Boss ME-50

This Pedal is amazingly easy to use. I've had the full range or digitech, zooms, moderls, digital effects and amps, and this pedal goes great with my Peavey Valveking 112. The headphone jack is great for not upsetting the landlord! Patch editing is awesome, and HERE'S A NOTE ABOUT THE FOOTSWITCH: They do not sell it with a footswitch, and want over fifty bucks for the dual switch to go bank up/down. I have an old Peavey two button latching switch with "MUTE" and "REVERB" labelled on it. It's OLD. But it's simple and you can find them REALLY cheap. And it works just like the Boss version. Just remember to press the button twice to get it to do what you want (bank up/down in memory, compression/tone modify on/off in manual mode). This cheap peavey switch makes this pedal fully functional and at very little added cost (150 used with power adapter)

I'm a big fan of neil young, hendrix, ccr, led zep, muddy waters, warren haynes, pretty much anything with some distortion and balls! But also i love a nice clean ringing tone, something to make the angels cry with joy right? This unit can make the devil proud and the angels sing praise for sure. The distortions get pretty heavy/muddy but just tweak the tone or drive. I'm going from this unit directly to the peavey vk112 (great tube amp/great price) from a Gibson Les Paul Standard. No more need for my assortment of seven or eight individual pedals. There's less noise too, no more pesky hum/buzz from pickups/signal chain--you know, all those cables that are always gettin' in the way and shorting out. The chorus is excellent, just crank up that e. level if you can't hear it enough. Stereo effects are superb, don't have the dual amp setup yet but with headphones it's nuts folks. Sonic power from every direction! Overall the tones are adjustable from cold crunch to warm brown sound.

I got it used, but it's a tank like everything else I've had from boss. My Ibanez pedals always conk out at some point, and even a few DOD's (not the grunge, that thing is a panzer as well). I don't think I'll be experiencing any problems with this one, great heavy look, not the plastic crap all the companies want you to buy. METAL! It's the way to go, thanks BOSS for realizing this. We giggers tend to find beer in the most unusual places, and who knows when someone may trip over your kit... this'll take it all.

No need, no idea.

I play a range from folk rock to hard rock with blues and jam and jazz thrown in for good measure. This pedal can do ANYTHING. Lots of other multi-effects units on the market are hard to access/program tone. I had an ME-5 back in the day, it was pretty good for the age, but wow... the me-50 blows that and all the new zoom/digitech's out of the water. My amp sounds great, no need for amp modelling. Super easy to access tone, and none of the crap and space affects thatdon't even sound musical on this beast. Just what you need and tons of stuff you'd never know you'd need...but not too much. I've been playing for 15 years, had a LOT of gear, but finally am satisfied. For the first time.
My fingers hurt. I've been playing a lot more lately, it's inspiring to put simply. I've tried to think of something bad to say about it for fairness' sake, but it came with a power supply and i had an old footswitch that works perfectly on it, i'm a happy camper. Oh and the sustain.... between the les paul, tube amp, creamy overdrives (22 different distortions, all quite noticeably different) and sustain/compressor.... hells yes!

Very easy to operate and use. Most multi effects should be done in this way. Even in the memory mode you can quickly tweek your sound.

Even though ME-50 is often advertized in music stores as a collection of Boss pedals in one..... i'm afraid it isn't:-( I've always been a fan of Boss stompboxes and after using ME-50 for about 1.5 years I know that separate bos effects are a lot better a choice!

At the beginning I used numerous Teles->ME-50->Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. For some reason I don't like the sound of ME-50 in the fx loop. My observations:
First: it modifies your tone even in bypass mode. It's faaaar from true bypass

Tone modify: useless. The presets basically suck. A simple equalizer which allows you to shape your sound the way you want to would be MUCH better!

Compressor: good job here. Simple and responsive.

OD/DIST: perhaps the weakest point of the whole unit. The distortion fx sound... kinda thin. Most of the time I used the OD-2 preset for solos.

Modulation: Chorus(es) and tremolo are real nice. Simple and "to the point" I didn't really find much use for any other effects.

Delay: Well done and simple to use but exceptionally "digital" in sound. Only the Analog mode is acceptable to me.

Reverb: I like the "hall". The spring is not really "spring" but still sounds reasonable

Wah: Nice; both with and without distortion.

Tuner: Great! Love it. Simple!

Now, because of many of the effects sounding too digital I changed my rig to Teles-->Me-50 (for tuner, compressor and Wah, occasionally Trem and Chorus)-->Sansamp Tri AC-->Ibanez ADL delay-->Marshall booster-->Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. THis limited use of ME-50 gives me the "analog" feel.

I NEVER use the unit in MEMORY mode because of the almost-a-second pause when you want to change banks - this is unacceptable(probably the biggest flaw of the unit)

Tank! Real nice job here!

Never had to use their help.

As I said in the sound section, many effects are too digital. The CSOM thechnology does not really convince me much to be honest. Distorion/OD effects are of poor quality. The Modulation section and compressor and Wah are fine and very usable.

The Boss ME-50 is a very good unit - especially for live or jamming situations.
I bought mine 2nd hand, it did come with a manual. I had a glance at the manual to see the very basics and then just played around myself. It is VERY easy to set up sounds, and it is fantastic being able to set 3 tones per bank (more would be nice, but that's what the GT's are for).
Editing the patches is totally easy aswell thanks to having knobs instead of buttons. While jamming you can fine tune your tone during practise, meaning less messing about. And there is a hell of a lot to choose from.
The volume pedal is a very important addition - especially when playing live. I like to get my volume I want having the volume pedal set about 3/4 - this means if I need some extra volume to cut through during a lead part, it is easy to accomplish just by putting my foot down.
The only flaw I can see with the pedal is when it is in patch mode, there is a slight delay between switching patches - you need to time it right to let it go by un-noticed.
Also you can't switch banks by foot, it would be nice but isnt needed.

My band plays psychedelic rock/blues, but I am also into playing Opeth and Tool as well as the older rock.
I do a lot of Jimi Hendrix aswell, one of our covers is purple haze.
With the pedal, I set a bank for each song, Bank 1 is for Purple haze. Switch 1 is a ballsy fuzz for the intro riff, switch 2 is a more gritty fuzz with uni-vibe for the verse, and button 3 is octave fuzz, with extra octave through the harmonist function.
It has taken me some time to be happy with it, but that's because I really do try get perfect tones for the music I play.
Our own songs are overdriven rock and distortion, kinda ACDC tones, and one song has a dreamy smooth delayed clean sound, with smooth fuzz for the chorus. I really love the delay on this thing.
There are a heap of possibilites, for example the reverse effect. If you are into creating crazy sounds for lead-work, or just for fun, this pedal makes it amazingly easy.
There are a few pedal models I dont like for example the MetalZone and some other distortions, but that is my taste. For distortion I perfer the High Gain or modern distortion. And for overdrive, a driven Blues driver or tube screamer model.
The pedal built in is usefull too, the wah sound is pretty tame and stale, but it makes up with that by having octave mode. The wah would be fine for very simple use but doesnt compare to a real wah pedal.
The pedal also has a noise reducer and compressor built in, which has taken away the need for my CS-3.
It also has a knob for the guitars sound, example you can set it to change a Humbucker to sound like a single coil, or vice versa. You can emulate a hollow body. Which is great if you want the gain, but to keep that smooth tubular sound of a singlecoil.

Overall this pedal does everything I need it to do sonically, and then some.

I use this for gigs, and practise, and home use.
Never had a problem, and never will.

It is very sturdy.

I think it is the perfect size, between a entry-level multi effects pedal and the GT-6/8 or Tonelab SE ect.
Doesnt take up too much room on stage which is important sometimes.

I have been playing for about 3 years I think.
I play a custom guitar with H-S-S config - Vox wah - Boss ME 50 - Ashton Viper 50 Valve amp with a Boss Limiter (LM-2) in the effects loop.
I play metal, blues, rock, psychedelic, classical and all the tonal range is covered.
Quick easy tone creation/modification makes it great for social playing.
It's only missing a few things in my eyes, being able to switch banks by foot, and the delay between switching patches.
Sometimes when you want to just play you cant be bothered setting up pedals, they just get in the way and take time to set up. Well I always find the time to set this up, because if you are comming up with music, you need to be able to quickly come up with a sound to fit it. And it is easy to do.

All in all I think I made the right choice - I was considering the Boss GT-6/8 and the Vox Tonelab SE, all of which were a lot more expensive. But the Boss ME-50 really does everything you need for basics and more.

The sound is amazing for any amp. I haven't tested the editing side of it, but the effects are so good already and there is every effect there is no need for editing them.
The Manual is very easily used, and a less than ten minute read and I haven't had to go back to it.

The sound is fantastic, every sound imaginable can be made out of this thing. The clean and OD/DS effects are good and the mod and delay are also great. I am using a Fender Princeton 65, and makes it sound like a Marshall!
The loudness is good, but quite hard to get right. The effects are strong and it also has this thing called Threshold which gets rid of the pickup buzz, so you can't hear the flange flangeing if you know what I mean.

Can't really say as I haven't had it long. But yes it has quite good reliabilty at home

Haven't had to but it's Boss so they're bound to be good but the rating is based on the fact I ahven't had to phone them

I love this thing it's perfect for every type of music, it is a big step up from my last effects pedal Digitech RP-50, much much much better
I love the Octave Change it has.

Hey ya'll, i've had this thing now for about two and a half years and i think its finally time to write a review about it. not like my opinion counts anyway. I hope this helps out some people. This thing really isn't to hard to use if you know what everything does. this is a really easy pedal to use and isn't all digitalized and stuff like that like all the digitech crap. Trust me never buy digitech they are horrible buy Boss or MXR.

i have had thing almost 3 years now and it has never given me any trouble i have never had a problem with it. i guess i would gig without a backup if i didn't have backup. when i revamp my pedal set and get individual pedals i will have this around as a backup.

never ever have talked them or written to them or ever had contact so i can't comment the only complaint i have about this thing is that i spend $300 dollars on it and they can't even give me a dang power supply which i had to buy for freakin $20 bucks. but anyway never had to contact them.

this thing is adequate for a beginner. listen if your just starting and serious i would definately suggest buying this because it is very decent sounding and is excellent for a beginner to pick out what he wants to use and buy the individual pedals later like i'm doing. personally it doesn't have enough of what i need to play 80's metal like i want to but basically it's because of my amp i need to get a marshall or a mesa/boogie to get a really good overdrive metal sound but this pedal is adequate until after christmas which is tomorrow when i get enough money to replace this unit with individual boxes. if you play modern metal it's got a good distortion for that even though that music sucks and i wouldn't reccomment playing it and it is also good for playing classic rock like you know zeppelin, clapton, skynrd, all those good bands. i do wish that it had a better distortion for 80's metal but that's life. i also wish it came with a power adapter cause it takes like 6 AA batteries who the heck has that many laying around. if it was lost or stolen i wouldn't buy another one because it is inadequate for me now because i need really good pedals cause i'm gonna start playing gigs and stuff but like i've said a million times it good for serious beginners like i was. i would like to say also if your gonna play 80's metal don't buy this just buy like a boss or ibanez delay pedal get a boss or mxr compressor get the seymour duncan pick up booster (only if you have a tube amp that's the only way it sounds best) and get a mxr dist + or a ibanez tubescreamer
but other than that it's good for mostly anything you want to do

Very easy to use unit and got my tone instantly,very easy to edit and manual was very easy to understand.

Very easy to dial in any tone I want with out being a sound engineer like some units GT6/Gt8 sorry guys!All the effects are great flange is a little overpowering but thats it.

It's a Boss built like truck would never gig without a backup no matter what it is.

I play rock,metal and blues lead guitar and this unit is perfect for those styles.I have been playing for 5 years I own a Musicman Axis and Sennheiser headphones to go with this unit.I would definately buy this unit again if something happen to it.I love everything about this unit its tone quality,ease of use and durability.I habve compared this unit to GT6,Gt8,Zoom 707 II,Tonelab Se,Podxt,and digitech rp50 and this unit IMO blows away all those other units away!I have owned all those other units and was never happy with tones I was getting from them,1 minute of owning this unit I loved its tone!This unit is perfect it doesnt need anything else and it isnpires me to play instaed of tuning knobs all day!

this thing is so easy a baby could use it. you don't even need an amp, you can just plug your head phones in or use the shittiest speakers imaginable.

the distortion some times seems a bit dissttorted. the peddle is okay but its a little sticky nothing a few thousand times stepping on it wont fix i guess.. also the peddle to turn it on you just step on it hard.. sometimes while using it you get can get a little excited and step to hard and it turns off, which kind of stucks because all they had to do is make a damn switch on the thing..

no idea.. it's not made of plastic or anything.

no. and if i had to guess I would say it sucks

bottem line you can not easily switch between programed settings,
stepping on wah wah to hard turns it off

Here's the real story: THIS THING SOUNDS GREAT IN THE FX LOOP! IF IT DOESNT SOUND GREAT WITH YOUR AMP, DON'T BLAME THE ME-50, BLAME YOUR AMP.

A surprising number of high end amps ship with sub-par FX loops. Thats the sad truth.

On the Peavey XXX, you can adjust the send and receive levels. With both knobs at noon, levels are set perfectly. Bypasing the FX loop from the PV switch shows that the ME-50 is transparent and does not muddy or color the tone.

I use this two ways. In the FX loop of the amp. Into the return of the amp using the COSM amp sims.

Turning off the delay there is a natural decay. Very nice.

Boss deserves to be rewarded with a perfect 10 for ease of use for the ME-50. There is a knob for every control. No need to scroll through any menus!

I have owned other multieffects units and the worst part of them is always the user interface. For any new multieffects units, all companies should follow this standard! Give me a knob for each and every control. It makes it easy to dial in the sound I'm looking for.

I'm playing through a Diezel VH4 with a high-end Les Paul style guitar.

I give it a 7 mainly because the ME-50 sounds awful in the amp's effects loop. That is disgraceful because at the very least the time delay effects (Delays, Reverbs) should be used in the effects loop. This thing will degrade your tone severely if used in the effects loop.

That being said, it sounds decent in front of the amp (Guitar -> ME-50 -> Amp). I can notice a degradation in tone from my guitar, but not to a large extreme.

Here is my opinion on everything, section by section:

Tone Modify: 7. This feature lets you select different EQs to modify how your pickups sound. It's a nice idea, but the settings don't sound like they have a very big effect on the tone of the guitar. It's almost unnoticeable when used through an amp's distortion.

Reverb: 5. Sounds ok, but the ME-50 is only useable in front of the amp. What's the point of having a reverb on this?

Distortions: 4. Most of the distortions are unusable. I have a Big Muff and the ME-50's Big Muff setting sounds nothing like the real thing to my ears. These are very brittle distortions. Even my DOD MetalFX pedal sounds better, and that's not saying much. I am very disappointed in these.

Modulations: 9. These are awesome! This is worth the price of admission alone. You can get 90% of the effects that are heard in any modern song with what the ME-50 has. I'd like to see one more knob though. Most Boss modulation pedals have 4 knobs now, so it would be good to have the extra control that is missing from each effect.

Delays: 9. Also done very well! But what a tragedy. These delays sound great and are easy to dial in. But since the ME-50 sounds awful through the effects loop you can forget using these with your amp's distortion.

Expression Pedal: 8. I like it for the most part! The Wah is good enough for what I need. I also like the Resonance and Voice settings. The +1 and -1 Octave settings sound pretty poor as you roll the pitch up and down. But all other settings are very good.

Other Issues: There is a very noticeable period in which the sound drops out (about half a second) when switching between saved patches. This is absolutely unacceptable. Forget about smooth transitions from wet to dry settings while you're playing live. Boss should have figured out a workaround for this.

There is also a volume level difference between wet/dry on some effects (flanger, phaser). This can be resolved by saving a different master volume level with the patch, but this is something Boss overlooked. They should have been able to balance the levels.

It looks reliable to me. The chassis feels very strong. The footswitches seem to be designed well. The only part I would be concerned about is the expression pedal.

Never dealt with them directly.

While there are several downsides to this unit, it also signals hope for the future of multieffects. Here are the main suggestions for improvement in the next version:

1. This unit should be able to work in the amp's effects loop. Better yet, implement the "4 Cable Mode" which the GT8 (unofficially) supports. Add a switch for each effects section (Modulation, Delay) which controls whether the effect comes before or after the effects loop. Easy! And it would instantly turn this into the best multieffects unit possible.

2. Fix the tone sucking. It's not terrible in front of the amp, but it is noticeable.

3. Greatly improve the Distortions or remove them altogether! I didn't buy this for the distortions. I mainly wanted modulation and time-based effects on the floor. However, I was unpleasantly surprised to find out how bad the distortions are.

4. Reduce the time period in which audio drops out when switching between patches. Better yet, eliminate it altogether. This is VERY noticeable and is a major issue for live performance.

In all, I can't tell if Boss was trying to make something like the floor POD with this product because it is only useable in front of the amp. But the distortions are so bad that this is NOT useful as a standalone pre-amp. Boss should leave that goal to the GT series.

The ME could be a real winner in the multieffects only type of product. The user interface is awesome (a knob for everything)! Add the 4 Cable Mode from the GT8 to the ME-50, and it would be perfect.

But as it stands the ME-50 is a good product if you want to be able to quickly dial in effects for just about any song you can think of playing. It's also good for prototyping ideas, as a starting point for later buying higher quality independent pedals.

This product is very easy to use. Very user friendly

I was originally running this through the parralell effects loop of my Marshall AVT275 and it sounded great. I recently upgraded to a high end all tube amp (budda superdrive 80). The thing sounds like garbage through that amp. It totally kills my tone. The sound quality of this amp is so great that anything other the high end true bypass effects don't cut it. Be careful. This thing can be a tone killer depending on the amp you're using. I give sound qulaity a 9 or 10 when running it through my Marshall AVT 275. Through my Budda, I give it a 1. After upgrading to all true bypass efects, the budda just sounds flat out sick!!

Very reliable I have had no issues with the reliability of this unit.

Very easy to use........practically it's like having some boss pedals on your feet and you only have to tweak the knobs.......it cannot be easier than this........especially if you are coming from using rack effects like me (even though i still love them)......same thing about editing patches....you move the controls to where it sounds best and you press the store button........i never felt the neccesity to read the manual as it is quite straightforward to use the me 50......

Now before i bought the me 50 i had serious fears that it wouldn't be a good pedal......i do not trust pedalboards that offer an all in one package......i prefer using rack effects for the delay/reverb qualities and my amps distorted channel or pedals for distortion/overdive. So my fear was that the me50 would be able to do a lot of things but none of them in a good way......So i was pleasantly surprised to find that the overdrive/distortion section is really good....i mainly use the rat/big muff/ and od models and i must say that eben though they are not exact replicas from the pedals they claim to medal they are still god sounding.....the rat model is even warmer than a real rat .........plus with all the dist models it offers it is really versatile.....you can go from a bluesy sound to a metal mayhem......
The modulation section is nice......especially the chorus(i used in the stereo mode and it was particularly good)(the flanger is a little bit noisy and the phaser cuts a lot of bass freqs) and i can say the same thing about the delays( i missed not being able to see the ms setting for the delays).......The part i didn't like was the reverb........you only have one knob to adjust it and off course it is underparametered and it never sounds the way it should.....The wah is quite good but does not match a VOX or a good dunlop.......so i liked the distortion section a lot, the modulation/delays were good enough and i didn't like the reverb......
Let me say i use it between my guitar and the clean channel of my amps (strats and a marshall tsl, a mesa DC5 and a fender deluxe reverb....)

well it is a boss so it should be pretty reliable......i didn't encounter any problems untill now.....

i play mainly rock/blues and i am in a covers band.I play guitar for 14years and have owned a good amount of gear untill now.....I have some racks(rocktron& tc electronics) and some pedals (rats, boss ce 2 e.t.c and while i understand nowbody will trade all of his pedals for the me 50 i think it is a good all in one unit......i would instantly buy a boss pedal with the distortion section of the boss me 50.......as far as delays/reverbs e.t.c it is a good pedal but i think it needs some improvements especially in the reverb area. So for the price paid (200euros) i think it is a good versatile pedal (i wish it had an emulated output so i could use it for recording.....:-) )

ME-50 is the easiest pedal around. It takes about 10 minutes to get the hang of it. You can fiddle around and get a couple of cool sounds by editing.

It is Highly Recommended to anyone that doesn't want to waste time on learning the controls and wants to just get on stage and play.

I'm using this pedal for about a year. My basic setup is a Fender Iron Maiden Strat Custom and my Fender Frontman 25R practice amp. Though i have also played a lot of times with a bunch of other strats, a Warmoth custom, an old ESP Strat-style, and a couple of ibanez guitars (including the super-cheap Gio). I have been playing for a long time on Marshall JCM 2000 amps using a 300Watt Marshall Cabinet (don't quite remember the model).

The Distortions are good but not the best around. Fiddle around with the options you get and you might end up with a descent distortion. I mostly used this with the Lead Distortion, Drive level at 3/4. Bottom a little higher than 3/4 and Tone a little Lower than 3/4. You really need the noise suppressor some times. It's not very good but you can't go without it.

The Harmonist isn't any good. Especially with heavier distortions you get some pretty annoying sounds.

The Wah is ok, not the best but you can get some cool sounds!

The Reverb is very nice. The Spring Reverb is something you shouldn't use. It sucks.

The Rest of the Effects are pretty good, Generally the ME-50 has been a real help on my guitar playing.

It is highly Dependable. I would ,and have, used the ME-50 a couple of times on gigs without backups. C'mon, its a BOSS!

Never ever dealt with them. (Never had to)

I play Ballads, Blues, Rock, Metal (all sorts of Metal). This thing has helped me so far. I have managed to get some pretty cool Sounds while using it.

I've been playing for 3 years and a half. I own a Fender Iron Maiden Strat Custom and a Fender Frontman 25R, 3 classical guitars and one cheap electro-acoustic.

If it were stolen i would probably buy it again. There is nothing as easy as that around.

I Love the reverb and Some Tone Mods. Oh and the Distortion type i mentioned above :)

I hate the hum the distortions produce (but this happens more or less on any pedal), i hate the harmonist!

I wish you could have more effects at a time, a bit better Noise Suppressor and a bit better Wah. Oh and i wish there wasn't that slight delay when changing through the premade patches.

It is really helpful in making music and getting new, cool sounds in seconds!

Other reviews are accurate
here is the thing: I am playing 30 years - I have tried them all - Korgs, Digitech, Pod (Yes Pod XT) and others -
It is not that this is the best - it is the ONLY one of its kind - The XT live has some great sounds but who wants to spend your life HAVING to tweak every program you want and THEN testing out the large volume swells between programs

The Negatives of the unit are the flip side of the positives
- Cant change banks easily (but you are getting the pedals right in front of you)
- Must bend down to change effects (well, all live players bend down - I would rather bend to change Exp. pedal or effect then try to change a patch mid-gig)

BIG DESIGN FLAWS - MY MAjor issue with the unit -
NO T WAH, NO SYNTH and
the HOLD feature which is great is only 2 seconds -
-The unit has Vibrato, Trem, Rotary and Univibe (in additiion to phaser, etc...) I mean who built this Mr. Surf 60's
- Also - the tone modify (preefffect) is not very useful - they should keep the acoustic sounds and the fat and add the T Wah there - the others are pretty useless - Plus you need a footswitch to turn it onh and off

BOSS MADE THe Twah famous - and no EF - Think I am nitpicking?
The Bass version (ME50B ) HAS 3 T Wahs And four synth sounds!!! - I toyed with buying the bass version instead
- If the thing had a T Wah and a longer Hold feature - I wouldn't need another effect

EASE _ nothing easier - Dont buy it to be a digital patch changer pedal - it is much more like 40 pedals in one unit

I actually used it live several times - I can bend down and change effects, levels, intensity and master volume -
Some weird design flaws as mentioned by others - Phaser is loud and rotary is soft - WAY too many vibrato tyoe effects -

Wah - Is just about as good as it gets - cant rock it back and forth to get that Hendrix wah vibrato - otherwise it is excellent and DEFAULTS to volume pedal -
Voice - a waste
resonance - combine with Dist and has some synth qualities
WHAMMY - is awesome - + 1 oct I use it all the time now

Dist:
I mostly use Screamer and it is better than ANY othe multieffect I tried - It is just like a pedal - The MZ, the Distortions even the muff are very realistic - None of that tinny, digital crap and just turn the dials to tweak

SOON they will make the next level - a little bigger, more wah options, T Wah, Synth sounds, Longer Hold (Looping function) and it will be unstoppable

WHY cant anyone else do this? I now use this thing instead of a pedal board
I use it in Manual mode - have not tried to really progaram it but think - In manual mode I can turn on/off Dist, Mod, Delay and exprression - Thats for effects right in fron of you - NO menus or programming or crazy volume swells!

As said above - Some minor flaws otherwise - this thing is perfect for someone who wants to learn what real pedadls are about - try all the distortions and effects - comp, reverb etc... and get an idea of what you like -
TRUST ME _ you will never have time on a Pod or Digitech to hear ALL the different sounds and you will quickly lose interest in your dreams of programming the dream combinations for all your needs on Those units -
With the Bosss - in a couple of hours you can try EVERY combination and tweak each parameter right there - When will these other companies get the idea

NOise - NR works well but I am not an NR prerson - I try to balance to lose noise -
I use it with a Line 6 - Strat - to Korg Ax-3 (gives me t wah, filters, acoustic, octaver etc...) - ME 50 - Akai Headrush for looping

DOWNSIDE - cant chain lots of effects - so if you want an octaver it must be set up before the tune or put in a patch and cant chain it with Phaser, chorus etc... (Hence I use the AX3 for easy effect)

TRUE _ nothng beats the cry-baby itself - but this thing is sturdy and the wa feels great and not too short and it defaults to a great volume pedal.

As above - some of the effects are redundant and leave out obvious ones like EF and synth sounds - but bend down 3 or 4 times a show and you have 7 or 8 pedals at your feet

Some people say they turn things on and off by accident - This could happen But I am careful with my feet - The tuner is good and the pedal seems sturdy - but we will see

So far yes but have had it a short time - Pedal seems really sturdy but not sure if the wah will last

I may buy an earlier version or abnother of these - Now I oftne use my pedal board as backup

Not applicable

Once again - Leaving out the twah and synth sounds and putting it in the bass version was just cruel - Who the hell needs vibrato and trem and rotary (cool effect) and univibe???

I play Rock - Funk - Mid Easdtern - Fusion -
I was looking for an "all in one" No they dont exist - this is the closest - the sounds are great and are like actual pedals - Someday they will add a looping/hold function with more time now I can go to rehearsal and set up 2 -3 units instead of five pedals and I now have way more options - Hey a digitech whammy pedal costs almosst what this unit costs used!

If you know about pedals and need regular OD/Dist and delay and a combined Vol/Wah there is NOTHING in its category - Go and program your POD XT live with all modeling and menus and pedals - I'll be jamming away while you're still on the second patch!!!!

BUY IT

Great tone right out of the box. Very easy to operate and the ME-50 truly is like having a few stompboxes on the floor. In the manual mode, if you want overdrive, just step on the OD pedal. If you want Chorus or delay, it's just like stepping on individual stompboxes.

The Memory mode contains the patches and they are so easy to access and edit, it's ridiculous.

I have used many setups and Multi FX units through the years and the ME-50 is the absolute best that I've used. There are so many different overdrives and distortions and even a very believable sample of the Fuzz Face. I honestly do not have any problems finding enough different tones and overdrives from this unit.

The effects are spot on and I really love the Uni-Vibe effect in the ME-50. Play with your eyes closed and Jimi is smiling somewhere. The delays are lush and plentiful. This box has a compressor/sustainer, noise gate and reverb. There is a tone modifier that lets you dial down a double humbucker to a single coil, or run an electric in and get a very convincing Acoustic Simulator.

I have found that running any multi processor in front of a real good amp is not as practical as running this unit in stereo to 2 lesser amps or even a stereo power amp driving guitar cabs. The ME-50 sounds great in all applications.

Look, this ME-50 is a Boss! It's built like a tank. I've never, ever had a problem with a Boss Pedal.

I have never had to deal with their support.

I like hard rock and metal, and the Boss ME-50 serves up the tone. I've been playing for 23 years and I have gotten rid of any other gear. There is no question I would buy another ME-50. In fact, I'm going to look around for a second unit. The simplicity and the TONE! The Expression pedal is nice and beefy...I wear a size 15 so this is the only processor I will use.

The ME-50 will inspire you to jam and to create. It has a CD jack to jam along with CD's or MP3's. Here's another great thing about the ME-50; you can use the left and right outputs along with the headphone out. Usually, when you plug phones in it defeats the outputs, but not this unit. The ME-50 is extremely flexible for recording, but it earns it's pay on the stage.

There are many brands out there, and they all do different tricks. The ME-50 is a serious, well constructed tool to do one trick...It has major Tone!

This was one of the main selling points. No scrolling screens, can be used without referring to the manual and it is stomp box simple. The big drawback is the lack of foot controled banking.

I run a fairly simple set up. I need a tuner, DS-1, sometimes a bit of sustain and delay. The cost of three pedels added up to more than the cost of the ME-50 and if I wanted to play with some other things like a volume pedel, etc. I would have to buy those as well. The limited amount of effects I use sound great with my '65 DRRI but not so much with the s.s. practice amp. See the previous review for the pros and cons.

I've been playing shows with this thing for a couple of years now and without a problem. While I don't abuse this thing on purpose, it does get bumped, knocked off stage, beer and whisky spilled on it and such. Still keeps going.

Never needed.

This thing is a tank with good sound. It's probably the easiest to use multi-effects board on the market. I use it for country clean and southern rock dirty. I play a Fender (Am.-deluxe) Telecaster, Jaguar HH (Japan) and Fender thinline mandolin through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue. You might have more control with individual pedels, but if you don't need that much, get this.

Super Easy to use, the dials work like stomps so setting your tone is a no brainer. Editing Patches is remarkably easy as well. The pedal is specifically designed for players who don't want to sit and tinker for hours to nail their sound. That's one of the reasons I bought it.

Alright, the distortion on this thing is monstrous, it blows me away everytime. There is literally every kind of tone you could want in this think, vintage rock and roll, blues snarl, hot country twang, and frigging death metal, its in the box. The Mod effects are good as well. I have noticed that the unit sounds remarkably better when its run through my Peavey XXX half stack, it really responds well with high output tube amps. Using it w/ my S.State practice amp makes things sound uber artificial and stagnant. Here are some quick pros and cons:

Pros:
+ Damn that distortion is hot, seriously, pro quality.
+ Mod effects are good especially all of the Choruses and the Univibe
+ I find that the tone modify helps me achieve a more realistic tone, but regardless there is no knob that makes a les paul sound like a strat or an acoustic. Nice try though.
+ Noise gate is very effective and the unit operates very Quietly
+ Built like a Panzer tank
+ I find that the Acoustic sim. responds very well to single coil pickups
+ VERY VERY Realistic, even at high volumes
+ "The price is right!"

Cons:
- there is about a half of a second of dead sound while switching patches, very uncool, very unprofessional. HUGE BUMMER.
- Flanger and Phaser effects create a wicked volume boost that you can't really tweak. So when you switch em' off its like your rig looses all its muscle. When you switch em' on its like knocks you on your ass.
- No bank up and down switches, they're sold separately, just like the adapter. That's flat out ridiculous.
- The wah while good can't compete with a good Crybaby.
- when I use my amp's distorion the reverb and echo is very loud, and I can't turn it down. When I use the distortions in the pedal these effects are almost too quiet. What the heck?
- the noisegate kicks in about a half second late.

No trouble yet, use it every single day of my life. Good at practices as well. Yes I'd gig w/ it.

You can get pro quality tones out of this in a heart beat. It's one of the most realistic pedals I've ever heard, it even passes the high volume, high output amp test. Nothing but positive feedback about the tonal quality of my rig since I bought it. Brilliance craves simplicity and this is a breeze to use. The tones in this have inspired me to write a butt load of songs, put a price tag on that!

For the price I think its the multi-effects pedal of choice. None of this cab sim BS either, I hate that. Every single guitar I use with it sounds different and good. Perfect for players who are tone freaks but wanna cut the programming crap and get to the point, playing. Buy it b/c if you steal mine I'm coming for you!

Up and running in a couple of minutes without the aid of the manual. Don't know if I will ever use the patch saving facility - a major selling point of this for me was that you don't have to.

The manual is excellent - very well layed out and lists the preset patches with descriptions of each.

After a few minutes of tinkering, I managed to get sounds ranging from a convincing dry, rootsy Angus Young sound, to a heavily compressed, acoustic'y chorus-driven Johnny Marr sound, to a meaty GWAR-esque metal sound. My particular favourite sound is the 'Modern OD' - a versatile crunchy overdrive ranging from very subtle to sounding like a red-hot tube amp. I am using this with my Gibson Les Paul Studio Lite, my Akai Head Rush and my Line 6 Spider amp. Some effects are ALWAYS noisy when cranked (e.g. Phaser) - the built-in noise gate makes light work of any noise.

It's Boss

I play indie, alternative, 80's pop, rock, metal... this unit covers all bases with ease. I have been playing for 15 years and accumulated many Boss, ProCo, Guyatone, Digitech etc guitar effects over that time. All my effects and tuners are going on ebay - I simply don't need them AND an ME-50. I'll just be keeping my Akai Head Rush for phrase looping. The ME-50 is pretty much exactly what I've been looking for for years - a multieffects pedal that behaves the same as a pedalboard full of effects rather than having to program patches. The only thing I would wish for is an additional footswitch for switching the tuner on and off rather than having to press the OD and MOD switches. There are many saught-after effects here too, such as the long-discontinued SG-1 Slow Gear (called 'Slow Echo'). The +1 and -1 octaves on the expression pedal knock socks off the same effects on the Digitech Whammy (upwards of ?135) and the delay on this board is basically a Boss DD-6 (upwards of ?96), so not only does this board save on floorspace and spaghetti-junction wiring - it's a total bargain at around ?150.
Now I want an ME-50B too!

This is probably the most easy to understand effects machine that I have ever used. It's straight to the poin. No weird abbreviations or signs. And the manual is very helpful also. I'm not sure what editing patches are, so I can't comment on that. I use this machine with a Gibson Nighthawk (3 pickup model), and a Fender J.A.M amp. I bought it about 3 weeks ago down at my local guitar center, and it hasn't given me any problem yet.

I can't really just put a 10 on sound quality, because that would be lying. I don't believe any machine and/or guitar deserves a complete 10 on sound quality. But this effects pedal hasn't failed me yet. I can get a wide range of sound from clean tone Santana, to crunchy distorted Metallica. I also really like the delay effect, the reverse sound makes it sound similar to a Sitar. And the distortion isn't noisy and blary at all, it's a very clean and desirable distortion sound. Though the thing that bugs me is that the chorus isn't "elaborate" enough. The chorus barely adds anything. But everything else is amazing. The acoustic sound is also very accurate unlike some other pedals I've tried. I usually use the metal effect for the distortion, but I've also tried the lead and a few others. The lead sound is a very strong and rich tone. Overall the sound quality of this machine will not fail you in any way.

I have never used this on a gig before, but so far, it doesn't seem to be fragile. It's a name brand, so you can trust it.

I have never needed assistance with anything from the Roland/Boss company, so I can't say.

This is a great piece of machinery if you're a guitar player. Instead of using so much money for those bulky single pedals. Here's an effects machine that is all the pedals in one. It's also a tuner, and it can hold up a memory of your own created sounds. I usually play rock or blues, so this fits me well. The clean tone of my guitar also helps a lot for many sounds, such as distortion. Some guitars I've used has a bit of a stronger sound and when put with heavy distortion it sounds blary. If it was stolen or lost, yes I would buy it again. This is a really good deal. I got it only for $275, and look at all the wonders it gave me. I recommend this for ANY guitarist out there.

Dead easy to get a good sound, but you have to have a decent dry sound from your amp first, it won't turn a Squier champ into a Triple rectifier or an SLP through 2 4x12 cabs. I tend to stick to maybe 3 or 4 sounds and effects that I know work well.
Patching edits is a breeze, hit the edit/exit button, change the parameter and hit the write button. job done.
That said I don't use them live as there is too much of a delay in changing the patches over and also you can't adjust a parameter when playing to override the patch. It is not possible to run 2
This is a major demerit in my eyes, I had a V-amp 2 and you could do this which made a major difference if you found you were too distorted for example mid song.

The manual is very good, it could be a little more explicit on things like the harmoniser. It mentions buying various Boss footswitches when a bog standard one will do to change patches or turn the tone modify or compressor on or off. (I use my old v-amp footswitch and my bandmate uses a Marshall footswitch)

The Acoustic simulator is very good with the right amp settings.

Chorus and delay are very good.
The Harmonist needs careful calibration and wasn't quite as great as I had hoped.
Octave pedals are great if you use a Les Paul and need some dive bombing sounds (I use it on Bon Jovi covers)
Where I do have a problem is with the spacing between the three main pedals. It is too easy to hit the tuner if you have wide feet or the stage is dark. This has happened to me on several occasions and it's very embarrassing.
The other thing that you need to be careful with is the Octave up or down expression pedal, its very easy to be a bit heavy on the pedal and instead of boosting your volume suddenly sound like your bass player or like a soprano. There is an indicator light to show that the expression pedal is on but it is easy to miss as it is pretty small. Maybe a different colour led would make it stand out more.

The reverb is a bit fierce, it seems to go from almost imperceptible to sounding like a fart in a spacesuit with less than a half mm turn on the control.

Ergonomically it's pretty logical but I'd like the power
I'd also like to see the input jack on the side of the unit not the front of it.
The PSU unit has the worlds most pathetic cable, it can't be more than 5ft long which is nowhere near enough.

Guitars are Tokai Love Rock, Tokai Strat, Tokai Flying V and Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Amp is 1981 vintage Marshall JMP model 50 watt 2 x 12 MV valve combo.
Other effects units which come and go out of the chain are:
Guitar>Cry Baby Wah Wah(always in the chain)> Behringer GE10 Graphic equaliser> Behringer PB1 Pre Amp booster> EH Little Big Muff Fuzz circa 1976> Marshall Blues Breaker OD> ME50> Marshall input(there is no FX loop). Have gigged with as little as the Graphic and the ME50.

It can be noisy if you add a lot of gain on the Distortion models but I tend to play Blues/Rock/Punk rather than Heavy Metal. Easy to get a good Angus Young /Gary Moore/Slash tone. Equally easy with bit of amp tweaking to get a really lush clean/chorus Andy Summers type tone. The Noise gate works well, with only a little residual hiss and when I need to cut the sound totally the Volume pedal works very well.
The Distortions I tend to use are the Overdrive ones to push the amp harder rather than the More Aggressive Distortion models. The fuzz is ok but the Big Muff model sounds nothing like my genuine EH pedal.

Through a crap amp it won't make you sound like a vintage Marshall stack though. It does have a good chorus sound through a clean transistor or valve amp.

Well build and very solid. I do gig it without a back up. It's a Boss so you know the reliability will be there.

Not had to deal with them.

I play in a covers band doing things from The Beatles to Guns n Roses and Thin Lizzy . I also play in pick up bands doing things like Gary Moore and Michael Schenker so I guess you could call me an old rocker. this is a great bit of kit in spite of the minor annoyances. You don't need a degree in IT to work it(I'm an IT Training manager). You can treat the individual effects like individual stomp boxes. You aren't fretting over which patch lead is working or not or are your batteries about to die. The sounds are pretty much all useable. It's easier to use the distortions than the Digital amp modellers in many ways.
The only things I don't like are mentioned in the review other than that I would like to see a patch upgrade via the net to a MIDI port and a quicker response to patch changes to make them truly useable and perhaps LED indicators on the Pots like the V-amp has, they were invaluable on a dark stage.

Q: How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?

A: As easy as it gets - all knobs, just like a bunch of single effect pedals in one.

Q: How about Editing patches?

A: Easy but I never use them - see below for why.

Q: How is the manual for it (if there is one)?

A: Yeah, good as far as I can remember - don't even need it after reading it once.

Extra: It is easy to use but the patches are useless on stage, this is because of the huge drop out in sound when switching between patches. So I use the thing in manual mode all the time which works pretty well anyway.

Q: What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with?

A: Yamaha RGX electric with floating bridge and twin humbuckers (sweet guitar BTW!), Marshall AVT100 combo with an extension cab on stage (1 x celestion GTM-70 I think) no other pedals. Also use a crappy Ibanez for alt tuning on stage.

Q: Is it noisy? On what settings?

A: Only noisy if you turn the gain on the distortion way up - you don't need to do that anyway, there is plenty of gain for even the heaviest thrash player.

Q: Are the effects weak or do they always sound great?

I'd say the delay and reverb are good the modulation (flanger, etc) are not to bad, the guitar simulators are crap! the wah only sounds ok on cleen tone, but sounds with distortion - especially crap external distortion - i.e. your amps distortion. The noise suppresor is pretty good but I dont really use it - it sounds like it sucks tone a bit when switched on. I do like that when all effects are off it does not seem to modify the tone at all. None of the effects are as good as the indervidual pedals. Some of the distortion are ok but only if your amp is sh1t. I never use them, I always use my amps distortion - sounds much better.

Q: What amp are you using it with?

A: Like I said: Marshall AVT100 combo, 100W, 1 x 12inch with an extension cab on stage (1 x 12 celestion) Total 2 x 12inch. Sounds quite good for a solid state amp.

Q: Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they?

A: There is no band I can't at least get close to with this thing - and trust me I've learnt 100s of covers over the years. I can even get incubus pretty close with this thing which is cool - I'm a big fan.

Q: Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad?

A: See above.

Eztra info: The only things I use on this unit are:
On stage: delay, reverb, volume pedal, flanger, tuner (which is actually quite good)
At home: As above plus a few more of the modulation effects and the Wah.

Everything else I find pretty useless.

Q: Can you depend on it?

Yes, never had a problem and it sees a lot of use.

Q: Would you use it on a gig without a backup?

A: Yes, but only because I can get away without having it, the pissed punters never notice anyway:)

never delt with them, think it sucks that they make you pay for the power adaptor seperatly. Dont do it - just go to an elec store and get the same thing for 1/2 the price.

Q: What style of music do you play? Is this a good match?

A: It will do most things reasonably well, pretty much any style as far as I can see. But like I said I play mostly pop / rock, never never country!

Q: How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?

A: I've had this unit for 2+ years. I Have been playing for about 6 years. I Play in a band but not really professionally - we do a few paid pub gigs (covers) and screw around with some originals. We play mostly pop - rock pub cover type songs.

Q: If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?

A: If I found one second hand for a good price I may buy it, I priolly would not pay new price again. But I'd prolly just go and buy a Boss flanger a cry baby wah and a Boss delay pedal as indervidual units.

Q: what do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature?

A: It is easy to use, transport, set up, dismantle and it has all the functions I need. I hate the sound drop out when switching between patches - It would be so much more useful if it did not have this problem.

Q: Did you compare it to other products? Which ones? Why did you choose this one?

A: Yeah but can't remember which ones - this one was easiest to use and had all the functions I wanted also in a solid metal box not crappy plastic like other brands.


Q; Anything you wish it had?

A: No sound drop out on patches!!!

Q: Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way?

A: It helps - would not use it otherwise

Q: Anything else you'd like to share?

A: If your a professional muso don't bother - get indervidual pedals and rack them up, If your a bedroom rock star or someone who plays in bands only semi seriously it is Ok.

This thing is super easy. Its got all of the effects you need, plenty of knobs, and no stupid digital interface with tons of patches to scroll through. it has 30 editable patches, but i never used that, i always used it straight up.

fender tele with hot rails > me50 > bad monkey > echo park > peavey classic 50 -or- 78 fender bassman 10.

very quiet, has a built in noise suppressor too, i always had it on so i could filter out any stray hiss or hum.

the effects always sounded great. the only thing i wasnt too hot for was the tremolo, but it sounded fine for what i was playing. the delay was great, i always use the analog setting. tap tempo too!!!

i used this on tour and in the studio for two years. always kept up, very sturdy and rugged, never had one problem. never.

i wouldnt need a backup for this. never did. always worked very well.

never dealt with boss simply cuz i never had to!!!

i play ambient indie and used to play in a hardcore type band. it was always super useful and an integral part of my setup. i actually just sold it today for $200 to some guy in my town. i had a custom pedalboard built for me, and i dont use all of the effects so it was going to waste. i wish i could afford to keep it though. i loved it to death. if i can afford it ill get another one down the road.

i highly reccomend it, its a great box, very easy to use, very dependable, and great sounding.

I writing this review because I'm firing this FX box after several months of use. Last night, once again, I turned the tuner on when stepping on the distortion and turned my sound off. The same set, I pressed down too hard on the pedal, once again, (though I've set it to the least sensitive position) and turned the octaver on while playing my electric 12-string. This box is just too gay, I'm afraid - I stomp my boxes and this is for players who want to carefully and delicately select their settings (with their feet). Perhaps my feet are just too clumsy :) Also getting to presets is a pain and you can't isolate effects in presets live. I know good players who use this; but if you're in a rowdy band i.e. move a lot on stage and actually stomp your boxes etc. AVOID THIS.

It's Boss - sounds great - might keep it for studio - good modulation

Boss makes solid stuff - I use a GT3 for ambient gigs and I have a lot of

I used this for a rock band. I've been playing for 32 years (really). I would not replace it if stolen, in fact I am replacing it, hence this review. It simply did not suit my performance style - it got in the way. What's with the paying extra for the adapter? I wanted some thing simpler than the GT3 for a jamming band situation; it's smaller, lighter, but for reasons cited it's out the door.

Why does Roland have such weird colors on their gear?

Just knobs, no menu's, dial in your sound, press write! I bought this unit mainly for this purpose. My band doesn't allow fiddling and tweaking, they just want to play! Great unit.

Guitar: Japanese Malmsteen Strat body with Bill Lawrence XL-500 bridge humbucker, standard single coil middle pickup an Dimarzio stacked (hot rails or something) neck humbucker.

Amp: Carlton all tube 50 watt combo, I use the clean fender twin channel. Damn loud, competes with a Mesa Boogie dual rectifier in the band.

I use the Me-50 before the pre-amp for all sounds.

Only a complete moron wouldn't get a decent tone out of this unit an I read the reviews: they are out there!

Blues, Rock, Metal, it's all there with style.
Cut back on the level if it sounds too harsh.

Totally rocking tone.

Uni-ve sound is great, expression pedal makes you SCREAM, reverb is cool and very easy to use.

Whatever: buy this unit.

It's Boss!! Rock solid stuff.

No experience with that. That's obvious because this unit is bomb-proof and very easy to use!

I play rock an blues and sometimes metal, lead and rhythm.
As a vocalist I don't need a tapdance with pedals. I play for 17 years, I'm into computers and home recording but this unit rocks in the live-situation and rehearsel. It's also useable for recording, put a good mic in front of your amp.

I dumped my Digitech GNX-4 for this unit: the digitech sounds great but wasn't tweakable enough in the live-situation. 10.000 great sounds at your feet, which you can't reach....

The sound is inspiring, already wrote tunes because of it.

The color and knobe are great, very retro look.

This unit stays! If it gets stolen i'll buy another one at once!!

Thank you BOSS!!!!

Just plug in and play! That simple! I came home with mine from the store and the Dude had put it in the wrong box (ie, Boss ME-50 FOR BASS GUITAR), so I had the wrong manual. Still up and running in a few moments.

I play a 60th Anniversary Standard Strat with EMG DG-20 Pickups into the Boss ME-50 into a Peavey Valve King 112. This Multi-Fx is everything I need and nothing else! It's all laid out in stomp box fashion so if you need to tweak or fiddle, just lean over and do it WITHOUT SCROLLING THROUGH MENU'S!!!

To be fair to the Reader, you need to know that I have owned several effects setups including: Keeley and Analogman Custom pedalboards, Boss ME-33, GT3, GT6, Zoom 505, Digitech RP50, RP 200, RP 400, GNX2, Vox Tonelab and Tonelab SE, Line 6 POD v2.0 and POD XT Live. So, this is what I'm comparing the sounds I'm hearing to.

Of all the stuff I've owned over the last 8 years the bottom line is that all of them have their strengths and weaknesses. And all of them I could twiddle and tweak until I had a sound I liked. So far as the absolute best quality of sounds and functionality in a Multi-Fx the Line 6 POD XT Live wins hands down. Those guys are the Grandfather of Modeling and Premium sounds. Boss is #2 for me even though they have been in business longer. (Just a note: the Vox Tonelab SE rates #3 on my list of favorites and ties for quality sounds with the XT Live.) However, with the POD XT Live there is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Much I could not use and it took more time in getting around in tweaking. That's where the Boss ME-50 shines through. Just plug in and play. I started in Manual Mode and within minutes had my Clean \ Overdrive sound just like I wanted it!

Concerning the Effects on the ME-50:
Tone Shaping: 10 EQ Presets and they are helpful to me because you don't have to learn what all the EQ bands do and set the paramiters; just turn to one of the 10 until you find your sound. DONE!

Compressor: It's not a Keeley Comp., but then the entire ME-50 cost the same as the Keeley Comp. It's effective and useful. Too much will squash your sound, but at a lower setting, it's very desirable.


reverbs: Good at lower settings for each one.

Noise Supressor: Works great with your higher gain OD's and Distortions.

Overdrive\Distortion: There's not one out of 22 choices that I can't find something usable! I even took the MT-2 and tweaked it down to a great SRV OD sound!

Modulations (Choruses, Flanger, etc...): All are pristine quality and usable.

Delays: My favorite Catagory! Again, all are usable and really enhance your sound.

Expression Pedal: I use it mostly for Volume and Wah. The Wah is, in my opinion, okay and tolerable. But I say that in comparission to the Wah on the POD XT LIve and the Tonelab SE!!! Those were the best of all! But again the Boss Wah is usable.

Built like a Brick do-do house!

N\a

I play Classic Rock, Blues, some metal and whatever else! This is a great, easy, dependable Multi-Fx that has some minor drawbacks but also has many, many more draws.

One note here: I tried this through the Front of my ValveKing and through the FX Loop and it's sounds better through the front. *I've not been able to get any effect to sound better through the Loop for some reason with my current amp.

The built in tuner and noise gate features are a great help. I love the expression pedal choices and the fact that I could very easily adjust the on/off (Volume to Wah Wah) pressure sensitivity.
I have found that saving custom patches is a bit problematic but I have not dedicated alot of time to the project.

Generally excellent effects.
I use a 1969 Stratocaster, 1998 Ibanez Artstar180, 2004 Fender American Special Toronado as well as various acoustic electrics. Distortion effects without sacrificing tone. Great delay and chorus effects. Seperate reverb effect.
I sometimes, but rarely, add a vintage RAT and a vintage Cry Baby. Whether I play through my vintage Fenders (Vibro-Champ or Deluxe Reverb) or my Peavey Classic 30 I know the sound I expect is the sound I'll get.

Well, I did a gig with my church band for an international satellite TV broadcast over 3 nights. Had 100% confidence the ME-50 would not let me down. My trust was not misplaced.

Battery power seems to last quite a long time.

I play a mix of Christian music including R&B, Blues, Rock, Country or Jazz. Whatever style I play the ME-50 fits.

Everyone I know uses a POD. I watch them bend down to make their selections and I wonder how they manage to control the wah effect.
I tried a POD I went with the Boss and I made the right choice.

It's insured...I'd get another one in a flash if I lost it.

Add it up. This is virtually every Boss stomp box in one unit.