tbonesullivan Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 The Boss ME series pedals are great. They sound really good, and the ME-80 has much more discrete switching control than the earlier ME-50. Its a great one stop shop for your entire sound, with separate controls for everything. Are you doing to be using it through phones, or through an amp? It doesn't have cabinet / amp mods like "guitar processing" pedals.
rugby1970 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Posted February 6, 2021 Hey Dave, I would be using it through my amps. I don't need the amp/cab feature. I'm contemplating dumping my individual pedals and going for an all in one that I can program to cover a lot of sonic ground. Don't get me wrong, I love my individual pedals but I just can't be tweaking them between songs. Or am I crazy? BTW I've watched several videos but the sound is very thin.
Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 If you want one, I'll send you an ME-50 to try out. I liked it fine. Kinda wish I had gotten into pedals to find the tones I wanted rather than modeling amps. By the time I got this, I just didn't have the patience to learn how to use it right. That lack of patience was exacerbated by the fact that right about that time, I stumbled on a cheap Line 6 AMPLIFi, and found using my phone to tweak settings was the interface I liked best. So this ME-50 has been sitting around doing nothing. As I understand it, the ME-80 *does* have amp and cabinet emulations, the ME-50 doesn't.
tbonesullivan Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, rugby1970 said: Hey Dave, I would be using it through my amps. I don't need the amp/cab feature. I'm contemplating dumping my individual pedals and going for an all in one that I can program to cover a lot of sonic ground. Don't get me wrong, I love my individual pedals but I just can't be tweaking them between songs. Or am I crazy? BTW I've watched several videos but the sound is very thin. Not on this demo: a lot of the older demos were recorded poorly. I have a boss OD-20, which pretty much the OD section, and it rocks.
tbonesullivan Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame said: As I understand it, the ME-80 *does* have amp and cabinet emulations, the ME-50 doesn't. It has a "preamp" COSM modeling section, but I don't know if it does the cabinet mod thing. Also, the world of pedals is INSANE right now. Every time I get another sweetwater catalog, there are 4 MORE pages of pedals. Even Fender has gotten into the game, using some NOS 6025 Sub Miniature preamp tubes they found.
diablo175 Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 57 minutes ago, tbonesullivan said: The Boss ME series pedals are great. They sound really good, and the ME-80 has much more discrete switching control than the earlier ME-50. Its a great one stop shop for your entire sound, with separate controls for everything. This. /\ I used an ME 50 (bought from someone on here no less) for the better part of 10 years gigging with the cover band. It covered a lot of territory and held up to the rigors of abuse at shitty venues. Still have it. Likely won't ever go back to it because of the Axe FX 3 but it's a solid piece of gig gear.
scottcald Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 The ME-80 has amp sim and if you put a plug into the headphone jack, the amp sim is activated for all outputs, so if you do need that, you'll need something to plug in there all the time. https://static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/ME-80_egfispd03_W.pdf The ME-25 was the same way.
Jeff R Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 I gigged with an ME for a couple years about 10 years ago with no regrets. Good, versatile, portable, affordable and reliable tool. Can't ask for better.
rugby1970 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Posted February 7, 2021 Checking out the patches. Very cool.
hamerhead Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 19 hours ago, rugby1970 said: Any thoughts? Any personal reviews? How deep do you want to go? I borrowed an ME-50 from our other guitar player and while it sounded good (like Boss pedals), it's very limited compared to the GT-series. I have an old GT-3 that I still use, and once you get inside of it there's really nothing it can't do. Does it sound as good as separate high-end pedals? In a bar - yes. ME series= Intuitive, easy to use, sounds good GT series= Steeper learning curve, tweak 'til the cows come home, sounds great when dialed in
rugby1970 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Posted February 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, hamerhead said: How deep do you want to go? I borrowed an ME-50 from our other guitar player and while it sounded good (like Boss pedals), it's very limited compared to the GT-series. I have an old GT-3 that I still use, and once you get inside of it there's really nothing it can't do. Does it sound as good as separate high-end pedals? In a bar - yes. ME series= Intuitive, easy to use, sounds good GT series= Steeper learning curve, tweak 'til the cows come home, sounds great when dialed in Interesting. Thanks
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