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Boss ME-50 Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal

30 preset patches. 3 footswitches. Onboard expression pedal.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
 
 

"An array of stomp boxes in one."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from firstassist.co.uk
Submitted: 12/9/2005
Style of Music: Hard Rock
Musical Experience: Rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist
Location: London, England

 

 
Feature:
Love all the stomps. Could have at least supplied power pack and one bank switch (I've had to buy two but as it's so good it's worth the investment.)

Quality:
Solid as a rock. Also very useful for violent outbursts against annoying spectators!

Value:
Exceptional value if you have a little patience in order to twek the board to your desired sound

Desirability:
This quite simply is the best multi effects board. Destroys the GT-8 through pure ease of use

Sound:
Very good representation of real stomps all housed in compact box. Never going to be an exact replica though

Support:
It works fine so until I find a problem can only give perfect feedback.

Overall:
Superb value. Connected to a great tube amp, you can't go wrong

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"great, almost perfect"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 12/24/2005
Style of Music: classic rock
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: highland lakes, nj, usa

 

 
Feature:
features i use most are the acoustic simulator, which is a pretty cool effect, and the wah pedal, which has 6 different wah effects

Quality:
it is made well, the tuner is nice to have, its small and it can be battery powered

Value:
bargain! so many effects for the price of 3 or 4

Desirability:
color is vibrant and metallic, and the black accents it very well

Sound:
sound is perfect, almost any sound imaginable can be created

Support:
havent needed support in 2 years

Overall:
i imagine i will stick with it for a long time

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"I think it's a great product that is easy to use and with a bunch of massive good sounds within"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from casema.nl
Submitted: 2/9/2008
Style of Music: Rock, Blues,
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Heemskerk, Netherland

 

 
Feature:
For the next model, if you could combine sounds within patches f.i. creating a sound with chorus/tremolo etc..

Quality:
It's made for heavy duty !!

Value:
If you want to buy all the sounds within this machne in seperate boxes I'am sure this is less expensife

Desirability:
It has a good appearence, and for me the choice of a blue background with white characters is a very good one for using it in place's where there is not much light

Sound:
I like the sounds of the chorus/flanger etc.., I am not a fan of distortion/metal and other heavey sounds, I use them but not too much. In overall the sounds look pretty good to me.

Ease of Use:
How easy can it be ??

Support:
no comment, no problems so far

Overall:
As i can see it now it will be satisfing for al time My excuses for any mistakes ( I'am from the Netherlands )

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"Boss has redeemed itself"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from coretheband.com
Submitted: 6/23/2003
Style of Music: rock, metal, hardcore
Location: Columbia , TN , U.S.

 

 
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Feature:
the expression pedal is amazing, when kicked in, it can be one of several different sounds, including wah and a voice box simulator. when disengaged it becomes a volume pedal. the noise gate is good, but because it automatically sets the decay rate you can get some feedback after you stop playing.

Quality:
metal constuction, durable.

Value:
I would say that it is close, but it could chop a little off the top. the ease of use is well worth it, but with that you also lose some diversity in effects options.

Desirability:
I needed an effects unit that covered all the bases easily and effectively. this covers it. (and it looks cool too, chicks dig it).

Sound:
overall this product sounds very good. I especially liked the built in compressor, which works much better than the single stomp box unit (CS-3). the modulation sounds very nice and the delay options are awesome as well.

Support:
roland's site is very intuitive and helpful.

Overall:
Overall this is a great pedal, if you need something to cover all the basics, (modulation, distortion, delay, and a decent wah), then this is your pedal, i'm definately glad I got it.

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"The real reason to buy this pedal!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
Submitted: 12/28/2004
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Uniontown, PA USA

 

 
Feature:
Features are fine, lots of pretty knobs and buttons, but the one missing were a pedal to change banks, having to crouch down and press a tiny button to change banks was bad, specially in the middle of a show.

Quality:
Dear God, its a Boss, but a small turret on the top it would make a good tank, you can through this thing out of an airplane, jump up and down on it, shoot it, blow it up, pour acid on it, and it would work just fine.

Value:
I like it,

Desirability:
The color is so damn sexy!

Sound:
Sounds great, the variety you can create is awesome, however, only if you play through an amp. If you are playing through a sound system, it sounds very muffled.

Support:
wouldnt know, havent need support yet, but, its Boss, so I am sure it will be fine

Overall:
For the value, quality, color, and price, its a great buy

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"Very worthy companion with my Strat... all styles"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 11/13/2007
Style of Music: Rock, Praise and Worship, Heavy, Metalcore, Blues, Techno, Jazz
Musical Experience: Active Musician, Hobbyist, Recording and Custom Guitars
Location: Pennsylvania

 

 
Feature:
3 Stomp boxes and fully customizable... best feature by far... Has full expression Wah, sounds like classic crybaby...

Quality:
Very high quality... i stomp on the pedal all the time playing on stage... throw it around...(not really recommended) very sturdy metal contruction...

Value:
Add up the different stomp boxes and you will see why its a great value... i paid much higher then what it sells for now

Desirability:
Very sexy piece of equiptment... sexy blue... yes plz :)

Sound:
The sound quality is amazing, from the flange to the phaser to the distortion... just great.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use, even has patches that can be tweaked... play it in and play for hours...

Support:
Never really had a problem with it... gave it a ten so as to not drop the rating...

Overall:
The best pedal!! I will never really have to buy another pedal. I've owned many different pedals, Old and new alike. I have a cry baby is use also and just use the BE50 as a volume pedal. I played it at the shop I knew I must have this pedal for hours of playing and practicing and the pain free design of playing on stage. Definitely worth more then its price. Fits well in a duffel bag with matching AC adapter... picked mine up cheap $10...

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"nice"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 2/2/2005

 

 
Feature:
its got some cool features, but what would be better?...adding more! its cool though, i've had no problems with it.

Quality:
pretty good quality, i say. when they made this they should have but tougher knobs on it, my friend has one too and a knob on his broke off when we were jamming. but whutever, its a good little addition to your rig.

Value:
i say its all good, except for the knobs.

Desirability:
when i was cruising around my town, i seen this in a music shop and i tested it out, and it played nice, so i thought it would be a cool addition to my rig.

Sound:
this thing is cool when your gigging up and stuff, or just jamming. But what is all comes down to is how easy and simple this product is to use.

Support:
i'v never dealt with anyone about it.

Overall:
its cool if you need effects and don't wanna spend endless amounts of money one seperate pedals.

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"As close to perfect as they come"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from i-mnet.com
Submitted: 10/14/2005
Style of Music: Everything
Musical Experience: Active Church Musician
Location: Wherever I May Roam

 

 
Feature:
Accessories? Nope, didn't come with the power plug, which is the only reason it's not a 10. This pedal's most useful feature is that it uses knobs, making quick-changes or output level changes so easy. The least useful feature, to me anyways, is some of the wah mods, since I'm not in an ambient or insane-metal band. The only thing I wish I had, to be honest, is a footswitch for +5dB or something to control "hey, I'm soloing!" or "I'm back to playing rhythm". That alone would make this thing perfect, at least to me. However, I can always get a gain booster or something. Using a different preset pedal for lead when you only have three of them in memory mode isn't very fun, and for this I should've bought the next more expensive multi board (although then I wouldn't have very many knobs).

Quality:
This thing is a tank. Rugged, beautiful, no blemishes I can find, no loose anything. Reliable: never had a problem. I'm not worried, but it's always wise to have something as a backup, like maybe in my case a chorus and a BD-2 pedal. I already use this "on the road" because I walk a mile to/from where I play, and have also used it on stage and transported it through airport baggage terminals. I can't think of anything that's not quality on this thing. It's warrantied for 5 years. However, I know someone personally who still has the same working Boss CH-2 chorus pedal she bought in highschool, so go figure.

Value:
This thing is worth every dime: I would've had to buy 6 or more individual pedals to do all that I need, easily, plus some sort of container to house them.

Desirability:
This thing is very nice. I spend a lot of time playing it. It comes in a beautiful blue, is clearly labeled, and has good looking controls.

Sound:
Sounds very nice. Deep, loud, and versatile. It responds to my playing flawlessly. Yes, sounds as expressive as I do when I play. Yes, Helps me achieve the sound I'm looking for. Compatible with church playing, yes. I like the delays and choruses, and the wah works good. Some of the distortion models are a bit out-of-a-can, but that's due to having limited space for more knobs. I mean, four knobs but the Boss MT-2 has six because of those multi-knobs. I have used this with a Fender Twin Reverb reissue, various amps, a 1972 authentic fender twin reverb, church sound boards, even my computer, and it sounds great. Live sounds better than recordings, but I'm recording to computer so it's not going to be good. The presets are great, and making your own is easy, and you can make them sound very nice. Boss's website is too valuable not to have available, due to the tons of patches and advice you can read. I use this pedal with an ESP LTD EC100QM ($300). To make it sound better, please include better presets instead of totally random ones, or make it possible to download and inject more using USB or something, but I can't complain. This pedal is very awesome, especially since I detest amp modeling.

Support:
Never had to deal with them because it just plain works. Their website is absolutely awesome. No service or warranty needed yet. Never needed repair.

Overall:
I will probably always use this. I need to be versatile, and there's not enough pedals in the world using a rack mount or any other pedal that would fill my needs. I'd easily need one pedal per song, so if I were ever professional, that would mean one per recorded song, plus anything new we were going to play. That would suck. This pedal doesn't suck. The only thing I'll ever need is a lead pedal, something to +5dB my guitar, and probably in the amp's effects loop. I've played other multi boards, DoD and others, and I dislike amp modeling so much that I looked for a board without it. Also, no other multi board was mainly knobs like this. This thing helps me meet my musical goals very nicely, except not having a "lead" switch. If lost or stolen, yes, I'd buy one, if I didn't already have a backup one. I like most how easy it is and the value. I don't like not having a lead button, or something that changes effects based on pick attack.

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"Not bad."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 10/17/2004

 

 
Feature:
I would have given it a higher score had the power adaptor and at least one external foot switch (bank control) been included.

Quality:
Don't know. It 'looks' like a very good quality unit - especially compared to some other brands of effects units I looked at in the store. Time will tell. Everything I've read seems to indicate that Boss is 'quality'.

Value:
For the price paid - compared to buying separate effects units, and the related cables, power adapters, etc. - it seems like good value for money.

Desirability:
Effects units don't have sex appeal (to me). Aesthetically, it looks ok. Though I can see already that, if I use this thing on stage, the text printed on the blue finish is not going to be readable in low light. Design seems good. Easy to use. Intuitive. But I would have liked to have seen an additional pedal for switching the banks.

Sound:
The chorus sounds are very good, to my ears. The distortion sounds don't seem very realistic to me. I'm not a rock guitar player though, and maybe they are fine for most people. Very quiet unit as far as 'noise' is concerned. One of the best effects units I've seen in this regard. I have Boss's programmable twin EQ pedal and don't use it because it's far too noisy!

Support:
Don't know. Never had to deal with Boss on a support issue.

Overall:
Now I have it home, and have used it a little, I don't think it's exactly what I'm looking for. But it'll do until I find what it is I think I want. Giving it an eight might not be fair because I really don't think this produce was geared to people like myself. But, based on advertising, and the claims about what it can do, it seems like a good, 'value-for-money' peice of gear.

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"Still amazed at the versatility, even after a year"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 4/24/2007
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, Classic Rock, Top 40
Musical Experience: Hobbyist (20 years)
Location: Sanford, NC. USA

 

 
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Feature:
Needs to have the power supply delivered with the product. Needs bank switching capability without having to purchase "optional" equipment. That said, it is still a good processor. You will have to waste one of the three selections in each bank if you want to keep a clean setting in each bank plus two additional effects. Extra work, but I did it and it doesn't affect your ability to play sets, you just have to keep up with where you store your pre-sets

Quality:
This is the one thing I own that lived up to the hype. I bought a tank!

Value:
finally found a product that is worth what I paid for it. I would buy another one in a heart beat

Desirability:
Besides being a good product, it looks cool.

Sound:
I gave the sound a 10 because you can customize any sound to your specific requirements. There is no reason why you can't find exactly what sound/tone you are looking for. Between the Boss ME-50, your guitar, and your amp, the sound combinations are nearly infinite

Ease of Use:
Very easy to learn. Tedious once you start using it. Seems like it takes forever to get the sound you want, but once you find it, the time was worth it. Don't let anyone tell you this thing sucks. They probably weren't patient enough to give it a chance to shine.

Support:
Gave it a 10 because I have owned the ME-50 for a year now with no problems

Overall:
This is my second review of the Boss ME-50. I have owned mine now for a year or so, and still find myself amazed at the versatility of this thing. It takes some patience to sit and tweak your sound, but you are rewarded every time. I play a Les Paul and a Fender Strat, and the ME-50 lets me customize my sound to the guitar I am playing at the time. I set my banks up by guitar/song and it is amazing. That is why I am writing a second review. The Boss ME-50 is a good product. It is versatile, easy to use (tedious but easy), and lets you find the sound that is right for you. A stomp box doesn't give you that flexibility.

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