BOSS ME-5 The One that started it all...

[Hieroglyph]

You guys might like to take a look back to the Grand Daddy of Multi FX

BOSS PEDALS & FX Upgrades - BOSS PEDALS FX UPGRADES

Still going strong and being updated it seems...

 

[UnsungHeroGuitars]

I remember that coming out

Couldn't afford one, but did get a BE-5

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

I went for a Roland GP-8 back in the 80´s. With a midi controller, power amp and two cabs... nothing much has changed in my setup in 25 years... haha, same but better

 

[Ben Randolph]

Thanks for sharing this! I remember my guitar teacher in 1988 showing me one of these as a teenager. He let me play a little through it and I was amazed that something like that could exist.

 

[Stratman68]

Wow - Used one for years before I got my Boss GX700. Very cool in the day. Wish I still had it. I do have my perfectly working Boss GX700 though.

 

[UnsungHeroGuitars]

Used one for years before I got my Boss GX700. Very cool in the day. Wish I still had it. I do have my perfectly working Boss GX700 though.

The GX700 first brought the possibly of 'going direct' as an acceptable option for me. Got one 1996 and haven't used a 'traditional' amp or cab since! (closing in on 2 decades! :shock)

Have been through POD XT PRO, Ultra and Axe II since then, but yeah, I think the GX700 is still stuck in the loft somewhere!

 

[dukemcrae]

The closest I got to the Axe-FX was using a Boss VF-1, an EV-5 pedal, and a Tech-21 Midi Mouse pedal, I was impressed with having 128 different decent sounds, run through a fender amp.....

 

[Solarfire]

Boss ME-33 ---> Vox ToneLab SE ---> POD X3 Pro ---> Axe FX II....keept the ToneLab as a backup, sounded the best out of the pre Fractal modelers!

 

[t0aj15]

Boss ME-33 --->

Pulled mine out a month ago, still works great. When you compare these 10-15 year old dinosaurs to machines like the Axe II it makes you wonder what the future holds.