Boss ME-20B Bass Multi Effects Pedal  

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A deep and versatile toolbox of bass effects for the working musician.

With the same performance-based design as its guitar-focused ME-20 counterpart, the Boss ME-20B effect pedal is aimed at the performing bassist who wants stage-friendly effects and solid construction at an affordable price. Mix, match, and customize a wide variety of effects, including compressor, overdrive, distortion, T-Wah, phaser, flanger, chorus, delay, reverb, defretter, synth, and more.

Features

  • Performance-based bass processor for the player who wants an easy-to-use interface with BOSS tone and quality
  • New super-tough metal chassis with 3 footswitches, 5 realtime control knobs, and expression pedal
  • EZ Edit for quick sound creation
  • Unique effects such as Synth, Octave, Defretter, and more
  • BASS ENHANCE function for instant presence boost
  • 30 user memory locations in addition to realtime operation
  • Battery or AC powered

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Great for bassists looking for new sounds

| Review By: Jay Siebold | 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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This effects unit has a variety of built-in sounds - choruses, reverb, defretter, octaver - all the essentials to craft your sound and tone. I haven't yet dared to dive deep into creating my own sounds, though. The knobs and buttons used to change the effects are hard to learn and get used to. I would suggest the all-knobbed Boss ME-50B some version as far as ease of sound creating for more serious, regularly gigging musicians.

The expression pedal (either used as a volume pedal or wah pedal) is fun, too. Although after awhile the screw needs to be tightened to keep the pedal in the same position (which isn't an issue to me, because after all, I am slamming my foot on it!).

Maybe I'm blind, but it seems that the instruction manual didn't clearly say how to turn the wah on. I had to look it up online - just press forward on the pedal until the "wah" LED lights up.

Quality:

This effects unit is built well - it's a small, but surprising machine! After (accidentally and inadvertently) being kicked around on my concrete basement floor, it still looked nice and worked just as well. The expression pedal has a tendency to collect dust.

It's surprisingly small, too! It fits in the the big front pocket of my bass case.

Value:

For the price, this is great. It provides the needed features and more. I'm sure I'd appreciate it more if I had tried creating my own sounds. Oh well.

Overall:

This unit allows the bassist to have just as much control over his sound as a guitarist and his many pedals would. It's compact, features the necessary effects, cheaper than models that offer less, and it can even run on batteries!

The ME-20b is perfect for the casual to regularly gigging bassist in sound, size, and price.

 

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist of NJ progressive rock band AirBorn
Style of music you play:
Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion
Where you live:
North Carolina

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Everything you need.

| Review By: Jay Sisson | 5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Features:

I was a little bummed at the lack of combination between effects, but overall the selection is wide enough for any style of music. If you are looking for very specific tones and tone creation, you may want to look into separating your effects pedals or getting a more advanced multi effects pedal. For general tone selection though, this pedal is ideal. I've gotten a good amount of use from many of the effects and the built-in tuner is convenient for live playing.

Quality:

Small, simple, easily portable. Perfect for traveling musicians! You have to buy a separate power supply though, which is kind of lame. Also, if you plan on using this product live, a separate footswitch is a MUST! The pedal board is incredibly strong; the solid construction means you can literally stomp on it for years with no damage.

Value:

For the price, it's hard to beat. I picked mine up used, but the new condition retail price is fair. Again though, picking up the extras (power supply, footswitch) is something you'll need to do to get the best use from this pedal board, especially if you plan on using it for live play.

Overall:

Bass effects are fun to play with, no doubt. But if you're looking for something simple that has everything that you'll ever really use, get this pedal board. This board has chorus, delay, distortion, synth, etc. and plenty of flex room for customization. Having multiple pedals provides more customization, but honestly, if you are a casual gigging musician or one who is just getting acquainted with the use of bass effects, this pedal board is the perfect tool. I play live 2-3 times a week and I've been using this pedal board for about 2 months now. So far I'm very pleased with the result.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
10 years
Style of music you play:
Blues, Rock, Jazz
Where you live:
Huntington, WV

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ME-20B

| Review By: Romero1997 | 1 year, 5 days ago

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This pedal is really cool.Theres a couple of things i wish it had but its actually pretty good.I'm trying to sell mine right now so i can get the ME-50B.And some of the effects on my pedal dont sound all that great.It's worth it if you dont wanna spend that much money but if you gotta lot of money..Get something better then this.Overall i think this is alright.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Rock,Alternative,Jazz
Where you live:
Milton-Freewater

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AWESOME!!

| Review By: Anonymous User | 1 year, 3 months ago

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It is amazing!!! It?s the first effects pedal that I have ever owned and it does awesome. In my opinion, it?s a very high quality machine and I?m sure that its going to last me a long time. I have had it for about 8 months now and I?m still finding out little tricks that I can do with it. It makes my cheep bass guitar sound like a good peice of equipment. The only legit thing that I can complain about is that it does not have a loop station in it, but I knew that when I bought the device and that would have bumped the price up A LOT. Also boss does make pedals that have all of the effects AND a loop station but they are way over double the price! So you have to choose do you need that luxury of being able to make a loop or would you like to have your wallet A LOT thicker? I made my decision and I am extremely happy with it and I highly recommend it. (but get the A/C power adapter it will help tons)
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
worship team at church
Style of music you play:
unspecified
Where you live:
unspecified

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It's a good little box...

| Review By: The Bassist-D.TNv | 1 year, 5 months ago

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I have owned this pedal for a few months, and I must say, I think it's terrific! I play in worship band at my church, and the effects are perfect for any need. The one thing I was overly happy with was the durability. You could stomp on the pedals all day and get the same quality in sound and in response. The one con is the fact that you can't combine effects like distortion and overdrive, or chorus and delay. Although this is a downside, it does not affect my view off this pedal.All in all, great product.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active musician
Style of music you play:
Rock, Praise, Alternative
Where you live:
Springfield, MO

Did you find this review helpful? yes no873152

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