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billy tam R.I.P.

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2013 4:11 am    
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I'm buying a new Roland Cube 80XL today and would love some starting point settings for steel, and maybe a couple of effects settings.
Thanks in advance,
Billy


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Jan Viljoen


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Pretoria, South Africa
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2013 4:27 am     Roland settings
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Check out this thread, it is most informative.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=238619&highlight=roland

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John Russell

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2013 10:06 am     Roland Cube 80
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I have the Cube 80, got it about 4 years ago, before the 80XL came out. It's been a workhorse for me, I play it on small venues and big stages. For larger venues I hook up an external speaker with an EV-15. That's enough gain for me.

My settings for steel are bass: 10; mid: 4; highs: 5; presence: 5. The last two vary depending on which guitar I'm playing. For guitar I set all three about at 5. I set the delay on the Warm setting about 9:00; the reverb on the Spring setting about 9 or 10:00. You'll have to experiment with the Tap setting for delay, mine is fairly fast.

I use the JC 120 setting for both steel and guitar. I'm sure a tube amp would be warmer for guitar but I like a clean sound and use a distortion pedal when we need to rock out. ;~). One of my favorite features for the Cube is the Acoustic model setting. I often play an Ovation classical guitar for a solo performance and that combination sounds great to my ear.

This amp does it all for me. I haven't owned any of the small Fenders guitarists seem to love but those are good for overdrive and I don't generally like that. I have owned several Fender Twins and I think I'm over those. I'm probably over the Peavey amp cult but I recently played thru a Nashville 112 and was impressed with it. The Cube's portability is a feature I appreciate more as time goes by and the built in effects make it a winner for me. One drawback: the chorus, flange, faze, tremolo effects are all on one rotary knob so the parameters for those are very limited. I occasionally use phase and have a stomp box for that. I give the Cube 80 "two thumbs up."
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billy tam R.I.P.

 

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baton rouge, louisiana
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2013 1:48 pm     80xl
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Thanks for the info guys every thing is fairly staight forward and I believe I will really like the amp.
Billy
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