All user reviews of 4/5 for the Boss ME-30

Rather well stocked indeed, it is the ideal start for pedalboard. It covers all necessary in search of its effects, and the result is a largely met our expectations. The first notable fault is all plastic, but after almost 15 years of use it still holds up. Wow

UTILIZATION

Too bad the screen is not backlit, this being so, it is amazingly simple. We can change the various effects in a logical and childish chaining, the values ​​are adjusted with + and - as a classic pedal before! Simply save ca in different banks and rolls ca. You can rename its presets which proves handy. No need to book but the beast is better with mastery.

SOUND QUALITY

Deeply disappointed at the time by the cold and terribly digital distos I finally tamed the beast and get sounds convincing. The quality of delays surprised me reverbs, chorus, flanger and tremolo being relatively nice too. I enjoyed much less amp simulation completely distorting loudspeakers. The headphone, obviously, it does not still hurt.

OVERALL OPINION

Almost 15 years and I always nikel. The expression pedal has almost never served me as too loose and always unscrewed ... false whammy was really rotten, the wah teop brouillonnne. I changed to go on something stronger and certainly more current, after having long used a digitech rp 2000. I much prefer my line 6 floor pod which is much more complete and has more current sounds that really make PRO.

If I were to advise, I would say that 50-60 euros in good condition, it is a sacred thing and a great tool for GOOD START.

Purchased the unit at alocal music shop in Edmonton, Alberta. I paid Around $350.00CND
I was using an old Ibanez effects rack but it was beyond repair, I use to play in aband but I no longer do and I only require a toy rather than a durable road unit.

I like the simplicity of the unit for just playing at home, I would not recomend it for playing in a road band but for jamming around home or in a local band it is a simple compact unit with allot of bang for your buck, great distortion options great course and delay. Built in tuner is great to.
It has a track play back for those of us that can't read music and don't have the patients for tab you can slow down riffs and catch them by ear, it's great.

You can not use all of the effects at one time, not that you would nessecarly need them all at once but sometimes if you are trying to copy someones sound you can't quiet get it because you are limited by effects. Very limited on manual as well if you have a good amp that you like to use and just compliment with effects this is not a unit for you, it is a unit for your complete sound.

Again it is well built for an amature but there are better units for the pros. It is durable and easy to use.

For the investment I looked at allot of units and the ME-30 gives you all that an amature needs in a compact user freindly package. I would recomend it to anyone with $300.00 bucks who needs a new toy.

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i bought this off the internet from some dude in florida. I paid $100 for it, worth every penny. I got it b/c i was looking to expand my sound

I love this pedal. Very easy to use, you probably don't even need the manual. All the effects sound good. What i probably like the most is that you have three patches per effect program. Ten effects programs and 3 patches per program. This makes switching between FX a lot easier, and makes the pedal much more simple to use.

the wah. It doesn't sound that great, and it doesn't have a big range. Also, the if you are looking for a distortion with some hard edge to it, you might want to get another one. The dist sounds okay on this unit, but it's no where near something like the Metal Zone

great quality, but buttons are kind of close together though

great MFX unit, if you can find one, pick it up.

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I borrowed the BOSS ME-30 from a friend for about a month and a half. He said he paid $100 for it off eBAY.

It's very easy to use, even without the manual. It is very durable and reliable. It has 30 presets and 30 user patches. It has a variety of different sound styles. It has Learn a Lick built in to record a sample of a song from CD, and you can slow down the speed without changing the pitch.

It takes about half a second to change to another effect. This sounds bad if your playing live. It's hard to keep the pedal in one position. I was playing at a gig once and I couldn't keep it at the volume I wanted. It's also hard to see the display at low light.

This unit is VERY tough and durable! It can be dropped and stepped on, and it will still play like new!(Most of the time). It lasts for a long time.

This is a pretty good pedal for it's price. It's more like something to buy for your first pedal or just to mess around on.

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I got this on closeout at my local music store for $140 US. It had just picked up my first guitar, and wanted something to expand my sound possibilities

Easy to learn. I got mine open box, with no manual, and had to figure it out. Volume is nice to use. Easy to change programmed sounds, or to use in manual mode turning on and off effects.

The Wah Wah. Plain and simple, you won't like it. It changes the sound in any position that you have the pedal. I also wish the LCD was backlit. It does kind of glow, but is still hard to see in low light situations, or with glare.

Very tough. Jump on it, stomp on it, it will still go. As time went on the spring on the expression pedal got loose, but I find I like it. I leaves the pedal in one position when you aren's using it.

This was a great thing for me. I am still learning, and I found it helped motivate me, being able to re-create the sounds I heard from my favorite bands. If you use a Wah, keep the one you have, don't figure on this replacing it. Great for someone who is learning, and gets tired of just the sound from their amp.

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Pdalier guitar rack is not Submitted as separate pedals 6:
* Distortion / Overdrive
* Compressor
* Delay
* Reverb
* Flanger, Chorus, tremolo, pitch shifter
* Expression pedals (for volume, wah wah ...
More noise gate, equalizer.

* Between guitar, 2 outputs, a headphone jack

UTILIZATION

Operation is very simple (we can not be easier!) Is like having 6 pedals so we diffrent RULES each of which grace the screen of pdalier. .. I remember the manual as did a while since I remember and I have not even opened!

SOUND QUALITY

I use it live for diffrent pedals grouped on the other hand I do not touch the disto !!!!!!!! aarrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh ........... it is an ugly as it's not possible! I have another boss dedicates distortion pedals because I do not really support that of pdalier!
Otherwise the rest is trs good, especially for live, nothing wrong (especially for the price)

OVERALL OPINION

I therefore use the ME-30 for now ... uh ... I know! May be 4 or 5 years. I use it only because the live in my home studio I use the POD ... Apart from this horrible distortion, it's really a good product trs, ideal for beginners to learn and before the effects can be to go further and buy pedals to dies.

He has most of the existing main effects for use with a guitar compressor, distortion, amp simulator, noisegaite, eq, delay, flanger, reverb, chorus, harmonizer, tremolo, wha wha, volume pedal, and lots of others I do not really or so rarely!
-The pre-programmed patches are nice, programming is relatively simple (when it was included!) Too bad there have not MIDI Out!
-Ergonomics is nice, the expression pedal is correct, the use of pedals too!
-The screen is nice, but not lit (in the dark, we have to stick it to the eye to know what it is .............!!!!!!!( Is it mine, which is down or there is free ???????)

UTILIZATION

-The setup is relatively simple, but I find programming patches a bit long, it's faster on traditional pedals!
I have never read the doc ....!!!! As bcp users, I guess!?!

SOUND QUALITY

-The effects are generally good, except the parties "distortion / overdrive" that does not really worth the pedals of the same brand!
I use a Les Paul CUSTOM GIBSON, IBANEZ RG 140 an AMENDED COPY and START.
The effects-my favorite are all that is delay / flanger / reverb / eq / noise gate, the Wha-Wha is nice too! Distortions not sound terrible, they lack warmth and have nothing "Scotch"!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 5 / 6 years!
-The "+": noise gate, delay, flanger, reverb, eq, chorus, and look! -The "--": The distortions, no lighting of the display, power outlet fragile, programming a little long to make!
"I tried the rack of" supermarket "that had distortions much better!
The price-quality ratio is good anyway, we must see that it is not very expensive for the BOSS!
For use with a distortion externe.Une "big quality" (which convinced me to buy one), the bottom bracket, this prevents qud even have a whole string of pedals, with all défaults this may cause (son of everywhere, many power supplies, various noises, the installation takes time (if you play in the studio (time is money!)

All dj t said ... The pedals are solid, the expression pedals a little less, but will. The most part of circuits is analog. Only the delay is numrique (I think). Phone output is handy.

UTILIZATION

It is a simple to use pedals trs, the rglages are few which facilitates che ... You can play with either preset or with each pedals (all effects can be controlled only be in "pedals" as phaser for example, which is a shame ...).
A light would catch rrto t welcome.

SOUND QUALITY

It is on the sound quality is not as good as the BOSS pedals. The distortion is horrible and gnrent vrament too much noise! The noise suppressor can not do anything. The wah is really horrible too (it sounds like a toy, it's really ridiculous).
The delay is not bad (the max delay of 2s), such as phaser, noise suppressor, chorus, reverb, compressor ... The expression pedals also serves as volume pedals. (The expression pedals on a system is low end, so no grsillement like a cry baby basic, and is good!)

OVERALL OPINION

The report qualitprix trs is good, I had bought 1000F. I have about 8 years, and is still in good condition. I always use (except for distortion and wah-wah that are unusable ...) For this price, do not expect a great quality. This offers a lot of effects pedals and is rather versatile. It is intended for beginners PDAL one or guitarists who want complter their set with a broad pallete of effects on the cheap.
Now offers multi Digitech effects of good quality and really cheap, but the era in this price range, the ME-30 silent the only choice (with the zoom, but it really rotten brand). On occasion, it really is not CHRE (below 100 a may be worth). I still think I will turn now to small Digitech ...

This small pedalboard includes compressor, OV / DS equalizer / phaser, noise gate, delay, chorus / flanger / tremolo / pitch shifter, reverb, plus expression pedal that can manage the selection volume, wah, ring modulator, and different type of pitch (4 in all), the pedal having two possible positions in the effects loop.
all these effects are editable.
the pedal has a guitar input, 2 output (mono / stereo), headphone jack, a power supply sector (or cell, very practical).
Rackable not
it has 10 banks of 3 factory sounds and 10 user sound bank of 3 or 60 possible memory. There is also a manual mode, a tuner and a recorder that can record ten seconds with the possibility of slowing with or without changing pitch (very handy for deciphering solos)

UTILIZATION

configuration is very simple since it is in the form of a set of Boss pedals, c very clear and easy to edit each effect with many potentiometers.
the manual is good and sufficient, it has a blank table to record its end configs.
the presentation is really smart and can not be clearer

SOUND QUALITY

In fact, each pedal takes roughly the existing pedal boss, with a slightly lower quality (c normal). I use it for the metal and are true that the distortion sounds a synthetic hair and drools a little if you push the 'drive' but really tiny and c can have a big sound. modulation effects are really very good especially clear sound (besides the clear sound through headphones is pure happy) and the setting is still quite large (even if we want to combine several modulation effects which is impossible)

OVERALL OPINION

I use the ME-30 for over 3 years, and even in concert and I prefer it to the simple saturation of the amplifier. I use it live, not in the effects loop of the amp.
I think this is one of the best quality / price ratio in music today, one can learn to work for a sound BEGIN c ideal. Mine has had its day I'm going to buy a POD pro for studio for the ME-30 is a bit short. Otherwise affirmed as the most newbie: you throw it!