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nofi:
what's your opinion on the roland cube 30 for my olympia. reviews are good but i know you have some experience with roland stuff.

nofi

rahock:
I never played a 30 watt cube but I think the emulation/effects electronics is the same as their bigger stuff. A guitar player buddy of mine has a  5 watt,30 watt , 60 watt,and 120 watt guitar amps and they are the same in everything but power and a few updates based on what year they were made.  He also has the 100 watt bass amp with a single 12 . He is not just a Roland junkie either. He has several other amps too, including a couple Fenders and some real pricey tube Boutique stuff. He just likes quality stuff and he's pretty darn picky.
I like everything they make :). That little 5 watt he bought me is a gas. Extremely large watts. I have an old Gibson Atlas that is 35-40 watts and my 5 watt Roland is close in volume and head and shoulders better in tone.

The only issue either one of of us has ever experienced with Roland stuff is a one time incident with his 60 watt guitar amp and my 5 watt bass amp. A one time only thing for both of us. Kinda weird. After 4 or 5 hours with the volume cranked up they started to disort,  feedback and in general just get noisey. I thought I had big problems, but the next time I tried it , everything was fine ???. I've heated it with 4-5 hours plus several times since and had no problems. No clue what happened.

The effects and emulation stuff is nice. I don't use much of it , but it's cool. For guitar players and bass players who are die hard tube heads, Rolands emulation electronics may change a lot of their opinions on solid states.

Roland has a pretty good reputation for being rock solid. Their old 60 watt orange guitar amps were indestructible. I know several players who beat the hell out of them for 10 years plus and never spent a dime on them.

Again, I never played a 30 watt but I imagine they're good. If you're out shopping around for Roland stuff, give their 5 watt micro cube a try.

Rick

nofi:
thank you, sir!

rahock:
Hey nofi, I hope you see this. I have an update on that "one time only" problem with my Roland Micro cube. Last night I had the acoustic squad over for a jam and I was playing my Olympia through my Seymour Duncan 400watt head and Avatar 2 12" w/tweeter cab  . Son of a gun .....after 5-6 hours , I started breaking up, getting feedback , weird noises and all that other crap.
 Apparently it was the freakin' Olympia that gooned out on me :o. I don't know if the preamp heated up or it just needs a new battery. I  switched basses and everything was fine.  :) I can't remember for sure, but I think when my Guitar player bud had similar issues he was playing his new Strat with a preamp. So, I'm thinking my one and only Roland issue just disappeared :)

Have you ever had your Olympia go into "goon out mode" like that? Mine was plugged in and turned on for at least 5  , maybe over 6 hours. I wish I was watching the clock a little better :-[
BTW; How's your Roland quest going?

Rick

nofi:
hi rick and thanks for the update. my cube quest is on hold due to sudden unemployment. my olympia has never gone down so far. i have never even come close to playing plugged in for that period of time plus i use an acoustic preamp/DI when i do play electric to smooth out the piezo noise.

i do have a roland, however. it's the world's heaviest practice amp. a 25 year old roland combo with 70 watts and one 15" speaker. it sounds ok but is a real boat anchor. :P

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