Boss ME50B Bass Multi Effects Pedal
The Boss ME50B is a multi effects unit for Bass guitar. Constructed with the ruggedness and simplicity of a stomp box this unit is great for both recording and live purposes. The ME50B also features built in tuner, Compressor/Limiter and master EQ controls with low, mid, high and mid frequency controls.
Stomp box
The ME50B is split into four sections which are Filter/Tone, Drive/Synth, Delay/Modulation and Expression Pedal. The first section Filter/Tone contains 11 fully editable effects such as Defretter, Bottom Boost and Enhancer. Next you have he Drive/synth section which gives you different drive effects such as Bass Driver and Hi-Band Drive, and four synth settings saw lead, mild filter, Deep Filter and Square. The next section is Modulation/Delay with holds choruses, phasers, flangers, Delays and reverb. Lastly the expression pedal is assignable to different expression settings such as wah or pitch shifter.
Compressor/Limiter
The ME50B also features built in Compressor/Limiter with six settings to choose from. The settings are as follows Off, Natural, Limiter, 160D Soft, 160D Hard and D-Comp. each one of these settings can be edited using the threshold/sustain dial and the Effects level dial. The unit also features a built in chromatic tuner with LCD and LED display.