roland blues cube artist are much better and sounds much better than a lot of tube amp 10/10 for blues artist

If you read the manual you will find that when you turn the preamp volume above half way ( so say 6.5) the amplifier will begin to break up naturally without using any pedals based only on how hard you attack the strings or where you have your volume set at on your guitar. If the preamp volume is below half it will not break up on the clean or even the crunch. It is the same effect you get from a tube amp. Roland / Boss has really done an amazing job with the Blues Cube as well as the Boss Nextone line of amps. I have a 1x12 artist and I love it. I just recently got a Line 6 HX Effects unit to be my pedal board. So far it is working out amazing. Another element that I love about the amp, even though it is solid state, the amount of head room in the power section is impressive. The amplifier is extremely touch sensitive.

I"m a fender blues deluxe man with a back problem , I've acquired this amp, and I'm a happy blues man!

As a proud owner I can say this is a very good honest video of the Blues Cube Artist. Even late at night I use the 15w amp for clean sound and only use the 0.5w amp when I want to drive the crunch channel hard late at night.

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I love my Blues Cube Artist. I think it's a better version of the famous Deluxe Reverb. Period.

Shane,really good demo. You didn't miss a thing on the sound of this amp. I was thinking about buying this amp and your demo just convinced me to buy it. Its a little pricey,but well worth the money not having to worry about changing tubes. Some people don't know how to demo a product and do so from a biased point of view. Again, Good demo!!

Great test and demo Shane really in depth and with different pedals gives us a glimpse of what can be achieved also liked the OD820 and the Pony boy and Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos really appreciated

Oh man. I've been curious about adding pedals to my blues cube and the 335 has been on my list as well. This makes me want to spend money! 😍 blues cube for the win!!

Hi Shane, thank you for the decent demo. After I've saw the review it I tried one myself using my own De Gier Reflection guitar with TV-Jones pick-ups and was realy surprised about the warm 'tube' response. On every channel, boost and combination it sounded awesome. I directly fell in love with the amp and bought it with the amazing New York Tube Logic of Oz Noy and use it on a gig. It cuts easily through the mix and loves all of my pedals. With an extra Fulltone Drive 2 this amp is a killer. So my doubts of a solid state was blowing away. Surpisingly for me as a tubefan I must admit that the Blues Cube Artist is a great sounding and flexible amp for practice, recording and gigs.

Nice playing, great review. I've ordered a used one.

For info I have one of these. Note when using pedals you should be plugged into the LOW INPUT.

Great tones and playing. I can feel a GAS relapse coming on!

very very great tone !!! like the groove sound and smooth together ;)

Played one of these today and didn’t even realize it wasn’t tube until I looked up a video on it.

Great sounding amp! Thanks Shane!

This is a clean amp for cleanish blues. Overdrive and distortion should be used with caution! In this demo we never hear the beautiful ringing, zinging cleans this amp is able to deliver, try a split neck alnico humbucker! And it will not need maintenance and it will always work and it does not weigh a ton and it is easy to use, because the knobs actually work from 1 - 10. I mean you can hear the difference between a setting of 1 and 2 and so on. All you need is a guitar and a cable and many years of practice, because this amp will show everything you do on the guitar. That means it will show all your playing, (mistakes and finger noise too). This amp is a Stradivarius!

Incredible tone!

Very nice demo, tastefully done. This amp has reams more facets to it, though, notably, HB's vs Single Coils vs Filtertrons. And of course, different guitars themselves, fitted with the various different pickups. Plus, the zero-compensated FX loop, which is very useful with time-based pedals; the Line Out is good for feeding a mixing board, and maintains the amp's character. Plus, the EQ section is passive, and is a good sound shaper, though not particularly dramatic. And, Tone Capsules ARE very useful, and can seriously re-shape the amp's sound and response, though it plays well in its stock form.

Good blues rock sound ! 👍I have the same combo and I enjoy it...

Great sounding amp. The best solid state in my opinion.

still my favourite solid state amp.

hi shane! its a very good amp for a solid state,to my ears the valve equivelent has a more open sound and more chimey.what do you think?.as usual very good review,have nice evening,michael lefty.

I play in a cover band covering a little bit of everything top 40 would this be a good amplifier for that. I need crystal clear and dirt with pedals

This seem to be the ultimate bluesy combo for oldtimers like me: aching back + not enough money for an original tweed. Would fit well to feed my blues addiction ... Great amp, great tones, great demo ... merzi villemals (;-))

Hi, i would have liked to hear the drive channel with overdrive pedals, how does it sound? Thanks

I have the 60w Stage version, great tone!!! Got it for $300 less than retail too :)!

Great Video!Do you prefer this or the Peavey Bandit [I know that was/is a favorite of yours]?

I think you are supposed to plug into the low input for pedal platform

Regarding tone: Would it makes sense a comparison in tone, of this to the Line6 DT25? I just listened to the Line6 amp demo in this channel and I'm impressed. the Line6 price is about 100 pounds less

Hi Shane, sounds great. Compared with the peavy bandit, what's your thought? Thanks

Nice demo!! I was hoping someone could tell me what is the difference in sound between attenuating with the Master volume control or the Power Control

Nice sounding amp. Would love to get my hands on one...

Have you put the blues cube against your peavey bandit? Great video. Cheers.

suena estupendo el cuble blues de 80w

These are nice 👍

I just got this amp for 386$ instead of 900$ ;-)

I like his wooden studio with wooden acoustic panels.

I'm really into this amplifier and definitely considering to buy it. I just have a couple questions I am trying to get answers to. Does this amp respond well to pedals? And, if I use my own overdrive pedals could I shape the amp and the drive to anything I want or would it still retain the original overdrive tone that the amp uses on default.

Hi,could you show me how to connect my pedal board from the back and not the input on the front of the amp please. Kind Regards Phil Strat

Nice amp.

Does this amplifier sound better the Boss Nextone, because I really dislike the gain channel on that amplifier. I’ve heard that you mention on another video that this is one of your favorite amplifiers.

oh wow. i was pretty much set to by a blues jr. but may want to go ahead and get one of these. Shane, how do you think the stage or the HOT model would compare to a Blues Jr?

Sounds low end heavy. Got a treble knob?

@intheblues Hi Shane, great video as usual. Can you please tell me how you compare this amp with mustangIII or blues junior ? I want to decide which one to buy . Thank you alot

Does anyone know how this amp sounds when you crank it? Does it get thin and brittle sounding at the top end of its wattage like traditional SS amps? Or does it get a warm harmonic distortion at the top end of its wattage like the Tube amps its trying to re-create?

How you would compare blues cube cleans to Fender cleans? In this video cube cleans sounds pretty nice. It would have been nice to hear ths amp with strat too.

God that's a killer amp, Shane! I was gonna get one, but I'm happy with my Blackstar HT Club 40.

Hey, Shane. Do you think there's any harm in running effects pedals and/or humbuckers through the High input? The Andertons review reckoned that the Low input was for pedals but I think it makes the tone a bit muddy. What do you think? (Great review, as always!)

Great video! Can you review the Peavey Vypyr VIP 3?

Do you have recommendations for pedals that would work well with it based on your experience? my guitar is Gibson LP standard,, together with this amp the sound is dark

the Shaky Jimmi is back!!! :D

Shane, would you still buy a BCA in 2020 for home use and only blues or would you prefer sth else?

Just bought one, so it’s all your fault if it does not live up to all my expectations 😂👍😂 Ps can I borrow your 335 to test it out 👍

Can't decide between the 1x12 or the 2x12 Blues Cube Artist! Any opinions on this Shane? Awesome video.

Thanks for nice review. One question. Do you think is posible to use stompboxes in front of the amp? (delays,reverb) I wan to buy hot verision of this amp without a fx loop and use it just for clean amp and made all distortion sound with stomps + use my delays and reverbs pedals.

My concern with any SS amp is that they tend to drown into the live mix. Have you played this with a full band? Does it cut through?

Excellent demo! I'm just wondering whether 0.5W is too quiet and 15W too loud for home playing with a bit of "oomph". Maybe the Hot version is better in that respect, but then I would lose out on some cool features. Hmm.

How would you rate this amp compared to a hot rod deville??

Good review but this is an amp that it's works much better with a single coil guitar. Cheers from Chile.

the amp sound we hear is the sm57 capture only ? or you mixing some of the NT1 as well?

wondering if the stage & cube hot sound about the same?

how touch sensitive is it?

I thought when you used pedals you were supposed to use the low input.

How would you compare this to the bandit?

With gain about 5 sounds amazing

Using pedals you should be in the LOW input mate

All Gibson ES335 sound examples sound the same. Try using a Fender strat or Tele!

it's Achilles heel is being solid state, I openly admit that I wouldn't even look at a solid state amp, gotta have those glowing tubes and nothing else will do.....great video as ever Shane.

Its too expensive! Out of the question.

Ok, good people! I am always amazed when reading some of the responses. I would say that most of you do not perform on stage, much less have any technical idea as to the why's and how's. Not stepping on any toes I hope. But here's the bottom line and a bit of help... solid amps are great in many ways, but what happens is after a while you'll get sick of the steely sounding tone that the solid state gain makes - hint, don't turn the volume on your guitar all the way up. It's just the nature of the thing. Next, Tube amps are fantastic and do require maintenance. But they will make you sound authentic in the sense that they let your fingers do the talking. What does that mean? It means that the tubes will make you sound like you, every nuance, every touch, every mistake, will eventually register to make you a better player. Trust me. But don't get me wrong, this Roland Blues Amp is an amazing amp. Oh wait, one more thing, stay away from pedals.

Tremolo is useless,didn't hear the amps reverb ?

If you play the blues you need a Strat... SRV.... MAN