BOSS GT-1B Bass Effects Processor

You really can't beat this unit for ease of use, features, or sound quality. True, some of the effects aren't quite exactly like the vintage analog boxes they emulate, but it's surprising how close they actually get. And most of the dozens of effects you can choose from are stellar. The internal routing is well thought out as well, with copies of some effects showing up in other areas just in case you want your phaser in front of your distortion. Very cool and compact, I feel like I've only scratched the surface after a couple of weeks. I especially like how in "manual" mode, it's like having eight discrete pedals at once, with all the controls just where you'd expect them with ZERO menu diving!

I love this thing. Truly. Every control is right there, easily adjusted, easily triggered on and off, and the memory preset saves remember everything. In manual mode, experimenting and/or tweaking is WAY easier than a menu-driven system. It runs on batteries or from a wall wart, so it's easily portable. It seems to be very quiet, the only thing I noticed is that when the compressor/expander is running at its highest gain, there is some noise, but it's unclear to me if that's coming from the pedal, or just the ambient noise from the instrument. In any case, it's an edge case and I don't consider it a serious issue. The quality of the effects are very high - that's key here. It's not just convenient, it makes great output. I've been playing electric rock and blues for 50 years as I write this, and this is easily the best f/x system I've used to date. Highly recommended.

Great product

This is by far the best value of any Boss product I've seen or used as a guitar player of 5 or so years. You have no need for any pedals or even an amp with this multi-fx. I 100% recommend this to any players who need a stomp box setup and don't want to go all out on a custom pedal board. Great sound, through headphones or an amp, and very easy to set up. My only complaint is that activating the expression pedal is a little weird since there doesn't seem to be a button to click down (like on a crybaby wah) but in theory you would have it set up before a performance so this is no big deal.

I've used a Boss GT3 for years. When it came time to replace it. Boss was the only option I considered. I picked up a Boss ME-80. Very versatile and user friendly processor. I play everything from light rock/country/instrumental to thrash/speed metal. The only drawback is that it doesn't come with a power cord. I understand and enjoy the flexibility of batteries but prefer to be plugged right in. The plug suggested on Amazon lasted about a month. Aside that. I love everything else about this unit and have recommended it to other guitarists in my circle.

Extremely flexible. In Manual mode, you can program each pedal separately using the knobs (like you would on a discrete pedalboard) and make the perfect tone with ease. The awesome thing is that three of the pedals can be configured as delays, and they all melt together into a sea of ping-pong echoes. I don't even use the presets - it's way more fun to just dial in what I need. It's also convenient to use - throw the board and the AC adapter (not included - you'll want to buy it separately) into a bag and I'm ready to go. And it sounds amazing with both my MIM Stratocaster and Epiphone Les Paul Tribute going through a Fender Blues Jr. amp.

After a few minor shipping issues and delays, it has arrived! And it arrived well packed, brand new and in excellent working order. The seller was very responsive and supportive of my shipping issues all was handled. I am very satisfied. Thank you sir or ma'am. It's alive! It's ALIVE! It only took 4 hours of reading manuals and downloading/installing software. But is now connected to my favorite DAW (digital audio workstation) and producing sound! Today is a success! I love Boss products. Not even close to the top of the line unit.. lol but good enough for me.

I just got this a couple of days ago so I haven't even scratched the service yet on its capabilities. The Boss ME 80 sounds great and I find it very easy to use. I have never owned a all in one effects pedal like this, I have always had separate stomp pedals. I was looking for something with knobs on it, guess I am old school. I am loving the sounds of most of the effects, the flanger is great (never owned one before) the wah wah is very good and the pedal is easy to turn on and off. I haven't played around with the memory function yet so I can't commit yet on it. I really am enjoying this piece effects pedal and recommend getting the carry bag too

well where do I start I was in 2 minds of either going the full pedal board route or multi effects a friend of mine has the GT1 for guitar and when I worked it out to get the effects in this separately would cost way more than this pedal, this pedal is an absolute steal for what you get, I can do all my live and home jam sets with this setting up patches is a breeze on the pc software haven't tinkered much with the buttons etc as I can easily modify etc through my laptop the amp emulators are excellent too, I tried my mates GT1 and fell in love with the possibilities of patches and since I have brought this I love it, only negatives for me is the power cable input and the usb to pc input are a little wiggly so if you yank them they may fail at some point and the tone central for bass compared to guitar is pretty pathetic guitar have loads of patches you can download but bass have 3 artists that have patches that are pretty much what's in the default patches where as guitar has more famous artists and songs patches already built, I build all my own and the tone exchange can be handy but not a lot of people se it I will upload a good few of my own soon on there for people to use, all in all this pedal can be end game it'll do pretty much most things you want to do and a lot cheaper than the helix and quad cortex etc., I'd recommend this to anyone new or professional its top notch, one downside is the tuner maxes at 445hz frequency and most top end tuners go to 455-460hz when you invest you kind of expect full frequency range on thew tuner.

Un bon investissement à faire. De nombreux effets préinstallés et une infinité de combinaisons possibles, enregistrables dans une banque User. L'utilisation est simple, intuitive, et peut être pilotée depuis son ordinateur (liaison par câble USB). Les effets pilotables à la pédale font bonne impression (wah wah, voice...). Branchement sur ampli, sur chaîne hi-fi par la prise casque. Prise Auxiliaire pour brancher son téléphone, lecteur CD... Le boîtier est stable, lourd ce qu'il faut, et la pédale semble résistante. Comme moi, vous ne serez pas déçus de votre achat.

El ME-80 de Boss es un pedal de efectos de calidad media-alta, que da una gran cantidad de posibilidades a la hora de escoger sonidos para tus guitarras, conectándolo a tu combo directamente, al ordenador mediante USB, o a mesa. Puede funcionar como 8 pedales diferentes + pedal de expresión, funcionando juntos o independientemente se pueden activar y desactivar, dando un abanico de sonidos muy completo. Se puede utilizar como previo. En relación calidad - precio de lo mejor.

A bit pricey but pretty impressive pedal! So many settings on it. Very polyvalent. However it takes a little time to get used to it and set the exact precise sound I want. I think this pedal is worth every cent I spent on it.

Ho fatto passare circa tre settimane in modo da poter dare una valutazione più accurata di questa pedaliera Boss. Premetto che suono da oltre 30 anni, con esperienze sia live che in studio; posseggo svariati pedali sia analogici che digitali di marchi com Boss, Electro Harmonix, Digitech, T-Rex e Dunlop. Cercavo da tempo una pedaliera compatta che potesse sostituire la mia composta da vari singoli pedali; con lo scopo di avere una strumentazione per i live il più semplice e pratica possibile. Dopo aver visto vari video dimostrativi mi sono convinto di acquistarla, in particolare per la praticità ed immediatezza delle regolazioni tramite le manopoline. Si può usare sia in modalità Manual che Preset; io la uso in Manual in quanto sono riuscito a ricreare eattamente la stessa sequenza di catena-effetti che avevo nella pedaliera precedente. Consiglio di leggere bene il manuale per capire bene come è stata strutturata, inteso come è composta la sequenza degli stadi dei vari gruppi di effetti. Il noise-gate è regolabile, anche in questo caso senza manuale non è facilmente capibile. Inoltre, piccolo trucco, per attivare il simulatore di cassa sulle uscite Jack, bisogna inserire un mini jack (senza nessun cavo, solo lo spinotto) nella presa cuffie. Per finire unico neo sarebbe stata pià moderna con un'uscita audio XLR, e magari anche un Send+Return. INteressante la possibilità di poterla collegare al PC. Il suono mi ha soddisfatto, probabilmente gioca a favore la qualità dell'amplificatore valvolare. Prodotto molto versatile, con potenziale molto interessante.