In praise of the Roland Micro Cube

Yorkie

Have had my GX for ~4 years now. I practice every night for 15-20’. I think I must have changed the 6xAA batteries… three times? It’s incredibly dependable. Sure, no Bluetooth etc. But tons of effects, decent sounds and small size. What a legend of an amp! 

inewham

I still kick myself for giving mine away

Kebabkid

I've had the original one for years and I, too, rate them highly and think they're dependable, plus it's a great home amp. However, live and before we had loads of direct options/IRs etc, I used to use mine on gigs mainly as an acoustic preamp, and using the Acoustic model, take a line out to the PA and it worked really well (speaker shut off and anyway and it's only 2w) and i could also utlise the fx, but mainly used the Reverb. Even doing the same with an electric and some pedals feeding the Blackface channel worked well and it was a good pedal platform.

Handy things and I like my Yamaha THR10X, too, but whilst having some great rock tones, its not as versatile 

ICBM

I’ve got the 4-speaker bass version - it’s fantastic. It sounds great, it’s amazingly loud for something that’s rated at 3.5W and can run on AA batteries, and I’ve even heard someone use one outdoors and it worked fine. Its only real disadvantage is that it’s quite heavy for something so small, and won’t *quite* fit in the rucksack I have, so I have to carry it - it’s not “heavy” like a normal amp, but you feel it if you have to walk a fair way.

It does work for guitar, especially electric, with some more radical EQ settings, but I’ve been wondering if I should get the proper guitar version too, since it’s smaller and might sound more ‘right’.

Yorkie

There is a guitar version of the RX. I had it for a few years. Loud as hell. I prefer the GX, but not by a lot. 

sev112

ive lao run it line out to  pa on an outdoor gig - worked reallt well

Ozzie744

I have one that I picked up used for $25.00. Great little amp for sure. Maybe the best $25 I've ever spent. 

distressed

I've tried 4x4" guitar version and it's hands down the best option for playing at home.