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Pete Grant
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Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 10:17 am |
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| I mentioned in another thread that I'm taking my Roland MicroCube with me to the Strawberry music fest. I love it. It has reverb and will run off of batteries and AC. It's totally portable and perfect for acoustic jam sessions. Anyone care to talk about specs? I've got to get ready for the festival. |
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Marty Pollard
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Posted 24 May 2005 11:29 am
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Please try to give it a real world test run first; I took one out of the store to a little basement rehearsal and it just didn't cut it. At all!
Are you using the littlest or the bigger one? I used the littlest.[This message was edited by Marty Pollard on 24 May 2005 at 12:29 PM.] |
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Pete Grant
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Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 12:25 pm
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| I use the tiny one. It cuts it for the kind of acoustic I do. I use it at my weekly Celtic session. |
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D Schubert
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Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 12:34 pm
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| I love mine, just for what it is. For me, it's no more than a personal amp that you can use for practice, or for small acoustic & drummer-less jam sessions. It's very easy to grab a lap steel or a Tele and the Micro-Cube (batteries, no wall wart) and relocate out on the deck with a cold one to help decompress after a day at work. It's not going to replace any of the other amps that I already own. |
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Jeff Watson
From:
Anza, CA. USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 1:00 pm
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| I used mine the other night at a pedal steel gig that was loud enough that I had blown an old Jensen in my Twin. I grabbed my Micro Cube that I've been carrying for this purpose (though I've never tried this), miked it and ran it thru the board. Granted I no longer had a sound source next to me but it was quite workable and other than the missing low end it sounded pretty good. It blew minds. |
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Pete Grant
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Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 1:09 pm
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| Jeff, I had a similar experience in Atlanta. I showed up at a club gig the night before a festival (which did have amps for me) but there was no amp. I took out my MicroCube. We miked it and ran it thru the PA and monitors, and, like you said, apart from the lack of bass it was did the job. |
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Terje Larson
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Rinkeby, Spånga, Sweden
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Posted 26 May 2005 9:57 am
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I don't play guitar really, I play slide on an elelctric ballajka. What this means is that with the range of a mandolin I don't need a big speaker anyway, so for me the Micro Cube sounds pretty damngood at low volumes.
I use it in the streets, since I'm a street musician more than anything. I bought it to have something small to take with me to work so I could play a little in the nearby suhway tunnel before I go home. Paid practice time!
I have other street amps, more serious ones, but this one is really good for its size.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 26 May 2005 10:14 am
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Hey Pete,
Do you know how it compares to a Fender Ampcan? Of course the Ampcan doesn't have reverb, but I just bring along a DD-3 pedal and add that. Sounds good to me on E9, but not enough bottom for C6. |
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 26 May 2005 1:48 pm
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| I'm always taking my MicroCube to gigs now as a backup in case my Fender craps out. |
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Terje Larson
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Rinkeby, Spånga, Sweden
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Posted 26 May 2005 8:21 pm
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Although my name ain't Pete I think I can answer the question as to how the Micro Cube compares to the Amp Can. I say it blows the Amp Can out in the water. The reverb and delay and the other effects is one thing. Mainly the reverb which is actually pretty good.
The Amp Can might be louder, at least for really high notes but the speaker and cabinet on the Micro work better. Mainly cause the cabinet is bigger.
I had sereious problems with my Amp Cans. I bought one which started to malfunction after a month or two. The pots couldn't stand being out in the streets and those are small pots that are not so easy to replace. Got myself another one and it had the same problem pretty soon. Gave up and got most of my money back.
Don't know if the Micro will have any of these problems but so far so good. It's a much more versatile amp.
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