Boss Guitar Multiple Effects ME-30

Boss

Submitted by Jon from Huntsville, AL (496 points) on Sep 22, 2007
This is the only multi effect i have any experience with, but I can say I wasn't quite as excited as I'd hoped to be, but I've been able to create some really interesting and bizarre sounds with it in a chain. It sounds pretty digital on the pitch shifting modes, but it's easy to figure out and is ultimately a good piece of gear. In my experience with this pedal, it sounds MUCH better in a straight-through chain than it does when used in an internal feedbacking loop. If you can get one cheaply, go for it... If it does not suit you, it could probably be resold for more than you paid.
Good Points: The ring mod is fun, The pitch bending option is too... It's pretty easy to get the hang of it and switch between effects, and it's capable of some genuinely bizarre sounds (I made a track with my Juno 6 and the ring mod setting + distortion pedals that sounded almost exactly like a human voice screaming!)
Bad Points: As with most multi-FX, you use about a third or less of the available effects, the distortion is weak, the effects are controlled with a small set of buttons which means little or no fast tweaking, sounds digital, kind of big for something I only use 3-4 from. IT'S PLASTIC!?!?
Price Paid: US$33.00
Purchased At: eBay
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