Boss ME-70B

Bassman 100 · #1 06-11-2009, 09:38 AM

Has anyone attempted the ME-70 for Bass ? Not into overdrive, Just reverb, modulation, Wah & Tuner. Delay looks good, bank up/down compared to the ME50-B, I like that. Would love to see the Boss ME70-B, will they ever make it?

bassman1185 · #2 06-11-2009, 10:25 AM

I'm sure that they will come out with the ME-70B pretty soon. I would guess that they'll unveil it at NAMM this summer or maybe this winter. The ME-50B was a pretty big sucess for them, so I doubt that they will miss the opportunity to try to get their current ME-50B owners to upgrade. Plus, it seems like pretty much every major multi-effect that BOSS has come out with in the last several years has had a "B" version for us.

Bassman 100 · #3 06-13-2009, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bassman 100

Has anyone attempted the ME-70 for Bass ? Not into overdrive, Just reverb, modulation, Wah & Tuner. Delay looks good, bank up/down compared to the ME50-B, I like that. Would love to see the Boss ME70-B, will they ever make it?

So has anyone tried the guitar ME70 for Bass ? (while we await the ME70-B of course !) I remember the ME20 & 20-B were launched together, so perhaps the ME70- B won't put in an appearance. Any word on the grape vine?

Jazz Ad · #4 06-13-2009, 03:53 PM

To me the worst flaw of the ME-50B was that you couldn't use modulation and time effects at the same time. The 70 seems to fix that, at least on guitar.

Chronicle · #5 06-13-2009, 05:11 PM

The ME-50B is discontinued so I guess they have something up their sleeve for summer NAMM.

bwv1013 · #6 08-11-2009, 08:01 PM

bump for another curious user. i'm actually considering the me70 instead of the 50b...

Chronicle · #7 08-11-2009, 08:28 PM

So far I only got a spring reverb coming out from Boss...nothing about the 70b yet...

bwv1013 · #8 08-11-2009, 08:32 PM

good to know. keep us posted!

Bassman 100 · #9 08-12-2009, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bwv1013

bump for another curious user. i'm actually considering the me70 instead of the 50b...

Keep us posted with your first impressions, if you get to try it out - even in the store. There might be a glimmer of hope after reading this link from the Roland site:

http://www.roland.co.uk/articles/def...px?c=3&a=10424

Roll on Sept 1st

SteveC · #10 08-12-2009, 07:10 AM

I have been close to puling the trigger on a 50B many times, but a couple shortcomings have stopped me. The GT-10B is way more than I need or want. Seems like an ME-70B COULD be the middle ground I am looking for.

Bassman 100 · #11 08-12-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveC

I have been close to puling the trigger on a 50B many times, but a couple shortcomings have stopped me. The GT-10B is way more than I need or want. Seems like an ME-70B COULD be the middle ground I am looking for.

Hi Steve Yeh' I have the ME50-B & the GT6-B there's a wide open market there for something in betweeen. Come on Boss, why are us bassists long fingered - well not literally speaking ! We want it

danomite64 · #12 11-17-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bassman 100

I remember the ME20 & 20-B were launched together

Yeah, but the ME-50 came out months before the ME-50B.

Stradavus · #13 11-17-2009, 07:53 PM

Hmmm... Looking at pics of the ME-70 it seems to have a metal expression pedal. One thing I didn't like about the ME-50B was that the expression pedal was plastic. Hopefully if they come out with an ME-70B it would also have a metal pedal.

Crystalman85 · #14 11-17-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chronicle

The ME-50B is discontinued so I guess they have something up their sleeve for summer NAMM.

That's not true...they still carry the boss me-50b on many online music stores such as musician's friend, music123, zzounds, same day music, and sweet water.

gus1894 · #15 11-17-2009, 09:03 PM

Would definitely be cool to see the ME-70 with a B!

manybass10 · #16 12-14-2009, 09:41 PM

Prayer: Dear God of Bass (whoever he may be, jesus, yahweh, allah, buddah) please inspire the minds of Roland Production executives to create a wicked awesome ME-70B with two bands of semi-parametric mid eq, an effects loop for placing all of my gain bassed effects in front on my pre-amp, and a limiter enhancer like the one they have available separately. Or just have someone from roland read this post. Amen.

What would your ultimate multi-effect pedal include??? Read Go!!! (perhaps someone or some company will be inspired???

)

dkelley · #17 12-17-2009, 04:48 PM

just wanted to say... I use my me-50 (non-b) for bass all the time, I don't see any shortcomings at all. not one.

whoever said you can't use the modulation and time fx at the same time... well, do you mean like using the modulation pedal (chorus/flanger/phaser/harmonist/univibe/etc) at the same time as the delay pedal (delays, echos, stereo delays, space pan, reverse, hold) at the same time?

Because you can, there are no restrictions there. That's what I call using modulation and time fx simultaneously.

I do wish it had a jack for another swell pedal so I could run volume AND wah/whammy/resonance etc at the same time... and I don't love it's guitar type emulation eq thing (haven't yet gotten real use from it that didn't sound yuckified somehow). but everything else, the amazing compressor, great tones, wonderful distortions/overdrives, all work great on Bass.

I can't see why I'd ever get a bass specific version that just restricts the pedals emulated and maybe adds one or two more. I mean, I'd love a good mutron emulator thrown in. but seriously, anything else is just not worth there being some special bass version, at least not to me.

Maybe it's cuz I play other instruments too so I want one versatile box... so maybe I'm not as picky as some of you guys?

I won't deny it's possible, although I'm DEFINITELY a tone freak.

:-)

cheers,
Don

dkelley · #18 12-17-2009, 04:55 PM

PS - I've read harmony-central reviews just now of the me-50b, sounds like there are many unhappy users in recent history saying it sucks tone out.

One thing that's interesting to me is how a lot of bassist really do get their tone messed up by certain fx being in the chain, even out of the circuit (except for their line loading circuits). I have a strong feeling that certain player's setups (basses specifically) don't respond well to certain devices in the signal chain altering the load on the instrument. I don't know why this seems true for some people and not others with the same fx boxes in the chain though.

I haven't had those problems wtih my me-50 (non-b) in my bass chain, but then I do use it in the fx loop of my bass v-amp pro most of the time so any load issues would be gone (and signal level would be more ideal too). Maybe that's the solution?

anyway, now that everyone is laughing because I actually use and like the bass v-amp pro and the non-bass me-50... :-)

my flame suit is on!

René_Julien · #19 12-18-2009, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dkelley

just wanted to say... I use my me-50 (non-b) for bass all the time, I don't see any shortcomings at all. not one.

whoever said you can't use the modulation and time fx at the same time... well, do you mean like using the modulation pedal (chorus/flanger/phaser/harmonist/univibe/etc) at the same time as the delay pedal (delays, echos, stereo delays, space pan, reverse, hold) at the same time?

Because you can, there are no restrictions there. That's what I call using modulation and time fx simultaneously.

I do wish it had a jack for another swell pedal so I could run volume AND wah/whammy/resonance etc at the same time... and I don't love it's guitar type emulation eq thing (haven't yet gotten real use from it that didn't sound yuckified somehow). but everything else, the amazing compressor, great tones, wonderful distortions/overdrives, all work great on Bass.

I can't see why I'd ever get a bass specific version that just restricts the pedals emulated and maybe adds one or two more. I mean, I'd love a good mutron emulator thrown in. but seriously, anything else is just not worth there being some special bass version, at least not to me.

Maybe it's cuz I play other instruments too so I want one versatile box... so maybe I'm not as picky as some of you guys?

I won't deny it's possible, although I'm DEFINITELY a tone freak.

:-)

cheers,
Don

Yup... I love the regular (guitar) ME-50 instead of the ME-50B.
I don't understand why so many want the letter "B" to convice them it is usable on bass.

The "B" stands for: "what effects BOSS thinks bassist really need."

I love the ME-50, the modulation department, the delay department,.... and the drive department actually isn't that bad as far us multi-fx go.

Gaetano Paul · #20 11-22-2010, 08:20 AM

Bump, any users of the ME70 on the bass?