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Boss ME-50B Bass Multiple Effects

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A bass player's dream come true!

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Jared Followill

Jared Followill's Boss ME-50B Bass Multiple Effects Pedal can be seen around 0:32 in this video of his bass gear rundown. Jared's guitar tech then goes on to demonstrate how the opening bass riff of the song [Closer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3F4zpOdK8) is achieved, by using the pedal of the ME-50B to pitch the sound up.
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Nikolai Fraiture

Ampeg gave Nikolai control of their Instagram account on August 20th, 2014. He posted a picture of his pedalboard, which is more varied than one might of thought. The Boss ME-50B takes a large spot upon his board.
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Ian Hill

From his [rig rundown](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/28975-rig-rundown-judas-priest): > The Boss ME-50B multi effects gets work during "Green Manalishi"
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Marco Hietala

On http://nightwish.com/en/band/marco-hietala
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Brett Campbell

From a Gear Gods interview in 2014. At 1:05: "It's actually for bass, but I've used it for guitar. I've tried the guitar-one but I don't like it nearly as much as this one. It's got a bunch of shit that's cool if you're making like harsh noise, but I just use the same settings all the time." > I’m on my third one now, and I got my first one from a friend in 2007 because he hated how it sounded. At the time, I was playing in a noise-rock band and a lot of the effects and parameters on the 50B lent it to being a powerful tool in that context. I used it so much in that project that it kind of became my sound. I really like how the wah and whammy are voiced. The resonance setting is a big asset because it’s a secondary wah sound I like. It acts like a low-pass filter that sweeps on the higher registers. I like using the octave-up function for leads because it really helps pop out of the dense live mix. It doesn’t track nearly as well with chords and it’s not a clean modulation, but I get this weird, glitchy splattering of shimmer that I really enjoy for “The Ghost I Used to Be.” Another thing it has is this chorus/delay setting that is my go-to solo echo effect, because it’s a warm, watery sound. That all being said for my sound and how it works for me, I do not recommend the pedal for guitarists [laughs]. Its idiosyncrasies work for me though. [Premier Guitar interview, 2017](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25619-pallbearer-devin-holt-and-brett-campbell-exit-the-comfort-zone?page=3)
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A bass player's dream come true!

The BOSS ME-50B Bass Multiple Effects with COSM puts world-class bass effects in a rugged floor unit with easy pedal-style control. Effects are divided into 6 sections (Compressor/Limiter, Master EQ, Filter/Tone, Drive/Synth, Delay/Modulation, and Expression Pedal), giving bassists a range of unique and powerful tones including new effects like Sound Hold, Octave Up, and Kick Drum-all with easy knob-based control.

Specifications

Floor bass multi-effects processor with super easy, knob-based controls
Killer COSM Compressor/Limiter and Drive effects, plus T-Wah, Slow Gear, Defretter, and much more
Innovative Sound Hold function sustains a low note while playing over it
Sound-on-sound recording with new Kick Drum effect for keeping time
Dedicated knobs for each effect section”no menu-surfing!
Easy Tone effects with preset EQ templates for quick tone editing

3 Boss ME-50B Bass Multiple Effects Reviews

wbasstrolo

144

This was my first pedal.

This thing is perfect to figure out what you like effectwise, but kind of useless in every other aspect.

Useable sounds: 1. Distortions are okay 2. "my first envelope filter" 3. "Phaser"

Unusable sounds: Everything else.

Major drawbacks: 1. The wah has a HUGE volume spike when you sweep it through the middle. 2. The synth's tracking is pretty much nonexistent. You have a choice of whole notes or halfnotes. 3. Octaver doesn't track well either.

tl:dr It's a decent pedalboard to start, but buy it used.

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over 3 years ago
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adam_laybourn

Had the ME-25, even less tweakable, but utterly hopeless effects!

over 3 years ago

aidenmustafa

306

Not for me

I didn't enjoy the sounds of the effects too much. But solid feeling and solid construction.

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10 months ago
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wallace_schmidt

178

Muito legal/ Very nice :)

Gosto dos timbres dela e o que me agrada muito é ela ter os knobs pra facilitar a regulagem. I like the tone of me50 and the best thing for me are the knobs that make my life easier.

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