Boss ME-70 Guitar Multiple Effects
Product Description
Boss ME-70 A multi-effects unit that’s as easy as a stompbox? that’s the beauty of the new ME-70. The friendly, knob-laden design makes tone creation a snap, but with a powerful COSM AMP section derived from the GT-10, the ME-70 takes the “EZ effects” concept to new heights. Stompbox Ease It’s powerful and potent, yet the ME-70 offers the ease of a stompbox. The simple knob-based controls for each effect section makes dialing in tone easier than ever, especially with the innovative EZ Tone feature. And when you want to kick in an effect, just step on one of the four footswitches. Think of it as an array of stompboxes melded into one convenient pedalboard. Phrase Looper The ME-70′s Delay section is equipped with a dedicated Phrase Looper, which offers a lengthy 38 seconds of recording time. Play a riff, capture and loop it, and solo over it, all in real-time onstage. Amaze your audience with live multi-layered magic. Extra Expression Breathe life into your performances with the built-in Expression Pedal. Simply dial up one of the six pre-programmed pedal-control destinations (Wah, Voice, Octave 1, Octave 2, Mod Rate, and Delay Level), put your foot down, and express yourself, Dedicated knobs for each parameter for fast, friendly operation, New COSM Preamp section derived from GT-10 and Legend series, EZ TONE for quick, easy editing, Four footswitches and Expression pedal, PHRASE LOOP function in DELAY section, with 38 seconds of recording time, Amazing
When this first came out, I wasn’t overly interested as I had an ME-50. This board has less overdrive/distortion sounds, and as I had a BOSS GP-20 Amp Modeler, I wasn’t interested in the addition of amp modeling.
I recently decided to have an effects clear out, and took a risk selling the ME-50, GP-20 a Boss OC-3 Octave pedal and an EHX Metal Muff distortion, hoping that an ME-70 would be an adequate replacement, and hopefully make a bit of cash.
I’m really pleased with my purchase, and I ended up better off as a result.
The amp modeling on the ME-70 is far better and far easier to get an impressive sound than the GP-20 (no wonder Boss discontinued it!). While there are less built-in distortion/overdrive effects, they are superior to those on the ME-50, and the ‘Metal’ and ‘Core’ effects add more versatility than I had with the Metal Muff.
Compared with the old ME-50, I would say there are ups and downs, depending on what you’re after. Some features are gone – the tone modify has gone, replaced by the preamp, so no acoustic emulator. There are less distortion effects, and the ‘variation’ button’s gone. All of the non-Boss emulated distortions are gone – Ibanez Tube Screamer, MXR Distortion+, ProCo Rat, Marshall Guvnor, EHX Big Muff… However, there are plenty of features on the ME-70 that the ME-50 lacked. The preamp is a nice amp modeler and EQ, and you can switch it off completely if you don’t need it. The extra compression/FX footswitch adds boost when you need it as well as other new effects. In addition, the ME-70 has the GP-8 style metal expression pedal, rather than the plastic ME-50 pedal. It also has the GP-8 feature where the values you have dialed in are shown on the digital display as you turn the dial, so you know if you have the gain set to 50% or 51%. There is also a looper built into the delay pedal.
Overall, I would say this is a worthwhile upgrade for anyone owning a Boss ME-50. The extra pedal is great for solo boost and other effects, the distortion sounds are improved, it’s better built and it has a looper. For anyone looking for a multi effects unit, this is a no-brainer. A fantastic piece of kit, which is very easy to use, well made, produces professional effects and is reasonably priced.
Rating: 5 / 5
well, to start off, the ME-70 has 4 footswitches and an expression pedal. these are ‘compression/fx, distortion, modulation and delay’.
the expression pedal has ‘wah, +1 octave, -1 octave, voice, volume and modulation/delay rate’.
all the pedals can be set to different sounds/effects and then be tweaked till it’s just right.
after youve got the settings that your after, you can then save them to one of nine user patches. this basically means that if you use it to gig, in between songs theres no need to stop and twiddle with the dials. you can just enter memory mode and call up wichever ‘patch’ you need.
it has solid build quality and it’d take quite some force to break it.
Everything is pretty straight forward to use and you will only find yourself calling on the manual todo some of the more complicated actions.
this is great value for money for any serious guitarist and will give you plenty to experiment with.
The only cons i can think off are that theres no power adapter in the box and on some rare occasions you can get a bit stuck trying to figure a few things out ie saving/recalling settings in memory mode
Rating: 5 / 5