Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
Why not jus find knobs that fit from an electrical retailer or eBay, I think the knobs look piss poor anyway.
Roland Blues Cube Fan Club
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Haha, if I could find any that would work I might do just that but I've searched all over Ebay and through other sources and found nothing that even comes close except those for a Marshall and the size is different.
It's a great idea mate but if there was anyone else out there who had a more workable solution I doubt Roland would be asking $6 for them. That's not the worst either. I saw replacement knobs on EBay for a Micro Cube and they want $8.95 for those.
Maybe we should all do an international search to see if anyone has an alternative that would work. I don't plan on ever selling my amp so it's not critical to have it all original anyway. I keep looking but I haven't found a good alternative yet.
These are the closest I've found but their larger than the Roland knobs and I don't know if they'd fit. Maybe some one has a Marshall and a BC 60 and can try one and see. Although for $11.95 for 8 of them maybe I should just order them and try it.
http://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-KM200
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barrymclark
Tele-Meister
It's been said the best speaker cabinet is made of concrete. Given just how impractical that is, the MDF that the Cube cabs are made of is a decent substitute. I'd leave it alone if you like the sound. I personally don't like for the cabinet to react much. You could reduce weight with a solid pine cab and a NeoD speaker. Maybe knock 10 lbs off total.
Now, I did see where someone made a replacement grill that was wheat and it looked really good.
Now, I did see where someone made a replacement grill that was wheat and it looked really good.
Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
I have never heard that, from my experiences cabs made of pine sound far superior to those of mdf/chipboard. Mdf/chipboard sounds dead and lifeless. Solid pine is a lot brighter, livelier and resonate. Maybe for a subwoofer concrete would be ok but not for a guitar where your trying to milk every frequency and harmonic.
^^^ The comment about a concrete cabinet is alluding to hifi speaker cabinets. There you are trying to recreate a signal faithfully. With guitar amp cabinets, especially for solid-body guitars, we're dealing with a rather thin, unappealing signal -- you'd know this if you've ever plugged a guitar straight into a stereo. That's why we look for anything that can add interest to the signal: a lively pine cabinet, tube distortion, etc...
barrymclark
Tele-Meister
It really depends on what you are putting through it. Jazz amps these days tend to come standard with PA speakers and so on. For rock and most other styles, you may be right.
I did play through a stereo when I was just getting started...25 years ago.
barrymclark
Tele-Meister
Totally a taste thing. That and all I care about is the sum of the parts and not so much the value of the individual parts. For the jazz tone I dig, I don't want 'interesting' from my amp. I want it to get out of the way as much as possible.
bingy
Friend of Leo's
Sorry... I don't think a resonant cabinet is a good thing in any sound reproduction device.
My understanding is that it is a waste of energy.
My understanding is that it is a waste of energy.
What if you've got energy to spare? And you like the resulting tone?
bingy
Friend of Leo's
Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
So anyone got sound clips of the tones they have coaxed from there blues cubes?
Damn, I haven't. But I'll stick mine in the window, point it in a southwesterly direction, and turn it up real loud. Let me know when you're ready.
I haven't done any recording with this one and I have nothing at home in the way of studio gear either. I'm just not a home recording enthusiast I guess.
I haven't done any recording with this one and I have nothing at home in the way of studio gear either. I'm just not a home recording enthusiast I guess.
Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
There's just not much in the way of online reviews on them... At the moment I'm playing through the clean channel, 1st setting, volume maxed, master at 3-4, bass 0, middle and treble dimed, reverb at noon, presence at noon, using An ews ep booster and ews fuzzy drive, all maxed, roll back the volume on my les paul I get a great early zeppelin rhythm sound, think communicaton breakdown, roll the volume up abit for the solo, all the way up for feedback And dub step lol
Since I'm playing nothing but Teles my settings and will be so different from yours on an LP they won't even come close to being comparable as far as the EQ goes.
My channel volume seems to settle in best around 5-7 and with that setting the master starts hitting into it's prime zone once I'm past 4. I jumper the effects loop for some added volume so I'm never past noon on the master unless it an outdoor thing with no PA support and then I might be at bit beyond it depending of what I'm up against. I can run my clean boost at it too and that helps with the vintage style lower output pickups I play.
I have to adjust the channel volume downward when I move over to my P90s and bring the presence up a bit but the bright switch is always on in lieu of over boosting the high EQ. The other EQ gets tweaked a bit depending on which pickups I'm playing and the room of course. I don't really use the lead channel but I do use the first crunch setting. I've tried to set the lead channel up to emulate that and it does get close but seems to lack the transparency of the clean channel and some bottom end no matter how I EQ it. To my ears that lead channel leans more in the direction of a Marshall type tonality and I prefer my pedals to that.
I'm also playing most blues, r&b, and classic rock doing the rhythm and riff thing 90% of the time with far less soloing so I'm set up for that. Your needs may be far different than mine as far as what you play.
Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
I found the ep booster , set to vintage plus treble boost, maxed out, really made this amp clean, breaks up the clean channel beautifully
Thedirtygirls
TDPRI Member
I wish someone would start a roland bc specific forum.....
capnhiho
TDPRI Member
"I wish someone would start a roland bc specific forum....."
Might be interesting but kinda tough for an amplifier that was discontinued several years ago. I bought one of the very last BC60's available from Musician's Friend, and it's likely to be one of the last I let go of.
Talk about a cult classic!
Might be interesting but kinda tough for an amplifier that was discontinued several years ago. I bought one of the very last BC60's available from Musician's Friend, and it's likely to be one of the last I let go of.
Talk about a cult classic!
barrymclark
Tele-Meister
I have been wanting a Cube forum forever. No dice. There is a world full of users that either wouldn't participate or don't want to come out as users.
Yeah, they are pretty much a cult classic aren't they?
This is probably the best we can hope for guys. Our own thread. I don't imagine the powers that be would offer a separate forum for just one amp or even a specific group of amps like the Cubes. Despite their distinguished history the owners group is undoubtedly dedicated but fairly small.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to hide the fact that they own and play one. They're aren't exactly the AMC Gremlin of SS amps. IMHO they're one of the best combo amps ever built. They can kick the butts off many tube amps that have come and gone since the '80s and they're as dependable as any amp ever built.
With many of them going for $300 or less they're a screaming bargain when you can find one but they aren't plentiful on the used market. Guys who have them seldom part with them. I searched for a good deal on one for over two years before I found mine and it's not going anywhere.
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