BOSS ME-50 (My favorite settings)

[@dancotterman1267]

There was one on eBay for 30.00 shipped a few days ago. I already have a boss gt-6 and gt-8 and still thought about getting it but I don’t jam anymore I’m too old (77) so I didn’t. It probably would sound just like what I have so not a big loss. I still play but alone now, I have a loop pedal with drums but I miss my friends, a lot. My favorite activity was always playing music with my friends. Like Willy Nelson’s on the road again.

[@leightonwarren9280]

Good to hear this thing again. I spent my High School graduation $ on this instead of puttin $ towards a car! Gigged it for 11 yrs, finally stomped the distortion pedal to death, thanks for the vid!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Aweomeness!

[@pecahndasmu]

I bought ME50 today at a pawnshop. That was because I watched some demos ...including this demo. Thank you for sharing this video. Much appreciated.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Awesomeness! Glad to hear this! Enjoy man, it’s really a great piece of gear.

[@pecahndasmu]

@@Homestudiosimplifed Hi man, I love this gadget .... One question, how can I use the Wah? Do I have ti use or turn any button? Or step hard on the pedal? Thank you

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

@@pecahndasmu you just need to push the pedal forward harder until you hear a click. You’ll also have to make sure that the knob next to the pedal is set to wah.

[@pecahndasmu]

@@Homestudiosimplifed Ah ..... thank you.✌

[@gnelsonkingsbury]

Nice demo and solid slounds! BTW I helped design those non-BOSS black knobs as "in the dark" tactile user-friendly for AUDIO CENTRON mixers originally, the we added the red fiber optics for some backlit CRATE guitar amps later. Nice to see them still getting some use!!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Guy Kingsbury thanks man!

[@fostexfan160]

Some great sounds dude....and I love the grandad socks on the volume pedal! Lol

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Thanks man!

[@oingyboingybob]

Really useful and informative...nice socks too!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Bob D thanks man! I wore those just for you. 😂

[@_electricfinger]

Great demo man. Solid sounds. A friend of mine got it used at a very low price, we're jamming next week and I'm really excited!!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Juancho Carnicero you’ll fall in love with it man!

[@lucasprille4201]

@@Homestudiosimplifed Hi there, I'm the friend. Your video help me to made the decision of choosing this multi effects. Nice settings!

[@SuperKillbill66]

How much he paid for it ?

[@_electricfinger]

@@SuperKillbill66 8000 argentinian pesos, that would be around 130 dollars

[@thejamaican67]

Really useful demo to understand the product variety of sounds and showing functionality thanks thumbs up

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

thejamaican67 thanks man! I appreciate you taking the time to drop me some kindness!

[@Newfoundmike]

@@Homestudiosimplifed how do I get a acoustic guitar sound with compression?? Thanx

[@johnlaperuta8385]

In all seriousness..thanks for this video..been looking for something like this for a while..I still have all my boss pedals from the 80s..this seems less messy and easy to use

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Rock on!

[@me-ll7gw]

Received as a gift in 05, I needed versatility in a simple compact package as I work and play out of the country. Provides everything I need, one just needs a little patience to invest the time to dial in precisely what you are wanting to hear. It is there and once I found the specific settings for the sound I desired, I took a little more time and mapped the settings on an excel spreadsheet and the monotonous aspect once completed was over.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

StratocasterPlusPlayer you have a copy of that spreadsheet?

[@me-ll7gw]

Robert, I believe I do, I think it resides in one of my Stratocaster Plus Deluxe cases, back home. After several years of trial and error I over-wrote the factory presets with variations for my own tastes. I'm flying back to the states in August. I'll reach out to you if I find it. For me the key to my success in finally liking the ME 50 as a viable and pleasing tone tool was spending a lot of time with it making subtle and incremental adjustments. I took the time to track the adjustments so as not to cover the same ground time and time again, leading to frustration and disappointment. I too at first found the sound to be a little thin and sometimes even fizzy. Ultimately I have found that letting the guitars pickups and amplifier voicing put forth most of the tone and using the ME 50 to shade or color it slightly provided the most pleasing results for my tonal tastes. The expression pedal I use only to shift pitch, for Wah affect, I use my 40 year old Jim Dunlop Cry Baby.

[@SuperKillbill66]

Sir what do you mean mapped the settings on an excel sheet . Pl explain .

[@thepinkpanthr]

@@me-ll7gw hey man id be interested in that spreadsheet too if you still have it

[@PhilBot4OOO]

@@SuperKillbill66 I think he means he noted what positions were used for certain settings and have it a name so he could return to it to dial them in again. I personally have a folder in my phone, I take a picture of the board when I've dialled in a sound I like, whether that be to cover a song or something original. All I have to do is pull open the photo with the corresponding name and re dial in that sound!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Sorry bout calling that 1st delay "overdrive". Ugh...

[@Joe-hl2ts]

This is a really helpful video, I was looking for a multi fx unit with a nice wah and that sounds pretty good for a low end multi fx, you're a good player as well!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Joe this unit really is underrated, my playing however is overrated... 😂

[@Joe-hl2ts]

Robert McClellan ha! Not at all, I've heard that the sound isn't great but I play alone in my bedroom anyway so I think I'll get it.

[@EvilEyeGypsy]

@@Joe-hl2ts The drives leave a bit to be desired, but it's a great unit for the effects. I do do use the "Natural" drive as a boost for my Dark Matter drive. It works pretty well for that, and the DS1 setting is pretty close to a DS1 tone. The fuzz drives are pretty much unusable (at least I haven't been able to get a good fuzz tone out of it). The delays and modulation effects are pretty solid, and the compressor is actually quite good. If you need versatility and a wide array of effects to choose from, this isn't a bad addition to a pedalboard. I wouldn't use it for my main drives though.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

I use the Scream Overdrive exclusively and it sounds good to my ears. To each his own.

[@EvilEyeGypsy]

@@Homestudiosimplifed I haven't tried that one. I'll check it out and see if it works for me. Thanks.

[@Prosegoldmusic]

i played 100 or so shows with this lined to a fender mexican sunburst. fender twin reverb amp in the back. glory days for real. it got the job done. hind sight is 20/20, if i would have known what i know now i would have done so much more with it ! it’s great for rocking out on a budget for sure. and if you’re playing a lot of shows a number of different pedals can become a pain in the neck. great video ! brought back a lot of memories !

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

It really is underrated for sure!

[@Assfister666]

I like those Eric Johnson Vibes at 2:32 !

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Thanks man! I’m a Blues kinda guy for sure!

[@ACOMPA]

Bonjour comment caler le délai quand je vous. J ai utilisé fonction tape.. mais sans succès

[@Bubbalewski]

HEY I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Bubbalewski hey! I love your channel too!

[@RAevenman]

Great effects and great clean guitar sound, much better than the other crappy videos. They Drive sounds really crap in my opinion though , it literally sounds broken, perhaps its just that setting? I'm getting one in 2 days.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Raeven Brough thanks man! I agree the drive isn't the best (on that particular setting). However, it works well to cut through a dense mix at church.

[@wezzlyn]

I know it's been 4 months but I figured I'd throw in my two cents. I remember when I got mine I REALLY struggled with drives. But there really are some great tones hiding in there. they're elusive but they're there

[@onzkicg]

Hi, is this still a good buy today? I only plan to use as modulation in my effects chain. Guitar-Volume-Wah-Overdrive-[ME 50]-DI (interface)-PC (S-Gear)-Headphone. Thanks!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

It's still on my pedal board!

[@SirBelvedere333]

I picked up one today mint condition for $105.00. I’ve had two before but sold them to try something else. I always come back to the Boss ME 50.

[@davidglory9567]

why you not turn up the DRIVE knob at the Overdrive/Distortion section?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

David Ericson that's just not how I roll.... 😂

[@davidglory9567]

ok i see, my configuration setting for crunch sound : SCREAM with knob 2-12-2-12, for my lead tone RAT with knob 3-12-3-12, cheers mate!

[@blakeburdette7171]

I have this, it has a wide array of choices. But, I prefer simplicity and recommend buying individual pedals.

[@WalkingKayne]

Blake B if you prefer simplicity then wouldn’t this be perfect for you? It’s less complicated than several individual pedals

[@MyDemon32]

That was dumb asf

[@rklewis2]

@@MyDemon32 Lol! "I like simplicity, so I make it more difficult on myself..." What the

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Lol

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

@@rklewis2 He probably just sets his pedals and leaves them rather than fiddling about with a thousand options on this thing. It's a perfectly reasonable comment. If you guys are too intellectually challenged to understand that, go back to playing with your bricks.

[@markjhermanson]

totally dig the socks

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Mark Hermanson I find that dress socks give a better tone than the conventional gym socks.

[@markjhermanson]

come back of the year.......well done sir

[@pleasedonttaketolong]

For some reason I can’t get the pedal that does the wah and stuff to work. Everything else works tho.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Just under the expression pedal is a rubber stand off that depresses the wah setting. You have to rock the pedal forward all the way and push until you hear a click, you should be able to feel it as well. The little red light next to the pedal expression settings will indicate it's working. (You have to put quite a bit of pressure on it)

[@davidyahyayan1886]

Mine had that issue too but then i discovered myslef if i remember how i did it i will surely tell you man

[@davidyahyayan1886]

it has something to do when you are turning on your pedal you will press the button edit or write i don't remember exactly till u see a P logo then press edit or wrote i don't remember which button it was till u get a "d" then you get numbers select 3 then press down till u get "u" when you're finished turn up the volume pedal when it is up at max press the volume pedal up a little bit harder till you get the expression pedal on I hope this helps

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

ME-50: Calibrating the On-Board EXP Pedal Roland U.S.October 14, 2014 16:16 Use the following steps to calibrate the expression pedal and the toe-end switch on the ME-50: 1. Turn off the ME-50's power. 2. Press and hold the BANK [>] and WRITE buttons simultaneously, and then turn on the power - "P" appears in the display, followed by "U." 3. Move the EXP all the way back to the "heel" position until it stops. 4. Press WRITE - "d" appears in the display. Note: If the TUNING indicator flashes, move the EXP pedal forward and then back, then press WRITE. 5. Move the EXP pedal all the way toe-forward until it stops. 6. Press WRITE - "5" appears in the display. 7. To adjust the toe-end foot switch, press BANK [] to set the value (1-9). A lower value allows for the switch to be activated with minimal pressure. More force is needed for higher values. 8. Press WRITE - The new settings are saved automatically.

[@limerot]

Did you use line outs or the headphone out?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Line outs I do believe!

[@southsidejohnny5624]

@@Homestudiosimplifed Apparently the headphone out has a cabinet simulator so might give more realistic sound when DI’d. Ive just bought one of these double cheap to go into a wee valve amp I have that has no gain or reverb. I’ve not tried it with everything yet but its a total bargain. Excellent, helpful video by the way, even 5 years down the line.

[@quebuenaviola]

I put a boss ge-7 and tube screamer whit this pedalboard and into a ac30 breake all.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Sweet!

[@okydata]

Can you combine this one with a amp sim i.e. helix stomp? Will the expression pedal work? What about the sound chain?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

I’d say there are no rules to it... experiment and find what you like. As for “Will it work?” I’m positive it will!

[@dawadhondup8744]

All My boss me 50 indicators lights on when i on my effect please help me to solve my problem

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

dawa dhondup English please...

[@dawadhondup8744]

@@Homestudiosimplifed I wrote english . when I on my BossMe 50 guitar effect all the indicators in it light on automatically and cant set it to normal condition>

[@metalEric69]

dawa dhondup do a factory reset.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

It sounds like your on a preset patch

[@metalEric69]

Hold down pedal 2 n 3 at same time.

[@1234588001]

hi how do i link this up with a boss ge-7 EQ nice video.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

LD101 mixer use the in/out just like you would any other pedal. Depending in your setup you may need a buffer before or after.

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

Still use and gig with mine. I use the Natural drive on it.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

That’s my favorite drive!

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

Awesome!!!

[@Engaelic]

Try OD-1 overdrive set to 33-100-50-whateverfloats with neck p-up (preferably strat) , tone rolled down and guitar p-up volume set to 7. Add hall reverb to your liking, a pinch of delay, voila.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@jamescarter8699]

I have one it is the best multi-pedal for old school effects None can reproduce its quality. For the money it is best. Even the me70 and 80 dont measure up to this pedal. It's like Leo's Tele he got it right the first time. Matched with my Fender tubed "Hot Rod Deluxe" and matching 112 extension cab amp that has an overdrive channel it is superior, esspecially it's clean true tone.AND IT IS EASY TO SEE IN DARK LIGHT CLUB SETTINGS.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Yes sir!

[@ezequielpitluk1072]

Push down the tone in the overdrive channel. Thanks nice video!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Ezequiel Pitluk hahaha

[@SteveChernishov]

Nice sock :)

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Steve Chernishov I wore it just for you.... 😂

[@joaoluizsantos6436]

do you think it's still worth buying one of those?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Absolutely!

[@joaoluizsantos6436]

@@Homestudiosimplifed thanks man!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Joao Luiz Santos 👍🏻

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Can I get the stone Rose's sound through this?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

It’s very versatile! I would say so.

[@Davidwaters-]

Have you had a decent David Gilmour Comfortably Numb sound out of it ?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

James Bennet there are infinite possibilities

[@Davidwaters-]

Yeah probably too many variables. I used to have a Yamaha REX50 I think it was number 26 preset i used unaltered for a Gilmour sound.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

James Bennet that's awesome! I can get at least 70% of the way there without having his skills fingers.

[@Davidwaters-]

I've got some kind of sound saved the same one for Time and Comfortably Numb I'm sure a better tweaker than me could get it much better though :)

[@lemmydimmu]

which output you used in this video left/mono and right or line/phones? and if you connect it to sound card to record which output you would use?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Ahmed Dimmu there is a line out that I use for both.

[@lemmydimmu]

Thanks Robert unfortunately i can not dial a good sound out of the line output. it sound boxy and weird. however the left/mono sound thin and sharp i'm confused

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Ahmed Dimmu you might try adjusting your knobs by taking them far left or far right and then back to the setting you like. I have found that sometimes it seems as if the setting knob gets hung up between two different settings. Hope this helps

[@Eklenam_Abbah]

Does anybody have a cool warm overdrive/distortion patch? My drive patch with this rather sounds piercing and noisy.. I use the T Screamer btw @HomeStudioSimplified

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Yeah the distortion tones on these ME’s are kind of a joke

[@lorenzoconsoli1604]

I have this pedalboard but i can't activate the wah, how can you?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

You have to press the toe down rather hard.

[@sivrazbachaspati2943]

Original price???

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Bidyasagarpuyam Puyambidyasagar I believe it was $199

[@sivrazbachaspati2943]

Thanks

[@natt_arandha]

como eu faço pra voltar a configuração de fábrica?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

?

[@filipenarciso1115]

Nat@lia. 1- mantenha simultaneamente os botões "BANk" e"WRITE", e ligue a. Pedaleira. Vai aparecer um "F" no visor. 2- carregue no botão "WRITE"e a luz do indicador vai piscar. 3- carregue em WRITE novamente, o "F" vai piscar no visor e assim está feito o reset.😉

[@antoniooliveira4074]

Bom dia, tenho uma dessa e gosto muito dela, só que desativei o pedal sem querer, você sabe ativar o pedal?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Sim! Se você empurrá-lo totalmente para a frente até tocar a superfície, pressione um pouco mais até ver a luz vermelha acender. Isso deve funcionar.

[@antoniooliveira4074]

@@Homestudiosimplifed já tentei, más ele não acionou

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Antonio Oliveira Você tem que pressionar bastante. se ainda assim não acontecer, você poderá ver se o impasse sob o pedal está quebrado.

[@antoniooliveira4074]

Estava funcionando normalmente, parou depois que fui regular o pedal, nas configurações igual fala no manual, aí ele desativou

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Antonio Oliveira Existe um manual online gratuito que você pode baixar aqui: www.boss.info/global/support/by_product/me-50/owners_manuals/

[@varoujanyahyeyan4407]

how did you activate that wah pedal mode please help!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

If you press the expression/volume pedal forward a little harder than usual you will see a red light come on right next to it (Pedal Mode SW) indicating that the effects on the rotary next to the pedal are now in use. Note: this means that the volume usage of it will no longer be operational. It will now simply be an expression only pedal.

[@varoujanyahyeyan4407]

I'm afraid of damaging the volume pedal mine is no working btw

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Varoujan Yahyeyan that's understandable. It is pretty rugged though. You don't have to stomp it harder just simply apply more pressure while you're pushing it forward.

[@gabo42013]

Not sure if you haven't figured it out yet. But I had the same issue and it wouldn't activate no matter how much pressure I used. I later discovered you can adjust the amount of pressure required by shutting the unit off and the turning it on while holding write and bank (>) you should then see a "p" displayed. Press write again and you should see a "d". Set the pedal all the way back (your heel) and press write again. You should then see a "5" displayed. Use the bank () to adjust the value between 1-9 [1 being lowest amount of pressure needed and 9 being most amount of pressure]. Press write again and it should save your adjustment and the manual light should come on on the display. That should fix your troubles

[@varoujanyahyeyan4407]

@@gabo42013 OH MY GAAAAAAWWWWWDDDDD!!!!!! After 3 years of using the boss me-50 i finally have the wah and the bonus expression pedals MAN! Thank you so muuuuuuch!

[@kz4506]

Your not finnished yet , the looping set up how’s it done.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Unfortunately there is no looping option only a hold.

[@MrPochinki85]

Nice sock

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Adrian Martinez I wore it just for you

[@lpacheco690]

This padel is obout the closest you get to a santana tone

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

It is really an underrated pedal for sure!

[@georgeallen3269]

wish there was a way to bypass the tone modify. other than that, even with a cheap amp i was able to achieve just about any tone i was looking for,: from David Gilmour Time guitar solo, to Fit For An Autopsy chugga chugga riffs lol.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Nice! What is your favorite combination? Do you have a video to showcase them?

[@georgeallen3269]

@@Homestudiosimplifed no but that is a good idea. I'll link the video here if i get to it this weekend

[@soulstalgiarecords77740]

So is this regarded as an Analogue Pedal or a Digital Pedal?

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

SOUL STALGIA RECORDS it’s a...Danalogue pedal! 😂 Honestly, it’s more of a blend of the two, a hybrid of sorts.

[@wezzlyn]

Argyle socks!

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Chables it's my Scottish heritage!

[@baoorgan3308]

Tôi muốn mua cục này

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

bạn đã tìm thấy một cái để mua chưa

[@ampegloud]

The socks look real professional🙄

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Argyle is always the industry standard. Just as emojis are the industry standard of commenting. 👍

[@phillyblunt8473]

@@Homestudiosimplifed 😂 🙄 🤔

[@breakingthe4thwall260]

clean tone was good but the distorted tone was terrible

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Yeah I am more of a clean tone guy.

[@RasManuel]

Me 50 y boss gain 50

[@RasManuel]

Ddelay

[@MSMWorkshop]

To my taste... What a flat and noisy sound.. horrible hifi sound. Really straight and cold. Too used to tube amps i think...

[@mikkywhalan]

I think it’s because they’re running straight into the interface. They should’ve been running into an amp or an amp sim.

[@johnlaperuta8385]

Nice sock

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Thanks!