Johnny Hiland

"I just recently got turned onto the Micro-CUBE. There needs to be a law against how much fun you can have in hotel rooms with the Micro-CUBE! Man, that little amp is cool as sh*t! [Laughs.] I tell you, there’s been so many little pocket amps, and y’know, you’ve always gotta hook up some kinda pedal rig up to it, or hook something to get your effects, or to at least get a tone you’re happy with, but not the Micro-CUBE.You have all your delays, your phases, choruses, reverbs. It’s been so much fun! I’ve had a lot of people go, “Darn, man, the tone on that tape is a killer, what are you using? “They think I’m using some big rig or something, and I tell ’em it’s a Roland Micro-CUBE, and they say, “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” And it has so many voices, man. I mean, you can play jazz, it’s got a heavy metal tone in it — you can even get a Danny Gatton rockabilly tone."

On Johnny Hiland's official gear page, the AmpRx BrownBox is listed among the effects he uses. This device is designed to optimize the performance of vintage amps by regulating voltage, which suggests Hiland might be employing it in the studio for precise tone control.

He played through those amps regularly in 2011 and 2012. Also, he demonstrated this amplifier during NAMM in 2011.

Possibly this amp was also featured in2011 Guitar Player interview.

I cut the whole album with my Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette with D. Allen pickups and my Bolt amplifier. I’m using the Bolt 2x12 combo. It’s a three-channel amp that’s just monstrous. Since I’ve had that amp I’ve been downsizing my pedalboard because I really haven’t needed as many pedals.

Johhny has been groovin' on his new Reeve's Space Cowboy from Destroy All Guitars. He pairs this incredible 100w head with two of his signature Johnny Hiland 4x12 cabinets (loaded with Celestion G12-K100's) from Avatar speakers.

In this video, Johnny Hiland demonstrates and reviews the 5E3 combo amp from Fat Jimmy.

In a video titled "Rig Rundown - Johnny Hiland" by Premier Guitar, Johnny Hiland confirms at the 17:25 mark that he uses Celestion G12K-100 100W 12" Guitar Speakers.