the me90 is the next in line of boss' incredibly popular ME range which has been one of the
most budget-friendly and streamlined effects processing options to suit any style of player
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very welcome new features that players have been asking for since the me-80 and we're
going to take a look at them as we go through the unit before we take a bit of a deep dive
into this unit for those who maybe aren't familiar with the me range I think it's really
important to lay out one of the key features and certainly one that I find really really
appealing about this unit and it's actually it's ease of use although it may look quite
intimidating with a lot of knobs and a lot of buttons on it if you've ever used a boss
compact pedal then you'll have no problem using this unit an easy way to think of it
is actually each one of these buttons is essentially just a pedal in itself and every single one
of them are variable which will break down the entire chain starts at the preamp section
here which corresponds to your first button right there the fact that the me90 comes loaded
with preamps or built into it means that you can run this unit directly into an interface
into a PA that's actually how you're hearing that today this is all totally direct from
the unit we've just got a little pa speaker just for noise in the room as well
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there's a number of amps to choose from and all of those have got a three band EQ gain
control and level they can be brought in and out especially if you do want to just use
this as an effects unit but for how you're hearing it today all the sounds are coming
directly from the me90 the second pedal there is labeled as a compressor but it does actually
have a lot more options to choose from if you don't want that including an October a
feedback unit and also an acoustic Simulator the overdrive Distortion section there as
well obviously loaded with some absolute fan favorites and a bunch of Boss Staples like
the DS1 and a kind of Blues driver with all independent controls also the EQ infects 2
Section here says it kind of exactly what it says on the tin where you have an independent
EQ control that you can kick in or if you would like to have something like a phaser
a boost delay it just gives you complete flexible control over what rig you would like to set
up the modulation option of course filled with a ton more fun favorites as well all
and with the new editions of harmonist and a pet shifter a nice simple three Reverb options
on there with the room Hall and spring and of course an absolute abundance of delay options
down here as well as a 36 second Lookout that you can control just with the delay button
the expression pedal is worth mentioning as well because this is actually slightly bigger
than the me80 but also it does have some new options on it not only a volume control and
a wha but there is some Pitch shifting options a freeze option and then actually some options
to control say your delay oscillation or the volume of your overdrive which Super flexible
super cool all the tones and effects have been refreshed with bosses aird technology
from their previous cosm or corm technology for those who want to know it stands for augmented
impulse response Dynamics essentially what that that means is that all of the sounds
and the effects and the amp models have been derived from bosses Flagship gt1000 pedal
unit what I think is it shows a really cool relationship between bosses units so for someone
who's maybe familiar with the gt1000 moving to the me9a has maybe like a weekend board
or just something that is a little bit simpler than that you're going to get on really well
with it and all the sounds are going to be super familiar it is worth mentioning as well
that if you do want to alter any of the preamp sounds or effects then the me90 can actually
be plugged into your computer and you can adjust pretty much every single section in
the boss tone studio and on that topic as well for those who are keen on using your
own IRS with any modeling software then boss has given you the ability to upload up to
three into the me90 giving you complete tonal flexibility oh
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thank you
another new addition that fans of the Emmy series have won it for years as the inclusion
of ascending return and those out there who want that will be happy to know the me88 has
exactly that with the ability to put it either pre or post the preamp and to be able to control
it independently with one of the foot switches is a super flexible and welcome addition for
those who maybe play with backing tracks as well but also have actually added their Bluetooth
adapter technology with this too so if you do have that proprietary part then you can
put it into the me90 giving you the ability to play with backing tracks play with normal
tracks or actually use the Bluetooth function on the tone studio app on your phone just
meaning that you don't need to plug it in you know if you do want to change anything
on the Fly say at a show or anything like that another small feature that I actually
really like with this unit too is the fact that all the LEDs are now color corresponding
to what effect or amp is actually being used because if anyone who used the previous me80
all the LEDs were red on that making it not confusing to know what was using but certainly
this one is a lot clearer and I think it looks a bit cooler when it's all lit up as well
there are a few other features built into the me9t as well but I think it's about time
we got into some sounds we've got completely blank slate here so this is the guitar with
absolutely nothing active at the moment then bringing in that preamp this is just set to
the Natural option here with kind of all the EQ pretty flat
and obviously there's a lot of options on this here whether it be a twin combo a juggernaut
setting which you can only imagine what that sounds like but let's go for the Tweed combo
just right there [Music]
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kind of nice classic sort of edger breakup tone there too so we'll move on to just the
number one setting here which is your compressor or whatever you want to I'll keep it nice
and simple and put a compressor on it [Music] add a little bit of overdrive to it to bring
it in as well let's change that to the so let's go quite crazy with it and let's put
a full fuzz on there
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actually going to put any of the options into this chain but obviously as mentioned you
can either put an EQ control into there or you can add another effect it's completely
up to yourself as soon as though we're on the kind of vintage Tweed setting as well
let's just get a bit of a spring reverb going foreign [Music]
nice modulation setting I guess let's keep it nice and old school too and go with a kind
of rotary vibe there
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[Music] and as I've mentioned obviously throughout the video if you've used any sort of Boss
pedal then you're gonna have absolutely no problem with this as I've demonstrated just
you know changing the knobs it'll change the sound there's no menus there's no deep diving
that you need to do it's really that simple and for the final delay there let's maybe
just do the let's do a reverse delay on there just to kind of put something slightly weird
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and it's as easy as that of course if you do want to include sayawa or any of the options
on the foot pedal that's as easy to do as well but because I've got to understand there
I am not going to put my foot up and try and do that at the moment so that's just a small
look into what the me90 can do it's I think it's safe to say that whether you are just
starting out on guitar whether you're a novice whether you're a top tutoring Pro then this
unit could absolutely fit into your rig whether it be all of the settings coming from the
unit itself whether it just be the pedals or whether it be a backup say for you know
an amp or another model that you may have with a super streamlined controls and even
just the ability to mess around with some other sounds that you might not have on your
pedal board I think any guitarist would have an absolute blast using this unit but what
do you think have you used the me80 for years are you familiar with the me range let us
know if you're excited about this down in the comments below and of course like And
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