BOSS Me-80 Multi-Effects Pedal

If you are looking for something to be able to easily adapt your bass sound at a reasonable price, then look no further. The quality of product and sound are top notch. Probably answers why Boss have not produced anything to "update" this since its release in June 2017. It includes 90 unique effects, including 13 different preamp types, which are all specially tuned for bass. It comes with a 32 second looper, built-in tuner and a foot pedal. Connect the unit via USB and use the downloadable Tone Studio software to easily edit your effects and create libraries of sounds ready to apply to the unit for different stage / practice setups. The only thing that you will have to allow for is that it does not come with any power adaptor (set of 4 AA batteries only), so you will need to buy one of these separately. You do not need to buy the very expensive Boss offering mind. Overall a great product and I am very happy with my purchase.

This is a stunning value unit, offering top end Boss processing at a much lower price than you would expect. the octaves for example tracks very well indeed, something often found lacking when you buy something that is priced in a budget conscious manner. It also fits in the gig bag pocket as advertised! The manual isn't great, but luckily the unit is not difficult to find your way around, and the many online reviews can also help in this regard. The display is bright, has multiple modes, and the three rotary controls make programming quick and easy. The processing power of this unit is seriously impressive. The competition like the Zoom units can't get close on this front. You can for example have an amp model, a synth effect, an octaver, a drive effect, a pedal wah, a noise suppressor, a reverb and a delay all at once. Sometimes there are two of those effects in the Zoom B3 that can't be done together, let alone with everything else. Things like the overtone effects used to create a pipe organ type effect are massively more convincing than the Zoom equivalent too (probably due to the processing power). If you really want more than one drive unit stacked together on your bass (and an amp model won't suffice) then that is one area the Zoom units are good at. I can't say that's a likely thing for me, but could be for you. I'm certainly concerned about having a better octaver and other such effects, as well as a foot operated wah (several type thereof) switched like a normal wah into an active preset. Oddly, although I'd probably say I prefer the Zoom distortion effects on guitar, I prefer the Boss ones on bass. I want more 'edge' or 'grit' on bass, and something tidier on guitar. Neither make really compare to my chosen guitar drive units (modded TS-9 and H&K Tubeman). I am using this with an Eden WTX264 head and two MarkBass cabs (New York 1x15 and Traveller 2x10 both with HF) and a 6 string bass.The sound quality is again surprisingly good for the price when you consider the staggering number of effects options in there. The synth effects track reasonably well (you'll have to spend more than this entire unit on nothing but that in one pedal to get notably better) and are certainly usable. The killer with this over a few separate pedals I already owned is programmability, and the quick option to control almost any parameter with the pedal or control switch (additional switches or an expression pedal can also be added). This means a variety of different distortion/fuzz effects for different tracks, and some rather extraordinary effects (like an organ simulation) that I've not found the ideal spot for yet! (EDIT: I have now!!) Do note the lack of power supply when ordering (I already had something appropriate), but other than that, buy and enjoy! I find the more I play with it, the happier I get. Use the Boss ToneCentral app if you can, it's super easy to use and only improves the fun.

Bought this primarily to add a bit of controllable reverb, delay, compression and EQ to my acoustic guitar. I also bought a cheap 2 button toggle pedal to allow me to have 2 CTL switches and a tap tempo on the delay. Out the box it sounded a bit harsh on my trace acoustic amp but with some tweaks to the master EQ it sprang into life. Delays are nice and varied. Reverbs are OK, would have liked to have been able to have the reverb as loud as the dry signal for some volume swell effects. The acoustic processor brings some nice tonal adjustments and with the right tweaks, it makes your guitar sing. Programing on the unit is straightforward if you are used to these kinds of units and you can also assign the 3 rotary knobs to almost ant effect parameter for live tweaking. There are also 4 assignment controls per patch that can be used in conjunction with the CTL and expression pedals to manipulate effect parameters like toggling long/short Reverbs without changing the patch and having harsh cut offs. The chorus is also very nice, which is expected from a boss unit. The pitch shifter is a bit pants, very warbly on clean sounds, passible when using distortion/OD. The other modulation effects all sound fantastic, particularly the rotary speaker. Using my electric, the amp sims sound great as do the various distortion/overdrives. The editing software for the PC is very user friendly and is great for learning all the tweaks you can apply using the assignments. Build wise it ferls quite sturdy and it should be able to last a good few years of playing. Overall I'd say this is a great wee unit, but the 2 extra toggle pedals are a must to unleash its full potential. If you are looking for a budget multi effects but not a budget sound, this has it in spades.

well where do I start I was in 2 minds of either going the full pedal board route or multi effects a friend of mine has the GT1 for guitar and when I worked it out to get the effects in this separately would cost way more than this pedal, this pedal is an absolute steal for what you get, I can do all my live and home jam sets with this setting up patches is a breeze on the pc software haven't tinkered much with the buttons etc as I can easily modify etc through my laptop the amp emulators are excellent too, I tried my mates GT1 and fell in love with the possibilities of patches and since I have brought this I love it, only negatives for me is the power cable input and the usb to pc input are a little wiggly so if you yank them they may fail at some point and the tone central for bass compared to guitar is pretty pathetic guitar have loads of patches you can download but bass have 3 artists that have patches that are pretty much what's in the default patches where as guitar has more famous artists and songs patches already built, I build all my own and the tone exchange can be handy but not a lot of people se it I will upload a good few of my own soon on there for people to use, all in all this pedal can be end game it'll do pretty much most things you want to do and a lot cheaper than the helix and quad cortex etc., I'd recommend this to anyone new or professional its top notch, one downside is the tuner maxes at 445hz frequency and most top end tuners go to 455-460hz when you invest you kind of expect full frequency range on thew tuner.

I'm a multi-fx nut so I decided to buy the Boss GT-1 and I'm glad that I did because it's one of the best units from Boss that I have played in a long time. I believe the amp sims and effects on here are the same as the GT-100 but, as I haven't played through the GT-100, I can't comment and can only take the GT-1 at face value. The unit appears to be made of heavy duty plastic and the footswitches are solid. The construction is as you would expect from Boss and I suspect the reliability is the same also. In the last 20 years of buying Boss products I've only had one fail on me - a DD-7. You can hook this up to your Mac / PC with a USB cable, however this is _not_ supplied so you will need to buy your own. It doesn't come with a power adapter either and I would strongly recommend you buy one, if you don't have one, as this thing will eat through batteries like there's no tomorrow. Once you do get it connected to your computer you have you install all the drivers and then you can install the Boss Tone Studio software, which lets you tweak patches or download patches, and you can update the firmware on the GT-1. It really does sound great. Some of the factory patches are actually pretty good and will probably only require a few EQ tweaks to get them sounding good with your amp or DAW. Editing the patches on the unit is easy, but I prefer to edit them via the Boss Tone Studio software, which makes it even easier and, again, I would recommend this option. Overall, I'm very happy with the GT-1 and glad that I bought it. If you're looking for a cheap multi-fx / amp modeller, then this is your unit. There are loads of effects, amp models, eq tweaks, cabinet options, that this thing will cover a lot of ground in any style of music.

Only had it a couple of days & highly impressed with it so far, usual high quality BOSS build, with a metal top and solid plastic base, simple to edit ( thank goodness as I'm absolutely terrible at tech stuff) & comes with a well printed & easy to follow user manual. Seller I bought from (West End Music - Ipswich) supplied a free BOSS PSU but it also comes with a set of AA batteries, so can be powered up immediately from them if you do not have a PSU. Simple to use tuner using the footswitch lights so can be easily seen & tuned on-stage. Many immediately useable patches built in (unlike many units which seem to have loads of patches there just to show off the extremes of the unit rather than supplying real world useable patches). Using it through combo amp, direct to mixer/PC & headphones the sound quality is excellent, clear & no hum/buss from unit. As I said only had it a couple of days but it's looking like a great unit at a very reasonable price. Looks like I can sell most of my other foot & rack units as this covers (with as good or better sound quality) most of them in one compact unit. Highly recommended.

stage worthy, and a competitive price, I remember when these units used to cost over a grand, whether you're new to the strings, or like me been plaing for 32 years..good choice.

Great quality, well built and the sound patches are all clear and ideal for recording. Like all these processors the majority of the sounds feature loads of overdrive or distortion which is ok if your style of music calls for those effects. My style of music is 60's pop/blues and to get the right sound takes a lot of fiddling around with the huge variation of settings in the unit. You can download patches but you would be lucky to find anything more than a load more overdrive/ distortion. My main reason for purchasing the unit was to use it to put my Fender Strat through our PA for live performances. I have attempted to re-create the sound of a Vox AC30 but it's hard to achieve when only using headphones. The best way to be certain of the sound you need, is to plug it into your laptop to use the 'librarian' software, and plug the output though the Mixer desk/ PA. You can then tweak the settings via the computer screen until you find the sound you want then save it to the unit. I also have a Hamer guitar with humbucker pickups which give a completely different sound to the Strat of course. To get the best results live, you will need to set up the unit for both types of pickups. In conclusion, it's a great processor but you need to work at it to get the best out of it unless you're happy with all the presets.