Ollie Melville
June 13, 2008

Rating: 8/10

I borrowed one of these on a gig a while back and couldn’t believe how something so small could be so loud – and produce such great tone. Needless to say I have one of my own now. I mainly play a 5 string Fender Jazz and I can easily get a really tight punchy sound, but with bags of bottom end. It even sounds as confident on the low B string as a separate amp/cab configuration would. Being a bass player, I like to be able to feel the sound as well as hear it – much to my bandmates’ annoyance – but this little fella delivers! There always seems to be plenty more in the tank, too. Should I ever run out of power, thanks to the XLR DI out I can always feed a bit back through the monitors.

If I have anything unflattering to say about the Cube, one thing is the inclusion of delay/reverb in the FX section. I’m not the biggest fan of bass FX at the best of times, but I can’t see any use for delay or reverb here and hate to think that I’ve paid for it to be on there. The other downside is the sticker that comes plastered to the front grille, which only comes off if you’re happy to remove half the paint along with it! The annoyance is compounded when the user guide informs you that putting stickers on it may damage the bodywork! Still, a touch up job with a black marker pen did a good job of putting things right. Those are the only negative things I can think to say.

The big plus, though, is the size. Lots of venues, especially in London, seem to be doing their best to make themselves as hard to gig in as possible. With the Cube in one hand, suit bag in another and bass over my shoulder, the prospect of climbing two flights of fire escape stairs up onto Park Lane doesn’t feel so bad! Don’t be put off by the looks – this is a pro amp that’ll be more than enough for most gigs. I’m beginning to wonder if I\\\'ll ever find myself risking a hernia trying to get a fully flight-cased 4x10 cab into the boot of my car again!

Gary Holder
July 9, 2007

Rating: 8/10

I had the opportunity to play double bass through a Roland CUBE 100 at a gig recently. It is by far the best unit I\'ve used with a double bass. My double bass pick ups is a David Gage Realist. When it comes to double bass sound, I like to get a nice rounded woody tone for both pizz & arco work. The Roland CUBE 100 set on the Super Flat amp setting gets what I want. The instrument ramains controlable & sounds natural. I find that I need to roll off the Bass & Low Mid controls & were there!

So anyway, I bought a Roland CUBE 100 & found it\'s also a cracking little unit for electric bass too. Usually I play through a much bigger set up on electric bass gigs, but at a small venue when it\'s tight on stage the compact little Roland CUBE 100 is just what you need.

Plenty of power, good quality sound & efx & also an extesion speaker output to add an additional speaker if you like, tried that & it works great.

Good pro bit of kit, will work for years no doubt.

Best wishes
Gary Holder

Rich Whitworth
June 8, 2006

Rating: 10/10

After lengthy consideration and perusal over the various combo amps on offer, I came across this fiery little number. At first glance it looks like any other 'practice amp'- any bass players out there will know all to well that such amps are often not worth the box they're sold in, indeed the packaging could well produce a richer and more colourful sound. However, when I tested this wonderful cube out in a music store in Tokyo, I was amazed by the sounds it produced. 100W of power output have never been put to such use, the 12" coaxial 2-way speaker packs huge punch at low and high ends of the spectrum. This alone would sell the Bass Cube 100 to me, but add in high quality effects and you're left parting with your money faster than a speeding bullock...

Do you get embroiled in 'who can get the loudest in your band practice' disputes...Or, do you need something portable to remain by your side in smaller venues and gigs that provides rich, deep bass, something that doesn't sound like there's a used coffee filter flapping in your cabinet where a speaker should be? Buy this.