Roland Blues Cube Hot British EL84 Edition

The Blues Cube Hot EL84 is a new take on the popular 30w Blues Cube hot. It’s been designed to have a specifically British voice to give you those typical Class A guitar tones.

It’s tuned to sound and respond like an EL84 equipped tube amp would giving you those gritty overdrive tones and pristine cleans too. It will be right at home at a small gig or even at home or in studio thanks to its Power Control (From 0.5w, 5w, 15w and 30w).

Poplar Cabinet:

The 12” speaker rocks the poplar cabinet and you can actually crank the gain to get some fairly heavy tones. Especially when using the tone control (which boosts the presence) and the ‘Boost’ control which pushes the overall gain and volume for a creamy, smooth lead tone. The amp is dynamic and touch sensitive whether you’re using humbuckers or single coil pickups in your guitar.

Solid State Stability:

So one of the major issues with valve amps is how unreliable and fragile they are! Tubes are prone to failing and at the very least will need replacing about once a year. Solid state amps do not have that problem. They are no where near as fragile and need next no maintenance which is amazing. Can you imagine going on the road and not having to worry about your amp. That is what life with the Blues Cube is like.

So Lightweight!

Another key advantage of solid state amps is that they are so much lighter! In fact apart from the power transformer most of the parts will weigh next to nothing. That means you can take this amp to any gig without the back pain of having to carry that valve amp up 3 flights of stairs. No more back pain means you have more energy and flexability on stage.

Benefits Of Tube Logic:

Because the amp uses Roland's Tube Logic circuit you have a lot of advantages over standard solid state amps. Besides helping with the tone this circuit also introduces features like variable power control which actually changes the tone like a real valve amp. Honestly what other not valve amp can say that!

Here's what Roland say about the Blues Cube Hot British EL84:

The Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” is a special edition version of the popular Blues Cube Hot amplifier. In contrast to the American tweed sound of the standard amp, the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” is specially tuned to produce the voice of a traditional British combo with EL84 tubes, also known as the “class A” sound. Offered in a classic black look, the 30-watt Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” delivers legendary Brit combo tone in a compact, gig-ready combo. 

• Specially tuned version of the Blues Cube Hot with classic British EL84 sound
• Performance-ready 30-watt combo with authentic tube tone and touch response
• Roland’s comprehensive Tube Logic design delivers the interactive tonal behaviors of famous vintage tube amps, including preamp and output tube saturation characteristics, power supply compression, and much more
• Master volume, three-band EQ, and onboard reverb, plus footswitchable Boost for natural crunch and Tone for bright presence
• Four-way Power Control (0.5 W, 5 W, 15 W, Max) allows for cranked-up tones at any volume
• Classic open-back design with custom 12-inch speaker and poplar cabinet for enhanced presence on stage
• Efficient, lightweight design provides easy portability without sacrificing tone quality
• USB output for high-quality direct recording to a computer 

Specially Tuned for the Classic British Combo Sound

Backed by Roland’s acclaimed Tube Logic design approach, the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” produces the authentic Brit combo sound made famous by numerous rock legends from the early ‘60s through today. At your fingers are all the tonal characteristics these amps are noted for, including glassy clean chime at lower volumes and creamy power tube distortion when cranked. And at every setting, the amp features that distinctive, cutting presence that’s a perfect match for all sorts of classic rock and power pop styles.

Musical, Highly Responsive Amp Tones with Tube Logic

Warm, bouncy, responsive, dynamic, elastic…these are all terms that guitarists use to describe the satisfying experience of playing their favorite tube amps. Roland’s Tube Logic accurately provides the complex, highly interactive behavior of classic tube designs in meticulous detail, providing the magical “it” factor that takes a guitar amp from a simple sound system to a living, breathing musical instrument. Great feel, distortion control with touch and volume, bloom, sparkle, power supply “sag,” and more—everything that players love about a finely tuned vintage tube amp is present in abundance with the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified”.

Performance-Ready Amp for Pro Players

Ready for live playing, the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” is equipped with 30 watts of power, plus a custom 12-inch speaker that’s been specially designed for maximum tonal response with Tube Logic. The open-back cabinet features poplar plywood construction for rich, acoustically vibrant tone on stage and in the studio.

Clean to Crunch with One Knob

Just like a traditional Brit combo, the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” offers a huge range of tones from a single volume knob. You get clean, natural tube fullness and bite at lower volumes, and ever-increasing crunch as you turn up. There’s also a Boost switch to add more gain and thickness, plus a Tone switch to kick in a sparkling high-range presence. And just like a vintage tube amp, the Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” loves stompboxes, allowing you to further shape your sound by hitting the amp’s front end with your favorite gain pedals.

Wide-Open Sound at Any Volume

Every tube amp player knows that you really need to turn up the volume and push the output tubes to get the amp to sing at its best. The downside is that the sound simply becomes too loud for playing anywhere but the biggest stages—though that’s certainly never stopped guitarists from trying! With Tube Logic, the Blues Cube authentically delivers the complex distortion characteristics of output tubes and their interaction with the output transformer, with the sound getting richer and the feel becoming more dynamically responsive as the overall volume is increased. But with the Blues Cube’s variable Power Control, you’re able to enjoy this musical, cranked-up tone while matching the volume to any situation, from recording to rehearsals to nightclub gigs and beyond.

Maintenance-Free and Easy on Your Back

With its modern approach, the Blues Cube eliminates the drawbacks found in all tube amps powerful enough for stage playing, namely weight, fragility, and regular tube maintenance. In contrast, the Blues Cube is basically maintenance-free, and has been carefully designed to reduce weight in every area that doesn’t affect the tone. With the Blues Cube, you’re able to enjoy great tube sound at every gig, but with much easier load-in and no actual tubes to worry about!

Effects, Foot Control, and Direct Recording via USB

The Blues Cube Hot “British EL84 Modified” features onboard reverb, and the rear panel is equipped with a footswitch jack for remote switching of the Boost and Tone functions. And with the USB jack, it’s simple to capture the amp’s rich tones directly into your favorite computer recording applications.

Specifications:

• Rated Power Output: 30 W
• Nominal Input Level: INPUT: -10 dBu (1 M ohm)
• Speaker: 30 cm (12 inches) x 1
• Indicators: BOOST, TONE, POWER
• Power Consumption: 33 W
• Weight: 12.6 kg/27 lbs 13 oz
• Accessories: Owners manual, Power cord
• Options (sold separately): Footswitch (BOSS FS-5L, BOSS FS-6, BOSS FS-7)

Controls:

• POWER switch
• BOOST button
• TONE button
• VOLUME knob
• BASS knob
• MIDDLE knob
• TREBLE knob
• REVERB knob
• MASTER knob
• POWER CONTROL switch
• 0.5 W, 5 W, 15 W, MAX

Connectors:

• INPUT jack: 1/4-inch phone type
• LINE OUT jack: 1/4-inch phone type
• PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
• FOOT SW (TIP: BOOST, RING: TONE) jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
• REC OUT port: USB type B
• AC IN jack

Dimensions:

• 433 (W) x 239 (D) x 413 (H) mm
• 17-1/16 (W) x 9-7/16 (D) x 16-5/16 (H)