bluescube
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Just got an open box BC Stage from MF for $558 with 10% sale.
I have now reclaimed my TGP username
At first I wasn't used to Tweed tone after having a Laney VC15 British voiced amp (it's going bad, motorboating noises).
However, I am now coming around to that classic Bassman tone. The clean channel really breaks up early and you get those classic blues/rock tones. My neck P90 on my G&L Fallout really shines. I find I like the tone button engaged for a brighter cutting tone. I am also boosting the treble up to about 2:00 and the bass down to 11:00. The reverb is a nice adder to over a standard bassman. My old Blues Cube 30 2x10 I had years ago did not have reverb either. I couldn't stop playing bluesy riffs for about an hour after getting the tone dialed in. It's hard to believe it's digital. Doesn't feel it. I also like there is NO programming, presets or other fiddly controls or menus.
In comparison to a Fender Super Champ X2 I had a while back, the tweed tones on the Fender are fake sounding compared to the Roland even though the Fender had a tube power amp section. The X2 did excel at the clean blackface channel though. I do miss that sparkly glassy blackface clean as compared to the grittier more mids tweed.
The Crunch channel is good and with the gain boost I can get that JTM45 style sound going on. It's also nice that the bass notes don't flub out either. I hated that on a Fender Blues Junior. The BJ overdrive would fart and flub out on bass notes. Yuk. I do miss the smoother overdrive of the Laney VC15 though.
I'll have to try my Caline Orange Burst overdrive soon too.
All in all, Roland really seems to have nailed a great digital replica of a Bassman circuit. I may now have to add a tone capsule or two. The Voxy NY Blues would be cool to try as well as the UBTC which would get me that Super Reverb tone. Perhaps the Robben Ford Dumble?
I have now reclaimed my TGP username
At first I wasn't used to Tweed tone after having a Laney VC15 British voiced amp (it's going bad, motorboating noises).
However, I am now coming around to that classic Bassman tone. The clean channel really breaks up early and you get those classic blues/rock tones. My neck P90 on my G&L Fallout really shines. I find I like the tone button engaged for a brighter cutting tone. I am also boosting the treble up to about 2:00 and the bass down to 11:00. The reverb is a nice adder to over a standard bassman. My old Blues Cube 30 2x10 I had years ago did not have reverb either. I couldn't stop playing bluesy riffs for about an hour after getting the tone dialed in. It's hard to believe it's digital. Doesn't feel it. I also like there is NO programming, presets or other fiddly controls or menus.
In comparison to a Fender Super Champ X2 I had a while back, the tweed tones on the Fender are fake sounding compared to the Roland even though the Fender had a tube power amp section. The X2 did excel at the clean blackface channel though. I do miss that sparkly glassy blackface clean as compared to the grittier more mids tweed.
The Crunch channel is good and with the gain boost I can get that JTM45 style sound going on. It's also nice that the bass notes don't flub out either. I hated that on a Fender Blues Junior. The BJ overdrive would fart and flub out on bass notes. Yuk. I do miss the smoother overdrive of the Laney VC15 though.
I'll have to try my Caline Orange Burst overdrive soon too.
All in all, Roland really seems to have nailed a great digital replica of a Bassman circuit. I may now have to add a tone capsule or two. The Voxy NY Blues would be cool to try as well as the UBTC which would get me that Super Reverb tone. Perhaps the Robben Ford Dumble?
