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Owner’s Manual Guitar Amplifier Blues Cube Stage Blues Cube Artist Blues Cube Tour (BC-Stage) (BC-Artist) (BC-Tour) 30 cm (12 inch) speaker, 60 W output 30 cm (12 inch) speaker, 80 W output 100 W output Owner’s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d’emploi Manuale dell'utente Manual del usuario Manual do proprietário...
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
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Owner’s Manual Guitar Amplifier This owner’s manual applies to the Blues Cube Tour, Blues Cube Stage and the Blues Cube Artist. , or icon will be used to Artist only Tour only Artist/Tour only mark explanations that pertain only to a specific model. Blues Cube Stage Blues Cube Artist Blues Cube Tour...
Congratulations! You’ve made the right choice. The Blues Cube is the happy result of using Roland’s technological expertise to obtain the best possible sound from your electric guitar. But to get the most out of your Blues Cube, you should go through this manual.
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• Performance-ready 100-watt (Blues Cube Tour) / 80-watt (Blues Cube Artist) / 60-watt (Blues Cube Stage) guitar amplifier 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 •...
Panel Descriptions Top Panel Blues Cube Stage Blues Cube Artist Blues Cube Tour INPUT jacks [BOOST] button Connect your electric guitar here. Use either the HIGH or LOW jack Turning the [BOOST] button on provides a nice crunch sound. according to the output level of your guitar. Normally you’ll connect [TONE] button to the HIGH input.
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Panel Descriptions EQUALIZER Turning the Power On/Off [BASS] knob * Once everything is properly connected (p. 6 – p. 9), be sure to Adjusts the sound level of the low-frequency range. follow the procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn [MIDDLE] knob on equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment failure.
Panel Descriptions Rear Panel Blues Cube Stage 12 13 Blues Cube Artist 12 13 Blues Cube Tour AC IN AC IN jack Connect the included power cord. * Use only the power cord that was included with the unit.
Pin 1 is disconnected from the Blues Cube Tour’s ground. Pin 1 connects to the Blues Cube Tour’s ground. You can connect a separately sold Roland GA-FC and use it to switch channels or turn DUAL TONE, TREMOLO, and EFX LOOP on/ off (TREMOLO is available on the Blues Cube Artist only).
If you connect a footswitch (separately sold: BOSS FS-6, FS-7, or FS-5L), you can use it to switch channels or turn DUAL TONE (p. 6) You can connect the separately sold Roland GA-FC to switch on/off. On the Blues Cube Artist, you can additionally use a channels and turn effects on/off.
(lowest value). * Use only the specified expression pedal (Roland EV-5, BOSS FV- 500L, BOSS FV-500H; sold separately). By connecting any other expression pedals, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to the unit.
Main Specifications Roland Blues Cube Stage: Guitar Amplifier Roland Blues Cube Artist: Guitar Amplifier Roland Blues Cube Tour: Guitar Amplifier Blues Cube Stage Blues Cube Artist Blues Cube Tour Rated Power Output 60 W 80 W 100 W INPUT HIGH: -10 dBu (1MΩ)
Compliance Information Statement Model Name : BC-STAGE, BC-ARITIST, BC-TOUR Type of Equipment : Guitar Amplifier Responsible Party : Roland Corporation U.S. Address : 5100 S. Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938 Telephone : (323) 890-3700 Model Name : V-STUDIO 20 (Model Number: VS-20)
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Blues Cube Tour MIDI IN Tour only RECOGNIZED RECEIVE DATA RX CH 1( fixed) OMNI OFF( fixed) 1 (00H) : CLEAN 2 (01H) : CRUNCH 3 (02H) : DUAL 4 (03H) - 128 (7FH) : Ignored CLEAN BOOST SW CLEAN TONE SW CRUNCH BOOST SW 0 - 63 : OFF, 64 - 127 : ON...