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Topic: Roland Micro Cube |
Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 8:16 am |
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Hi all,
I just bought a Micro Cube - will try it out later tonight. Has any of you Micro Cube-owners out there any tips for settings/amp modules that are good for lap steel? (I play a '47 New Yorker).
Cheers,
Fred |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Jack Knight
From:
Kealakekua, Hawaii
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 8:41 am
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Ahh, the Micro Cube. What a great product. Let's see...settings. I use mine on Brit(amp simulation) tone about 2:00, reverb about 3:00, no gain, and volume all the way up. If it's not loud enough squeek the gain up a bit. I found that too much gain easly distorts the amp model, because that's what the R&R guys like.
I use mine an hour a day and can go two months on batteries. I never plug it in. I take 2 lessons a week and take it with me to both of them.
Play around with it and let's see how you like it.
Jack |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 8:49 am
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I always use ...
JC Clean mode ...
Gain at about 10 O'clock
Volume at about 11 O'clock ...
Tone at about 9 O'clock
No reverb or effects ...
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Aiello's Cast Steel Guitars
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
[This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 09 December 2005 at 08:51 AM.] |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 9:28 am
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No wonder you guys are never on time!  |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 11:16 am
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I like the the Brit Combo setting. To my ears, it has a bit more of that old-school sound.
Gain: about 8:00
Volume: All the way up
Tone: about 12:00
Reverb: either none, or maybe about 1:00-2:00.
Depending on the tune and vibe, I sometimes will use the JC Clean, but not too often.
Great little amp for informal acoustic playing with ukulele, acoustic guitar and/or upright bass, and... those batteries last forever. How dey DO dat!?
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Regal resonator (C6)
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Jack Knight
From:
Kealakekua, Hawaii
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 11:48 am
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those batteries last forever. How dey DO dat!?
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We sing with a Wednesday night ukulele group about twenty minutes away. 45-50 people meet at a pizza restaurant and we have a grand time. On returning home, I always unload the amps and instruments into the garage. I must have hit the little button in the back and inadvertantly left the Micro-Cube on. I found it Saturday morning with it's little red LED shining (I keep a Champ 25 in the house). I have used it for three weeks now on the same batteries. Evedently, if it sits idle it doesn't use much juice. I think at only 2 watts it doesn't have to work that hard.
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 8:13 pm
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| I use different settings with different guitars. It's a great little amp with a lot of different tones. Just experiment with your guitar and see what sounds good to you. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Dec 2005 5:10 am
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| My favorite little amp. It's quite versitle with a wide range of tones and effects and doesn't give you a hernia carting it around. I used to have a small Danelectro that was in the same sonic ballpark but the MC's electronics are a huge step above the Dano in tone quality. Nobody's going to confuse it with a $2,000 Matchless amp but for the size and price ... unbeatable. |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2005 7:32 am
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Depending on which guitar...
Tone, Volume, Gain at 12:00
Toggling between jazz chorus, blackface, and top-boost amp modes
Adjust reverb to suit, adjust volume on guitar or plug-and-go with Fishman RE pickup. |
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Craig Stenseth
From:
Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2005 7:33 am
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It will drive a bigger speaker cab (I tried it through my 2x12 I use for electric bass), I may put a speaker jack on it one of these days. I have accidently tripped the power switch like Jack said, I wish that was a little more foolproof.
For settings, of course the Mesa/Boogie ('R-FIER'), with gain at 10. |
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