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Driven by Roland’s acclaimed Tube Logic design, the Blues Cube Tour brings punch, presence, and authority to your backline. The flagship Tour head packs 100 Watts to provide ample power and headroom for concert-level performing, while the companion BluesCube Cabinet410 cabinet (sold separately) delivers clear, wide-range sound with smooth highs and rich low end. Plus, thanks to its variable power control, Line Out, and USB connectivity, the Blues Cube Tour is equally suited for tracking in the studio. Going far beyond modeling, Roland’s Tube Logic design philosophy starts with carefully reproducing the inner workings of the revered tweed-era tube amp in every way, from guitar input to speaker output. Versatile clean and crunch channels can be used independently or combined for a complex range of tones, while variable output power modes let you dial in burning, full-throttle sound at any volume. Road-tested and fine-tuned with feedback from top players, the gig-ready Blues Cube Tour delivers the sweet, magical tone and satisfying feel that makes a great guitar amp a highly expressive musical instrument. Warm, bouncy, responsive, dynamic, elastic... these are all terms that guitarists use to describe the satisfying experience of playing their favorite tube amps. Thanks to Roland’s Tube Logic, these words can be applied to the Blues Cube Tour as well. Dramatically evolved from the first-generation sound of the original Blues Cube amps from the ’90s, today’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 Tour. The Blues Cube Tour head has two independent channels — one voiced for cleaner tones, and the other for crunch. Each channel has its own Boost and Tone switches to shape the character. The Clean channel’s single volume control dials in natural tube fullness and bite as the volume is cranked, while the Crunch channel’s variable gain control provides a range of grit flavors from mild to aggressive. With the press of a switch, the unique Dual Tone mode lets you blend both channels together for an endless array of rich tones. And just like a vintage tube amp, the Blues Cube loves stompboxes, allowing you to further shape your personal sound by hitting the amp’s front end with your favorite gain pedals. 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. With its modern approach, the Blues Cube Tour eliminates two of the big drawbacks found in all tube amps powerful enough for stage playing — they’re extremely heavy, prone to vibration damage, and they require frequent tube replacement and other costly maintenance to keep them going strong. In contrast, the Blues Cube Tour 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 Tour, you’re able to enjoy great tube sound at every gig, but with much easier load-in and no actual tubes to worry about! The Blues Cube Tour head features onboard reverb plus two effects loops for patching in any external effect that you like. The rear panel has jacks for connecting an optional footswitch such as the GA-FC Foot Controller (sold separately), which provides remote switching for channel selection, Dual Tone mode, and on/off for the effects loops. And with the USB jack, it’s simple to capture the amp’s rich tones directly into your favorite computer recording applications. Roland Blues Cube Tour Includes: Owner’s manual Power cord Speaker Connection Cable GA-FC sticker Roland Blues Cube Tour Features: Performance-ready 100-watt guitar head with authentic tube tone and touch response Roland’s comprehensive Tube Logic design delivers the interactive tonal behaviors of famous fine-tuned vintage tube amps, including preamp and output tube distortion characteristics, power supply compression, and much more Independent Clean and Crunch channels, plus unique Dual Tone mode for blending channels to expand tonal possibilities Master volume, three-band EQ, and Presence control, plus Boost and Tone switches on each channel Four-way Power Control (0.5 W, 15 W, 45 W, Max) allows for cranked-amp tones at any volume High-quality reverb, plus two effects loops for external devices Stylish, modern look with a vintage vibe Efficient, lightweight design provides easy portability without sacrificing tone quality USB output for high-quality direct recording to a computer Roland Blues Cube Tour Specifications: Rated Power Output: 100 W Nominal Input Level: INPUT HIGH: -10dBu (1 M ohm) INPUT LOW: 0dBu EFX LOOP A RETURN: -10dBu EFX LOOP B RETURN: -10dBu Controls: POWER switch DUAL TONE switch CH SELECT switch CLEAN Channel: BOOST button TONE button VOLUME knob CLEAN Channel Equalizer: BASS knob MIDDLE knob TREBLE knob CRUNCH Channel: BOOST button TONE button GAIN knob VOLUME knob CRUNCH Channel Equalizer: BASS knob MIDDLE knob TREBLE knob EFFECT: EFX LOOP A button EFX LOOP B button REVERB knob MASTER: PRESENCE knob MASTER knob POWER CONTROL switch: 0.5 W, 15 W, 45 W, MAX LINE Out: GND LIFT switch SPEAKER Out: IMP.SELECT switch: 4 Ohm/8 Ohm, 16 Ohm Indicators: CLEAN CHANNEL BOOST TONE CRUNCH CHANNEL BOOST TONE EFX LOOP A EFX LOOP B POWER Connectors: INPUT HIGH/LOW jack: 1/4" phone type LINE OUT jack: 1/4" phone type LINE OUT jack: XLR type PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4" phone type FOOT SW (TIP: EFX LOOP A, RING: EFX LOOP B) jack: 1/4" TRS phone type FOOT SW (TIP: CH SELECT, RING: DUAL TONE) jack: 1/4" TRS phone type FOOT SW (GA-FC) jack: 1/4" TRS phone type EFX LOOP A SEND jack: 1/4" phone type EFX LOOP A RETURN jack: 1/4" phone type EFX LOOP B SEND jack: 1/4" phone type EFX LOOP B RETURN jack: 1/4" phone type REC OUT port: USB type B MIDI IN jack SPEAKER OUT jack AC IN jack Power Consumption: 108 W Options (sold separately): Footswitch (BOSS FS-5L, BOSS FS-6, BOSS FS-7) GA Foot Controller (GA-FC) Size and Weight: Dimensions (WxDxH): 21-1/2" x 9-3/16" x 9-1/4" (545 x 233 x 234 mm) Weight: 17 lbs 11 oz (8.0 kg)
