Boss ME-30

This pedal is extremely easy to use and it has a number of good options. Editing patches is pretty darn easy to. Mine didn't come with a manual but I think you can find it somewhere on the internet.

I use a tiny little crate practice amp with this but the sound is still pretty good in my opinion. Most of the effects always sound pretty good on this thing. I use an epiphone les paul standard with my ME-30. The distortion on this thing is a little weak but its not bad. Most of the fx on this thing are dandy.

This is a very reliable pedal and I have and will continue to take it on a gig without a backup.

Never had to deal with the company

I play alota styles of music some praise and worship some punk rock and rock stuff, everything. I have been playing for 4 years now I think. This is a great product except for one major thing that really bothers me, the built in tuner is a piece of crap it works but it doesn't put you in tune. I have had major problems with the built in tuner. I also have a friend who owns the ME30 and has the same problem. Buy this if you don't care about using the tuner. If you wanna be in tune using a multi effects pedal, this is not the pedal for you.

real easy to use when get the hang of it. .

I use it whit my Mesa/Boogie MK3 combo .Sounds like thousand thunders.sound guality is realy awesome.

Won`t let you down .

Good service.

I play all kinda music, mostly lead on Rock & Metall .
Iw played for 8 years .
works so fine whit my MESA MK3 Combo .. I think They are best combination ever.
MESA & BOSS ME-30 .Best Palls

Superb. A trained chimp could use this thing, even an untrained one could get the hang of it in 20 minutes. The tuner is particularlly easy to use on a darkened stage, 'cos the LED's show when your high/low/spot on. Only problem is that damn glow in the dark screen that glows for about 5 minutes after the lights go out, and then nothing. That makes it difficult to see if you've managed to switch the wah off on the expression pedal without making noise.
Making patches is simple, and there is plenty of tweakablity to get the sound you want, or find a new sound on the way.
Slight warning - Don't wear really big boots with this. Pressing the middle switch gets slightly tricky.

I use a Les Paul Smartwood (thinner and lighter than your regular 'Paul) through a Fender Princeton amp. You can reproduce nearly any sound you want with this. The distortions are a little disappointing, but the guy in the shop told me it actually uses the circuitry of the Boss OD1 and DS1 (?) pedals so you've got #60-#80 quids worth of pedals in there alone. I hear the Boss distortions aren't overly popular anyway, so that explains the sound. At least you get plenty of 'em. The Wah obviously isn't as good as and CryBaby or something, but it does the job at a fraction of the price. Since i only use it in one song, i'm not gonna fork out for the real thing. The ring modulator is good only for annoying the rest of the band during practice (or Dr Who effects.) Apart from that, everything is top. The delay is wicked (up to 2 seconds), compressor and noise gate are useful, and the chorus, reverb flanger etc. are all good to play with. The whole thing sounds good enough and is idea for anyone from bedroom to regular giging.

Had it about 2 years and have had no problems. It's plastic, and that might put some people off, but i think you'd have to jump on it with 2 feet to do any damage. Haven't had any problems with it, gigging or practicing. I always gig without a back up - the only back up could be an ME-30 with the same patches set anyway.

N/A. I do wonder though why the adapter isn't included with the box. Buyer beware - #150 for the effects and another #20-30 for the adapter.

We play original material which goes from full on heavy rock right back to Jazz guitar style, and this thing lets you do all that and everything in between. I've been playing for 15 years, 7 of those in bands. I own a Les Paul Smartwood, a Parker NiteFly and an old washburn AV-20, and this box lets me get close to the sounds i want on any of these guitars. The best thing about it is the freedom it gives you to try out different sounds. You've got god knows how much worth of pedals here, all good enough sounding to gig with. If i lost it, i'd replace it with another one in an instant, or whatever the latest equivilent was. I could't afford to go back to stomp boxes now cos it would cost me fortune to get the same range of sounds.

It is quite easy to use, if you have time to spare but if you want to make quick changes in studio practice time dont go for this. I have given up trying to get the sound I want out of it!!!!

I was using the ME 30 through a Marshall Valvestate S80 with several different brands of guitar. I found it impossible to get the distortion sound i wanted. The ME 30 just could not provide a good full and meaty metal sound after hours of tweeking. I ended up going back to my old boss dual overdrive which is not to great either. In general most of the other effects were ok (just ok)apart from the ring modulator but if you want a good crunching metal sound do not go for this.

I had a few problems with the power supply input coming loose which meant the whole thing cutting out during a song and then having to go through all of the banks again to find the sound i was using. And the foot pedal always needed tightening which didnt last for long which made some of the effects like the volume pedal useless if you wanted to walk away from it.I never have and never will gig with this!

never used it

I have been playing for ten years and have played a wide range of styles from alice in chains,faith no more,soungarden and tool to newer bands such as deftones, incubus and american head charge. I could not get any similar sound to any of the bands i have mentioned.
The only reason that would bother me about having it stolen or lost is the fact that i want to part exchange it for something else! I will be more carefull in choosing in future!

I find the ME-30 easy to use but making adjustments live on stage is not convenient - lots of small buttons to push. There is 3 patches per bank which is enough most of the time. You don't pay enough for 4. Getting a good sound takes a bit of fiddling. Sometimes you can get close to 'that' sound you want but never actually get there.

I have a Marshall VS65 which I hate but actually use to gig with - mic into PA for bigger gigs. The effects loop on this amp is crapper than the rest of it so I run the ME-30 into the guitar input. I use the clean channel on the amp with the volume very low. Most of the sound come from the ME-30. I find the clean sounds I can make are good. Chorus, Flange, Delay and Phaser are all good. The wah is crap -I use a cry baby. The distortions are only OK/average. You can get an ok blues distortion/overdrive. Its hard to find a really good metal/hard rock sound but then I belive you can only get that from a rectifier (or a POD). I play a lot of heavy stuff - fav bands are metallica, system of a down, muse, incubus, pod, shihad (now pacifier). I use the ME-30 for my hard distortion and its ok - pull out the mids on the ME-30 and on your amp and it'll do ok. Really its up to the player to make it sound good - a crap player will sound always sound crap - doesn't matter how good your gear is. I looked at upgrading to a gt6 but the distortion doesn't seem to be that much better. I think you could probably tweak the gt6 to get a better sound though. The tuner is great for gigging - easy to see and use

I've been using it for about 4 years and its been fine. Been through couple of transformers but thats not the me-30 - people keep stepping on the lead. I use it to gig with my band/practice - everything.

Boss dealers are everywhere - never had to use then tho'

Playing a lot of metal (I also jam on jazz and blues with it) I have never raved about the distortion but it gets me by. I actually use the 'crunch' distortion not the 'hard' or 'metal' these loose to much note definition and get noisy and harsh. Clean sounds are really good - you can make cheap guitars and amps sound ok with and its cheap to buy. I've been playing for 7 years or so - I bought it because you can simultaneously use a lot of the effects and because I was poor. I've finished uni now and am looking at Mesa amps and other effects units (I've heard good things about the line 6 pod and the Behringer v-amp, the behringer is really cheap but you have to buy foot switches for both of them - they are really amp simulators with some effects for recording but you get a good sound out of them). Like I said before a good guitarist can make anything sound good. Nothing beats having a killer sound though. The ME-30 is really good value and you can do a lot with it but if it was stolen I would look for something better

Right out of the box I was able to start editing patches with only a cursory glance at the manual. It was fairly easy to get usable sounds from it right away.

The LCD screen graphically represents the knobs of of "classic" stomp boxes and as such lends itself to ease of use for those used to that type of unit. However the lack of backlighting for the display is unforgiveable.

I'm currently using this board with a Carvin XVBII 50watt combo amp and my heavily customized '83 Fender Strat with High Output Fury ZP-20 Humbucker in the bridge, stock Fender single coil in the middle, and Seymour Duncan Humbucker in the neck position.

The distortion sound of the ME-30 unit is inferior to the natural distortion I get from my hot-wired all-tube Carvin amp alone, however for giving on-stage access to a variety distortion styles on-the-fly in a loud rock bar, it's sound quality is more than adequate for such a task. It's tonality does leave something to be desired but for full-volume hard rock - it does the job well enough.

The delays/chorus/phaser are all usable for what I need from them in a live situation. THe delay gives a nice bit of added dimension for certain solos and the chorus adds depth for ringing 80's style power chords. The wah is acceptable (better than other digital wahs I've come across for especially for it's range of sweep) although still a little colder sounding than a true Crybaby.

My bigggest complaint is something that is endemic to digital patches and therefore not a defect with the unit and that is the second of silence when switching patches, fine for in the bar but unacceptable when recording.

Again, with all things considered, the average bar patron with beer in hand will never notice such minor deficiencies and is fine sounding for that use. Also for a practise tool at home, it excellent for filling the den with sound or through headphones.

Reliability of the all-plastic unit itself is fine, however the BOSS PSA power adaptor you are forced to use is essentially disposable and does not stand up to wear & tear. After 6 months of use, power interupptions onstage become frequent (very embarrasing when you go to kick on the volume boost for the big solo and the unit shuts off and restarts itself while you stand there playing SILENTLY). And so it's time to replace the PSA.

Granted playing bar gigs every weekend is hard on gear (and so am I) however other Boss users I've talked to find the same problem.

The unit itself has held up well after 2.5 years of solid gigging except the Expression pedal has become floppy so I'd give the unit itself an 8. The power adpater however rates a 2 at best so I'll split the difference and give it an overall

Never had need.

I play in an 80's Metal (Priest/Maiden/Ozzy/Metallica)and AC/DC Tribute band. I've been playing guitar for 24 years (touring/gigging professionaly for 16). For what it is (an inexpesive multi-effect unit), it does it's job well. It's sounds are usable if not spectacular,is easy to use and is low-priced.

Were it stolen, I would probably either move up to a Boss GT-88 or go back to an old crybaby and a Boss Digital Delay pedal. That's not to say I don't like the unit, just that with a larger price tag I could get closer to what I want to hear.

My favorite features would be the ease of use, the onboard tuner, and the price tag. My least favorite is definitely the lack of backlighting for the display.

Overall, it is does it's job well and I would recommend it to someone looking for an inexpesive multi-effect unit that's easy to use. The sounds are fine and I'll continue to use it until the day it dies or gets ripped-off.

It's easy to use but for programming the wah-wah, you definetely need to read to carefully.

In addition to my review just below, I'd like to add that I like the Guitar-Amp-Simulator a lot. I don't use this option when I play on my Woodstock Amp, but I use it when I play guitar on my computer. I don't change my patches, I only switch the Amp-Simulator on, that's all. I like my guitarsound a lot on the computer, it's perfect for hard-disk recording. I have a Soundblaster Live! Platinum as soundcard with Live! DriveII.

I haven't had any technical problems yet...

In my previous review I wasn't really satisfied about the way you can use the wah-wah. In reaction to that, somebody send me an E-mail and told me that it is possible to programm the wah-wah in it's OFF- state. It's also written in the owner's manual but I couldn't it so easily. Now I know how to programm it the way that I want. So now I'm even more satisfied with the Boss ME-30. But maybe in the future I'll try the Boss ME-33.

I think it's easy to use but you do need the manual. You can probably find out how the Boss ME-30 works even without the manual. The manual is good.
Editing patches is easy and you can easily edit and change the parameters.

I'm very satisfied with the sound quality, especially with the metal distortion. I always had trouble finding a multi-effect processor with good and fat distortion. Of course this is a matter of taste. It also depends on your amp. I have a very good sound with my setup. I use the Boss ME-30 in combination with a Woodstock Legend amplifier. My Gibson Explorer with EMG pick-ups sounds best on this set-up. When I bought the Boss ME-30, I tried it on a different amp and I wasn't convinced but since I bought it second hand, I decided to buy it anyway and sell it if I couldn't get a good sound on my own amp. Wise decision to buy it, 'cause I'm very satisfied with my rhythm-guitarsound. I don't try to find a sound like my favourite guitarists.
When I play live, I use three patches. Patch 1 is my rhythmguitarsound, Patch 2 (Becko) I use for melodies and Patch 3 I use for solos.

The reliability is great. I did a whole european tour (20 gigs) with it without using the back-up. I use it at every rehearsal as well. I didn't have any problems so far.

I bought it second-hand so I don't have any customer support.
It's cool that you can find lotsa information on the Boss ME-30 on internet.

I play metal. My band is called Ancient Rites. We play different kinds of metal which we melt together as one style. I go for a very heavy sound with lotsa low-end (Rammstein like). I play guitar for almost 14 years. As I mentioned before I like the metal distortion (better than a Metal Zone) very much. But I don't like the wah wah. The wah wah sounds good, but the way you have to use it sucks in my opinion. Since you can only use three patches in the play-mode it would have been better that the wah wah is normally in it's off state. When I want to play a solo I use patch 3 (LEAD). In one song I do a solo in which I use a wah wah, but not the first half of the solo. So I programmed the wah-wah in patch 3. What happens is, that when I press Patch 3 on when the solo starts, the wah-wah is on, and that's not what I want. I think the wah wah should be off and that I press it on when I want to use it in my lead sound. If there was a fourth patch, maybe then I could make a lead sound with wah wah but... you can also use a CryBaby wah wah in combination with the Boss ME-30 and that's exactly what I do.
What I miss on it, is a backlight for the display.
It's also great that there's an in-built guitar tuner.
I like the expression pedal a lot, 'cause now I don't need to buy a separate Whammy pedal!
I am satisfied with it, but if I have to change, I would buy an improved version of the Boss ME-30. I probably wouldn't sell it.

Its easy but is not a children's play

It isn't the definitive processor but for those who had say it's only good with practice combos i have to say that i have an engl screamer 50 and its sounds ok, but the distortion is noisy, the efects which are originally digitals sounds good

I use it in some gigs with good results but unfortunately, i'm now searching a professional sound which is upper than the posibilities of the me-30

i have no opinion about this

its a good tool to beginner/intermediate guitarists but not a pro tool

Easy, easy, easy.

Here's the story - this does have good distortion. This does have good delay etc. all you need to do is spend a while to set the patches. Compressor is noisy, but I hate compression anyway, so no loss there.

100%

This is a cool pedal, and if you complain about it, try buying all the seperate stomp boxes - i mean, ?260 for a dd5? I got this for ?30 more tahn a single DD5 box!!! Add a mt2, a tr2, a crybaby, and a flanger, and, well, ?760+ to setup your pedal board. This is a great multifx unit, and I would seriously recommend it to anyone. The distortions are NOT harsh. All YOU have to do is actually figure out how to use them properly. I've been playing 38 yrs. I have a Gibson Les Paul Custom, and an original Marshall Bluesbreaker Combo. I use this as the only pedals in my setup.

This unit is very easy to use, right out of the box. I'm an idiot as far as programming patches, etc. goes, but I only had to consult the manual a few times on this.

When I first got this unit, I guess I was in awe of all the cool sounds I could get in my bedroom setup. I had been playing out with a 335 through a Carvin X 100B half stack for about five years, and I thought it would be neat to try some new sounds. Once I set it up to play its first gig, however, it lasted about half a set before I hurriedly unhooked it and went back to my straight-to-the head setup. In a dark, smoky room there is no way to see the tiny LCD display. A backlit display would have been nice. Also, there was so much noise and harshness at gig volume that it drove me NUTS!!! The distortions absolutely sucked.

Never had a problem with it in this category.

Never had to deal with them.

I play in bar bands, so the styles of music go from Dwight Yoakam to Pearl Jam to AC/DC to Metallica. In a practice setting, the ME 30 was ok. But I will never use it live again. I've been running straight through the same 100 watt all-tube Carvin head for the last 10 years, so maybe I'm just spoiled. I think this would be good for bedroom shredders or someone just looking for something to kick around with, but not for serious gigging. I would never buy another one, in fact, I've been trying to sell mine for some time now.

Just read the manual and it won't be difficult. But it will almost be impossible to get a decent sound from it.

Compressor: Decent (6)
Overdrive/Distortion: NOT!!! good (the worst i've ever heard) (1)
Equlizer: Decent (6)
Phaser: I've never really used it
Noise suppressor: Not so good (4)
Delay: Good (8)
Chorus: Good (8)
Flanger: Good (8)
Pich shifter: Not good (5)
Tremolo: Good (8)
Reverb: Decent (6)
Wah pedal: Not good (2)
Ring modulation: Not good (2)

It have never failed me.

I've never needed it

I don't like it, so i'm goimg to sell it.

Very easy to use - the presets are fairly ordinary but patches are easy to tweak and get a good sound out of.

I used this with a G&L Legacy and a peavey classic 50 amp and was able to get everything from SRV and Robben Ford sounds to Scofield and Scott Henderson sounds. For this price there are no better sounding multi effects units. Obviously in a perfect world we could all afford TC electronics gear but on a limited budget this is the best you will get. I thought the wah was great it all depends on how you tweak it. The more I played with this unit the better sounds I got - remember that if you get patches off the net they have been tweaked for someone elses gear and playing style just use them as a guide and use your ears to get a great sound.

Never had a problem

Never needed them

I play Blues, Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Pop this is a versatile unit for the price. Was great in the pop cover band and I found if I spent the time with it I could mimic a lot of the great fusion players sounds really well. However like any piece of gear a good player through crap gear will still sound bad and a bad player through the worlds best gear will still sound bad. The great thing about this unit is that it complimented my playing and gave me ideas rather than changing my whole style everytime I turned it on.

This pedal is fairly straight forward and easy to use, editing patches is straightforward and intuitive, you shouldn't need to use the manual for this.

This is where the pedal falls short (and considering this is the most important part...). First of all you have to realize that a multi-effects pedal will never sound as good as the separate effects stompboxes, and digital wah is notoriously horrible.

Distortion: Probably the pedals weakest point, very metallic and lawnmowerish, the distortion is notisably digital, especially for heavier metal sounding distortions. The blues/light distortion is mediocre but has little to no warmth and even less harmonics. There is a large range of distortions available, but none of them sound good so what is the point.

Wah-wah: don't use it, ever, period.

Other effects: Not horrible, again very digital sounding, the flanger, phaser are decent, the pitch shifter is pretty bad for anything beyond 2 half steps, you get a really horrible lagging delay. Speaking of delay, that is decent as well but you will never get a decent Satriani delayed lead out of this pedal.

This has never quit on me yet in the 2 years that I have had it.
It is fairly solidly built and should withstand some impact, but i wouldn't throw it around too much.

I haven't dealt with it as i have had no problems

There are plenty of better multi-effects pedals out there spend the extra money now, or you will dissapointed and find yourself replacing this. There is a lot of flexability of sound, but none of it is good. I would really recommend sucking it up and buying individual effects, a couple good effects are a lot better than a lot of bad effects.

Ok, so i went to a guitar center, saw this pedal in a cardboard box on an old wooden table scattered with others, took it outta the box, took a good look at it, and bought it. I may have been drawn in by the price which said it was marked down 250$, but i was also lucky. I took it home and pluged in and thought it was great. Its simple to use. I love the view of individual stomp boxes while editing, but am not so fond of so many confusing small buttons instead of knobs. It if fairly easy to get the sound you are looking for. The effects are all simple and effictive. The distortions (you knew this was coming) on the other hand sound like the highs are set at 11 at all times. You can choose from Metal, extreme highes, whee are the lows?, hard rock, more highes, less low, less gain, and others. The others are ok such as crunch, but i enjoy the fuzz a lot. The manual is great, one page for each different effect setting. I mut say that i love the manual setting (use pedals individually, each stomp box is set to one button.

This guy is between an Ibanez rg 470 with e.m.g's, and a peavey bandit (i know, i know). Its not too noisey, the usuall. Distortion settings go from to harsh, to too weak. But i guess with a bandit there not much choice. You can definity get some hard hendrix fuzz outta this beast. I play the usuall, rock, metal, bluesm in happywith its ability to hand the classic rock, hendrix, zeppelin, others.

Its dependable, screen set down fron casing so i doesnt break, hard plastic. Ive had it for about a year and no problems yet. I would give it a higher rating but i am yet to see a multi- made out of solid steel.

Not yet...

I play metal (metallica, pantera...), classic rock( zepplin, doors...), blues (stevie ray, kenny wayne, B.B)... grung (soundgarden, pearljam, ...) Ill say its original intention was for the road, jamming with my friends/ bands, but i now have it pluged with all my other boxes in my main rig for extra needs. I have been playin for 'bout 4 years or a little more, (im only 14) and its my favorite multi yet. If it were stolen i would go out an look for a new one, then probably be drawn over to another old brown table... haha. I love its versitility, hate its dist. and anoying buttons.
i have compared it to others now that i have had it for so long and still like it. ( i bet other guitar players can relate to the brown table or just when you walk into a guitar center or mars with 150 bills in your pocket.) Ok so if you want a great box with *some* great sounds, go for it. If you knocked ozzy off and are now headlining ozzfest, pay someone the 100$ to find a better one. But i think its great, and if anyone want to ask me anything, email me.

It's easy to use as far as getting started but to use all it's features you really need the instruction manual which I don't have. The display really sucks in low light and the foot switches are small. I would want some kid of additional lighting during a gig. As far as setting up an effects chain on one "bank" it's pretty simple. Where it gets a bit complicated is when you want to program "bank" presets... For that the instructions would be really cool to have!

I'm a bass player and have found a sound that is uniquely "me" with this box. I use it for recording on my computer and the "guitar amp simulator" really contributes to having a full bodied sound. In a room through my amp it sounds even better. The best way to describe it is that the sound fills the room... All the individual effects sound as good or better than thier stomp box counterparts. The wah pedal for example blows away the Crybaby I used to have.

I've never had a problem with it. However as I stated earlier I would use supplemental lighting for a gig... Otherwise ya might not find it, heheh

Can't get a owners manual through thier web page

As a hard rock bass player I found that I was able to come up with an effects chain that produces a very distinct and recognizable sound. I've been playing for 19 years right now I'm using a Dean Edge4 bass with active pickups through it. The sound is very cool, I would highly recomend it to any hadr rock/metal bass player. I would buy another one if something happened to this one.

Very easy to use. Your up and running in no time. Wish it had knobs to adjust the sound but I guess that is why you now have the option of buying the ME-33.

Good sound overall. The distortion does not suck as bad as these some of these reviews indicates. You just have to play around with the settings to get the right sound. The Wah was not that bad either.
Better than I expected. What disappointed me was the delay. Compared to my DD-3 Boss stomp box, the delay on the ME-30 sucked. It didn't matter how much I played with the settings. I play an Ibanez and use a Peavy Pacer 100-SS series, 150 Watt amp. Not a bad sound. Not much noise.

Reliable. But it is a piece of plastic..so I never know.

Never had to deal with.

Overall. I have been playing 14 years and have mostly used stomp boxes. I would give this thing good ratings. Gets great sounds with exception of delay. Have to say the Ring Modulator sucks too. But I am not to sure how you could implement that yet. It's not a bad deal if you pick it up at Ebay for $81 like I did. If it was stolen I would look at the ME-33 and pray it was on Ebay too!!!

Impressive. Got the hang of it in a couple of minutes. I don't say I didn't need the manual, but both times it was due to lack of patience, and after reading up I really felt plain stupid I hadn't been able to figure out that simple thing on my own. I give it a 9 because of the non-backlit LCD-panel (dammit, BOSS!).

This is my first multi-effect thingy and so far I'm more than happy with it. I bet a good, low-noise guitar would make it perfect for my needs. Now, with my old piece'o'crap noisebox some-wouldn't-even-call-it-a-guitar... well, it still sounds fine. Better than ever before. It only takes some time tweaking. Making the first patch of my own, in half an hour I got what I needed the most, a Pink Floydish something, with a nice, long but subtle reverb. Yay.

Likes: compressor, chorus, reverb, wah

Dislikes: distortions (soooo noisy), except maybe fuzz, ring mod (would exchange it for something more useful)

Yeah, well, I fully depend on it. And I don't have the money for a backup. If I had, I'd buy a better guitar.

I don't think i'd need a backup.

Not yet, hope never.

I mostly play stuff that should sound like Pink Floyd or Dire Straits, either because it is their music or because my band's own songs tend to have a style similar to that. I'm working on the sound and I'll get it, I just know I will. Tweak-tweak, yay.
Been playing for 10 years (not too intensively, though), and I'd say I'm revitalized by this unit. I'm sounding better so I'm getting more creative.
My secret favorite feature is the tuner. I never owned one before.

For this price I haven't found anything comparable to it.

Anything I wish it had? Yeah, a harmonizer, a vocoder, metal case, separate modulation effects, separate EQ, lotsa other crap. And backlight for the display.

you have good sounds right out of the box, but if you don't want to sound like someone else you'll have to change them a little. It's a bit noisy and the pitch ain't that good. It's easy to edit patches and the "knobs" are similar to the ones you have on single pedals. You don't have to read the manual to play...

I use an Epiphone les paul thru a laney tube amp. The noise is always there, but you can get alon'g with it. Everything except noise gate and pitch sounds great. Tube amps are the best to use.

I'm using it wherever I play and It's reliable. You don't need a backup for this.

Never had a problem I couldn't fix.

I play a lot of different styles and It's great whatever you play.
I've had it for 3 years and I'm going to buy the Me-33 as well cuz It's got more features.

I found it easy to adjust the settings of each effect on manual mode. I did not have a manual with it so I had to play with it for a few hours, but I figured it out really quick. It saves my settings so I dont have to reset it every time I plug it back in. I read a few reveiws of this pedal and I dont really agree with most of the bad ones.

1 48th street sam ash custom fender strat with 2 single coils and 1 humbucker. Through a crate 120 watt head and 4X12's cab also through a fender 25 watt 1x10 plugged into a LANEY 2x12's cab. I really like all the effects this product has. I mainly play reggae ska and hip hop such as bob marley peter tosh steel pulse ETC.. it works great.

I use this in every day practice at home. Also at rehersals and at gigs 110% reliabale. I do use it with out a back up.

Well i tryed to get a manual for it but no luck so far i just gave up trying to call or look online i figured it out really easy after fiddling with it for a few hours. its a real basic set up so even beginers should be able to figure it out.

Reggae,Ska, Hip Hop. It works great. I been playing 9 1/2 years. i also own a few other boss stomp boxs and strat copys with new pick ups. also a fender jazz bass and crate bass amp

Editing this pedal can be tedious. No knobs makes it a bit...annoying. The most aweful problem with this pedal is switching to a clean channel. You have to program it into a bank. There is no Effects bypass without bending over and pushing a button.

This pedal have some good effects. But the distortion SUCKS. However you usually have this problem with mid to lower end processors. 7 without the distortion.

Very reliable. It can be powered bby both powercord and batteries. Very convinient on stage.

I haven't had any problems.

I play a LOT of different music. This pedal is almost a better match for an acostic guitar. Great Chorus, delay, reverb...etc. I've been playing long enough. I own plenty of gear no one needs to brag. But I've played Everything from a Texas Fat Strat to a Paul Reed Smith with this pedal. Stolen...no one would steal this pedal, so I had to sell it. I'd say this pedal is good for BEDROOM jamming. Nothing too professional. I admit I have used it in several gigs with 1000+ people, it sounded okay, but not good enough.

It is easy to use if you are into electronics some what. Haven't had it long but the manual is easy to use.

I was using it through a Roland JC and Godin LGXT,3 voice. The unit hasn't given me any noise problems but I only used it at a couple of gigs before I quit my band and decided I was going back to accoustic solo performing.

LCD is hard to use on a dark stage. You have to know your settings for each set before hand. I never go to a gig without a back up.

No problems so I haven't dealt with the company.

Rock and Blues player. I'm selling a lot of my equipment as I'm going back to accoustic guitar. If you're interested in the ME 30 I'll make you a good deal. email me at scifi30@yahoo.com

The display is lousy - very difficult to read and the worst thing about this product. Once you can what you aredoing, it's plenty easy to figure out.

The presets are mostly useless. I mainly use it in manual mode. The sounds are good if you take a moment to set it up. I chuckle when I rerad the other reviews on this unit - the sounds are terrible! I play a junk guitar through a CRATE amp or a Marshall VALVESTATE! No kidding , the sounds are terrible, especially with those setups! Don't blame the unit!
BTW,you can set up the distortion so it sounds pretty good. Take a moment and do it.

Sure - no problems.

none needed.

This beats resetting your stompboxes each time you get to the gig. The time you spend upfront saves gobs of time later. All in all, a nice, easy to use, good sounding unit. Remember, this unit accents what you're playing - it's up to you to sound good. You wouldn't judge a meal by the condiments.

This multi-effect pedal is very easy to use. The effects are like the single box effects only they are digital. I was very amazed on the evolved sounds. I upgraded from a Digitech RP-6.

I'm using a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp with an 85 watt, 12" SRO speaker. Some of the Distortions aren't as i get from individual effects. The wah's are very nice when you mix with distortion. Most of the sounds are excellent. I like a lot of classic rock and the wah sounds great when i kick into a Jimi Hendrix song. The distortions and wahs also work well with the metallica i play

This is very reliable but when i spend a couple hours creating a new sound and then forget to save it, that really makes me mad. I would use some sounds on a gig because i feel some of the sounds aren't quite evolved for live play.

I love this effect pedal. I can spend hours on this effect. I play classic rock and metal. The sounds i get are really good for my music interest. I also own a rp-6. The ME-30 is very evolved compared to my
digitech rp-6. I recomend it to anyone who enjoys creating their own sounds. I was also interested in the uh....i'm not sure of the name; the boss GT-5? is that what's it's called. It was about 200 dollars more and it had effects you would never use for any reason. The ME-30 is more practical and only has the effects useful to a guitarist.

I've had no problems using it. Very easy to learn.

Jackson (Dinky of some sort..) - ME-30 - Marshall 15W & Marshall 60W

I can stand everything in it exept the distortion. It SUCKS! The noise just kills me! It's ok with the 15W amp, but with the 60w... oh god! I just cant think of using it on any gig.

Well it's still in one piece...

I'm always looking for a good distortion from the pedals, so thats why it's 6.

It's very easy to learn how to use it, even without a manual like me, it only took me about an hour. When switching sounds, its takes a while, because you have to press 2 different buttons for it to change.
But, other than that, its great!

My setup, hhmmmm, i have a Harmony electric guitar, and a Diplomat 20 watt amp, not that great, but u get the idea. Sometimes, i will get a little bit of feedback, but thats it, everything else is great. Distortion is good, change it to get the exact sound u want. The wah is pretty cool, i like the Bark one, Equalizer is good, Flanger is good, Tremelo is good. Noise suppressor is great! hmm, and they're all pretty much like the single-effect pedals, they have the same knobs, except thet're digital. I love making my own sounds, its so easy!

I could depend on this, i just wish i had a better 9-volt AC adaptor, because mine isnt so great, and dont use batteries, they will probably get sucked dry in an hour. Other than that, its great!

I like to play a lot of punk and rock, so this is definitly worth it, especially for 100$! and its in great condition, just go to ebay and search for boss me if you want one for cheap. I've been playing for a couple months now, and its just grrreat, i luv it! If it weres stolen I would beat the hell outta the person that stole it and make him/her buy me a new one, and if I lost it, I would definitly buy another one, or I would buy a ME-33, either way, i would get another one.
I love the way you can program 30 sounds that you want, i also like the other 30 pre-sets, and, well, i havent used the phase trainer yet, but i'm sure its good, it looks like it. I dont like how the pedals are kinda zig-zaged, so its kinda hard to step on the different ones. I really wish it came with a 9-volt AC adaptor, and a brighter luminous light, i think mine blew out. This definitly helps me make music, my band is gonna start up pretty soon, as soon as my bass player gets a bass guitar :), and this wil defenitly help me get the punk/rock sound i need, and other cool effects! Look out for my band, the Sea Monkeys, it will be popular in a couple years!

very easy, within 5 minutes i was whakin' away with this baby
the factory presets easy accesible and easy to tweak same as making new patches

my setup is an ibanez rg470(with the shitty pickups)- ME 30(with that crappy distortion) - peavey bandit 112 (the old model that sounds like shit) AND guess what I sound Great if I may say so. Getting compliments for a good sound sure is nice when you're playing with so called crappy material. (sarcasm, gotta love it)
ok so the distortion isn't very good but what do you want for that price ?? plug in a distortionpedal in front of the ME-30 and look at that baby scream.
the time based FX are pretty good for such a small cheap unit.
I'd say for that money a very nice pedal.

yes it is made from plastic but that isn't really a flaw even on high energy gigs were you really kick on the thing it seem's to be holding up just fine.
had some problems with the on/off switch for the wah pedal and a few problems with the connection of the cd-player but it is a very solid pedal

had no problems yet so don't know

I play in a band that's sounds like a heavy assault over pink floydish soundscape's AND with a female singer (njamee).
so fx are pretty important as is distortion in our sound
the fx are of a good quality especially when they are this cheap .
ppl are always talking about crappy this or crappy that, it seems that those ppl want top notch studio gear for the price off 2 stompboxes.
doesn't make alott of sense now does it ?!?
if I (and probably other ppl) were rich we would buy top notch gear but since i ain't rich this unit must be sufficient and it is ;)

very easy to use, no upgrades etc. editing patches is simple. i didn't get a manual with mine (left it in the shop), and i could use it.

squier stratocaster and an aria pe dlx sd.(ten times the quality of an epiphone) noisy on very full distotion, but not at all if you use the noise gate. delay is fantastic (think "where the steets have no name" by u2) i can even get a half decent "with or without you" sustain. i use the marshall g80rcd. can get a very good u2, jimi hendrix sound. excellent. an integral part of my sound

yeah, very dependable. have used it on several gigs with no back up.the ac adaptor broke after about a year, though.

no, but goodwins where i bought it changed the broken ac adaptor with no hassle at all.

great. Excellent. Covers rock, punk, pop etc. It's the strat of fx pedals. I need this peadl. If it got lost, nicked etc. I would have to get another.
also, can someone tell me why people who hate this pedal actually bought it? i mean, c'mon! if you hate something, you're hardly gonna go out and pay in excess of #200, are you?!

Easy to play except buttons might be a bit on the smaller side. It takes forever and a day to find the perfect sound you are going for.

First of all I play a Jackson Perfomer with an EMG-81 on the bridge. I've ran this thing out of a 30 watt practice amp and sounded pretty good. Then I put it through a Yamaha 100 watt as the preamp and it sounded horrible. Put it through the clean channel on the Yamaha and got some decent tones, but its pretty noisy. Then I hooked it up to a Crate 120 watt head and cant find anything decent to come out out of it. I really didnt get into many of the effects, but the reverb, chorus, flange, and phaser all seemed pretty decent. The volume pedal seems alright I guess, but the wah is horrible.

Hasnt failed yet.

This Boss processor is a 5 because its good if youre fooling around on your little amp in your room trying to get an idea of what kind of sound you are looking for. But otherwise find some peddles or amp with effects you like because they will give you a lot less noise and a much cleaner effect. Do not buy this if you are looking for a good distortion for gigs or any recording you'll get drowned out with lack of depth in your sound.

I had a zoom 505 before this and so stepping up to use this was real easy, but alot of friends have had real troubles with it. This thing is a real step up from the 505, but still has a long way to go. The manuals helpful and anyone who reads it has no problems in using it. I suspect most of my friends can't read.

Ibanez EX (Good pickups) - ME-30 - Marshall Valvestate.

I can't believe I used to use the distortion on this pedal and LIVE!!!
It's really poor, and it's really noisy unless you use the noise reducer, but this destroys what good, if any, qualitys the disortion has.

The distortion gets a rating of 2, only good for home use with headphones on.

The EQ's nothing special, but works.
Same with the compressor and reverb.


All the mods work well except the pitch shifter, but I've never heard a good one. The delays fine, except I have a issues with delays where you can't change the delay time, quickly and easily.

As for the expression pedal, the wahs no good, the volume is usable, the arm bend same as a the pitch shifter, and the ring mods usuable if you can find a use for it.

Everything but the distortion gets a rating of 6

I see little point in the stereo, anyone who can use stereo FX probably wouldn't buy this pedal.

It hasn't broken in 2 years, and it's been kicked about abit, I'm quite impressed for a cheap lump of plastic.

This pedal should be able to play most types of music, but I'd only recommend it for the bedroom genre. I would think about selling it but now the ME-33 you can buy ME-30's for $300 so it wouldn't be worth selling it now. I'll keep it and use the phaser and tremelo, they're the only effects I really use.

Pedals are too small, buttons are a pain in the ass, reasonably intuative

Ibanez RG -> Super TS-9 -> Me30 -> Sovtek Mig100 clean channel

Noise gate kills your tone - so does volume pedal on
Overdrives can be warm, distortions are really fiddly to get nice, really!!!! and it feedbacks
Most time effects ok

Shit, pedal click on/off function isnt reliable - done through optical coupling or reflective light sensor I think If i remember the insides..... jacks fucke up twice, one of the stomp pedals pops out sometimes.

shit

Yeah ok - good first effects board. My advice, spend the extra and get something better.

Simple to use, just sounds like dog sh*t

As stated above, it is very crusty, people who say it sounds great must be running it through a 10watt practise amp and never had to play a gig

I use it for gigs, but the way pedal always comes loose makiking constant grief

they did answer my call, but did not fix the probmlems

This is great for learneres who want to start death metal bands, for serious people, dont buy it cause it is crap

Super easy to use; just like dialing in stomp boxes. The interface is simple and editing and calling up patches is pretty intuitive. The manual mode makes it work like individual stomp boxes.

When I first bought the unit 4 years ago, I was playing though an Epiphone T-310C and a Peavey Rage practice amp. The sound quality was ok, definately worth the money but I would say only 7/10 overall. However, my new rig includes an Epiphone Dot and more importantly, a Fender Blues Jr. The tube amp smoothes out any harshness and gives the distortion a more organic sound. Through a decent amp with a good warm clean tone the ME-30 is a 9/10. The distortion is good once you get it tweaked, the delay is great and the modulation effects are good too. The noise gate isn't particularly effective but it may just be my setup, a noisy guitar with hot pickups into a noisy amp is always going to buzz a little.

Reliable and dependable for home use. The plastic housing is sturdy but I don't like putting it at the front of the stage by itself as it probably wouldn't take much of a stage dive to crush it. I built a wooden box to protect it and haven't had any problems

Unbelievable value. For the money I got twice as many effects as I would have had I bought individual stomp boxes. This has allowed me to experiment with sounds in ways that I maybe wouldn't have looked at. I try to play a wide variety of styles and with this box I can get everything from U2 to Pink Floyd to vintage Marshall to dark and heavy. I would easily buy another one, it has become too invaluable a tool. I use the manual mode a great deal and wish that the phaser was stompable but apart from that, no major complaints. Once again however, this rating is with my Fender amp

This thing is so easy to use it's not funny. I bought mine second hand and it didn't come with a box or manual. The great thing is I didn't need one because it's just so easy to use.

Brilliant sound on this thing to. I don't what some of the previous reviewers do to get bad sound out of this thing. It's a dream. Distortion is awsome, the chorus is great, the EQ and phaser are pretty good, delay is great, and so is the reverb. The pitch bend is the only thing that brings this machine down. It sounds so artificial. I also wished that boss had included the best effect they have, the acoustic guitar simulator. The first time I heard that pedal I was over the moon. These let downs are easily made up for by the rest of the processor though.

This unit is reliable and sturdy. Despite what previous reviewers have said, the pedal is fine, just take care with it. Also, it may be made out of plastic, but it's pretty strong. I gig with this unit all the time, without backup and it has never failed me.

Here comes the problem. This is a boss product, boss is owned by Roland, and in Austrailia Roland have poor support (plus there website sucks). When I went to get a new gk-2a internal pickup for a Roland GR-33, I found out that it would take 3+ months. Common, ths just sucks.

I play everything from Jazz, to pop, to light rock, to blues, to lots of other styles and this thing suits perfectly. Its got some minor problems, but this is made up by the rest of the processor. I use this thing with a custom guitar and a Peavy Studio Pro 112. If this thing was stolen I would cry about all the awsome patches I'd lost. Then I'd go out and buy a new one.

Wonderful! I've owned mine for 4 to 5 years now and still regularly enjoy it. I really appreciate being able to create my own, customized sounds with intense reverb and phaser effects and just JAMMIN' to relax. Much better than just using a guitar and amp - life wouldn't be the same without the ME-30!!!!

Rob

Great for any style of music. Blues, classical guitar, metal, grunge, alternative, you name it....

Good value for what it is. The phrase trainer is decent. The tuner and volume pedal are convenient. One downside is that to get the LCD screen to light you need to leave it in some type of bright for a couple of hours.

This is an awesoeme unit except for even on clean channels you get that damn shaking sound (which is cool most of the time), and the delay is not the same as a roland digital delay pedal. It is very easy to set up and use.

I play it through a fender 67' twin reverb amp with 2-12 celestions AND IT SOUNDS GREAT.

I would definitely use it at a gig but i would bring a backup for sure.

If it got stolen or broke i would probably buy a new one. ive been playing for 5 years and i currently play a gibson les paul standard. The phrase trainer is one of my favourite features

I started off using a Yamaha RGX through it and it was good and ten i upgraded to an Ibanez S-Classic and it got a lot better. All the effects are clear except maybe the distortion which takes a LOT of time to fix. Editing patches is piss easy. My brother who doesnt even play Guitar could do it!

I started off using a Yamaha RGX through it and it was good and ten i upgraded to an Ibanez S-Classic with a gay Peavy Blazer 158, which sounds good on my bands album, and it got a lot better. All the effects are clear except maybe the distortion which takes a LOT of time to fix.

I can always depend on it. I always use this, never would NOT use it.

Its all good mates!

If you are familar with their pedals it is quite easy. I had no problems and didn't read the book until some time later.(months later)

The sound quality for the timed effects (Chorus, Flange, Delays) are quite good. I traded a Boss Flanger in on this unit and the flange sounds are the same. I have had no problems with the pedal, many of the extras are cheesey but I was mostly interested in the waw and time effects. Be sure that you test your paticular instrument and amp with any effects before plunking down your cash. "All are not equal", some amps hate digital effects in the loop, others prefer them there. I play mostly classic rock and blues with a Peavy Generation S-2 into a Laney LC-15R(killer little amp) and the pedal really made the setup much more versital.

You can definately depend on it.

Unknown have never had to go there.

Would definately replace it if something happened to it. One of the best "bang for the buck" processors that I have come across in over 20 years if playing.

Dude, you just like, spend 6 minutes being curious with it and thats it. i believe it was a little too easy to use

dudes, every effect in this effect machine is very cool, the chorus rulz, the delay rulz too, the distortion SUCKSSSS, that was the only thing that this shit needed, how the fuck r u gonna launch a product with shitty distortions like this one, i have to use the ibanez smash box which is way better than the ones on the stompers

it hasnt gone haywire on me, but its plastic and you can always use a backup

I play mostly 311, deftones, incubus, korn and limp bizkit and all those supposedly called metal bands, and for all the effects its way cool, but the distortions suck so use an ibanez smash box or a boss metal zone, i have been playing for 7 years i have a band called 20 dead flower children and it makes every song sound good that way

It is very easy to use. It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to learn it with out using the manual (which is included).

I am using an Ibanez GRX with Seymor Duncan to the me-30 to an Ibanez tm-5 thrasmetal distortion to a peavey 2x12 120 watt tube amp called the duece vt series. The distortions are very noisy.All of the effects are pretty good but the detune sounds like crap unless you use a distortion after the me-30.

Have not had a problem with it yet. I can depend on it. It has always worked.

Never dealt with the company

I play heavy metal it is an ok match for the style of music i play.i have been playing for a year and a half. The chorus is a good effect and mostly everything else on it.

If you read the manual you'll have no problems operating the unit, editing patches is a piece of cake. However, when the expression pedal is set to wah mode, it can be turned on and off by pressing it down vigorously, but half the times I've tried to do that it didn't work. So don't rely on that.

I use an Ibanez Jem 555 (Dimarzio Evolution pickups, H-S-H) and a Peavey Prowler. So I use the ME-30 plugged to the send/return jacks. Most distortions sound like shit, they're f*ckin' noisy, and even worse when used with the compressor. Actually, if you need a vintage sound, go for it. But if you intend to play metal, buy a fine tube amp and forget about the ME-30. Another bad thing about this processor is the pitch shifter, it sounds too digital, like those emulated sounds for keyboards, or worse. All other effects are fine, delay is great and so is reverb. Chorus and flanger are the best about the ME-30. I think wah-wah sounds better when set before the overdrive, with the guitar plugged directly to the processor; but when setting the expression pedal to volume control, I usually use it between noise supressor and delay, so that it won't affect gain settings. This really helps when doing both rhythm and lead. The tuner is very, very good, and the phrase trainer has helped me a couple times.

I have never gone on stage without the AC/DC adaptor, I wouldn't rely on the batteries. As the fluorescent display is not very clear in the dark, you should know very well where are the sounds you need. The ME-30 has never failed me, so I gig without backup.

Never had to call them. Nothing went wrong with the unit since I bought it three years ago. The expression pedal is kinda fragile, but just be a nice guy and it will last forever.

I enjoy playing metal, from Sabbath to Maiden. That means I usually use the amp's overdrive, not the ME-30's. But I play vintage stuff too, and in this case some drive settings of the processor meet my needs. I've been playing for four years, and now I'm looking forward to selling my amp and getting a Mesa Boogie Nomad 45, but I intend to keep the ME-30 for now. I really hate the pitch shifter, but I never use it anyway. Delay, chorus and flanger are the best. This processor is very versatile, and it kicks Zoom's ass. Once I tried the Zoom 2020 and it seemed like the expression pedal was going to break. Finally, for its price range, the ME-30 is a very good option.

It's real simple to use. I've never even opened the manual. Until I cleaned out my closet I thought I'd lost it. Basically what I'm saying isWe if you can read, you can easily program this thing. Definitely one of the more user friendly processors. You may need to play around with this thing ALOT for good patches.

I've been playing for 6 years. I use this thing for my practice setup which consists of a Crate GFX-20 (it sucks don't but one) and either one of my guitars. I have my Kramer (it's 80's same type Eddie Van Halen used), an American Fender Strat, and a Jackson Soloist. I've tried it for my live and recording setups too. There would be too much equipment to describe it all. It can be a noisy unit. It seems like every effect you add the noise like doubles and it takes forever to clean it up (and don't think it will get real quiet). The distortions are ok. I play mostly metal and rock. It's hard to find good in-between tones. If you raise the gain on the metal you go from a kind of muddy Black Sabbath to like older Metallica without much else to choose from. However you can sound really good if you play with it. Watch your eq, gain, and tone settings or you could end kill your ears with feedback. The other overdrives serve their purposes pretty well I think. Other effects are ok. Playing with the delay can get noisy esp. with distortion, but if you tweak the sh*t out of it you will probably like the results. Flange, compressor, chorus, reverb, phase, and octave are actually pretty good. Noise suppressor helps out alot too. The wah sucks. Ring modulator can make some cool noises. All in all I'll go with a 7 because because it's no prize but it's a great affordable little piece. Will make a beginner happy for a long time, or serve the needs of someone with experience in need of a decent inexpensive practice unit.

It ain't like your typical Boss stompbox tank construction. It's plastic so don't expect alot. Mine's never been used for a gig, or even recording but it's got it's issues. The wah seems like you could bend or snap it off without much effort. The plastic buttons like to get stuck, pop out, and basically piss me off. It's not hard to place them back in their slots, but I could imagine if the stage floor were a bit sticky what disaster would happen. Also the display isn't real easy to see. The construction may be kinda poor, but at least it's never gone "japanese" on me, locked up, lost patches, and it does always turn on. For the purpose I got it for I'll give it a 6. I'm sure if I tried to play out with this thing I'd give it a lower rating, and hell yes I recommend a backup if anyone were to plan on doing a show with it. Even just a stompbox or 2 just in case.

Never had to deal with them but have heard good stories.

I play metal, and when ou have the metal gain up and the eq set right, this thing could really kick ass. The noise is an ongiong battle, I'd bet a noise gate would make it a hell of alot better. The Digitech RP-10 is the only other floor processor I have. I use it for shows since it sounds really good through my show setup. Which is a Peavey Mace head, and 2 Marchall 4x12 cabs. I use a Boss Metalizer and Digitech DSP 128+ as backup. If anyone has any suggestions about quieting feedback on these ME-30's esp. when in a small room, can you share them with me?

I've owned MANY guitar effects, both stomp boxes and multi-effects processors -- comparatively speaking, the ME-30 is very easy to use. I shy away from using too many patch settings, I rather, use the unit in Manual Mode -- basically I use it just like I would a few stomp boxes. It's down right simple when you use it this way.

I play mostly blues and blues-based rock. With a bit of tweaking, you can squeeze some rich, subtly harmonic tones from the ME-30. I use a Peavey Delta Blues tube amp with (1) 15" speaker -- a key for me was to program my settings while playing through the amp and NOT through headphones. This makes all the difference in the world. I was able to program a great, smoothe sounding overdrive, a decent echo/delay (although I prefer my Danelectro Dan-Echo pedal), and some funky modulation effects. I especially like the Flanger and Chorus.

The ME-30 has a heavy-duty plastic casing and substantial footswitches. The expression pedal seems a bit flimsy though. Although I use it in my home studio, I would think it would do OK live.

When used the way I use it (Manual Mode) it's a great, easy-to-use tool. It's almost like having 3 Boss stomp boxes in a row with a tuner and a Wah/Volume pedal -- without the need for all tose 9V batteries! I find the presets too extreme for my style, but with a little work even a blues player can find some satisfying sounds.

Went to a music store looking for a multi-effects unit. Seemed easy enough to use.

It's a childs toy! The sounds had NO TONE! Everything (all the factory presets) had a similar sound, a far away, weak, wimpy sound, no texture, no flavor! I then tried a Digitech RP-2000 (yes twice the price) but it had a nice, deep, rich tone. The effects were superb, there was a real difference between presets.

Don't know, but I think it's plastic.

N/A didn't buy it.

For the same price a Digitech 200 will blow this away!

Weel this thing is very easy to use,it takes you less than a day to know and use all the functions.
Editing patches is very simple, and with the virtual knobs is very easy.
The manual ist very helpful, it just describes each effect and each virtual knob.

The sound quality is very good, and the Me-30 is also cheap, because it has 16 effects, plus an expression pedal that controls volume, wah, and ring modulator.
I use this with a Washburn Mercury guitar, and a Fender Frontman Amp, with high distortions its a little noisy, but activating the noise supressor helps a lot. it very noisy using the compressor .
All the effects are great especially the Delay, the chorus, the distortions and the flanger.
With the fuzz and other settings i can get the sound of a big muff, that sounds similar to Smashing pumpkins.

I give this a 8 because the sound in here is not the same as the Boss stompboxes, but i dont have money to buy 16 stompboxes, so you can get it at a low price.

I depend on this thing, i would use it without a bacckup

I havent dealt with Boss

I play mostly alternative music, but i also plat metal, blues and other, and it match for all those styles. i would like to buy a turbo rat distortion, because it sounds more like sonic youth and that, but using also the Me-30
i recomend this for beginners because its very easy to use and its not expensive.

This fucking thing is so easy to use, that a retarted monkey on crack could figure it out.

I have read the other reviews, and I laugh at all the arragant classic rock guitarist out there that can't think of a use for the ring modulator. This thing kick some serious ass. It beat the living hell out my old Dod tech 4. The factory presets are lame at best. You have to make your own. The distortions sounds like? Well? Like a boss distortiion petal. Just like the rest of there petals you have to adjust your amp settings along with ME-30. Some of the sounds I am able to create with it are down right wicked/pure evil. The more creative you are, the more the ME30 is for you. If your just playing classic rock then you are a pussy!!!

So far so Good, However I am affraid of putting all my weight on the expession pedal.

Never dealt with them, Instead I read the manual.

I play fucked up shit, kinda like Gwar, Butthole Surfers and Whatever. I have been playing for 20 year, fuck am I old. If it where lost I would replace it imediatly. I fucking totally dig the ring modulation effects. I wish it had a super feedback feature. I am finally able to create the level of noise I have always dreamed of. Fuck classic rock

it is very easy to use the manual will take you through it step by step

i play a LES PAUL STUDIO AND A MARSHALL 100 WATT AMP ON THE HEAVY DISTORTION SETTINGS IT CATCHES TOO MUCH STATIC AND CLEAN SETTINGS SOUND BETTER THAN NORMAL

I HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANY TROUBLE OUT OF IT

I HAVE NOT Dealt with the company

A great 'ready to go' little noise box although be prepared for some serious tweaking to create your own sound. Some of the presets just rock! Check out the "LA LEAD" and "BECKO" presets and also the "JETSTREAM" for some wild shredder action. The "OLDIES" preset is also great for fast clean jazz lines.

I had mine for a few months before I got into some severe patch editing to create my own sound. Be prepared for a LOT of tweaking but the manuals straight forward and if you make a mistake the edit functions cool.

With all the presets I use I have disabled the compressor as it is a really noisy mother****er!! I also was'nt thrilled with the distortion options available as well. Most sounded to harsh and gutless to my ears. I play through a 60 watt Mesa-Boogie combo and I plug the ME-30 into the effects loop. I rely now on the Boogies preamp distortion for my grunt sound and use the boogies footswtich to change channels for clean still using the ME-30's patches but without the compression and distortion. This works great for me but I suppose it depends on your amps distortion as to what sound you will get. I found if the ME-30 was plugged in line with my guitar and then into the input my preamp would boost the noise and you eneded up with some horrible hiss. In the effects loop its reduced but some patches are definately noisy.

I play a Les Paul but I found you could wrench some very Strat-like tones after tweaking the "OLDIES" preset to give you that singing tone a la Robin Trower. Further tweaking gives you that clean big-box Gibson sound like early Steve Howe and its not to hard to approximate some clean grunt Gibson sound like Al Di Meola or some high gain filth a la Slash using the other presets.

The ring modulator allows for some wild shredding options and the Chorus is very good. The delay is nice and the reverb is quite good. The Wah is perhaps not the best and the disortion sounds good only through a practise amp. Crank it on your main amp and it cracks up. If you dont have good preamp distortion I suggest you get a Tube-screamer.

Ive never had a problem with this compact little creature. I've built a pedal board to keep it safe and sound. (I get excited sometimes and it tends to slide all over the stage so the board keeps it still.) I've never found the need to have a backup on hand because the Boogie could get me through the gig anyway but hey! if your relying on a box for your whole tone yourve got yourself in a rut anyway dude.

Never had to deal with them.

I play anything from Blink 182 to Yes and everything in between. This box is great for tone shaping but remember, you will need to do a fair bit of tweaking (thats half the fun anyway!)

If I needed to replace it I would probably upgrade to one of the new juicy rack mounts available but I'm happy with it for now and I'm not looking to replace it in a hurry.

All in all its a great box and its much cheaper than chaining up a whole bunch of stompboxes and finding out you won't use half of them anyway!