BOSS Cube Street II Battery-Powered Guitar Amplifier Black

Like many, I needed another guitar amp like another hole in the head; my amp collection ranges from 3 watts to 225 watts, plus several bass amps as well. BUT, that didn't keep me from WANTING this Boss Cube Street II (BCS). Each amp has a specific use or purpose, mostly depending on the gig, but transportation, baggage limits, etc. are factors as well. I waited about 2 years to catch this on sale ... and so far, have not played out with it. LImited observations thus far: Does this Boss Cube Street II (BCS) sound as good for vocals as my professional multi-channel big PA rig? Of course not, but acceptable. Does my Tele sound as good as through one of my Fender guitar amps? No, but the sound is pretty decent. For me, bottom line, this BSC fills a niche. I will likely use it when RVing or perhaps at a jam. It's small, light-weight and BATTERY (or AC) powered. You can plug in a guitar AND a mic and be loud enough for probably up to 50 people. My biggest con, like others have mentioned, is that the controls seem backwards. If you put the amp behind you so you can read the controls, FEEDBACK. If you place it in front of you, the controls are upside down and you cannot read them. When I first plugged in the XLR mic cable, it was stuck and I was afraid by pulling it too hard it would damage the cable or jack. I took it by GC and they pulled harder and it came out and now works normally. All the above factors considered, I'm keeping it and at this point give it four stars. That rating may go up or down depending on experience in the future.

Wanted a more portable battery powered amp for practicing and messing around, also can take out side where don't have power. only had for a few weeks, haven't used the microphone and such. Have been verry pleased for my need. the preset simulators are ok, nothing amazing. I do wish the blue tooth options were built in. would of been worth a extra 10spot. 40-50 for the add on is a bit excessive. overall For a battery powered and the amount of sound and quality of sound quite nice. loud enough for small out door settings on battery only. battery life is good to (picked up some NiMHi batteries be able to recharge, recharge is out side of amp). For half the price of similar sounding battery guitar only amps a no brainer for me.

I already had the Roland cube street ex and I love that amp so I thought I'd pick up one of these because of the Looper i& harmony functions and if it wasn't loud enough, I can always send the line out to the Roland which has more wattage. Only problem after the initial honeymoon period wears off then you start really paying attention, this amp has an incredible amount of buzzing/humming and after tearing apart my electric guitar because I thought. that was the problem. I realized that the amp unlike the Roland model only has a two prong plug so it is not grounded properly and when you touch the screw on the back, which is for grounding with a wire to something metal, or a metal rod, pounded into the ground then the buzzing was reduced, but did not go away completely. What's the point of having a portable amp that the selling point is that it is geared towards buskers when you would have to find somewhere to ground it to make it usable? Also not being grounded properly scares me with the threat of getting a shock. Shame on boss for such an oversight to an easily fixable problem.

I already had the Roland Cube Street EX and it's great but I though some of the extra features on the Boss model like the harmony and looper would be great to have and if it wasn't loud enough for a gig or busking I could line out into the Roland which has more wattage. All the features like the harmonies and looper (even though you have to buy the Bluetooth adapter separately to use all the functions and get longer looper times), worked great, plenty loud for practice or small jams. Now the bad, this amp buzzes BAD, I though one of my electric guitars I had just bought had a bad ground or no shielding and I tore it all apart only to find everything was wired and shielded perfectly. Then I tried some other acoustic-electric guitars and while the buzzing wasn't as loud it was still present enough to be unusable for any kind of gig. Then I noticed my Roland has a 3 prong plug and the Boss only has 2 which means the Boss has not grounding. There is a screw on the back to attach a ground wire and when I touched it with my hand the buzzing was reduced significantly but not completely gone. What was I supposed to do if I busk with this amp? Hammer a metal rod in the ground and attach a wire from that to the amp? Kind of defeats the purpose of a portable amp aimed at buskers. Also makes me nervous that is has no ground and therefore a risk of getting shocked so I traded it in to GC. Shame on Boss for releasing a product with such a massive oversight. By the way, the Roland Cube Street EX is dead silent, save up your money and buy that one.

First rate

It's a super deal on all the gooddies you get in this model! I have 2 of the previous models basically because of performances in areas without AC power. Now I had to get another for my self after buying one last month for ministry. It is amazing all the features in this easy to cary and easy to use unit!!!