Boss ME-50B enough for metal?

jkjgiants26 · #1 08-06-2011, 02:18 PM

I am possibly joining one or two of my friend's metal bands who have had issues with bass players and i would like to know before hand is i do join his band(s) will a Boss ME-50B be good for metal. It has a couple distortion and overdrive settings but its the only distortion/overdrive I've ever really tested with a bass and I'm not sure if its considered good distortion/overdrive. So will it be good for metal or should i save up for a distortion or overdrive pedal? also is there a difference between distortion and overdrive? if so what is it?
PS sorry for sounding stupid

RickenBoogie · #2 08-06-2011, 03:05 PM

All that matters, is that YOU are happy with it. No one else will know the difference, and yes, there is a difference between o/d and distortion. Think of o/d as a mild crunch, distortion as a heavy crunch, and fuzz as all out crunch.

jkjgiants26 · #3 08-06-2011, 03:20 PM

thank you RickenBoogie! answered my question perfectly

Crystalman85 · #4 08-08-2011, 02:28 AM

Of course it's good for metal. it's got a good variety of distortion effects and it easy to find what kind of distortion effect you like.

spaz21387 · #5 08-08-2011, 02:31 AM

I like clean bass for metal just drop tuned with the low eq'ed guitars it cuts and sounds great think early system of a down. But if you have to use pedals the black russian big muff is a good fuzz choice. I love mine.