Which is the Boss multi-effects....

daveyh

....that is basically the actual pedal circuits in a multi-effects housing?

JezWynd

Boss BE-5 is one I believe.

Sporky

And the ME-5.

Ianpdq

ME 50

ICBM

The ME-50 is digital emulations, not the pedal circuits.

The BE-5 is barely even a multi-FX, it really is the individual pedals in a plastic housing. The ME-5 uses the same basic circuits but with digital control - although the overdrive/distortion module doesn't have a tone control so it's more accurate to the OD-1 than the DS-1.

Drew_TNBD

There is also the ME-X which I thought always looked cool!

http://www.guitarthai.com/picpost/gtpicpost/Q390198.jpg

ICBM

Drew_TNBD said:

There is also the ME-X which I thought always looked cool!

I'd really like one of those. It has the best bits of the ME-5, plus a tuner, and space for a wider variety of drive pedals with hands-on control. The slots will also fit Ibanez 9-series pedals, so if you prefer a TS to an SD-1 or a Sonic Distortion to a DS-1, no problem.

They rarely come up for sale and still command a fairly high price though.

monquixote

Drew_TNBD said:

There is also the ME-X which I thought always looked cool!

http://www.guitarthai.com/picpost/gtpicpost/Q390198.jpg

Yeah I've always liked the look of that. 

That's why I've always wished either the G3 or GT-001 had MIDI so you could build something similar yourself.

ICBM

Actually having read through the manual (yes, I'm sad like that) I don't think the ME-X would work for me... too restricted in Manual mode. I'll stick with my new GT-5 for now .

57Deluxe

daveyh said:

....that is basically the actual pedal circuits in a multi-effects housing?

is the BOSS ME-5 actually - I base my whole existence around this fact!

see my pages:

boss-pedals.jimdo.com

pic shows the prototype for the ME-5
https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=512x1024:format=jpg/path/s3250de9d522cedff/image/iaf47c4fc94bccec7/version/1414948994/image.jpg

Voxman

I used to have a BE-5 that I gigged with my Marshall Valvestate 8080 MkI.  Sounded pretty good as far as I can recall - when my daughter was a toddler she'd pull off the knobs and line them up in front of the unit in my room - although a bit of a nuisance, it was very cute!