Lowdown 110 or microcube bass rx

[Skjold]

Has anyone tried both of these?

I'm looking for something small for practicing at home. I live in Japan, and need something that won't annoy my neighbors. I have a Sansamp DI and Guitar Rig 3 for recording, so this is mainly so I can just plug into something quickly and experiment with different ideas. I have a Fender P-bass and mainly dig tones like the Meters, the JBs, Stax, and old dub/reggae.

Is there a big difference in tone between these two models? I like the features on the Cube, and have a Cube 30x guitar amp that I really like, so I'm leaning towards that, but the Line 6 obviously has the bigger speaker. For me, tone is more important than volume, because I will never be able to crank it. If I'm not using the power attenuator on my Cube 30x I can only play at like 2.

[blastjv]

The RX I tried sounded like poop, but I didn't have much time to mess with it...I'm not really into the L6, either, but it was miles above the RX in sounding like a real amp at low volume. Why don't you just plug into your computer and use your software modeler, maybe with headphones...???

-JV

PS - I always recommend the Acoustic B20 for what you're looking to do with it...if you can find them there...

[Chrisk-K]

Roland will be shipping the new Bass Cube XL series soon. You could get a 20w version.

[Skjold]

Thanks I'll check the 20xl. I didn't realize they updated the bass lineup.