Roland mobile cube

[barbara-brundage]

I know there have been posts here in the past asking about experience with the Roland Cube amps. I recently got a Mobile Cube and I highly recommend it. It’s very small, about the size of a purse, and runs on 6 AA batteries. It actually fits in the music pocket of my thormahlen case, with room left over for a stand light and cables and such (though I wouldn’t leave it in there when the harp is lying down in the car, since it would be lying on the strings).

It’s not an amp for a ballroom with a thousand people, for sure. But the sound is surprisingly good for the average kind of gig, where you just need a small bump to keep you audible. For up to a couple of hundred people at a party it works well.

I was expecting it to sound pretty awful, like the old amp cans or a pignose or something, but the sound compares favorably to my ancient trusty maximouse and to most of the other smaller amps I tried. I’m sure that the larger roland that Sylvia Woods sells probably can go a lot louder, but for portability, this is the one.

I particularly like that you can put it on a mic stand and get it up off the floor, which helps a lot with projection.

[Karen Johns]

Hmmmm…now I wish I would have waited before I got my Crate Taxi. How much did the Roland cost you?

[barbara-brundage]

$169, but it costs extra for the AC power cord, if you want that, or the carrying case.

[barbara-brundage]

Should have mentioned that it’s only $155 on amazon, but since I took up the store’s space and time I didn’t ask them for a better deal. It was worth $14 for a chance to try it out.

[jennifer-buehler]

How many inputs does it have?

[barbara-brundage]

It has one mono mic input and one stereo input. These are quarter inch. Then it has a stereo aux input, too.

[jennifer-buehler]

Thanks for the info!

[David Ice]

I’ve looked at that amp, too, and want to check it further.

[barbara-brundage]

Hi, David. You must be looking at one of the other ones. This one weighs about 6 lbs.

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