Just bought this in 2020. I needed something that was really easy to use to create sounds and banks. I still use the distortion built into the head, and run this through the effects loop for the best sound.
I love the simplicity of this multi f/x pedal. Its like using your favorite series of stomp boxes and saving them to recall any time that you want. The fact that you dial any almost any sound that you want is really good,and all you have to do is store it. Done,just that simple!
@@johnmclaughlin3217 for simplicity just go for boss me 70 and advanced me80.the me80 can connect via usb for tone studio editor but me70 just tweak from the pedal.this two processors are good.
John McLaughlin Considering the price for ME 80 is stepping onto the GT series, IMO you might as well save more and jump into the GT series on used market. Personally the 70 is quite sufficient for me to this day
I got this recently as a gift, have to say I'm impressed. I've always loved Boss pedals since my dad gave me his CE-2 Chorus for my 16th birthday. This ME-70 was a 30th birthday present, so a long time has passed! Lots of very usable tones in this one box - I've not yet made a sound that isn't good, even if some of them wouldn't have much place in real world playing. Personally I'd suggest this is a perfectly acceptable live alternative to a collection of individual boxes.
What ever you do , hold on to that CE 2 for dear life, I lost mine way back in 1993 , the seconds in the market for CE 2 are way above what I can afford. Easily the very best Chorus pedal BOSS has ever produced.
i can honestly recommend the me-70. i was skeptical about it at first, since i thought that the sounds would be "plastic" sounding and thin. But i plugged it to a good 50 watt amp and it sounds great
You are one heck of a guitar player! and I found one of these to buy and now I'm sold on it! Thanx! It's the sounds I need for the recordings I'm doing.
@@MultiStar84 I paid $ 187.00. it was missing one knob and a broken power supply, I got it From a place in California... Reverb something or other... It works and that's all I care about. I got the manual off the internet and going through it to learn about it.
The ME series are simplier to operate processors and GT are professional processors with deep editing possibilities, USB interface for recording and editing/managing patches with your computer.
I’ve been using it for about 12 years and seems to work fine with me and running it thought a Marshall 60 watt tube head and a 1961 Marshall 1/2stack great sound...
I have the Boss Me 70, and YOU CAN USE multiple pedals on the same time, and is waaaaaaay cheaper than the POD500. I play with a friend and he has a couples of boss analog pedals, and the boss me 70 makes the same sound!, the same analog sound on a digital unit. I always use a clean amp modeling>compr>classic distortion>delay>reverb. Etc.
@guitarshreder43 I believe the four pedals also change presets. there are 18 banks (9 read only, 9 edit-able by you) of 4 presets each. You can switch between those four quite quickly, but if you are trying to get to another bank that could take a while longer.
Chances are if you're looking at this review video, you're not one of them pedalboard snobbists who wants boutique effects and one pedal for each tone. The ME-70 is a true "pedalboard replacement" for even the professional guitarist, and while lacking in an Acoustic FX setting, the ME-70 (for its price) can replace every other pedal you'd ever want.
@Arthur Gotti Yes. Obviously BOSS has released more powerful multi-effects boards since the ME-70 with more features, but if you like the user-interface and functionality then it's a great buy. With some third-party cabinet IRs it also makes for a great outboard modeler in a studio setting!
@CreepingMetalDeath It has Dimarzio ToneZone(bridge) and Evolution(neck) pickups and Original Floyd Rose tremolo. Paul has even installed the FloydRoseUpgrades brass sustain block in it. It's quite a rock machine.
at 3:44 you kind of jump ahead saying lets begin by using an empty user patch... after attempting all of the rest of what you taught ... I think I was still missing some of the ins and out... thanks very much for the tutorial ... I am still not getting it though...
That is a surprise to hear because Boss usual delivers good distortion and overdrive sounds. That because for these particular effects they use analog electronic designs. What do you mean with "use multiple pedals of the same time" ...?
I wish I knew what the recording setup was on this video. Looks like he just has a 1/4" out, and yet it sounds amazing. What interface, software, etc. are they using???
Frank Black Because back then guitarists actually had to have skills and technique to survive. That died out with grunge and power chord bullshit. It’s called talent dude
When editing, can you just add one element from each bank? Ie, from modulation you have univibe and chorus and flanger. So you can only have one in your edited patch?
@cgsweep great shit man thanks for the reply. one other question, would a noise gate be something that would help this pedal function through a live setup?
is good! because you can use the rectifier amp model for heavy metal plus the metal section on the od/ds pedal! :) i will get mine tomorrow! i will put a lot of videos about it!
I use it like a delay machine, volume pedal and tremolo, vibrato, and phase stompbox's and i think it's good. I don't like distortions of it- they're so COOOOLD. BUT fuzz is REALLY OK (Oo), and the booster to.... In my oppinion it's really good stuff, to use it for delay and modulations
Hi, I'm beginning to be come interested in this pedal but one question.. (this might sound really dumb but) Does the pedal have the ability to quickly change to a different effect ( a bit like changing to a Solo effect)?
I got a Squier Strat (i know i know, I'm going to buy a new guitar soon) and my amp is a Marshall JTM-50 1x15. Is this worth buying? I play almost every style, country, (hard)rock, hardcore, metal, blues.
Simple question. Can I use it for just a couple of effects and use my amp for everything else? Do I run it through the effects loop? Does it have a noise gate? Thank you
Hi Paul I have a dude... How can I activate the expresion pedal to put some wah effect to this new sound you´ve created on this patch ? thanks from México.
I'm thinking about buying a good multieffect pedal like this one for metal playing. Is this a good choice along with a bc rich Jr V (emg 81-85) and a fender 212 r amp??? please i need an answer . thanks in advance
@Miteour17 I know some people may like it. But I don't... to much digital stuff working on there... get a 5watt tube amp, crank it, put a tubescreamer in it. you got your tone :)
is there any wy u can change presets on this thing fast? say u have a really good clean tone preset and u have a really dirty distortion effect that u want to change too but it's o a different preset would you be able to chage it quickly?
Will this work with any amp? I have a IBZ10G. It has a input, cd in, and headphone jack. Do you just plug you guitar into the ME 70 and that into your amp input?
You can make and save changes to knobs in user banks by pressing "write"!!! Pre-sets can't be changed (saved) It's awesome! I used to have the ME-30 but later I got this and started making all my vids! \m/
@staggguitars666 Did it come with a manual? If not, download one from the boss website! They really are worth reading to get the most out of your unit!
hy brother Paul, I've Noticed that turning "output level" knob doesn't get value displayed in display panel!!! while turning all other knobs the value gets displayed in display panel!! has my unit a problem or this is normal?? waiting eagerly from you,,any help????
It's really sounds cool for unique solo's but not for distortion, well if i have it, i'll have a switch pedal to switch from boss for jazzy tone solo, and digitech for awesome distortion
ok, never mind midi, i see hes got a 1/4 in going out, so he's either going straight into the interphase or a direct box going to the interphase, interface, whichever way its spelt.
I much prefer amp distortion to pedals, but there are definitely better distortion pedals than Boss. Boss's stuff is really fuzzy compared to other pedals. With the POD HD500, you can use the computer interface to use multiple delays and change your signal chain the way you want. Say you want to go overdrive -> amp sim -> noise gate -> delay -> fx -> delay -> reverb -> noise gate, you can do that on the POD, and not the ME70.
@OmGHiPPoS it's a Charvel SoCal made in SanDimas CA probably a 2008 or 2009 model btw I have a Charvel SoCal Pagan Gold and the neck is one of the best you will ever play and the dimarzio pups are great
can anybody help me pick? im stuck between buying a zoom g9.2tt and this pedal; the boss me 70, the advantages i can see of the zoom is lots more features and two valves, but on the downside since its gonna be my first pedal i find it a bit too sophisticated, while thats the advantage of the boss pedal; its simplicity and its awesome sparkle finish. They both cost the same, which should i buy???
There´s nothing worng with this pedal, it´s not a POD XTLIVE but it´s good for its price and with patience you can learn how to use it and have a variety of tones .
i have the POD xtLIVE and i think this is actually more useful for Pro giging and also you can actually see the Channel Indicator better especially when the stage is usually dark just before the next tune and it's great because i can look what channel increment im at as you know when you're with a hot group...it's easy to forget to get the next program channel set up right were you want it BEFORE the next track starts!
@sbvikings30 Yep, in all honesty the RPs sound a bit cleaner and more pronounced but the MEs are built to be really strong. The new Line 6 POD HDs are really nice too but a little bit more complicated.
I want to know the settings for the first set.... start at 0:08 ending at 0:39
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I won't be able to trust the reviews of Guitar World after seeing this video. Riario is so talented that he recovered from that terrible tone at the beginning of his creation where he started to add Uni-Vibe on it and made it sound like something decent with a correct digital delay O_o
@trevwagner666 oh thanks mate. Yeah i'm pretty satisfied with those pick-ups. Given that I also like blues and alternative it was not the best choice mainly because they have a thick sound for these genres. But for rock till death metal they're exceptionally good. It creates a killer sound for home playing with the boss mt-2 although there are better combinations .
Just bought this in 2020. I needed something that was really easy to use to create sounds and banks. I still use the distortion built into the head, and run this through the effects loop for the best sound.
I love the simplicity of this multi f/x pedal. Its like using your favorite series of stomp boxes and saving them to recall any time that you want. The fact that you dial any almost any sound that you want is really good,and all you have to do is store it. Done,just that simple!
A fantastic System..professional quality and still very significant today long after its debut
Best effects processor I ever bought, Such a beautiful addition to your own guitar universe
i got one of these but it doesn't sound like his - it must be broken ;-)
im still using this processor untill 2020.
Bro how is it, in your honest opinion? The me80 is like 150$ more and if th e me70 is a quality product id rather save the money
@@johnmclaughlin3217 for simplicity just go for boss me 70 and advanced me80.the me80 can connect via usb for tone studio editor but me70 just tweak from the pedal.this two processors are good.
John McLaughlin Considering the price for ME 80 is stepping onto the GT series, IMO you might as well save more and jump into the GT series on used market. Personally the 70 is quite sufficient for me to this day
Same here.. i still use the me70 from 2009 😁. Love it so much
Mine starting changing its digits on its own. Don't know what to do.
I got this recently as a gift, have to say I'm impressed. I've always loved Boss pedals since my dad gave me his CE-2 Chorus for my 16th birthday. This ME-70 was a 30th birthday present, so a long time has passed! Lots of very usable tones in this one box - I've not yet made a sound that isn't good, even if some of them wouldn't have much place in real world playing.
Personally I'd suggest this is a perfectly acceptable live alternative to a collection of individual boxes.
What ever you do , hold on to that CE 2 for dear life, I lost mine way back in 1993 , the seconds in the market for CE 2 are way above what I can afford. Easily the very best Chorus pedal BOSS has ever produced.
Nobody can mess with Paul, he does the best reviews...
i can honestly recommend the me-70. i was skeptical about it at first, since i thought that the sounds would be "plastic" sounding and thin. But i plugged it to a good 50 watt amp and it sounds great
You are one heck of a guitar player! and I found one of these to buy and now I'm sold on it! Thanx! It's the sounds I need for the recordings I'm doing.
How much
@@MultiStar84 I paid $ 187.00. it was missing one knob and a broken power supply, I got it From a place in California... Reverb something or other... It works and that's all I care about. I got the manual off the internet and going through it to learn about it.
A spectacular guitar effects processor the Boss ME-70, the best on its style.
Excellent and easy to understand tutorial. Thank you for sharing this.
I bought this pedal yesterday and i fucking love it! Its a must for every guitarist who wants to add crazy effects to their pedalboard :)
i have this unit and i strongly reccommend it.
The ME series are simplier to operate processors and GT are professional processors with deep editing possibilities, USB interface for recording and editing/managing patches with your computer.
Watching this video is a whole lot easier than learning the programming via the book. Thanks !
I’ve been using it for about 12 years and seems to work fine with me and running it thought a Marshall 60 watt tube head and a 1961 Marshall 1/2stack great sound...
Paul makes everything sound Godlike...
paul has learned the fretboard you've really come far paul keep rockin
Was this in the FX loop of the amp, or in front? And what amp was used?
Man love that lead tone at the beginning
I have the Boss Me 70, and YOU CAN USE multiple pedals on the same time, and is waaaaaaay cheaper than the POD500.
I play with a friend and he has a couples of boss analog pedals, and the boss me 70 makes the same sound!, the same analog sound on a digital unit. I always use a clean amp modeling>compr>classic distortion>delay>reverb. Etc.
I think this was part analog oart digital .
definitely the ME-70, a lot more control over your sound and more effects, and all sound really professional
@guitarshreder43 I believe the four pedals also change presets. there are 18 banks (9 read only, 9 edit-able by you) of 4 presets each. You can switch between those four quite quickly, but if you are trying to get to another bank that could take a while longer.
Chances are if you're looking at this review video, you're not one of them pedalboard snobbists who wants boutique effects and one pedal for each tone. The ME-70 is a true "pedalboard replacement" for even the professional guitarist, and while lacking in an Acoustic FX setting, the ME-70 (for its price) can replace every other pedal you'd ever want.
@Arthur Gotti Yes. Obviously BOSS has released more powerful multi-effects boards since the ME-70 with more features, but if you like the user-interface and functionality then it's a great buy. With some third-party cabinet IRs it also makes for a great outboard modeler in a studio setting!
i just spent 6 hours monkeying around with guitar effects at the store.. I have to say ME-70 just beats them all .. this is BRILLIANT stuff!
Does it do more modern stuff too?
@RemoKinga same here man, great piece of equipment! Most of my friends can't believe I only use this processor to record.
@CreepingMetalDeath
It has Dimarzio ToneZone(bridge) and Evolution(neck) pickups and Original Floyd Rose tremolo. Paul has even installed the FloydRoseUpgrades brass sustain block in it. It's quite a rock machine.
at 3:44 you kind of jump ahead saying lets begin by using an empty user patch... after attempting all of the rest of what you taught ... I think I was still missing some of the ins and out... thanks very much for the tutorial ... I am still not getting it though...
That is a surprise to hear because Boss usual delivers good distortion and overdrive sounds. That because for these particular effects they use analog electronic designs. What do you mean with "use multiple pedals of the same time" ...?
You can! It's awesome! I used to have the ME-30 but later I got this and started making all my vids! \m/
I like this kind of 🎸 effects
I wish I knew what the recording setup was on this video. Looks like he just has a 1/4" out, and yet it sounds amazing. What interface, software, etc. are they using???
awards for their analog effects, digital is ok, but analog is great.
I started on an ME70. Now I have multiple pedals. And you can totally tell the digital effect sound vs the analog
Why do all these guys play like it's the 80s?
Frank Black Because back then guitarists actually had to have skills and technique to survive. That died out with grunge and power chord bullshit. It’s called talent dude
Nailing it like a boss!
Because it’s the golden era of guitar . Nothing else is relevant
because that was when music was made, now its synthesized crap
I don't know Frank where can we see what you do on guitar in 2020 ok?
Getting this for christmas, CANT FUCKIN WAIT!
Nicee vid!
but i have a question, ive bought it today, and the wah pedal only does the volume and not the other effects
Please help
what guitar is that you're playing? it looks very nice.
When editing, can you just add one element from each bank? Ie, from modulation you have univibe and chorus and flanger. So you can only have one in your edited patch?
@cgsweep great shit man thanks for the reply. one other question, would a noise gate be something that would help this pedal function through a live setup?
@pan0s95 i think it would be a good choice thats the amp ive got , thats a pretty mint axe youve got how do ya like the emgs?
I have the ME25 and it is so amazing... I so have to buy this one. BOSS RULZ!
Thx for your reply. U used the word proffesional....any idea with what multi-FX you can not go on your face and always sound proffesional?
is good! because you can use the rectifier amp model for heavy metal plus the metal section on the od/ds pedal! :) i will get mine tomorrow! i will put a lot of videos about it!
@RKRClassic I have an old digi tech board, play digital effects through a nice tube with gain on about 4 1/2 and it sounds fine
You still rockin that digitech?? Lol I had an rp5 way back in the day 96-97 and loved it
I use it like a delay machine, volume pedal and tremolo, vibrato, and phase stompbox's and i think it's good. I don't like distortions of it- they're so COOOOLD. BUT fuzz is REALLY OK (Oo), and the booster to....
In my oppinion it's really good stuff, to use it for delay and modulations
I HAVE DAT! it is a must own for any serious guitar player
I think Paul should do a review of the Boss GT10, it contains a lot more features then the ME70
Great pedal. Only problem I have is - not enough user patches for gigging out. I ran out of editable patches.....
@97warlock first press the delay down and when the lamp is red you have to hold the delay button down in two seconds i think :P
Hi, I'm beginning to be come interested in this pedal but one question.. (this might sound really dumb but) Does the pedal have the ability to quickly change to a different effect ( a bit like changing to a Solo effect)?
I got a Squier Strat (i know i know, I'm going to buy a new guitar soon) and my amp is a Marshall JTM-50 1x15. Is this worth buying? I play almost every style, country, (hard)rock, hardcore, metal, blues.
Nothing wrong with a Squier
Simple question. Can I use it for just a couple of effects and use my amp for everything else? Do I run it through the effects loop? Does it have a noise gate? Thank you
Sure, just keep the preamp off (obviously not a rule, but a start point). And yes, it does have a Noise gate, is the NS THRES below the screen
@guitarshreder43
I wanna know this too, but I bet you it does ... I believe it's used by a lot of bands live to switch between effects mid song.
Hi Paul I have a dude... How can I activate the expresion pedal to put some wah effect to this new sound you´ve created on this patch ? thanks from México.
+paul mccartney you have to press on expression pedal to the max, put so more pressure on it and it should turn on
is the effect in the first pedal called single-hum wil stop my strats hum?
Whats the difference between the Boss ME range and the GT range ?
I'm thinking about buying a good multieffect pedal like this one for metal playing. Is this a good choice along with a bc rich Jr V (emg 81-85) and a fender 212 r amp??? please i need an answer . thanks in advance
HELP. Does the Momentary function disable the 2 red lights associated with the Delay section? I had a confusing time of it tonight. Thanks.
I'd say ProGuitarShop and Rob Chapman do the best demos, but Paul R. is really good too.
@Miteour17 I know some people may like it. But I don't... to much digital stuff working on there... get a 5watt tube amp, crank it, put a tubescreamer in it. you got your tone :)
sounds great
HI, i wonder if you still need a cut blocker or noise reducer pedal?
Will this pedal work with an active monitor? Such as an Headrush FRFR-108?
Yes. Just make sure to use the Line/Phones out
is there any wy u can change presets on this thing fast? say u have a really good clean tone preset and u have a really dirty distortion effect that u want to change too but it's o a different preset would you be able to chage it quickly?
Will this work with any amp? I have a IBZ10G. It has a input, cd in, and headphone jack. Do you just plug you guitar into the ME 70 and that into your amp input?
@JerkyChid
Is the boss made out of metal? Or plastic... Because my rp is made of plastic
What is the difference between USER BANK and PRESET BANK? Both have the same function? Is the same if i save my sound in a User than in a Prest bank?
You can make and save changes to knobs in user banks by pressing "write"!!! Pre-sets can't be changed (saved) It's awesome! I used to have the ME-30 but later I got this and started making all my vids! \m/
@staggguitars666 Did it come with a manual? If not, download one from the boss website! They really are worth reading to get the most out of your unit!
is there anyway you can bypass the preamp on this thing? Just use it solely for effects?
hy brother Paul, I've Noticed that turning "output level" knob doesn't get value displayed in display panel!!! while turning all other knobs the value gets displayed in display panel!! has my unit a problem or this is normal?? waiting eagerly from you,,any help????
It's really sounds cool for unique solo's but not for distortion, well if i have it, i'll have a switch pedal to switch from boss for jazzy tone solo, and digitech for awesome distortion
@CAshine64 It´s a Charvel San Dimas
ok, never mind midi, i see hes got a 1/4 in going out, so he's either going straight into the interphase or a direct box going to the interphase, interface, whichever way its spelt.
do you turn it on or is it already working when you turn on Boss
I much prefer amp distortion to pedals, but there are definitely better distortion pedals than Boss. Boss's stuff is really fuzzy compared to other pedals. With the POD HD500, you can use the computer interface to use multiple delays and change your signal chain the way you want. Say you want to go overdrive -> amp sim -> noise gate -> delay -> fx -> delay -> reverb -> noise gate, you can do that on the POD, and not the ME70.
Yes you can! What RU talking about? It's awesome! I used to have the ME-30 but later I got this and started making all my vids! \m/
I can't believe I'm still playing with my old ME-30
Hey, still playing the 30?
Paul is da greatest !!
what is the model of the guitar in the video?
@RKRClassic it's all numbers, everything's measured with numbers. the potentionmeters aren't analog, which is stupid
@OmGHiPPoS it's a Charvel SoCal made in SanDimas CA probably a 2008 or 2009 model
btw I have a Charvel SoCal Pagan Gold and the neck is one of the best you will ever play and the dimarzio pups are great
Can I use those "Comp/Fx; Od/Ds; Mod; Delay" pedals as a Stompbox? Not as a preset?
Yes, When you press will it run as a pedal.
Thanks!
manual mode bro! It's awesome! I used to have the ME-30 but later I got this and started making all my vids! \m/
he finally played something again!
Hi! How does the sounds was recorded? Thanks!
heey whats the name of the guitar???
it sounds amazing!!!
its a charvel, they dont mess around
@Chaz6993X i've got it to...works great....it's nice to have the option of using that or using my boogie's channels
Ok, I'm 35 seconds in and so far I haven't heard the Boss ME-70 yet. This is just what Paul always sounds like.
I likethe tone and sound of a 100W Marsall turned up to 10. It sounds like the Earth coming to an end..
"not good for recording AT ALL.." how? I just got this and hope to record with it. What is your setup and how was the ME 70 not good for it?
can anybody help me pick? im stuck between buying a zoom g9.2tt and this pedal; the boss me 70, the advantages i can see of the zoom is lots more features and two valves, but on the downside since its gonna be my first pedal i find it a bit too sophisticated, while thats the advantage of the boss pedal; its simplicity and its awesome sparkle finish. They both cost the same, which should i buy???
There´s nothing worng with this pedal, it´s not a POD XTLIVE but it´s good for its price and with patience you can learn how to use it and have a variety of tones .
i have the POD xtLIVE and i think this is actually more useful for Pro giging and also you can actually see the Channel Indicator better especially when the stage is usually dark just before the next tune and it's great because i can look what channel increment im at as you know when you're with a hot group...it's easy to forget to get the next program channel set up right were you want it BEFORE the next track starts!
@sbvikings30
Yep, in all honesty the RPs sound a bit cleaner and more pronounced but the MEs are built to be really strong. The new Line 6 POD HDs are really nice too but a little bit more complicated.
Anyone know how paul decides what guitar to use for all these demo's?
Versatile, easy 2 use, powerfull, smart .......i love it
I really liked it for metal. You can give it a real fat, heavy tone. You just have to play with it a little to make the tones you like.
@krewkid97
agreed. the ME-70 is great
Can anyone pls tell me the difference between EZ TONE and MANUAL MODE? Cos using the EZ TONE feature or not, the output sounds the same .
I want to know the settings for the first set.... start at 0:08 ending at 0:39
I won't be able to trust the reviews of Guitar World after seeing this video. Riario is so talented that he recovered from that terrible tone at the beginning of his creation where he started to add Uni-Vibe on it and made it sound like something decent with a correct digital delay O_o
I think the Line 6 M13 is the best around atm, but it would be better if it had an expression pedal like this.
@trevwagner666 oh thanks mate. Yeah i'm pretty satisfied with those pick-ups. Given that I also like blues and alternative it was not the best choice mainly because they have a thick sound for these genres. But for rock till death metal they're exceptionally good. It creates a killer sound for home playing with the boss mt-2 although there are better combinations .