Roland Mobile Cube Battery Powered Stereo Amplifier

Wow, this is more powerful than you think, it has lots of features, I use mine with an electric ukulele and my Taylor GS mini e guitar both sound really good. It's much louder than you'd think.I bought the Roland mains adapter, a pricey object but I'd read reviews about using third party adapters and decided against it, mine was on offer at £25.00 it seems a lot for what it was but I wanted one.The amp is smaller than I thought, it's about the size of an FM radio. I've also played my iPhone music through it and it's got some oomph.

Wow! Surprise gift for my son who's always playing his electric guitar...he LOVES this! I had gone around the houses quizzing him off and on to suss out if his guitar teacher had recommended any portable amps as I know nothing about this kind of thing :)Anyway, I resorted to amazon, carefully checked reviews and took a chance. This makes my son sound epic! There's a lovely tone, numerous different effects, and a mic can be used with it too. Came really quickly, well packaged, excellent seller. Found some of the reviews on here really helpful ( the ones from people who know what they are talking about!). This is not an amp just for guitars so there aren't the half dozen or so usual guitar amp dials but it still does the job and my teenage son was delighted with it. I'm in his good book!!

Great little amp. 5W is plenty loud for home practice. 3/4 way up will have neighbours banging on the walls. I've had it since 2008 but only now playing it more as I have a new guitar. The things I would have like to have known is a comparison against the Micro Cube and Street Cube (5W version) so my review is with this in mind :- versus Micro Cube : Mobile Cube bit louder (5W vs. 3W) but the main difference is that the Mobile Cube accepts a mic + instrument + mp2/aux. Micro Cube is either mic or instrument + aux. It may be possible to have an additional instrument on the Mobile (using the stereo input, having one instrument in Left and one in Right jack but I haven't tried). Micro Cube has more guitar effects (phaser/flanger/tremolo/octave) and around 7 amp simulations, whereas Mobile cube has chorus/echo/reverb effects and 2 type of distortion This is fine for me as I don't play with distortion and need only echo/reverb for that 1950's sound. Otherwise guitarists may be better off with the Micro Cube and if I were to make purchase again, I'd probably go for Micro Cube (GX version) as I am primarily a guitar player and I don't expect to be singing; the extra features, though probably won't be used, would be nice-to-have.The mobile cube is however shorter which is good for storage in a small flat but both have similar weight.- versus Street Cube : half the cost and half the weight with the same 5W output. Again Mobile lacks effects and amp simulation. Street cube has bigger speakers probably leading to fuller sound plus 3-band equalizer.I leave off one star for power supply annoyances. My rechargeables are probably not up to scratch as others appear to get good mileage from batteries, but I was only getting a few hours out of mine. I did buy a non-Roland ac adapter but it took the seller several goes to get it right : one was clicking, the other was not isolated and hummed, the third was good. I would prefer the ac adaptor supplied or even better built in and advise the purchase of a Roland adapter.

Really happy with quality

Delighted with this product (its my third......long story). Has not let me down singing for two hours on pavements outside pubs and in bandstands! Nice tone (for jazz) and plenty of control over it. Also lasted well when borrowed for guitar/voice combo. Only slight niggle is that there is no power supply included as standard , and on my second hand one the mic input socket is crackly. Otherwise such a brilliant bit of kit, highly recommend.

Miracle little amp. I have two, and use them several times a week.The only tweak I'd love is for an extra tone dial -- at the moment it's one tone dial that adjusts both mic and guitar. So you can't turn up the tone on the vocal and down on the guitar if you have a passive guitar pickup. I've solved this with an extra tone pedal, but would love to be able to do it on the amp itself.Otherwise, this is plenty loud -- I never have it up above half way and I play regularly to 50 or 60 people all singing, dancing and playing hand percussion. Batteries last a couple of hours -- rechargeables mean you can recharge one set while playing with another, so you're always covered. Doesn't come with a power lead, but they're fairly cheap online.

Ok sound is great but bought this for school and the connection for mains outlet was flimsy from start. In a school environment, this flimsy connection started getting looser and eventually needed to tape the mains lead to the amp. Eventually packed in and now will only work with batteries (couple of hours max) which means it is no longer practicable. I own Roland products and have beenn happy with them but when I contacted customer services (just after warranty period) they didn't want to know. Very disappointing and disappointing to the kids that were using it. Will try and find a more robust, non- roland product with a company that cares about its customers.