Although I have mainly used a hybrid amp combo made of an SS-Pre and a Tube-PA circuitry back in the early 2000... I have been a solid state amp guy from the moment i first had my electric guitar. It's not because of personal preference. But, it's because i simply have not much choice due to financial constraints. We had to admit, we belong to a technically deprived country when comes to musical instruments. A huge bulk of us locals grew up not having a set of friends or neighbors who owns a Fender Twin at one, a Marshall half-stack on the other and a Vox AC30 on another one; not to mention a few more folks owning Mesa's, Soldano's, 'boutique' amps and guitars made by topnotch brand-names. So, at the end of the day, we'll just have to get used to what works for us which are most likely 'from Japan'.
Kawawa tayong mga Pinoy dahil dyan.Anyway, I was blessed to have an opportunity to personally own earlier Roland amps for a certain period of time particularly a Cube100 and a Cube60. Both, great sounding amps; not to mention, they're surprisingly loud for their size too and has excellent headroom for a gigging amp. ...nowadays, i'm enjoying a late 70's Jazz Chorus and an early Cube40. But, just a few days ago, 'vegetablejoe' bought one of the two Roland BC30's that i enjoyed running on stereo for 3 years in my bedroom. So, that leaves me with only one BC30 along with the other two models that i mentioned earlier.
Technology has gone far for these particular amps. Probably, their later models are now even better sounding than their predecessors aside from their built-in effects feature. But i guess in the end, all i can say is, you can never go wrong with Roland amps.
