footswitch included? and second is it battery powered?
@DaanOnderwater...... NO, it is the knowledge and playing skills Johnny has to get the sounds he wants by adjusting the amp. That comes with experience and knowledge of your gear. I have a Roland Cube 30 that sounds just like him on the Cube 80X! Keep tweaking your settings and you'll get it. Roland gear kicks ass! The people pissing, moaning and putting down Roland gear is usually inexperienced players that think the equipment will magically make them sound great! Rock on!!!
Line 6 flextone 3, best multi fx amp ever created
3:32 How does it work having mutliple effects on each dial? Can you only have one effect from each?
Somehow I just wonder, what if someone were to connect all the BOSS pedals to it and use those pedals to replace those built-in effects. I've tried plugging in some BOSS pedals into a Jazz Chorus 120, and I can seriously say that its awesome! Much better than me plugging my BOSS pedals into a Laney tube amp that is of equal power.
I was thinking the same thing.
@WoWintosh Thanks :D
I like how at 1:05 it feels like the commentator was interrupted.
Like it was "stfu, cool sounds time !"
@Leviskardsen even the "snobest" of the snobs would admit that this is the perfect bedroom amp. And they all know tube amps are for gigs
Can anyone tell me what scales johnny uses at 5:00 to 5:40
Nice, not usually much for amps with lots built in but this doesn't have that tack smaller amps usually have.
they should make Tube Cube (would be a good name :P).
if solid state cube sound better than line 6 spider, they should sound better than spider valve :OO
This amp is beatiful, the channels are insane,,,,,,, i luve blues sound i get the rock sounds,
if u have 2 nots or 4 like the les paul, sg, es, ibanez, gretsch. tele,, i dont now about the strat, but have the amp on high volum and have the guitar on low ( i used most 1) because when the guitar is on high, u will get more crunch in the sound, but when the sound is low like 1 u, will get more clean sound, ANF THOSE HO DONT BELIVE ME TRY IT !!!!!
Can somebody please tell me what song Gary plays at 5:47? :D
what kind of flying v does johnny have?
Is it only me that thinks the recording from amp to computer directly, doesnt give the same sound quality? what's recommended for recording, to get good quality sound?
What is the name of the riff at 05:46?
Thanks.
Whats that he plays at 6:41?
@TheSpyingMan pretty sure its a blue fender strat.
It's probably something that they wrote for the purpose of this demo.
Whoah, that looks like Ty Tabor...
@00ASSASSINATION i used to play a cube 30 and now I have a mustang I for practice.... theyre both awesome in their own way... mustangs clean sounds are amazing and distortions... well you wont find as many as rolands but theyre pretty distinct and I like mustangs better cause they sound "overdrived". while rolands sounds more like a marshall / mesa distortion... pure distortions. if youre also considering price... go with the mustang... a lot more cheap for a pretty similar quality
have you seen micheal romero the sea of lies solo?
this one or peavey bandit 112?
@aapjesmaker It plugs into the wall.
Gary Lenaire only gets one clip??
@tomerz99 no actually the amp was almost new. The acoustic model was clean and smooth it just did not sound like an acoustic guitar. I was expecting some version of the boss acoustic pedal because as i am sure you know Boss is owned by Roland. I just dont think they they are a very good value. For the money you could get a low-end tube amp that would sound much better and skip all of the lousey effects that just suck tone.
@stucak88
I think the only negative of this amp is that the chorus is a little cheesy. The dirt channel sounds killer. I think the tweed is best for rock and the classic stack is best fr metal.
Its funny how the cube series i maybe the cheapest amps u can get, i have the cube 20 x and ill get the 80xl after my birthday.
@Phishboy26 it's a pickup-like thing...
Guys, Cube 40 is better than 80 no joke! Its more expensive but the sound doesnt get better, trust me proffesionals told me this. Please thumbs up so people can read. If you dont belive do research i only want to help you
Wow
Playback speed 2x from 2:26-2:55
i wonder there was a 200watt cube
5:16 reminded me of pokemon hehe
what a song on 5:48
how much
2:26 cool
look up passion flower by john gomm.
use the cc for translation it is so funny
@tenhundredkills Look up Buckethead.
They have not been connected to the amplifler!!!!
Maybe wireless?
Boss FS-6.
The Guitar isnt plugged in !!!
Reincom is right, he's not even connected to the amp, seriously?
The tone snobs posting on this video really make me laugh. This amp sounds better than anything else for bedroom use, and that's what it was designed for. Valve amps at these volumes sound horrible.
Fact is that if you did a blind test between this amp, and an all valve amp with similar settings, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
At 5:50 it really rocks but I dont really like the blues rock stuff they play before its too much pop and ALL the videos are like that ?!? I like this style but its just too much XD
@iandeby
@Reincorn yeah wtf is up with that!?!?
i put this amp in lay away and its $400
@notacaulkhead
Breedlove Mark I
Pure Guitar Porn .. absolute mediocrity and cheese.
LMFAO.
400 $
That yellowish gold fender looks terrible. The Humbucker looks way 2 close to the bridge
first?
wireless.....
Just get a Peavey Vypyr instead.
This model is realy, realy good for clean sounds, an it has very nice effects built in. But distortion chanel sucks ass.
In real life these cube 80s sound horrible. Im not exactly shure how to discribe is, they just sound bad. I guess it is ok if you are going to play scooped mids heavy metal but the clean has no warmth the amp models are just various forms of overdrives and distortion and the effects are a joke. It has probably the worst tuner i have ever used and the acoustic model sounds nothing like an acoustic guitar. Over all they just sound cheap. I would look for a higher quality alternative.
garys lost wieght and he's lost hair!
i noe that dude should be in a god band not testin fer roland