Roland CB-120XL Setup guide

ROLAND CB-120XL
TRAINING GUIDE
Contents
1. FEATURES
2. HOW TO DEMO THE CB-120XL
3. FIVE FEATURES TO KNOW and SHOW
4. ACCESSORIES
5. CB-120XL COSM AMPS, SPEAKER CABINETS and
EFFECTS

Roland CB-120XL Training Guide
1. FEATURES
Powerful, stage-ready 120 watt, 1 x 12” coaxial speaker combo
bass amp with tons of features
Eight COSM models of classic and modern bass amps and
speakers cabinets: Super Flat, Flip Top, B-Man, T.E., Bass
360, Session, Concert 810, Super Low
Custom engineered dual Air Flow ports matched to the cabinet
provide optimum bass response
SHAPE switch for instant tonal variety
Input pad for active or passive basses
EFX effects: chorus, Poly Octave
Independent delay, reverb and compression/drive plus 80-
second looper
Solo function w/ memory recalls favorite settings for use as
second channel
Four band EQ: Bass, Low-Mid, High-Mid and Treble
Built-in bass tuner supports 4, 5, 6-string basses and flat and
double flat tunings
Six footswitchable functions: EFX on/off, comp/drive on/off,
delay on/off, reverb on/off, Solo, Looper controls
EXT speaker jack for use with external bass speaker cab
Versatile I/O: 1/4” headphone/recording out, balanced XLR out
w/ ground lift and pre/post switch, 1/4” line out
1/8” aux input for MP3, CD playback
$765 List, $579 MAP

Roland CB-120XL Training Guide
2. HOW TO DEMO THE CB-60XL
The Quick Demo is a way to get a customer interested in a product in less than
60 seconds.
The Quick Demo: Show the Sound and Power
STEP ONE-Show the Sounds
1. Select a COSM amp, such as SUPER FLAT, FLIP TOP, T.E, or SUPER
LOW.
2. Set the GAIN to about 4 or 5.
3. Play some finger style or slapping tones.
4. Experiment with the EQUALIZER and COMPRESSOR/DRIVE to check
out their tones.

Roland CB-120XL Training Guide
STEP TWO-Show the EFX
1. Experiment with the EFX and DELAY/REVERB knobs to check out their
sounds.
STEP THREE-Show The LOOPER
1. Set the DELAY/LOOPER knob for LOOPER. Turn the LOOPER volume
up all the way.
2. Press the REC/PLAY/ DUB button. The button will flash indicating the
Looper is armed. It will record automatically when you start to play.
3. Play the first phrase. Press REC/PLAY/DUB when you are finished. The
phrase will play back.

Roland CB-120XL Training Guide
4. Press SOLO to change the sound for the second loop phrase.
5. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to add the second phrase.
6. Press STOP when you are done.
NOTES

Roland CB-120XL Training Guide
3. FIVE THINGS TO KNOW and SHOW
1. Tons of features in a compact but very powerful bass amp
2. Eight COSM classic and modern bass amp and cab tones
from clean to mean
3. Effects: EFX, Delay, Reverb, Drive/Comp, 80-second looper
4. Memory channel (SOLO) for instant tone changes
5. Pro I/O: line out, XLR /DI out, aux in, etc.
4. ACCESSORIES
1. 6 x BOSS FS-5U Footswitch or 3 x BOSS FS-6 Footswitch
2. 3 x Roland PCS-31L Insert cable
3. Roland RH-5, RH-200 or other headphones
5. COSM AMPS, SPEAKER CABINETS and EFFECTS
NAME AMP
SUPER FLAT Roland original wide frequency response amp
FLIP TOP Ampeg B-15 Portaflex 1 x 15”
B-MAN Fender Bassman 100 w/ Fender 4 x 10”
T.E. Trace Elliot AH600SMX w/ TE 1048 (4 x 10”) + TE
1518 (1 x 15”)
BASS 360 Vintage Acoustic 360 w/ Acoustic 1 x 18” cabinet
SESSION SWR SM 400 w/ SWR Goliath (4 x 10”) + SWR Big
Ben (1 x 18”)
CONCERT 810 Ampeg SVT w/ Ampeg 810E (8 x 10”)
SUPER LOW Roland original amp w/ sub-harmonic function
EFFECTS
Compressor, Drive
Chorus, Poly Octave
Delay w/ tap tempo
Reverb: room, plate
Looper