SeriesBoss ME

Compressor, overdrive/distortion, eq, delay, chorus/flanger, reverb It's all digital, except the distortions, which are analog, according to the manual. UTILIZATION Very easy to use. Really awesome. SOUND QUALITY The compressor is very good and, especially, silent. The delay and chorus are very good, just like the reverbs. The flanger is a bit less precise and watch out for extreme settings, because the sound turns muddled. The distortions aren't really bad at all. OVERALL OPINION I've been using it for 17 years It's awesome for clean sounds, but not so for distortion, although you can always add distortion pedals before it. In short, a relic, not uninteresting for fans of clean sounds, if not expensive. It lacks a phaser, though.

I bought this effects pedal long ago as I was on a budget and wanted a Wah, chorus, phaser, distortion, and pretty much everything in one box just to test out and experiment without breaking the bank. I'm not a techie so I won't even try and explain the details. You can check out some of the other reviews for that. UTILIZATION General configuration/setup is simple enough. I'm someone that avoids reading manuals when possible, whether it's to learn how to use an effects pedal or how to play Monopoly. With that in mind, I was still able to get a lot out of this pedal. SOUND QUALITY I used my telecaster with it. I loved the fact that I was able to use an octaver, wah, harmony, etc with the expressive pedal along with a ton of other effects, but that I did so without paying much at all. However, I will say many of the effects lacked in quality (which was to be expected). i.e. the coveted wah sounds nothing like a crybaby OVERALL OPINION Loved the price, loved all the capabilities, probably would've loved it more if I took the time needed to truly learn how to use all capabilities, but did not love the quality so much. However, for higher quality I'd expect to spend upwards of $400. All-in-all a good multieffects pedal for a beginner/intermediate musician.

I bought the unit off the internet from Merchant City Music, who are based up in Glasgow. Very help bloke on the phone made the purchase nice and easy - pedal arrived the next day! Its built well, has loads of really neat little features like the Kick drum, which allows you to set a beat going which you can jam along too. It has varoius sampling functions. You can save your favorite settings as patches and use the foot stiches to navigate stright to them. You can save 20 of these. It has an on board tuner. Man what doesn't it do? There's nothing really not to like? It does the job of all the individual Boss bass pedals all rolled into one. If you can spend the cash go for this pedal, it has all the tweekability of the individual pedals. Plus if you buy all them separately it'll cost a lot more, and would be far more clumsey. Err, can you tell i'm a fan of the unit?! Excellent. Solid tough BOSS standard really. Can't see myself breaking it, might be a diffent story if the drummer got hold of it. This is one great pedal. It does just about everything bar cook my tea. Endless tweekable sounds and settings. One can find your favorite sound then save it. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Given by my uncle since he's retired from music. This unit is awesome. The effects are great and totally user-friendly / easy-to-use. I don't even need the instruction manual the first time i operate it. Almost suitable for all music genre. The distortion and overdrive the effect can give are quite impressive, especially for an old model of the BOSS multiple effects. Im definitely not gonna sell it away! The only thing i don't like about this unit is the plastic casing. Other than that everything's perfect. This unit is fragile since its casing are made of plastic. The unit design are well simple, but that doesnt matter. What matters most in MULTIPLE-EFFECTS is the SOUND EFFECTS QUALITY they can give, the DURABILITY of the unit & the USER-FRIENDINESS of the unit functions. Suitable for all players and functions. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I got this piece of heaven at the GUitar Center in Ohio used for a little under $100.00 Man this thing is sweet. I was a big fan of the Boss Metal Zone pedal but was looking into getting some delay and wah going on. So I did some research and liked what I heard, this thing has great distortion, everything from bluesy overdrive to full out Metal Zone saturation. The effects are also nice you can adjust them on computerized knobs which is cool and quite easy. I've heard people complain about the wha and it's true that it doesn't have the sweep of a crybaby but it'll get the work done. The only thing I don't like is that it's made of plastic. I can stomp pretty hard sometimes but so far it's a trooper. Good, just the plastic issue. This is a great piece of equipment if you are considering buying one I would definately urge you to do so. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Bought on e-bay for $130 brand new. The actual sounds of the effects being used is excellent. Everybody knows that Boss pedals are top of the line and I've owned a few myself. I've been using a DODFX-7 for about 6 years and for a beginner it's been great but I desired better tone. The Boss ME-33 has given me so many options to change the tone. I can adjust the gain on both the amp model and the regular distortion which comes in like 12 different settings. Unbelievable. The User sets are great because I can copy sounds from one set to the other by just using copy and then write. Very simple to use. A quick look at the manual and you're all set. The options are endless. I had a Digitech RP300 and returned it after 3 days because to me it was ridiculous to use. Sounds were fake and it seemed difficult to figure out. Also, you can change the tone, drive, reverb, delay without going into the whole setup. I've been able to get delay sounds to a perfect time. If you play any U2 songs you'll know what I'm talking about. The delay setting is as good as a delay pedal. Like I said Boss knows good pedal sound. If I have to complain about anything it would be the presets but then I've played a lot of effect pedals and they're all like this. These companies must have computer geeks who don't know how to play guitar make the presets. That's what is so great about this pedal is that you can make your own sound so easily. Made out of hard plastic and well constructed. Led Lights and computer display are lit very well. Knobs and wah easy to turn and operate. I wish I bought this pedal years ago. Trying to get that SRV tone can be very frustrating. I'm a big fan of SRV, the Edge of U2, Joe Satraini, and Van Halen. The Boss ME-33 has helped me get the tones with my fender fat strat set with seymour duncan pickups. I play through a Fender Princeton 65 DSP AMP. I couldn't be happier with this pedal. Boss does not make the ME-33 anymore (they upgraded to the ME-50) but they're selling on e-bay all the time. If you like to play many different guitar player styles this pedal is the one for you. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

(Originally written by seb_c_bien/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Plastic housing... but sturdy anyway. Effects: - Compressor - Defretter - Octaver - EQ - Distortion, overdrive, fuzz - Humanizer - Synth - T-wah - Chorus - Flanger - Reverb - Delay - Tuner UTILIZATION Very comprehensive Easy to use All effects can be edited like on an effects pedal But you'd better not have a too big shoe size... SOUND QUALITY Positively impressed. Compressor: good but rather aggressive Defretter: Quite awful Octaver: very good but can only transpose one octave below (big organ sounds are not possible) Distortion, fuzz, overdrive: Multi-effect processors can't give good results when it comes to these effects... Humanizer: Good effect with comprehensive editing possibilities but quite unique sound (you won't need it every day)... 3-band EQ: simple and effective Bass synth: Not convincing, very heavy sound... T-wah: Good Chorus: Excellent from crystal-clear to rich and psychedelic effects Flanger: Same thing Delay: Awesome, a real delay! Reverb: Very good (with hall, room, plate algorithms) If you want to switch to tuner mode you'll need an additional footswitch (e.g. FS-U). Very comprehensive and effective effects processor with a good sound quality. You'll get it secondhand for a very nice price. The overall sound color is good and only good effect pedals can compete with it. LIKE VIRTUALLY EVERY MULTI-FX, WHEN YOU RECALL A BANK OR A PRESET THE UNIT GENERATES A SHORT LAG (not audible on stage and rehearsal situations). It's also ok for guitars! ! ! I only miss a polyphonic octaver effect! OVERALL OPINION I bought it secondhand really cheap with the original user's manual and external PSU. I don't regret my purchase. This multi-effects sounds better than new processors. It sounds less digital. The sound has a digital touch indeed, but it's deep and reminds me of effect pedals! GOOD GEAR!

(Originally written by Resty/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Available effects: Delay, reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, distortion, wah. Stereo output. See full features and listen to sound samples on Roland's website. Pros: Effect number, ease of use, weight: 10/10 Cons: No acoustic guitar sound. Other cons: No bass sound (Digitech and TC Electronics devices do have this very convenient feature. The TC bass sound is excellent, Digitech's sound is awful) UTILIZATION Everything is extremely easy. Many effect pedals in a single and light pedalboard. It's like a dream!!! But it's only the features that make you dream. Because as soon as you use the unit... SOUND QUALITY ... you are strongly disappointed. No separate delay and reverb settings. Bad quality chorus, reverb and delay effects. Digitech offers a much better sound quality for half the price. The wah-wah effect should be named quack-quack. And the distortion presets only make you want to stop. All effects sound very cheap. The ME20 is a disaster. Save your money and buy a GT10 or a Digitech RP Series (less expensive)... It's a pity because it could be the perfect pedalboard with all its effect possibilities and the GT10 sound, of course!!!!! OVERALL OPINION I wouldn't buy it again, not even for a couple of bucks!