the Micro cube is an excellent little amp for home studio use or either micking to a large sound reinforcement system. not very much for backline sound but you can hear yourself through the stage monitors.
My son uses the Roland Cube 15 for stage use and mics it through the PA. Big sound out of such a little box.
plus it is easy to carry.
I use mine for practicing, it's cool to have the heaphone output. I've never mic'd it, I must try it. That guy in the clip gets the most unreal tones out of his!
I have the Cube 60, and love it. Surprisingly, in some situations it is loud enough to get up over a drum kit and be used in a band situation by itself. The effects are stupidly simple to use and sound good.
But I have a Vox DA5, so I probably don't need a MicroCube. I am, however, planning to buy a Fender Champion as soon as I get a chance, that way I can have big tube sound in a little package, like with the solid state Vox. I can't doubt that the Roland is a good lil' combo, but my amp collecting habit isn't quite as bad as my guitar collecting habit.
You are deaf.
....it sounds like a line6 plugged into a gorilla.
If I wanted that tone,...I'd plug straight into
the board the way a novice bass player would.
why not just put an ART SGX-2000 in your rack?
....sounds the same as that does.
if you suggested a Vox Cambridge or an AC15,
MAYBE even if you mentioned a Roland's Jazz chorus
but I'd take a good Vibro-Champ or Reverb-Deluxe over
anything Roland, ANYDAY