All About the Bass - BOSS ME50B - Put Your Foot On It

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[brucepiland]

Bought one of these in 2008 or so. Gigged it a ton. Not a bad piece of kit.

[CaptAnderton]

Holy Moly - this is way older than I thought!! I just checked & we 1st received them in 2004!! Older people will know what I mean when I say that 2004 "feels" like it was only 3-4 years ago!!!

[rj_connor]

Nathan is like everybody's grumpy uncle with a heart of gold... thoroughly entertaining!

[ethanster]

“The special Nathan King signature tone” YES! 🤘
I suspect that most people watching these videos have no idea who Nathan is and just how great he really is. His brother, Mark is considered to be one of the best bass players in the world and Nathan plays rhythm guitar in that band..Level 42.

[pablomoreno]

I have the same Pedal board and I can say is the best multi effect for bass.

[gillsontoast]

we need more than 1 bass video a week .

[patrickfarley]

I love my ME-50B!! I would suggest to get the best effect from the "fretless" mode, use half rounds or flat wound strings and experiment with the knobs to find your own sweet spot. That effects also sounds nice with a bit of chorus and a wee bit of reverb. Not too much, but a touch.
Anyhow, thats my 2cents worth, on that and I hope it helps.
Also this demo is absolutely basic! This board is chock full of goodies and uses. READ THE As intuitive as this is, it does have its secrets!
Btw Captain, Nathan is a great salesman and personality and you two work kind of like good cop, bad cop. Between the two of you, I find a fair representation of what ever the gear you audition is achieved. Maybe a little light on all the features but the key points to justify the price point is firmly met!
Thanks for an enjoyable demo!

[johncougar]

I scored one for 60 bucks, and didn't expect much, but I love it! Best buy by far in my toy collection!

[Theospeak]

Phenomenal demo guys, wish all pedal and equipment demos were this excellent.

[SawyerPvP]

Found out about these from this video a few months ago and got me one for Christmas. Not all of these effects are great quality, but most are awesome and the unit altogether is most definitely a great buy! Sound hold, octaves up and down, compressors, and delays are exceptionally useful, but don't carry out low notes too long with the octave up... Overall, I love this thing and would recommend it to both bedroom and bar gigging players, but maybe not recording musicians.

Edit: A few of the synths and the phaser and flanger effects are really useful too

[daveharris]

I've had one of these for years, and I'll never sell it. The more you use it, the more you get to like it, coz you're discovering new things all the time - eg if an effect sounds crummy, all you do is turn down the effects level and use less of it, and it actually sounds great.

[Musouk]

Love it. Have one of these. I have to say the Captain has explained it superbly. Even I’ve learnt something new from this and of course this video was available 6 years back 🎉

[jameslewis]

This set up reminds me so much of the rig I used to have. Fender Jap Jazz bass, ME10B effects and Marshall bass combo. It does prove that there is nothing wrong with the Squire Jazz basses.

[blop-a-blop]

you know what's AWESOME about this video ? ... EVERYTHING !!! :D

[barrypwalkerable]

I got one of these about a year ago, now I know how to use Great video, you fellas crack me Keep up the great work👍👍👍

[GibbyDaGhost]

I have one. great way to stylize your playing. very fun to use.

[obiwanrussell]

I've been using the guitar version, the ME-50 for several years and still don't know how to programme the damn thing! I use it in manual mode all the time which is more than good enough for my needs, would love to see you guys do a video like this on the ME-50 if possible!

[grant_langs]

Thanks guys, I've been looking into getting one but there aren't really many good videos on YouTube on it. This helped me out a lot.

[lewisyouknow]

Genuinely the me 50b is a huge part of my rig. One of the best effects pedals of all time

[EdMuse]

Thanks so much for this! I've had an ME-50B for years, and only ever scratched the surface of its learning curve. I always have the compressor on and dial in my tone with the semi-parametric. I play my Chapman Stick through defretter and chorus, and use various other effects on individual songs (that pitch bend on the expression pedal is a blast!). I've been looking for a way to do sample-and-hold forever, though, not even realizing until I watched this vid that I already had that in the expression pedal! Now I have to attack the learning curve of the programming mode. You're the best! Thanks again!