Boss ME-80 Multi-Effects Pedal

I love this thing. Truly. Every control is right there, easily adjusted, easily triggered on and off, and the memory preset saves remember everything. In manual mode, experimenting and/or tweaking is WAY easier than a menu-driven system.It runs on batteries or from a wall wart, so it's easily portable.It seems to be very quiet, the only thing I noticed is that when the compressor/expander is running at its highest gain, there is some noise, but it's unclear to me if that's coming from the pedal, or just the ambient noise from the instrument. In any case, it's an edge case and I don't consider it a serious issue.The quality of the effects are very high - that's key here. It's not just convenient, it makes great output.I've been playing electric rock and blues for 50 years as I write this, and this is easily the best f/x system I've used to date. Highly recommended.

You really can't beat this unit for ease of use, features, or sound quality. True, some of the effects aren't quite exactly like the vintage analog boxes they emulate, but it's surprising how close they actually get. And most of the dozens of effects you can choose from are stellar. The internal routing is well thought out as well, with copies of some effects showing up in other areas just in case you want your phaser in front of your distortion. Very cool and compact, I feel like I've only scratched the surface after a couple of weeks. I especially like how in "manual" mode, it's like having eight discrete pedals at once, with all the controls just where you'd expect them with ZERO menu diving!

This is by far the best value of any Boss product I've seen or used as a guitar player of 5 or so years. You have no need for any pedals or even an amp with this multi-fx. I 100% recommend this to any players who need a stomp box setup and don't want to go all out on a custom pedal board. Great sound, through headphones or an amp, and very easy to set up. My only complaint is that activating the expression pedal is a little weird since there doesn't seem to be a button to click down (like on a crybaby wah) but in theory you would have it set up before a performance so this is no big deal.

I've been playing for 30+ years, and I've never been much of a tone-head. I've messed around with other pedals before, mostly distortion, wah, and chorus. I thought it was time to 'grow up' and get a real pedal board. As I was shopping around, the ME-80 came across my recommendations, along with a few others. I suffer from choice paralysis when it comes to this stuff, so I didn't make a decision and just sat on it.Then I saw it in action. I was watching a reggae band live, and the guitar player was pretty solid and was switching between tones pretty fluidly. I checked out his rig and he had one of these babies, so I pulled the trigger and ordered it.In the interim, I watched a bunch of videos and read a ton of reviews. They were overall very positive with some toneheads lodging minor complaints about the modeling. With the pre-amp, eq/boost, and stomps alone it's worth the price of admission. Plus it has a decent wah/volume pedal built in. Plus, it's BOSS. Come on. You can't go wrong. I've always wanted compression, boost, overdrive, and mods in my chain but don't have the cash for those types of boutique effects. Plus this includes amp modeling...under $400.It's a steal.

good buy

I just got this a couple of days ago so I haven't even scratched the service yet on its capabilities. The Boss ME 80 sounds great and I find it very easy to use. I have never owned a all in one effects pedal like this, I have always had separate stomp pedals. I was looking for something with knobs on it, guess I am old school. I am loving the sounds of most of the effects, the flanger is great (never owned one before) the wah wah is very good and the pedal is easy to turn on and off. I haven't played around with the memory function yet so I can't commit yet on it. I really am enjoying this piece effects pedal and recommend getting the carry bag too

Should have bought this years ago. I wasted so much money on individual pedals and power supplies and cables. This has every effect you need. Easy to work and built like a tank. Buy it! The amp models are great and you can adjust everything until you get the sound you want. Use it on manual, or create your own presets. Love it! Tons of Youtube videos on using it. You can also download presets for free.

If you wanna get rid of all them stomp pedals and chords but don't wanna take away from the sound yo get with them....this is the right one to use. There's a stomp mode and memory mode. Memory made let's you make you're own stuff and stomp mode aka manual mode is just like having stomp pedals. I won't go back to stomp pedals to hats a fact