All-in-one effect pedal for shoegaze, dream pop and ambient

🎛️ Zoom MS-50G (Amps, Dist, Verbs, Delay, Mod) Get it here: reverb.grsm.io/zoom-ms50g
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"My friend Andy told me about these pedals some time ago and I could wait to get one by myself. I wasn't disappointed. Why? In this video we show you some powerful ambient and shoegaze sounds. We recommend these pedals to those who are looking for a smaller and low budget multistomp with useful sounds to experiment or to expand their boards with."
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[@paressehylton]

And more than 2 years later, there are still some people like me buying ms50g after seing this video. Such a cool find. Thanks so much for sharing

[@berlinshoegazer]

Haha. Yeah, it's super useful. Thank to Andy (from the video) for recommending it to us all.

[@oozygoop1373]

Yup just bought them both

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Check out the latest video - it'll blow your mind!!!

[@cdmusic2]

6 years later still buying it

[@rederickfroders1978]

An extra kudos to Zoom for the graphics. They gave every effect their own pedal image. Great attention to detail there

[@alanredversangel]

Little tip, using a raspberry pi you could sync the pedals up so presets change together. It only takes a line of code.

[@Telltaletracks]

Alan Angel that is really interesting! Do you know anyone who has done this?

[@smoshbooz]

Little tip, blasting everything on full plus other guitars and it sounds cool too. Only takes a line of coke.

[@JossinJax]

@@smoshbooz Haha

[@ValirAmaril]

nice. I'd go for a teensy if it's just switching presets, cheaper.

[@alanredversangel]

@@ValirAmaril Can a teensy act as a USB host? Thats the only advantage of the pi really, powering and hosting USB devices.

[@guitarpedal.]

Fell in love with this pedal, after seeing this video. Luckily a friend of mine had it and wasn't really using it at all; so I borrowed his. I love the ability to have "weird" pedal effects without have to commit to buying a single pedal for a effect you might use very little, like the 8 bit or mini synth. I wish I knew about this pedal much earlier. Also the new update is FANTASTIC.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

This pedal is fantastic for ambient sounds. I love the particle reverb on it.

[@guest-qu2jg]

I just ordered this pedal, expecting it in the mail tomorrow. I'm quite excited. Thank you for providing amateur musicians with the information to produce shoegaze at a relatively low entry cost.

[@jackvalentino2125]

The two albums that got me into Shoegaze... Souvlaki and Loveless, perfection Kenneth!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Haha. Thank you. I love these albums, too and thy were one of the first ones I ever listened to.

[@mattymcmattamus]

Jack Valentino Blue Skied Æn' Clear by Slowdive. It was all downhill from there.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Loveless to the right of the pedals and the shoegazer card in the middle is a nice touch

[@lunchpin403]

Wow, this is exactly what I've been looking for!!

[@lunchpin403]

Ps, I'd love to see more

[@mattpj92]

Unbelievable piece of kit for the price. Purchased today because of you! Thank you for all your uploads :)

[@gloryxkid]

I just bought a multistomp for the 3rd time, I would consider my pedal board a medium size and VERY powerful, yet it can’t do a lot of the things the multistomp does. It was one of the first pedals I bought when I started to play more shoegaze music and I’m very thankful for this video Kenneth!

[@magykjames9534]

I just ordered one of these for my birthday coming up next week. Can't wait!!

[@AwesomeAsFxxk1039]

It just took me back to an era when I used to feel every single day like a white winter fully of clouds! Just fuckin' great moments.

[@LUNAreclipsed789]

Those beautiful, dreamy chords that you played at 12:25 are what sold me on these pedals. Thank you so much for making this video!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you!

[@stivaocchi2464]

Bought the MS-70 after watching this video. And I'm super happy with my decision, amazing device. Thank you, my friend!

[@Mrpopp1e]

Instant Buy, the ending made it for me, in fact I showed my friend who is also a guitarist and he bought one straight away, lovely pedal for effects

[@SimonRobinson137]

I am thinking about getting my first pedal. Thanks for this video - really helpful, especially showing the settings. Cheers

[@duncanpark9101]

Best pedal review I've ever seen :) Thank you guys so much for introducing me to such an incredible pedal! Tidings of thanks from South Africa!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much!

[@smallman9787]

Loveless by the pedals, nice touch.

[@berlinshoegazer]

It gave the session a much better feeling. :)

[@NimbusOptica]

Small Man Also souvlaki!

[@luthomdod]

Fantastic video, it'd be great to see a part 2!

[@williamsimpson5507]

Dang, that's really cool sounding! Thanks for the awesome demo. I'd love to hear what one of these would sound like with a Bass VI.

[@erksp7961]

Well well well, if it isn't a couple of dudes making an awesome demo. So nice to see and hear(maybe mostly hear, but you know what I mean) some ambient and shoegaze sounds! Thanks!

[@coffee5736]

You know these guys are true shoegazers when they have Loveless and Souvlaki CDs at the ready xD

[@berlinshoegazer]

Definitily. These records are some kind of spirit animals for shooting videos about shoegaze music. So we need to have them close... always.

[@DravenHazard]

I've fallen fully in love with this channel. Just found out about it last night, and keep watching video after video. Good shit, brodie

[@tokenofdevotion]

I bought the MS70CDR a month ago and it's ridiculously amazing. I've made some cool presets out of it. Once you get familiarized with the pedal, it's pretty easy to come up with new combinations. Plus, the 2.0 update gives you a total of 137 effects. Guys you should make a more extensive review of these pedals! I think people would really appreciate!

[@elliotdavidson7137]

great stuff! Like your chords in the other videos too. I have the supernatural verb and 70CDR. I can get a great shimmer on both but the 70CDR can do so much more especially through 4 combinations . I like the modulation offerings with addition of stereo reverb and delay. It's the kind of pedal that gets my creative 'spirit' flowing. It gives me ideas for songs. 🙈

[@dijonstreak]

luv u guyz - best duo presentation / demo i've seen on KZbin..learned a lot from your admirable video...THANX !!

[@growskull]

after being obsessed with this for ages i finally caved and bought it, so excited to try it out when it arrives!

[@marissalipschutz4730]

How is it?!

[@michaelgibson4863]

Brilliant guys - my ms50g has just arrived!

[@microfighterz]

Even the distortion by itself still lends itself pretty well to shoegaze

[@alejandromorales1378]

just got one, waiting for it to arrive, i'm so excited!

[@XmikesantosX]

Thank You Kenneth and Andy because you made this video i got one sounds good also has a mu-tron bi-phase and a boss ce-1 emulator awesome because those are very expensive and big pedals.

[@edwardbock2893]

Very nice, informal and friendly look at some of the things this Pedal does, definitely captured some of the Robin Guthrie feel.

[@Romnia007]

aaa that reverse reverb sounds amazing

[@Tallukeah]

I've been turned off of Zoom pedals since I was a teen, but this has blown me away. Thanks for the upload!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey Luke. Thanks for watching. These pedals changed my opinion of Zoom entirely.

[@Tallukeah]

SHOEGAZER which of the two would you recommend? I really want one now! Haha.

[@Tallukeah]

SHOEGAZER I would primarily use for delay/reverb/modulation.

[@berlinshoegazer]

The MS 70 CDR is stereo out and stereo in and only has the Chorus / Modulation / Delay and Reverb stuff. That should work I guess! If you also need distortion in addition the MS 50G is the better solution. But you can just go in mono but stereo out.

[@Tallukeah]

SHOEGAZER Ahh man haha. I'm okay with mono for now but stereo would be great, just don't need the drive! I'll have a think :)

[@xxxdani310xxx]

The RV-7 on another level!🚀 thx for the vid! Sick Godzilla jams!

[@moskva-kassiopeya]

That is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Makes me happy to hear that. Thanks for watching!

[@TheColonelKlink]

Yessirree! I needed a reverb pedal and bought a Zoom MS-50G from a starving college student (a good source of affordable used gear) about a year ago for $50.00 CAD. I still cannot believe my blind luck in stumbling onto this thing. I use it daily for both guitar and bass effects. With the last firmware update the options are pretty much limitless. It has a bit of a learning curve but it is worth it. A great piece of kit. Liked the video too. Thumbs up.

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much for watching and sharing your story.

[@blueskiedanclear-1]

@@berlinshoegazer hey man, i know it's been 2 years but i have a question. how do you set up pedals like that to your amp? it's a pretty dumb question to ask you but im like a straight up noob and dont know much

[@alessandrosegurini2216]

The 70 cdr is really great, considered the price. Tremendous value and very inspirational. I sold my H9 max which is nearly 10 times pricier; surely better quality, better a/da conversion, better bypass, BUT... in a live situation not so noticeable.....great tool!

[@rgrgraterol]

Great video... great vibe... and great pedal. I love the versatility of this unit. You have a subscriber here.

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you Rafael!

[@borishebert7860]

I own the 70 CDR... It's been updated lately with new effects like Compressors. This pedal is a nice tool, but with a Boss ES-8 and a disaster area ghost converter, it is full midi controlable and it becomes absolutely unbeatable! Some sounds like shimmer or black hole are so cool, they sound exactly the same that their extensive models. You've got to give it Time to tweak it, but from a strictly sounds point of view, it is an amazing pedal which has no contenter in the market at this Time.

[@atomcatz69]

Oh god damn think I may have to get these

[@tdrake59]

These are amazing.

[@ConcietedMuchXD]

IT SOUNDS SO GOODDDDD

[@dijonstreak]

i LOVE this video !!...best demo yet !!..

[@jahmark9336]

Thanks dudes great vid, glad I stumbled onto your channel

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you Jah for letting us know. Welcome!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey guys, I just released a new single with my current project Unkenny Valleys. Feel free to give it a listen: soundcloud.com/unkennyvalleys/happy-happy

[@shoshyboo9897]

my next pedal for sure *-*

[@josephpickard3108]

Oh my god I didn't know this channel existed. Been obsessed with MBV since 2007. Only thing comparable is the Line 6 M5.

[@Simon-ww8pe]

i need this pedal right now

[@kevinpaul1719]

My home pedal board has over 20 pedals. I use it for recording music for other people. My on stage pedal board has maybe four pedals. I just bought one of the Zoom pedals you have in front of you. I like what you do with it.

[@myblueextremes1526]

The last bit with the particle reverb sounds great! I have an MS70 CDR arriving tomorrow. Can't wait to run a synth through it! Oh and enjoyed your walk through of the settings.

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@myblueextremes1526]

Just listened to your Downhill Willows EP - Really like the Silhouette track. :-)

[@nolanwatkinson5510]

Great demo guys! Xx..

[@PadraicPlaugher]

I had a ms70cdr and couldn't get past what it did to my tone at the time. It did have some good sounds on it though. I remember that the mod reverb was good sounding in particular.

[@silat159]

Just got it today, and im not disappointed

[@wilfyhead]

Brilliant video, you should be employed by Zoom! It's everything I could hope for in one affordable pedal. Many thanks for your video.

[@jetjaguar72]

Great content. Nice demos and Godzilla references make everything better!

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much. The 50s Godzilla is just so shoegaze - I don't know. :)

[@evanholden5619]

Love this channel

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much.

[@5678hardcore]

The eq of your guitar is awesome bruh

[@Robert-dt3is]

That sounds so awesome towards the end.

[@elekskunk2934]

Thanks. i bought Zoom MS 50G because of you guys..

[@capsuleboy]

That space shit is the sort of stuff I like..

[@evansgate]

never seen your videos nor do i personally care for shoegaze. just wanted to say i love your goofiness and positive energy. keep it up man, you just earned yourself a subscriber.

[@berlinshoegazer]

That is so good to hear. Thank you very much. Greetings from Berlin - K

[@atrainbrady3208]

There is a lot of good shoegaze you need to check out.

[@triplesevensix291]

Sounds like Kevin Sheilds on Loveless. Getting one. One of each in fact. Zoom make some good cheap shit. Awesome. My Jazzmaster has a hard on! ;)

[@deathpoem9479]

Welp. Thanks to you two I just bought one :D

[@avgmaster1]

You guys are styling and Cool ! Awesome Shoegaze lesson, thanks. TenStar Generals

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thx Jerry!

[@newtonlkh]

After seeing the GATED REVERB thing, I just discovered that there are many effect types I haven't activated on my unit!

[@StratBoss]

I have the ms50g. I got it for rehearsals / jamming and have used it for gigs. It has some really good sounds. As with most effects units, many are over the top or harsh but some are great. Switching between sounds is not easy for a live gig (especially when singing so time to tweak on the fly is limited) so I have a Boss GT100. More flexible but 4 times the price and so far I don't like the sounds as much as the zoom, eg RAT drive for breaking up sounds on overdrive. I love the particle echo setting on this video, as mentioned in one of the other commentsFor some of the shows I do, string sounds and brass sounds would be really useful - you mentioned asking if we had any queries / ideas - so there you go. Thanks for the video, also for the one on upgrading the firmware :)

[@manecolooper]

Have both, and incredibly the zoom g1 on has the three last fx you showed, reverse delay , particle reverb and modulation for 50 dollars!

[@FunCamMUSIC]

terrific song!

[@madam_im_adam]

That bit at the end...awesome

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank youu!

[@madam_im_adam]

Yep I'm gonna steel the riff :P PS you just saved me about $150 cos I was about to buy a Yamaha magicstomp. This is way more versatile. Look them up if you haven't already

[@DoNoise]

This pedal is also great at emulating the Destroyer mode of Strymon Mobius. I made a video of it if anyone's curious.

[@TheTwangKings]

Finally someone shows how to use this wonderful pedal in an intelligent manner.

[@berlinshoegazer]

🙏

[@christianwilson9677]

I just purchased this pedal - loving it! Do you have any starter “shoegaze” patch recommendations??

[@GingerChristmas]

Ever heard or tried a Digitech XP300 Space Station? It's got a bunch of ambient type sounds, and the XP400 Reverberator pedal from the same line also has reverse reverb!

[@TheSoundOfTheWorld]

Strymon-Killer

[@taubenschlag5450]

Zu Weihnachten gewünscht und bekommen! Supergutes Ding für zuhause zum loopen Cheers Kenneth ;)

[@kevinpaul1719]

I bought that pedal just for Shoe Gaze. I looked at several Fender Jazzmaster guitars because of the unique tone. I did not like the quality. I built my own Jazzmaster with the best parts. I made the body on a friend's CNC machine. I did buy the neck and put my own ebony fret board on it. I wound the pickups and I did buy the hardware and locking tuners. Fender could not make a guitar of this quality. It plays like a dream and it sounds great. Now some people and friends want me to make them one I explain why it cost more than they have. You guys do great videos. Thank you

[@babyblue7731]

which pedal do you use for shoegaze?

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hardwire RV7, Digitech Distortion Factory DF7 right after that (or my Devi Ever Rocket Fuzz) and a Zoom MS70 CDR (or Zoom MS50 G) for delays and other modulation effects.

[@OutLawStargazer899]

I just bought this and a behringer super fuzz. Should be enough for my sorta JMAC ish sound I'm going for.

[@martinkrauser4029]

Don't forget the Zoom MS-100BT. It has a bluetooth connection and you can add additional effects via an iOS app. They used to sell them through the app, but are now available for free since May this year. It's stereo in and out. It's probably the best buy from the Zoom MS series. I own a 70CDR and will probably get a 100BT to match, and build a hacked MIDI controller for them through the USB port - somebody did it, so it is possible. :)

[@berlinshoegazer]

WOW! Thank you for these great infos Martin. And thanks for watching.

[@sunlounger29]

I just bought the MS-100BT on ebay for 85,- EUR due to this video and your comment, Martin. It seems that the MS-100BT is discontinued which would explain why all the effects of the iOS app are free now.

[@JakeCarterKerrMusic]

This was so sick

[@waltersmetak]

Yeap, quite up there - the MS 50G is Loveless in a box!

[@Dudeitsmeee]

Damn both over $100us used. I do want the ms-50g though, having that reverse reverb with dry signal plus a gated reverb

[@88erru]

I use the CDR. Helps me a lot

[@Jaykayea]

Great video, loved the comparison. I have the MS-50G and I've been trying to cut as much of the digital hiss as possible. Yes, gates help but I'm talking about the hiss while playing. Any tips on how to limit noise with this pedal?

[@tokenofdevotion]

What the fuck, those pedals sound ridiculously great

[@kaygreco6]

fantastic video. didn't realize how versatile the pedal was until i came across this. On the zoom website it says you can use up to 6 effects at once. Can you use one effect multiple times in the "chain"? I'd really like to hear what multiple shimmer/reverse reverbs sound like stacked.

[@MegaAshski]

Thanks for the demonstration, really great what sounds this has. I'm getting my ms-50g on Sunday, for guitar and synths and my pocket operators, add some other worldliness to my songs. Thanks for reintroducing me and my girlfriend back to shoegaze, both of us are late 40s so were young when this genre was first about. I have a question about the pitch shifter or octave effect in the pedal, can you get a good bass guitar sound from a normal 6 string guitar?

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much for the lovely words I'm happy I could inspire you guys to check out a bit shoegaze related stuff again. :) I couldn't get good results for bass with the Zoom pedals. I highly recommend a Pitch Fork by EHX. It's the smallest and most stable pitch shifter I know so far.

[@williamsimpson5507]

How are you stopping the initial attack on the chords at 12:27? I tried copying your settings but it sounds and responds way differently. Is there a volume pedal or a wet/dry setting somewhere? EDIT: Never mind, I needed to set the "MIX" setting on the Particle Reverb to 100.

[@micahsnyder7299]

Holy crap, I don't even play shoegaze and I want this pedal. I wish he wouldn't hit the the bends so much.

[@chewiebaby]

Thanks for the video, and actually I'm gonna be visiting Berlin in January and looking for people to play with. I'll be bringing some pedals and my '63 Jag. Also looking for a girl singer as well :)

[@latontolog]

Good video, as always! These pedals are extraordinary value for the money, so many good sounds! One sound which I haven't really found anywhere else (I guess it might be in the Old Blood Noise Endeavours Procession reverb) is the tremolo reverb, just such a gorgeous, classy effect. Also, two questions: (1) are there any particularly good places in Berlin for shoegaze/related styles gigs and/or club nights? I'm going there in a week and would like to see if something of interest is happening. (2) I want one of the awesome shoegazer tshirts on your Bandcamp page, but I'm not sure about size! What size are you wearing in the example pictures? (I assume that's you)

[@berlinshoegazer]

Thank you so much. (1) If you are on Facebook, then have a look here: facebook.com/groups/berlinshoegazer/ (2) In the pictures on Bandcamp I'm wearing size S. It sits comfortable and quite tight. I personally would rather wear size M as it's looking a bit more loose and feels more cosy.

[@jamesclarke293]

I one day hope to find a bromance as genuine as the one in this video. I really wanted to buy a EHX Cathedral but the $400 AUD pricetag was a killer. I just ordered one of these for $165 AUD and I'm really excited to try it out with my DD-500. Thanks for the rec!

[@jamesclarke293]

Update: Got the 70CDG and I love it. Days after getting it, I ended up buying the Cathedral too because I found it cheap :o

[@tpeck111]

ZOOM has the best sounding guitar effects, period. They may be cheaply made and a pain to program or change settings on the fly, but when it comes to actual sound, they blow everyone else away.

[@jamesclarke293]

Additional question: I love those sounds you're producing from 12:16 onwards, fortunately you've described the effects you're using, but what kinds of chords and patterns are good for getting those kinds of sounds? It's wonderful, ethereal even. It's what made me decide to buy it.

[@yncasasue9721]

It sounds like lazy calm by the Cocteau Twins

[@basicmusic805]

Very nice

[@IanBussAudio]

INTERESTING

[@auburnkit]

dude, being a broke college student working off of VST effects, this is great. Thanks guys!

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

I love how stoned these 2 are haha. Great demo, thanks.

[@berlinshoegazer]

Hey Danny. We are just stoned by sound. Thanks for watching. :)

[@evanmcdoniels]

Did I understand it correctly, you were playing out of both of these boxes simultaneously right? But with just one, you could still 'stack' effects, right? Like if you had multiple delays/reverbs/chorus together (like in your examples), could you do this on just one of these or is that why you have the two together (limited capacity on one box)? Also this was the most fun pedal video I've seen while being very informative! I love the sounds you guys got on this thing! what a steal price-wise! "A thousand little trolls laughing in my ears..." :)

[@berlinshoegazer]

We just eanted to nintroduce both of these pedals. But we used only one at a time in this video.

[@teknomanning]

So I bought a loomer and now the zoom comes along guess I gotta buy one to put behind the loomer

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

As someone who was part of the original 'shoegaze' ( when we thought we were ripping off Sonic Youth and Dino Jr) we didn't have these. We did have digital reverbs and great vintage distortions and fuzz boxes. I I hated Zoom multi effects but this one is pretty cool.