ME-50 Guitar Multi effects pedal

JerRocks2day · 08-23-2008, 08:45 PM

Has anybody tried out this pedal? I've tried it out last week and thought it was an amazing pedal. It was like I was playing metal versions of all the songs I've been learning.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 08-23-2008, 10:34 PM

I really do not like the ME series. I used to own an ME-30 and I played an ME-50 and I have to say I am a much bigger fan of getting a few individual pedals for the price. I might also consider a Pod XTLive first, for as much as I am not a big fan of emulators, I think it does a better job than the Boss if you want multieffects. Personally since I pretty much use distortion and delay, I would put priorities this way...

Good amp. (If you will use effects pedals for distortion, I would recommend the blackheart little giant), good delay, good guitar

If you plan on using amp distortion, there are a host of good amps out there.

If you must have multieffects, a used xtlive+a little giant will run around $400-$500 total.

**RK_lover** · 08-23-2008, 10:38 PM

I have the ME-20...it's not bad, but I agree with Bill, individual pedals and/or amp upgrade will be better in the long run....if you're on a very tight budget though (like I was), the ME series isn't too bad for getting alot of different sounds.

metropolis4 · 08-25-2008, 09:09 AM

I had an ME-50 for a while. There are some pro's and con's about it. It's handy to carry around and nice having so many options available. I loved all the options for the expression pedal (It's fun having a Whammy on board). The biggest thing I think the ME-50 has going for it over the POD is that all the knobs are right there in front of you just like having a set of individual pedals. This means you can tweak each thing individually in the middle of a gig without having to go through pages and pages of editing to tweak what you need to tweak, then save the patch, then change every other patch that uses what was changed. The tediousness of going through and trying to edit things was what made me finally get rid of my Line 6 stuff.
The only real problems I had with the ME-50 are that it took all the presence and overtones out of my signal making it sound flatter and more bland. Also, the distortions are really lacking, especially for light overdrive tones. You really can't get a useable light overdrive sound out of it and none of the models respond to pick attack. They are all unresponsive and not too dynamic, especially if you are used to good amp overdrive, or a good distortion pedal.
If I were to get one again, I would get a bypass loop pedal and use a separate overdrive pedal with it. It has it's good sides, but unless you only want something that can cover metal you won't be happy with the distortions in the long run.

S.B.Nichols · 08-25-2008, 01:37 PM

When I was a younger player I loved my me-30. I would often just run it in manual mode though, not ever really setting up patches. I was pretty bummed out when it was stolen. There are times that I miss the convenience of it. Every now and then I'll get it in my head to go pick up one from a pawn shop or ebay, but they're still going for 100+ dollars....not bad for 10 year old digital technology, but more than I'll pay for it.

ibanez_dude · 08-27-2008, 08:27 AM

I have not been terribly impressed with the ME-50. I used to own one. The amp models aren't that great. It is nice to have all the knobs in front of you, but you can't really edit presets. The FX are decent. If you really want multi-fx, go for a used POD XT Live.

metropolis4 · 08-27-2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ibanez_dude

I have not been terribly impressed with the ME-50. I used to own one. The amp models aren't that great. It is nice to have all the knobs in front of you, but you can't really edit presets. The FX are decent. If you really want multi-fx, go for a used POD XT Live.

I don't think the ME-50 does amp modeling does it? I never used a single present when I had mine, it defeated the whole nice thing about having everything out in front of you where it can be tweaked on the fly

Folk_guy · 08-27-2008, 07:57 PM

I own the ME-50 it has some very limited amp modeling, but not really what I would call a modeler. The modeling is designed to make it sound like a guitar amp when you run it into headphones, or you use the line out into a PA, or keyboard amp etc. The modeling isn't in effect when you use the guitar amp out, only the headphone/line out jack has modeling. Prior to the ME-50 I owned a ME-30 although the 30 was OK, the 50 is leaps and bounds above the 30 in sound quality. I can say that there are some individual pedals out there that do sound better than the ME-50, and I have a slew of individual pedals that I've collected, but to get the variety of sounds available with individual pedals that are built into the ME-50 would cost you quite a bit more than the ME-50. The 50 is compact and you don't have all the connection problems that you experiece with jumpers and power supply connections to a half dozen individual pedals.

S.B.Nichols · 08-27-2008, 08:58 PM

Agreed with Folk_guy...the ME series isn't really intended to be a modeler, but a collection of individual effects for someone with a good amp to start with. Though I don't think it holds a nickel to a handful of good quality individual effects, it certainly is an affordable way to get all the effects you could want.

Remember the amp modeling on the ME-30? One button that turned on the amp sim?

Joseiy · 08-27-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ibanez_dude

I have not been terribly impressed with the ME-50. I used to own one. The amp models aren't that great. It is nice to have all the knobs in front of you, but you can't really edit presets. The FX are decent. If you really want multi-fx, go for a used POD XT Live.

Theyre not supposed to be models of amps they're supposed to be models of pedals you run into an amplifier no wonder it didn't sound so great.......