CUBE Street 2 - 2x6.5" 10-watt Battery Powered Combo Amp - Red Review

Amp controls are Upside down.

I purchased a Boss Cub 2, it cool, has some great features, etc.. I could not find a Boss feature request, so I am hoping this get to them somehow. If the amp is facing away from you the Amps setting Volume and all controls are upside down. The jacks and foot switches are all facing you so that's cool. If you are in front of it, you have to tilt it to you to see the AMP setting.… read more My humble suggestion is to just turn the App control section so the are not upside down when you look at it from the back. I like the Amp very much though.

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Little hack for extra options

I enjoy my cube street and recently got the BT dual ( wrote a review here and added update on issue I had with streaming).. The clean channels have most headroom to play louder when I have someone playing a reasonable low volume on drums..since the mic input accepts standard guitar jacks you can plug in there and set switch to instrument and the mic input has even louder possibility… read more since it appears to have more headroom then even clean channel on guitar side...I run clean with booster and that means you can get a lot of headroom volume and then booster puts in the break up at lower volume...if you just use gain and lead crunch channels the sound seems to be compressed and clipped and actually has lower volume and sounds to mushed up to me..altho for bedroom playing you never need it that loud anyway but nice to see the capability is there.. An idea i had that actually worked well was to use my volume pedal and a Y split cable to give me a foot controled A/B channel switch for solo or different sound..I put a splitter out of my looper pedal with patch cable from one Y split into volume pedal and then from volume pedal to mic or guitar input...the other Y split goes to the other 1/4 input..you decide which one goes where, tho the mic switch has to be set to instrument or it sounds tinny and weak tho harmony makes guitar sounds kind of coo ..it also helps if you have BT dual so you can edit mic button and turn harmony into chorus or flanger etc for more tone options. So basically your volume pedal turns into a kill switch for one cable that will be you "soloing" channel and the other Y split cable sends direct into amp from guitar.. So for solo or dynamic parts you set volume and effect a bit louder or with particular sound you want and then cut sound off with volume pedal and when you want to solo turn on volume pedal and you have that extra kick from your preset volume/effects settings..granted the other channel will still be playing also but at lower volume. Its not new idea or pro level way to do things or even best equipment for what this is doing but it does give extra option on way to use the cube with stuff I already owned.. I even found the sound with both channels active was something different..with the bluetooth added I change the effect of both channels so it made interesting tones to mess with.. for solo I was running volume pedal into guitar input lead channel with gain at louder volume and it allows you to jump out for the solo while still having the mic channel playing in background at its lower volume setting for a hint of cleaner sound... Since this amp doesnt seem to offer a channel switch option this is a low budget workaround..

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BOSS, Cube , Street 2, Portable 20 watt, Speaker

Good portable speaker for practicing purposes. A portable one for street performances too. Its little over priced anyway !

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Great little amp

I knew when I bought it that it was perfect for my apartment and preproduction amp to work on my original material. The sound for its size was excellent when I used my Fender Stratocaster. The sound was clean and the built in effects was perfect for what I need. The vocals were really clear and solid for 10 watts. The looper and effects was once again, just great for making sounds… read more and rhythm play. Remember, this amp is for small rooms but with a line out to my PA, it worked very well. Also I can plug line out to my four track and get some good scratch tracks. The amp itself is solid and durable. It was a great buy for me. Highly recommended for a small amp.

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Very "handy" amp for on the go

I was surprised how light and small it was when it arrived, and also worried how it would sound. But what a surprise. This little package packs an umpf with a great sound. I am going to hit the street and put out a bucket for tips. :-) Bit of a learning curve for a tech dinosaur like me but its mostly buttons and not submenus so that is some good news. I highly recommend this bundle… read more of fun and functionality.

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