Leaderboard

I have both, as far as i know they are both still in production? the difference is that the silver has a switch to go between soft and hard clipping. It's been a while since i played with them so I can't give any comments on the sound. Matt

The Blues Cube does indeed have onboard attentuation, but it isn't great. The sound doesn't really stay the same at the different attenuation levels, it just reduces the gain the higher towards full power you get and increases the treble (just as you would expect to happen with a valve amp). So, you can get slightly crunchy at lower volume which becomes ear piercing treble and crystal clear at full volume. Also, the 'Line Out' isn't great either into PA. It is ok, and certainly good for sound re-inforcement, but not fantastic. You can get it to sound properly great at any of the volume levels, but it is just too much like a valve amp (as I think it is designed) so involves a lot of tweaking which I don't really want to do, I just want to set and forget. I use it as my amp at work for noodling when I get the chance. If you like a valve amp and are just looking for a lighter and easier package then it is fantastic, just wasn't the way I wanted to use it. I wanted a volume or attenuation to merely increase the overall volume level. I went back to using my Fender Frontman or my Joyo.

@Dad3353 and @randythoades thanks for you thoughts etc, however based on what I have heard so far it sounds far more effort that I am prepared to undertake for what I envisage I will get out of. Thanks again and this sort of information is exactly the sort of thing that forums like this are good for amongst other things. On a slight OT note I am a member of a couple of other (non-music) forums which to be absolutely honest are a waste of time and I seldom go there, this forum for me and the conversations hereon however is just about right. Thanks again, Alan

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