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Boss ME-50B

Bass Guitar Multi-Effects Pedalboard with COSM Overdrive and Distortion plus Dedicated Knobs

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The Bass Player's Dream Effects Box Come True!

The BOSS ME-50B puts world-class bass effects in a rugged floor unit with easy pedal-style control. Effects on the ME-50B are divided into six sections - Compressor/Limiter, Master, Filter/Tone, Drive/Synth, Delay/Modulation and Expression Pedal-giving bassists a range of unique and powerful BOSS tones including new effects like Sound Hold, Octave Up and Kick Drum. From there, ME-50B effects can be edited using 23 knobs and controlled via three built-in footswitches and an assignable expression pedal. The ME-50B from BOSS is the piece no bass player should be without!

BOSS ME-50B Bass Effects Pedal at a Glance:
  • Great sounding, easy-to-use floor processor
  • Shape your sound with COSM compressor/limiter and EQ
  • Octave-up effect plus wah, defretter, and more
  • Incredibly warm overdrive sounds
  • Build loops and add kick drum patterns

Great sounding, easy-to-use floor processor
BOSS understands that bass players want access to powerful effects, but they don't want to get caught up in the menus and programming hassles of a multi-effects processor. Enter the ME-50B. Just like its guitar-oriented sibling, the new ME-50B puts BOSS' finest multi-effects for bass into a convenient floor processor with the feel of a compact pedal. Forget about menus and cursor buttons. Just reach down and twist a knob on the ME-50B!

Shape your sound with COSM compressor/limiter and EQ
Everyone knows that the fundamentals of good bass tone are compression and EQ. That's why the ME-50B from BOSS features two dedicated sections for these essential effects. The Compressor/Limiter of the ME-50B uses advanced COSM modeling - including a "Natural" compression setting that retains the nuances of your playing - to give you tight, punchy tone. Simply select the ME-50B compressor "Type" and adjust the Sustain/Threshold knob to get the tone you want. The Master section includes a BOSS 3-band EQ with a sweepable mid for precise tonal shaping.

Octave-up effect plus wah, defretter, and more
The ME-50B includes a variety of unique tone-shaping effects just for bass. These include a handy "Octave Up" effect, which adds a note one octave above the original while retaining your natural bass sound-complete with adjustable BOSS drive on the octave-shifted note-plus favorites like Slow Gear, T-Wah and a Defretter effect for instant fretless sounds. Using the Tone effect preset on the ME-50B, you can get quick tonal variations with BOSS preset EQs like "Bottom Boost" and "Mid Shape."

Incredibly warm overdrive sounds
Want some extra bite? Switch on the ME-50B's Drive effects, which include settings like "Muff Fuzz," "Bass Driver," "Natural" and "Metal" to give you a range of BOSS overdriven/distorted sounds. A new "Hi Band" effect creates a distorted sound on the high frequencies while keeping the lower frequencies intact-perfect for creating complex tones while keeping your original playing dynamics. There are also four synth bass sounds on the ME-50B with superb tracking and natural feel.

Build loops and add kick drum patterns
Sound On Sound recording is very popular with guitarists, and now bass players can build their own loops too with the BOSS ME-50B! But the ME-50B can do even more. Using the new Kick Drum function, players can tap in their own kick drum and create loops over the beat. If that's not enough, check out the new Sound Hold function, which lets you endlessly sustain a low note while playing over it. With the ME-50B, bassists can take their playing to a whole new level.


BOSS ME-50B Bass Effects Pedal Features:
  • Floor-based bass multi-effects processor with easy analog control
  • Killer COSM Compressor/Limiter and Drive effects, plus T-Wah, Slow Gear and Defretter
  • Innovative Sound Hold function for sustaining a low note while playing on top
  • 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 footswitches and onboard expression pedal routed to 6 options like Octave, Wah, etc.
  • Solid metal case built to withstand abuse

Wrap your bass sound around a BOSS ME-50B pedal!
Specification Detail
Analog Inputs 1 x 1/4" Guitar
Analog Outputs 2x 1/4" TS L& R out
Digital Inputs N/A
Digital Outputs N/A
Max. Delay N/A
MIDI I/O N/A
Rack Height N/A
Simultaneous Effects 6

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Daniel Fisher
One of the most overlooked features of the BOSS ME-50B (and ME-50 for guitar) is that it can be battery powered! While there are a number of fine battery-powered multi-effect units out there, few of them can boast 'one knob for every parameter.' If you like BOSS pedals (and so many pros do) you'll find that this pedal delivers the same tones and effects as the single pedals it's replacing, but now you can save the settings as presets and use it on the streets, with a wireless on the balcony, or even through your car stereo. (Please pull over first.)

GOOD MULTI EFFECTS

by JONC. from AKRON, OHIO
May 7, 2006
Music Background:
FIRST OF ALL, GOOD, SOLID CONSTRUCTION. BEFORE YOU BUY THIS, REALLY THINK ABOUT WHICH EFFECTS YOU WILL ACTUALLY USE WITH BASS IN THE REAL WORLD. MOST OF THE EFFECTS HERE ARE WELL DONE. SOME ARE CHEESY... read more [+]. I FOUND THAT THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO USE WERE THE VOLUME PEDAL, COMPRESSION AND CHORUS. ONCE IN A WHILE THE WAH, DELAY AND DISTORTION DURING A SOLO. EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED ONLY USEFUL TO HAVE FUN WITH AT HOME. IF YOUR MUSIC CALLS FOR A LOT OF EFFECTS, THEN THIS IS A GOOD, SOLID PEDAL. THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS, AS ANOTHER REVEIWER POINTED OUT, IS THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ONE PEDAL. NO CORDS EVERYWHERE AND IT DOES HAVE A TUNER. close [-]

BOSS ME 50-B

by jimmy dee from
February 1, 2005
Music Background:
This is quite possibly the best bass multi effects money can buy, and it isnt that expensive! absolutely brilliant, i have been playing for 4 years and bought this product fairly recently. it has so m... read more [+]any effects and really helps me when i do gigs, loads of distrotion and heavy metal style sounds and it even has a built in tuner! what more can u ask for!!!!!! close [-]

by adri vosters from the netherlands
December 1, 2004
Music Background:
very easy to use

many good sounds

works great

good value for not that much money

ME-50(B)

by Jim Adams from Indianapolis, IN
July 1, 2004
Music Background:
I played around with an ME-50 for about an hour while killing some time while my daughter shopped nearby. I bought both the ME-50 and ME-50B. I've dumped an 8-space rack of gear and can now carry... read more [+] all my effects, cables, wireless transmitter, etc. in a single laptop computer-type bag. All I need to do is swap out the ME-50 or the ME-50B depending on if I'm playing bass or guitar that day.


Very easy to use and I find the presets very useful. I had practice with my band a couple hours after I bought the units and incorporated the ME-50B into our arrangements that evening...even found a couple of sounds that we were looking for but had never found. It's just what I was looking for. close [-]

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