Although it may look inferior, this has all of the power of a Boss ME series pedal, although you do sacrifice some intuitiveness of design with the basic screen. The effects are powerful and easily modified, the patch creation is simple provided you have the time to check every modulation in the manual to see what it does and the sound is rich and clean.

What really sweetens the deal, however, is the inclusion of CuBase LE, an intensely powerful piece of music recording software. It is intuitive, clever and amazingly easy to use, allowing you to create beautiful compositions with the pedal’s direct USB link to your computer.

This is the sort of kit that will waste your life away, so be warned. An excellent buy.
Rating: 5 / 5

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

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