Boss ME-90 Effects Processor: Time to see a REAL review.

[@Tolognabullets]

Thank God. These sponsored, no-info, release day pedal demos are becoming a nightmare to navigate. Appreciate you!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Indeed they are... I did watch some/many and it's sort of very much of the same, then the same, then the same... etc. And thanks for watching.

[@pupilmover9835]

Using this unit live with a band is killer. It truly is hands on like a bunch of pedals on a board but way more versatile. I mean, it really does anything you would need to play out, and it sounds great if you know how to tweak knobs right. At the same time, it's not clunky and convoluted. It's compact yet still has a very sturdy expression pedal, and it's very easy to program. Again. A lot of people get caught up in stuff that just won't matter live at all... this unit is GREAT. If you want to play more than menu dive I HIGHLY recommend the ME 90... And it's built like a tank, too.

[@pupilmover9835]

And the amp modeling is great.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Subjective though....

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for the info. Well as you can see its different stuff for different people, Levi was not too fussed... it does meet the needs of many guys particularly if they are new to guitar. Tanks for the post and for watching.

[@matturner6890]

@@tonymckenzieofficial Yes, everything's subjective and everyone knows that, that's a non-point.

[@dgperforms1]

I love mine and gig with it every weekend! Traded in my ME80 for it

[@MarkGallacher-m8m]

Great work Tony/Levi, the effort that you put into your reviews is the gold standard. As I said in a previous review……..please don’t be put off by jealous people who might criticise. All the hard work you put into your channel is very much appreciated by many people. Mark G

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thank you Mark. and thanks for watching.

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

I gigged an ME-70 for years straight into my tube amp as a pedalboard. Loved it. Tried a Headrush, but it had way too much going on. Sold that and got the ME-90… For me it’s what I’m lookin for. I can give lessons with it, take it to a gig, or put it on my desktop and record. The latter is where the IRs matter. The unit has a tight sound and takes external pedals very well… but if I was a beginner, I’d get confused as hell by the ‘parameters’. But, I have a keyboard that is designed the same way. AND WHY in the hell is the tuner part of the manual/memory pedal?!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Good points.... and thanks for watching.

[@rickycompton2610]

Great Review Tony as always nobody goes inside these units but you do and I appreciate that this way you know what you’re getting and you can see the quality or lack of, Levi is one hell of a player Tony and I know you proud of him ,I’m glad your back doing these reviews always a pleasure watching thank you and continue putting out these great informative videos Tony!!!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Appreciated... and thanks for watching...

[@257Cowboy]

I’m astonished! Your style & manner make me smile…I’m grateful for your in-depth review. The guitar solo at the end plummeted me headfirst into uncharted areas of ecstasy, only a Mongolian monk has known. I’m giving you 10 out of 10.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I used to be a mongolian monk... but when someone asked me about the apple, orange, and a piece of string, I had to decline to tell them what I do with it :) Thanks for the kind comments and of course for watching.

[@mygicshow]

Look, that’s a brilliant system. It can be as easy as you want or as complicated and powerful as you like… especially for recording, it can bring bedroom players to a different level. If they just learn it, it’s not hard.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well I think I already said that! :) Thanks for watching.

[@mygicshow]

@@tonymckenzieofficial yeah but there’s this pessimistic kind of tone about your delivery

[@hanovergreen4091]

"Yeah!" Love the enthusiasm :) Mine arrived Friday. Be sure to change your AIRD Output as it has a massive impact to sound w/out IR's. I set mine to "Katana-100 Input" as it sounded the most natural "to me". Noise Gate can be turned to Zero by holding Edit or Write (I'm not in front of my unit) and Pressing the Down Bank. No need or ToneStudio. I've got a GT-1. It has the same CPU/COSM as the ME-80. I find the A-I-R-D is better sounding than COSM. Sounds as good as the GT-1000. I've used D'Addario power supplies with BOSS gear for years with no issues. Thanks for the hard work! Best Regards and Best Wishes!

[@factoryrat405]

Thanks for pointing out several of the features that were missed by this review. The ME-90 uses the same AIRD tech as the Boss GT-1000 and the cost of the ME-90 is about the same as a single effect Strymon pedal. The ME-90 will sell like hotcakes and allready is. Should it come with a Boss PS120 power supply included?......maybe but whining about a .60 cent USB cable is petty. Buy a quality USB C data cable to ensure error free data transfers and future updates.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

@factoryrat405 Please stop being antagonistic. It's not necessary. You disagree... that's it.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

The turn to zero for the noise gate is actually not off. It's only turnable off in the software. I don't disagree that 0 won't be heard of course... but nowhere was there actually an on and off unless you used the software for some strange reason. Thanks for the points... I'm of course not perfect and don't claim to be, but I really tried to show a fair overview, while including some of the stuff like no power supply for example, and the Andertons power supply Ha I absolutely would not use that. There ARE compatible power supplies of course like you say, but if someone just plugs any old thing in and pops the pedal then I always try and 'steer' them to using the correct PSU. Great points and appreciated.

[@factoryrat405]

From page 13 of the official released Boss ME-90 Parameter guide. "When the Noise Suppressor setting is turned to 0 , the noise suppressor is turned OFF.

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

i have to say thanks for another great review guys, i do like boss and still have an me50 from about 20yrs back and it works perfectly , if i had to spend 300 quid id just buy a blues driver, a chorus and a delay , thats all id need .

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Similar money... but what about the 'convenience'... but there are many plus and minuses of course. Would you use these IR's? Levi did not care... Thanks for watching.

[@TheMasonator777]

You can in fact turn the noise gate off from the panel. Almost everything is there under the edit button. The only things that I’ve found that aren’t is the IR loader and the effects swaps on the 11th knob position.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well I could turn it down, but not off - from the front. You might be right - bear in mind ha I see so much gear... after a while they all melt in to each other :). Thanks for the post and that other info too. Thanks for watching.

[@Aamir_Z]

@@tonymckenzieofficial As someone else mentioned in an earlier reply, setting NS to 0 does turn it off, per the parameter guide.

[@stevestan6525]

Awesome, thanks for the review, it helps--and two thumbs up to Levi!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad it was helpful! and Yes Levi really enjoyed it all... Thanks for watching.

[@danielkongmusic]

Thanks for the in-depth review Tony. My friends and I get to play live a fair bit around the university campus, and stuff like the ME90 is really useful because the venues don't have amplifiers, and the local sound crew really hate amps and often force all the guitar players to go DI. Multi-fx units like these with IR-loading really help to improve the overall sound. IRs are not always necessary, we gig old school Pods and stuff and they work great. But it's really important to have some kind of DI solution. Real amps are often a big, troublesome luxury!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes I get that, but there are so many IR type devices these days... it makes the mind boggle. Some will tell you the TONEX is the answer... but I won't - its too dependent on software. I guess at least with this device there is a good element of hardware in use. Thanks.

[@MatTurner-e5r]

Damn, now there's the difference between an audio engineer and a "sound guy". If you bring an amp to your gig (crazy, right?) and the guy at the board refuses to mic it up? That's a "sound guy". Sorry you dealt with one! I guess he forgot the "engineer" part of his job descrioption!

[@87RedSpecial]

The best thing is the delay spillover between patches

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

But that's a common thing these days... right? Thanks for watching.

[@hainzy]

​@@tonymckenzieofficialnot really

[@BitsandAtoms]

I like this overall, but my feedback to you is that it isn't helpful if you dismiss a feature because you anecdotally happen to have an equal or better alternative. I'm looking to know about the ME-90 itself and whether those IRs or certain effects are useful in the context of a multi effects unit itself, so when you gloss over or make smarmy comments about them and skip over it isn't particularly helpful and I feel like you did that with like half or more of everything on there lol.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Nothing is anecdotal. I buy all my devices in the main and have been doing this since about 2010. I showed the IR's, 'smarmy' comments are subjective, and trust me, I did NOT skip over the quality, the NO PSU, The NO Bluetooth or indeed the NO USB cable even. The non printed manual was another omission common today. The NO STEREO loop is another omission as are many other things that those other boys NEVER mention. a 7/10 was reasonable for this unit, and if you want to see better devices then look for Boss or Roland in my back catalogue of devices. The GX-100 was far better. Thanks.

[@factoryrat405]

The GX-100 is better as it should be as you have to pay an extra $150 USD for it. The GX-100 uses the same AIRD technology as the ME-90 does, but not found in the Boss GT-1 which uses the very outdated COSM tech since it's being discussed here.

[@johnzucco3559]

You get out of it what you put into it. I use it when a Headrush FR-108 and it sounds great. I always edit with the BossTone Studio and usually only edit volume levels on the fly.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for sharing! and of course thanks for watching.

[@MrFatPallasCat]

Been proudly using the Me-80 for almost a decade. Many gigs. And i can say the Me-90 seems to have fixed the 80's shortcomings. If your a nerd tweaking screen menu's its not for you but if your old school and know how to really use individual stomp boxes then the 80 and 90 are a Godsend.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Exactly! Thanks.

[@steverhenius6734]

Great idea to have another player to demo the sound the kit can make - always good to compare the ‘touch’ of different players as well as demands given the particular style the kit will service. Perhaps this shows a better business model for manufacturers and retailers than the current market ‘hogwash’ ! More power to your elbow :-)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks and glad you get the idea too ;-) and thanks for watching too.

[@glennmichaelthompson4112]

Thanks for the good, honest and informative review. Boss really did cheap out on this... Not only lacking a usb cable, but there is no power supply included. And get this... they advertise this as a bonus because it's portable and can run on batteries anywhere you take it! The ME line could always take batteries. The ME-90 isn't such a great deal in Canada with a street price of $500 before tax. Of course everything is costing more it seems. What can you do...? Thanks again to you both! Good playing, Levi.

[@UnitedEffect]

Yup... Expensive here, and in Quebec there's a double tax!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Very good points. I agree. It was reasonably obvious to me that 'strangely' Andertons were offering this 'power supply' (yuk it was cheap and horrible really) by 'chance'. I don't think so... it was not by chance. Now who would use batteries at a gig? Maybe some would but it would not be me. I loved the 'use Roland' power supply only on the case, and there was the Andertons power supply :) Thanks for the post... and glad to help. Thanks for watching.

[@CedricSatterfield]

It will run off a 1spot. It only needs like 280 Ma to run. That's not an omission, that's doing me a favor, I don't need another cord. Boss hasn't shipped USB with their stuff for years, everyone likely already has 5 of the cables needed already.

[@seansixfive]

Great for experimenting. There is no way I would buy all those pedals but if you’ve got something like this then you can mess around and find effects you didnt know you liked. I sometime wonder if a decent EQ pedal in the loop would tidy things up a bit. Cool review!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

It's a great device for a low cost, as many of these types of units are... and no question really useful... thanks for watching.

[@theelderskatesman4417]

You CAN turn off the noise gate without a computer. just use the edit button.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thats turned down and not turned off... ;-) But thanks for the post and for watching...

[@stevep1941]

I tried the ME-80 hoping it would be ok to go straight into a PA when I didn't want to use an amp, but just couldn't get a good enough sound out of it especially in the overdrive/ distortions- the modulations were OK, but I sold it. I feel the ME-90 will be similar. I now use a Tech 21 Fly Rig 2 straight into PAs, with a noise gate in its FX loop, and it sounds just so much better than the Boss, although hasn't got all the bells and whistles (which I never use anyway). Thanks for the video guys.

[@StratsRUs]

You have to put a dummy plug in its headphone out.Much better. Oddly enough I do similar with my GT1000 Core but in its last Return. I dunno why Boss do these ' easter egg' gotchas.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

The Tech21 stuff (I reviewed three Fly-rigs) are really great sounding I think... and rightly IMO better than this pedal. But the ME=90 has a place for some guys... Thanks for watching.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Great point and thanks for posting it...

[@alienlovesecrets9379]

That "yeah" at the beginning was epic.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Took hours of training :)

[@fsdjgygsdsdhuw]

Great as always ,,, Thanks Tony !

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

My pleasure!

[@edwinhuff2743]

Your comment on controlling noise suppression wasn't quite right. As it says on page 13 of the reference manual, pressing either Bank switch while holding down the Edit button can change the noise suppression to a higher or lower setting depending on the level of noise being output. So you can control this without requiring the Software (Tone Studio).

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Correct a higher or lower setting - but NOT off. Thanks.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Tony. I haven't seen you forever my friend. ❤. So good to hear you and Levi. I love how you tear them apart and actually look at the hardware. Thats too cool sir. ❤ Thank you for that my friend. ❤. Very very cool..❤. Very cool. God speed sir. ❤.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thank you kindly for those kind words and for watching too!

[@michaelmac1798]

I never had any problems with Andertons delivery. As long as you order before 4pm you get free delivery by next morning. But may be longer if up north? Also those cheap mains adapters do work with the smaller Boss pedals. Your review is good - but the advantage of this is it's all in one box, no cables, so good for someone who doesn't already have loads of seperate pedals and likes using computers!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

It DOES have it's place of course. I marked it down a little but a 7 (from Levi) is not bad, and I just can get frustrated as much as anything, because IMO they DID penny pinch with no power supply and not even a USB cable - who do they think they are... Apple! I always think of the young guy that saved up for maybe even months and gets the gear and is then pratting about with batteries all because the maker did not supply what really is pretty much necessary these days. For Andertons, honestly, it was the FIRST TIME I have had a delivery of those guys basically ever. Blame DPD, but blame Andertons for using them. DPD fouled up a while back (we used to use them as a carrier) and have remained generally hard work ever since... shortage of employees just like everywhere else IMO. But thanks for the post, fair enough points... and I was surprised that Levi was not 'jumping for joy' at the IR inclusion... he certainly did not seem enthralled with it :). And thanks for watching.

[@christopheraaron2412]

I saw some other demonstrations and I thought this product sounded quite good and I actually went out and bought it but I think that this particular video is very good and detailed. A nice methodical dive into this that is takes time and take things nice and slow and I think that's a very valuable and that's course I figured that if you had a 47-minute the video that the other be some more details than what's usually out there so yes I agree it was a very well done video and I appreciate it thank you

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad it was helpful! My aim is to as much as possible offer information that will NEVER be shown on the regular 'sales' type reviews out there. I have always thought it does make aa difference and the subscribers generally agree... and thanks for watching.

[@LaurenceRutherford]

GT1 has COSM amps... ME90 has newer AIRD amp models from the GT1000 range. Also, the GT1 doesn't come with a USB cable (well mine didn't). GT1 is great... I still use mine... GT1 is now £190 GBP vs the ME90 at £290.... but they are aimed at different use cases. The ME90 can do modelling and also act as a pedal board in front of an amp. Good review though as ever.. nice to see inside these things....

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes there are differences... or they would have made just one :) But still an interesting device I thought and generally simple to use.... thanks for watching ;-)

[@Gary-zq3pz]

It's very good as a control unit at the end of a pedal chain, and you can run two amps/speakers with it. That is, if it's like the me-80. Looks like a slight refinement of the me-80, which will one day evolve into an me-100 someday.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for this useful info and I'm sure many will pick up on that. and thanks for watching.

[@motokev2727]

I like the NUX MG-30 I bought a few months ago. Sounds great, very easy to use, great interface, not too big. Yeah....

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

The NUX gear is excellent and I have reviewed a few of their pedals. Thanks for the info and for watching.

[@robertiddon9270]

I bought one of these and yes I was pissed off there was no power supply, £28 to buy the right one, fortunately I have one with my Boss RC-30 but it still cost me £10 for a cable to connect the two together, I loved the review, and that Boy can play ,well done young man, you will be famous one day 😃

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes very frustrating that there was none... agreed. Levi will be famous, but as an airline pilot :) Thanks for watching.

[@SteeveSpeed]

I had the hR mx5 and the Prime to finally scaled down to a gx100 and then that me90 and I’m now happy as never before. Ease of use, sit and play that’s the goal of this pedal. You have a lot in the box, every sound can give something different special lovely and keller. I’d love your review, it opens my eyes on the use of the software, but I think you hard a little bit. This things is 500$ CAD, that’s nothing for what we got in that 90.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well it's not a bad pedal and you hit it on the head... ease of use and more playing than pressing buttons or messing about. Some guys don't get that, but ultimately the easier it is to use with a good sound the better. Thanks for watching - appreciated.

[@tgchan]

You could dip the end of that "magic wand" in some bright/fluorescent paint for better navigation :)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

A good point... I'm surprised no one ever came up with one also!... good point and thanks for watching.

[@tgchan]

@@tonymckenzieofficial thank you for taking time and effort sharing your insights with the rest of the world. Wand works really well too/

[@motokev2727]

These kind of units are fun to mess with. The kind of entertainment is worth the price.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

They certainly are interesting bits of gear for sure.... thanks.

[@markmccafferty6515]

Great review Tony. I have one and I love it

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes very good especially for the money! Thanks for watching.

[@photoniccannon2117]

I've been very strongly considering this, but I've heard an awful lot of reports that it sounds terrible through certain amps. Some of the sound samples I've heard are excellent, so there must be something different they are doing to make it sound bad. However, there are an awful lot of people saying it, so I want to try to figure out what's going on before I go for it. I will say, the tone samples on yours were great. Loved the review, thank you for going this far in-depth.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I simply plugged it in and played. Literally 5 mins to set up... it can be difficult on YT re tones etc. and who knows what some use for their videos? But it did work well for me and honestly, had it been bad I would always say so. Interesting point - can anyone NAME the amps? Thanks for watching.

[@photoniccannon2117]

@@tonymckenzieofficial Yea, that’s the sort of thing I need to hear to pull the trigger. It seems pretty much perfect for what I need, I like that it’s battery powered too. Less cords to run around. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@jreagle58]

I read that if you're playing it through an amp the preamp on the ME-90 needs to be turned off. Any comments?

[@Joe-mz6dc]

You're back! 😃

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Of course :)

[@jimsuber6784]

Thanks Tony. Big help.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Hey Jim... trust you're doing OK. Regards... Tony

[@jeffreymckeown]

Hi Tony, good review btw. May I have a request? I really want you to review an effect modeller that is called Korg AX3000G. It came out at the same time as the Zoom GFX8, maybe in the year 2003. I know it's an old guitar effect but I wonder why the company didn't make any other pedals? I still have one and I can tell you that the most weak of those pedals is to connect them to an unstable electricity source. Btw, best regards and pls keep making reviews it's very useful. 👍👍👍

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Hard for me to make that as I don't have one... but if I do find one I'll look. Thanks for watching...

[@michaelogden5093]

How can you call "game changer" not a review? I had a guy who picked up a rock and said, "this rock is a game changer". I assumed that made him an "expert" and gave him all my money.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Classic. Those were not my words of 'game changer' but look out there and you will find... I just smiled when I saw it. Thanks for watching.

[@richardchristensen1768]

Im hearing a lot of love for this Me 90 in this review But are you guys really sincere?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I NEVER suggest gear is 'good' if its not... just trust me on this, if I think that something is bad, either in performance, quality, warranty or support I will always tell viewers. Thanks for watching and have a great new year.

[@00sinders]

I have an ME-80 which I rate very highly (I should add that I use it live into a Fender Deville as well). I use lots of different sounds, from overdrives, though not metal kinds, through to more ambient stuff. The one thing it lacks is decent reverb control which I was hoping the 90 would have, but they've dropped the ball again here. Also I suspect a lot of people bought the Me-80 because it looks and works like an actual traditional pedal board in a lot of respects rather than having to go menu diving, so all this stuff with IR's I imagine will be surplus to requirements. Certainly is in my case and I'll be sticking with what I know. Cheers for the review, good stuff. Saved me some £!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

That's sort of similar to Levi's opinion... he thinks the IR's for what he does are not really necessary. Thanks for the post and for watching.

[@keithb5612]

You should probably demo some clean effect tones/voicings too and a tone comparison with Levi's older Boss unit would be nice to hear too. Maybe a good idea for a new video upload. Cheers

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Good points... and maybe that would be a useful comparison... thanks for watching.

[@digital-guitars-uk]

Like 63 from me. The ME-80 is still good enough but agree with Levi as the GT units are still pretty good. It's seems that all the big guitar tech reviewers (KZbinr Influencers) are bedroom players and you never really see any video's of anyone actually using all these pedals with a real band oh apart form Andertons but it's not a real band. All my best wishes Tony 🎶🎶🎶🎶👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yeah I agree with lots - This IMO a pedal designed for when you're getting going and it's very good value really... had those 'accessories' been included then this would have been much better value. Levi summed up a lot really - his GT-1 (I think it was) was about half the price and his comment 'what's an IR' actually goes a long way particularly while learning about all that stuff. He did not seem bothered about it at all. Later I gave him the pedal so we'll see if he changes his mind later :) That's really the test, whether he moves to the 'new' unit and embraces the few features not on the GT-1 or not. Good points... and thanks for watching.

[@Rex-dk1rx]

To be honest I use the me80 at loads of gigs and apart from the reverb which is toss I do get some great tones from it

[@Jonwsm]

This device is fantastic apart from 1, The left and right sockets are too close together, 2. The dalays are mono. Or not.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for the info... appreciated, and thanks for watching too.

[@hb8482]

Love your work - thanks!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thank you... and for watching too.

[@587583922]

Sounds kinda meh to me, but it wasn't made with me in mind. Missing the power supply is weird for this type of beginner unit...really should have everything in the box. I don't care about the USB cable. I've got them coming out of my ears and usually leave included ones in the box destined for recycling or to throw in when I sell something.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes I get that re USB, but it does highlight the penny pinching approach IMO, as does the power supply. They provide some batteries :(. It's not a bad unit really, but like Levi said, well, twice the price of his 'old' one for what really... a choice of 3 IR's per setting ... Thanks for watching.

[@digitalninjatools5670]

Its probably not perfect but for me just playing at home its perfect, love there are dials and switches, had a mooer before but too much menu diving for me and couldnt get on with it. Im very happy with it for the money. For me it was a good deal, i enjoy using it (and thats msking me play and practice more) and that for me, is worth its weight. Ps as someone else commented - switch it to line (even when using an amp) and it seems to sound a lot better (i guess this is a bug?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

This is basically what I said - and so did Levi! It's not a bad pedal, and with a 5 year warranty what's not to like... Thanks for watching and the post form a real user!

[@pads-zr9ln]

Enjoyed your review, in terms of value for what you get i dont find it that bad, boss not giving a psu sucks but with regards tp the usb, how many do ypu need, all the phobe manufacturers dont give you new chargers

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I understand the point of course, and mobile phone companies REALLY take the biscuit on that point I agree. But the list on this pedal is around £300 here in the UK. The BT not included is crazy and was clearly developed to vampire more money out of the consumer, as was no power supply. The USB cable literally costs pence... as one politician would say... 'come on man' :) It's not bad 'for the money' and as Levi pointed out - he felt that his GT-1 (cost about £160) was great and that he would not spend that money for the difference to be gained... that says a lot. I gave him the pedal later so maybe I'll get him back in a month or so for his 'updated' opinion - that might be useful too :). And thanks for watching.

[@stingylizard]

Dig it! As a Katana devotee,I always ask....is it better than my Katana head w G pedal? Is it better than my bargain GT-1 multi-pedal ...and By how much and why? These guys answer those questions,Salute this channel👍

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for the kind words... and for watching.

[@stingylizard]

@@tonymckenzieofficial For reals,this channel is gold for us greyhairs that have lived through 40+ of real world experience. We appreciate your perspective,especially that you say it like it is. Subjective,a key word. We just realized our el cheapo BOSS Gigcaster 5 w Roland G pedal controller easily replaced a high-dollar USB interface,an ME multi pedal or Katana head,plus a hardware vocal preamp FX unit. We added our Roland JD-Xi synth to the L/R inputs. Three devices instead of 6. Regarding DAC and mixing,we can always use that high $ fishing weight,our AA Synergy Core 4,as stand alone preamp/mixer or via DAW laptop.

[@MarcAndreLevesque]

Well for someone who does not know what IRs are, that's some pretty good chops there! :) You are forgiven! Ok missed a few notes here and there and too much vibrato to my taste but well done! Levi still has more chops than I do :P

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for that! He literally has played since he was 10 - and his first recording is on my channel... (Back in Black) :) Thanks.

[@mikestroud9969]

Got to ask is that a Schector guitar ?? Or what brand ?? I like the roman numerals and the fishman pickup. Nice playing young man 😎👍✌️💯🎸

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

It is indeed a Schecter brand and Levi owns that one... 7 string... thanks for watching.

[@iancurrie8844]

I prefer to use the ME-80 and soon the ME-90 as just a compact integrated pedal board. No preamp modelling. Just the effects like a collection of stomp boxes in manual mode. Goes into a real amp, of course.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

The ME-90 is quite effective especially for the money! Its nothing for people to turn their noses down at (some do!). Thanks for the info and for watching.

[@jam_nineworkz]

If this has not yet been mentioned: You can definitely turn OFF the GATE on the unit itself without the Boss Tone Studio. PRESS and HOLD EDIT button and adjust the threshold to ZERO by pressing the BANK UP or DOWN.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Turning it to zero is NOT turning it off. Tell us how we TURN IT OFF (actually) rather than a setting of lowest... thanks.

[@jam_nineworkz]

@@tonymckenzieofficial ​​⁠Setting the ZERO will yes turn it OFF. Based on the paramater manual: Press the BANK UP or DOWN pedals while holding down the [EDIT] button to adjust the threshold. Adjust this parameter as appropriate for the volume of the noise. If the noise level is high, a higher setting is appropriate. If the noise level is low, a lower setting is appropriate. WHEN THIS IS SET TO “0”, THE NOISE SUPRESSOR IS TURNED OFF. static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/ME-90_parameter_eng01_W.pdf

[@Jonwsm]

Surely, 0 is off?

[@jam_nineworkz]

@@Jonwsm Yes.

[@alanmcgowan8767]

0 is off 😂

[@gentle_rain]

Love your honesty..

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thank you. Best way I think. Have a great new year...

[@gentle_rain]

@tonymckenziecom Even Levi has this honesty. Good quality. So much hype on KZbin hard for people to sort it out. I get the impression KZbin is full of Sales person's. The new infomercials. Seems almost everyone works for sweetwater.

[@aipsong]

Levi....Levitates!!!Excellent!!!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

:) Trust you're doing OK... and thanks.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

I pulled out my Vox tonelab SE a while back and it reminded me just how cool that product actually is. Quite shameful that these companies can't come up with something that blows it into the weeds all these years later.

[@StratsRUs]

I have a Tonelab EX I kept because I loved its design and sound.Vox should do a modern version in the mid to higher price range.They would do well.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

@Joe-mz6dc Agreed...

[@jameswilson6374]

Why not a standard aux in instead of Bluetooth adapter. I have used a me 50 over 20 years now and it has all the "connectivity" I need! Boss is just trying to nail you for more accessories you have to buy!👎

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I have always thought the more connectivity to cater for all tastes the better... thanks for watching.

[@mikestroud9969]

Boss makes good quality for the money. Or otherwise they would of been out of business years ago. Lot of extra options if you decide to use. You will spend a lot more for pedals on your pedalboard. Whatever floats your boat and makes you happy. Good video Thanks take care ✌️✌️🎸🎸💯

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Oh I agree. When I check inside Boss Roland gear its ultra rare that I find any issues with quality etc. too. This is a very good pedal especially for the money, and pretty easy to use too. Thanks for watching.

[@jasonmercado]

- Send/Return are fixed..either before preamp or after. - Fixed signal chain. - Dual amp not possible. - tap tempo delays not possible for 2 delay patch. - IR has no hi/low cut - Extra amps & effects are only available via PC editor or Bluetooth app. Sucks.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Good post. Thanks

[@sabasgonzalez4372]

@TonymcKenziecom Thanks so much for this review, Tony - and Levi - ! I´m chewing about getting an ME80 - most probably, I have limited funds - or an ME90. I´ve been thinking if it´s worth the extra money to get the newer model. Honestly, what I like about the 90 is the addition of the feedbacker and the IR loading feature. I´m sure there is some difference between COSM and AIRD emulations, but for a bedroom player like me, I´m not sure if that´s worth the extra money, again. I won´t use the bluetooth thing, and I´d certainly need a power supply unit. I´d great if you could review the ME80, and even do a side to side comparison, since you already have the ME90 at hand. Anyway, thanks again! Very useful review! You got a new subscriber! - I´m from Venezuela, BTW. That´s why I have "limited funds", as I said :( ). Cheers!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Sadly we don't have an ME-80! In fact for me and Levi this is the first ME series we looked at. I thought that its a good introduction device and sits sort of 'hybrid' between what 'looks' like analogue but is not, and digital with the IR's and all the other stuff. Sound? It sounded OK to me and Levi liked it... so I gave it to him :). Ah Venezuela... I have associates in Brazil and they always tell me about the 100% import tax and that sort of stuff... crazy. I'm no expert on Venezuela and that's a fact, but I think it's all been through the wringer of recent times - in any case great to hear you - come back here any time its always appreciated.. and thanks for the sub.

[@sabasgonzalez4372]

@@tonymckenzieofficial Ok, no problem; anyway, I´ve read that there´s not that much of an "upgrade" from the 80 to the 90 ME unit, not in a significative way, that is. Many ME80 owners say they don´t see a good reason to move to the newer ME90. I guess it all depends on how you use it, really. Others really like the few but good improvements over the 80. And yes, Venezuela has been through some rough times recently, slowly coming to a "rare" normality that is not normal at all, but it´s similar to other LA countries in some aspects, just trying to keep it together. Anyway, thanks so much for coming back to me and for your nice response. I like your stuff. Cheers!

[@AndresMartin]

I wish somebody told me this before: although it sounds good Delay and Reverbs are terrible. They may get the job done but after using my Strymons, this really sounds horrible. I even like more my Joyo analog delay than the one included in me90. Whammy is horrible and no comparison with original, Wha is ok but also horrible in comparison with my bad horse, and Od's are very good (specially blues brakes) but my Sunset smokes it. The Rat is also horrible. So... usable but if you already have pedals and think about simplifying your rig and tap dancing like me... you are going to miss the pedals. At least IMHO...

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well I get the point, but the Strymon could be double the price? It's a bit subjective of course and the general tones were not really bad... thanks for the post and for watching.

[@AndresMartin]

@@tonymckenzieofficial of course!!! I just hoped the reverb and delays to be a bit better. This is a new product and I can't believe that the old Line6 m5 sounds much better (to my ears) than this in every department (except in drive and amp sim). Its not a bad option for the money but I already put it on sale.

[@ransombaggins9301]

It's an awesome little rig for next to nothing relatively speaking. It gives people who HATE menu-diving a surface level experience that's more than sufficient for most use cases. That said, if you want to dive a bit, you can hook up the software and do that. As for some of the cons.... And if you DON'T want Bluetooth, you don't have to pay for it! I appreciate that, because Bluetooth is far from necessary. The lack of a power supply is a bit unfortunate, but a power supply isn't expensive (at the right shop you can negotiate for a free or cheap one if you buy the pedal). As for USB cables and manuals, most people don't need the first and the second is a waste of paper and ink. But hey, to each their own! :)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Just be careful with 'cheap' power supplies - many of them are NOT actually tested properly and the docs often suggest otherwise... but sadly they lie about the certifications. Thanks for watching.

[@CedricSatterfield]

I like your reviews most of the time but sometimes what you consider an omission I consider a favor. PSU? Don't need one? It runs off a one spot, same as ME80. USB? Don't need one, I have 5 USB C already. No print manuals? Cool! A few million fewer trees cut down. I can merge the manuals in Adobe. 😅

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

So what about the missing Bluetooth?

[@paulrusinko666]

Im feeling 50/50 on this review. Was good to see inside. But i think review was biased. I think your mind was made up before u even took it out of the box.

[@factoryrat405]

When you read "Heard enough of this rubbish yet? In the title, it speaks volumes as to why you could expect a biased negative opinion on the review, before it ever began.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Not at all. I BOUGHT the unit, reviewed it with an open mind, and even offered a reasonable score. When you bear in mind the audience for this unit, it's probably not you... but likely far more like Levi... and he did not care AT ALL about the IR's for example among other things. Its sad that no other review bothered to tell you the things I highlighted in this video. Thanks.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

No you have it wrong. The comment was SPECIFICALLY about the junk comments passed over and over by the sponsored brigade - those mentioned were comments from sponsored videos without question. Not a single one of them (and believe me I watched them) showed the minus points (or indeed what you were actually buying inside the unit re quality - not one!) simply because, well, they might have issues from their sponsor. Not so here as I purchased the unit and my opinion is a genuine opinion without bias. I have listened to comments over the years from people that just simply don't like the whole products reviewed as opposed to often part of the overall information from others and sometimes those 'fan boys' are like that... they can be abusive... and they often just don't 'get it'. So your assumption sadly is incorrect and also completely subjective which means really in reality without YOU owning one and doing YOUR review its pretty irrelevant. Thanks.

[@paulrusinko666]

I actually own the me90. I'm not using preamps or ir's. Just make my own presets. I actually bought it for simplicity. But the tone studio complicated things abit. I previously owned the boss gt-100

[@clem1981]

It took me a long time to find a "real" review of the me90. I watched a lot of videos where these influencers swear it's great and next video they're not even using it anymore. Just wondering as I'm on the cusp of buying this is if Levi is still using 4 months later?? Thanks for your vids

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Heres the latest... Levi later decided that the ME-90 was in fact better than the GT1 he had used - although in the vid he was adamant that the GT1 was better... but I gave the unit to him and he has never gone back to the GT1 but stayed with the ME-90. I asked him again recently if he was still 'happy' with the ME-90 and he loves it still. So on the Levi front I would say the ME-90 is a winner. I think its a pretty cool device and for that money its hard to go wrong. BTW just for clarity this was NOT a sponsored review. And you picked up on something else that no one ever mentions - those reviewers you mention (you'll know who they are) never use the gear after the reviews do they? Me? Well I have lots of gear I have reviewed, bt I sell the stuff I don't really like... I DO use the gear I keep for sure... and that is honestly a good indication you made about guys that 'review' gear but only for profit one way or another. Great point and thanks for watching.

[@clem1981]

Thanks for replying. I think I've made my mind up on buying this next month. I still have my korg ax1500g from 20 years ago but its seen better days. I'm just wanting something to plug earphones jn and jam most of the night lol This is why you don't see many other videos saying there top pedals as it conflicts with other paid sponsorships. Doesn't help when wanting to choose a rig that's going to be with you for many years. Thanks again. Love the channel and the brutal honesty

[@hangman960]

Good playing

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

He's been practicing :)... thanks.

[@fed9096]

trying to make us jealous sporting a mezzabarba (half a beard!) amp in your video!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Ha OK I'll tell you... PieraAngelo Mezzabarba made that amp for me and signed it :) Heres the video of the review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWW6fZtmq76Uf9Usi=ixQAPAdknOEZ4MG2 you should like that review. I included two other guys I know that example playing and I played my 'Lightpipe AI' track I wrote some while back on that very amp... play it loud! :) One incredible amp is Mezzabarba M Zero One... and you will see everything about that amp in the video. Well spotted and thanks for watching...

[@Docksidestudio1]

The Boss GT1 is better than this product. I hope when the time comes to refresh the GT1, Boss don’t mess it up!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for the post... Levi felt so too. and thanks for watching.

[@danc3746]

I hate IRs!!! It tried running this ME90 thought a real cabinet with a tube power amp and I couldn't get a good tone out of it. You have to choose an OUTPUT which all sound bad imo. I will stick with the Helix.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for posting that point. It will be useful to many I'm sure. And thanks for watching.

[@jimihendrix4376]

The look inside is all I ever come here for, the amateur playing and useless chatter is irrelevant!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Sorry to let you down 'Jimi' (I think not). It's OK if you don't like it here go and watch some sales videos... Thanks.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Good review. Always nice to see INSIDE these things. Not much inside this thing! You nit-pick about the smallest stuff. Like "no usb cable". The REASON they don't include one is: BOSS has no idea how far the unit will be from the computer. Maybe you need a 6ft cable. Maybe you need a 15ft cable. Maybe you need a 25ft cable. BOSS has no idea what YOU need. So YOU get to buy the cable that YOU need for your own setup. It's not a big deal. The main difference between the older ME-80 and THIS new unit is the A-I-R-D, which is supposed to make the amp models sound more "realistic".

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

To be honest, I've been in IT since 1981, and no matter how you look at it, that is just about the first and only time I have ever heard anyone suggest they don't supply the cable because they don't know what length you need. So every other company out there that does supply the USB cable is wrong then? I don't think so. And honestly, when you're a 14 year old lad that might have saved up for some time and find when you get the pedal that you can't connect and use it with the computer and have to go out and buy what should be included is a sad situation. Those cables from where this stuff is all made costs pence... pence! and I should know, I imported from the far east since 1982-3 and my company still does. The power supply is also not a huge cost... (honestly a switch mode power supply I can buy a 2 or 3 amp for about $5 or so and properly CE approved... and for a device with a retail of £300 or even higher, its a little mean to leave off the power supply - I stand by my comments on that too. But I understand your points and good that you post them too - they offer a slightly different perspective than mine... there's no right or wrong. I never tried the ME-80 so I have no real reference for comparison between the two. I often said I would review the ME-80 but never go to it sadly. Thanks for that post and for watching too... appreciated.

[@TheCyberMantis]

@@tonymckenzieofficial By your logic, should all guitar amp companies include a guitar cable with all their amps they sell? And what length should it be? Considering some of those amps cost $4,000... they should at least include a cheap $5 guitar cable with it!

[@derekhandley3270]

Hi Tony I’m a beginner with effects so should I go ME90 or Gt1 ?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I would opt for the ME-90... newer tech... thanks...

[@hainzy]

Why are you comparing it to the gt-1 its a different audio engine. Just because it has the same types of effects doesn't mean theyre the same quality

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Truth is, your audience would never know... do bear that in mind. The ME-90 is great for the money, but only if you have that money... so what if you don't have the money? ME-80, GT-1? There are many guys that just are starting out even and if was to believe all the hype of some of those sales reviews, some guys might even get in to debt for the 'better device'. Now I like the ME-90, but I like lots of gear also, I do get your point for sure, but the video tries to address a very wide audience of guitarists. My grandson BTW (get ready to break out in laughter) later DID come back and tell me that he now 'liked' the ME-90 better than the GT-1 :) When he said it I smiled too :). I just wanted to share that comment from him. Thanks for watching...

[@anmolsingh9025]

so what are negatives here in the me-90? missing power supply from non boss vendor- $15 missing usb cable - $5 I personally have nothing to do with Boss company and was looking for a negatives in me 90 but looking at video , it seems this is a convincing product. a comparable product in market from say line 6 is fairly expensive. quoted entry level model GT-1 uses old boss cosm - ME90 has AIRD amp models, IR loading, an effects loop- sheer flexibility in various uses cases is pretty awesome - coupled with historic boss quality in its mass products. me90 seems a pretty good deal to me.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I did say a 7/10? and reduced by just 1 point because of the skinflint mode from this maker for this unit. Levi gave a 7/10 and while this pedal sounds 'OK' he did not think that for the (at least) extra £100+ that it justified the difference in cost. That was a fair and reasonable review score. There were a few other points but the video is there to go over. It's a reasonable pedal... that's it. Thanks.

[@MartinLutherMcCoy]

Good stuff guys. You can turn the noise gate off without the software tho

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

No, you can turn it to zero I agree, but to actually turn it off is in the software... check I don't think we're wrong on that... Thanks for watching.

[@squirelova1815]

I've never met an "Evil Owl" yet. All the owls I've ever had the pleasure to encounter have been downright cute and fluffy little pest controllers.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Oh I agree :) Actually the name came about because of a number plate on my car :) Later I found an owl figure clutching a pentagram... hence the 'evil owl' name. My wife loves the plate and so do I and correct the owls are generally good. Thanks for watching.

[@squirelova1815]

@@tonymckenzieofficial You are undoubtedly one of the Finest, most enjoyable and most thorough gear reviewers anywhere. Thank You so very much for Daring to take things apart and show us the Glorious innards of all those effects products. I Love the use of the pointer too!

[@moe45673]

Not a bad review. I disagree with a bunch of things you said or implied: For example, the Noise Suppressor can effectively be shut off by setting it to 0. I used it in a jam out to a Line 6 Catalyst 60 FX Return, with the ME-90 set to LineOut and using User-IR1 that had nothing loaded into it (effectively no IR, no cab, just the preamp). Other guitarist used a Fender Deville tube amp. Did I sound as good as him? Out of the box, no. But I have been playing for decades and used to play with a gigantic pedalboard. I know how to tweak. And tweak I did, I was able to get tones that were easily audible without being too loud/quiet, and I didn't feel like I was struggling for any oomph. I was able to play around with a ton of the settings super quickly, because everything was tweakable right from the board. At my next jam, I will use the same setup because it worked great and I did not feel like a 2nd class citizen compared to the other dude (who, again, had beautiful tube amp tone) I also have a GX-100. I love it, it's easily the better pedal when accounting for dialing in a great tone. But for instantaneous on-the-fly tweaking? Hell no. The GX-100 is not bad. not as nightmarish as some other floor modellers, but you still can't just adjust the amp by reaching down and tweaking the amp knobs (I mean, you can set the 4 knobs to default to 1 thing each on the home screen, but that's all you've got instant access to). This means much more to me that I can do that than the idea that I have 20 parameters to adjust with an amp in the GX-100 (that I do know how to use and fine tune, and I do that when playing at home and recording) vs the 4 params with the ME-90 while other people are waiting on me to get my act together. So, your review isn't unfair and it is honest. But it's very biased! To wit - I'm not a beginner, I have a bedroom studio and have done hobbyist mixing/mastering for over a decade so I know how to EQ and compress an ensemble of instruments. The ME-90 is still for people like me. :)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for watching... The 'effectively' off is NOT off! :) The settings typically are easy to do relatively and the pedal IS well suited to many 'starters' as well as guys like yourself. The GX-100 is a good pedal for sure and I have reviewed that - check it out. Ha its difficult to be biased in any way when I bought the pedal to review and not once did I reference other brands (I think!) and the comments were what I genuinely felt about the pedal. That's the same with all equipment I review. There are honestly no bias towards A or B or even C in my reviews... there really is no point for me to do that. Update... Levi has spent time with the ME-90 now compared to his GT-1 and now likes the ME-90 better and says it sounds better. I do think though that the points I raised about Boss being a little mean with no power supply or even USB cable was genuinely a shortcoming for the unit. Glad you liked the pedal and thanks very much for the post as it shows other opinions. And thanks...

[@moe45673]

@@tonymckenzieofficial You're a true gentleman. Thank you for engaging well. By bias, I didn't mean the corporate shill or what-have-you. What I meant was that it appeared to me that you couldn't possibly see it being good for anyone outside beginners. I'm here to say, nope, that's just your bias! (If I'm wrong, enlighten me : D ) Point taken as well that 0 does not mean off. And of course this is untrue in the case of physical pedals. I'd think, though, that something meant to be transparent, like a noisegate, would be equivalent to "off" with the threshold set to the minimum in the case of a virtual signal chain. But of course, that's an assumption and I need to verify it for myself because REALITY

[@roscius6204]

Everything is marketing and price point. No stereo ins speaks volumes. Newbies buy these and find very quickly it's just a gateway to 'better' units My advice, there's plenty of good 2nd hand gear that will do effectively 🙄the same job.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

I'm sure there is plenty of the used gear... good point... thanks for watching.

[@jbjb9691]

800ms of max delay time is terrible choice from boss. The me80 had 6 seconds of delay, that was awesome.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for watching... appreciated.

[@pdp977]

Hilariously, the product that Tony's young helper is using has the same amp models as the Me90...

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Of course the models are not everything are they... hilariously...

[@texmex697]

Always enjoy watching. In my limited experience multi effects boards are over the top. Too many low quality effects that, in most cases, you are limited to what you can mix together. I got rid of my old Vox board, turn off the Katana effects, set it clean and flat and use a couple of pedals. One always on drive and a boost. Plug in and play. Computers are for spreadsheets. 👍🏼

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well I generally need chorus, delay and reverb and of course my wah pedal... but for me anything else is not really that useful. But some guys need the stuff especially early on... and it was not bad value, although the power supply and USB cable, not to mention the BT missing adapter would have been nice. Thanks for watching.

[@ericskinner7355]

Having stereo outputs, they could have included more stereo effects.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Good point...

[@MarkStearle]

Just bought one,not a fan,too complicated,thanks for the review.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks for your opinion and that matters for someone that owns one... Levi in the video sort of was commenting that it was 'OK' but he would stick to his older pedal... interesting opinions and thanks for watching.

[@MarkStearle]

Hi Tony,bought the Pod Go,had the GX100 and it seems like the Pod has more latency than the GX,did you notice that?

[@himax000]

Does the feedbacker turns off the noise gate

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Can't remember I see far too much gear... sorry.... but thanks for watching... Anyone else have the answer?

[@BigEdWo]

i have the me70 and it sounds like shit. why should the me90 be better? looks almost the same. pfui.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Point is, I have not seen or used a ME-70 sorry... but if I had I would compare, similarly with ME-80 I never used them. This ME-90 can sound reasonable, but honestly, I tend to liken it more as a starters effects pedal and now with 'a bit more' interference (I could call it that) of IR's and online which some might love and some might not. I think honestly that a 7 from Levi was about right... I did think the GX-100 was better... Thanks for watching.

[@factoryrat405]

A beginner unit would be the Boss GT-1. Should you like the GX-100 better? Of course, it costs $150.00 USD more than the ME-90 does, but still contains the same AIRD technology that the ME-90 has.

[@factoryrat405]

The ME-70 was released in 2009. 14 years of technological advances in guitar electronics since then would probably make it a more advanced and option filled unit.

[@pupilmover9835]

No way. The ME 90 sounds great. Very good modeling

[@pupilmover9835]

Using this unit live with a band is killer. It truly is hands on like a bunch of pedals on a board but way more versatile. I mean, it really does anything you would need to play out, and it sounds great if you know how to tweak knobs right. At the same time, it's not clunky and convoluted. It's compact yet still has a very sturdy expression pedal, and it's very easy to program. Again. A lot of people get caught up in stuff that just won't matter live at all... this unit is GREAT. If you want to play more than menu dive I HIGHLY recommend the ME 90... And it's built like a tank, too.

[@cementkidd]

Show me one great guitarist from the 60's or 70's that wouldn't be impressed with this pedal if it were presented in front of them from a musician from 2023. You can chop up this pedal as best as your brain can manage to process the thoughts. The bottom line is that it's literally 10's of thousands of dollars of multiple analog pedals stuffed into a little box for under 400 dollars. How about appreciating this technology instead of chopping it to pieces as if you are some great engineer of amazing tech who has the right. Just MY opinion.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Wrong, we did not 'chop the pedal to pieces'. This unit got a 7/10 ??? and furthermore, there are no analogue pedals in it. Just so you know. The device is really not that different than many other units and even Levi seemed to prefer his 3 or 4 year old GT1 so what would you prefer we did not say? Oh the PSU, the USB, the Bluetooth (well at least half of one), the warranty, the quality of the unit, the effects included as well as the things that are not a free for all re use? Do tell me what you don't want us to show and then maybe YOU might appreciate the technology rather than me. Oh me? yes I've been in technology since 1981. Thanks.

[@cementkidd]

@tonymckenziecom wasn't a personal attack bud. Sorry if I came across wrong. Truly. My point is that the technology is incredible. I personally wouldn't expect it to be exactly the same as the pedals or amps programmed into the unit, but it is damn close. My comment was just to make that point. The average musician I think would find this pedal very impressive. It's unfair to the company and the developers to not state that point. But that being said, I Apologize if I came off the wrong way. Cheers

[@paulrusinko666]

U can adj gate without the software.

[@yoggipijama]

true , u can turn off the noise gate without software

[@yoggipijama]

hold edit and then bank(amp) up and down(eq)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

That adjusts it, it does not turn it off?

[@factoryrat405]

Page 13 of the Boss ME-90 Parameter guide. "When the Noise Suppressor setting is turned to 0 , the noise suppressor is turned OFF.

[@ermiyasb1453]

does ME90 got a looper to record and overdub

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

The ME-90 has a looper that can record up to 38 seconds, with overdubbing. Thanks for watching.

[@jakeqwaninne8502]

it sounded very noisy, does it hiss a lot, that was why i went back to my digitech rp's, distorted as fuck guitar tone, but clear ,very good gate in the rp

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Depends on how much you crank it...

[@russangel]

You should be the presenter of Bullseye.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

One hundred and eighty! (Tony Green sadly missed!) Thanks for watching.

[@fredzep01]

You was in the tank last night bragging on your limousines "YEAH"

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Was I :)

[@fredzep01]

@@tonymckenzieofficial it's a funny film quote from Trading Places, it's two big dudes in the jail cell, and one of the dudes keeps saying "YEAH" after the other dude speaks. It looked like that's what you were doing at the start of the video, haha.

[@gibhopkins6919]

I'll stick with my GT 10 . Never been to tone what ever

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

GT10 was a great pedal and I had one myself! :) Thanks.

[@madontherun]

You've got out of the Steeplejack game, then?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Indeed I have been told hat many times :) Thanks for watching.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

They used to call it a Digitech GNX…

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Surely not :) Thanks for watching.

[@leffivanov3127]

The worst thing about BOSS multi fx lately I find is the lack of balanced outputs. But also AIRD looks not that awesome these days with too few amps and feeling a bit outdated.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

A very valid point for sure. The AIRD IS getting on a little I agree... for me the GX-100 was a better device.... thanks for watching.

[@fongy200]

Thank you both for your review. I don't think i shall be buying anymore effects, especially these large floor types. I have oodles of them, but thanks to you i don't have to worry about the worry i may have bought or not, something that isn't much cop anyway. I have a Helix and other Line 6 stuff. A Kemper. I was going to buy a Quad Cortex but i saw a great video review and decided against it, if you know what i mean? Sometimes i think about the apparatus that much my playing suffers. It's only when I'm content with what i have does my playing get to a standard I'm happy with. I expect you know what i mean? It's not the money either. It's just to much stuff. I do not have a channel i make content for, so I'm not as invested in the whole equipment side of things. Besides 2 storage lockers full of Guitars, Amps, Cabs and Pedals is more than enough. Ridiculous really. Thanks Tony and Levi.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Ha we sound similar in many ways... and devoting lots of time to reviews REDUCES time playing guitar that's a fact. And that's a pity. I have some of what you have too (I tend to keep what I like! (why?)) and do I get much spare time... no I don't. The problem for me is that I still work (because I want to) and I do the rest, much of what no one actually sees, as well. But a great piece of gear I find will inspire me to pick up that guitar and play, I have mentioned it in videos over and over like a parrot really, but that certainly works like that for me. Maybe for you too. Thanks for the post, always appreciated... If sometime I don't reply its usually because a video had many posts and I can't always get to them all to reply.... so thanks for watching - and I gave this to Levi :)

[@k.skowronski175]

Good idea, the closeups are ok. The explaining is not good, leaving out important stuff and clearly covering a lack of effort or knowledge with a sense of self-approved humour, that does not strike. Change the mod! Use the knowledge of the wise old guy, but not his way of presentation! And 1080p is also not up to date today. I suffered to the end of the video, because I wanted to get the informations, but it was hard to waste so many minutes with useless talk! Maybe then the numbers will be better.. No sorry, after 15 minutes of this I lost all interest, because if the way it is moderated and the useless talks

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Sadly if I was to use sign language instead you might not be too impressed. Simple? Go watch something else, the guys that like my videos generaly like them. Thanks.

[@k.skowronski175]

@@tonymckenzieofficial to be honest, even the form and attitude in your reply here pictures partly my point.. and the video could be really something outstanding, because the idea behind it is very good. Question: do you like to watch your own videos?

[@JAF2991]

How's the tuner in it, pretty accurate?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Ha I'm always out of tune whether I use one or not :) Thanks.

[@MOAB-UT]

Electronics aside, I played one and it sounded bad. No thanks. If you are brand new and on a super tight budget, in a pinch it might be usable for at home play.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well it is what it is, it does offer a fair bit for what the cost is (here but not necessarily elsewhere) but I get it of course. Levi commented about his old pedal (I think it was a GT1) and he did not feel the difference was worth the money... But I do think many of the lower end devices are not always great sounding units... some better than others of course. Thanks for watching.