I see people are unhappy about the sound from it when you go through an amp. Can you use it as a volume pedal alone to run through an amps effects?
1956113
This pedal in my own opinion is great, I used to use a digitech and the difference is huge, the ME25 gets everything you need, just you have to know how to set it up.
1956114
I don't think so. Try to get the GT100 if budget allows. For classic tone, get the Fender Mustang III.
1444350
I've done it, gives the guitar a lot more low end and lower midrange than you would get from a guitar amp. Absolutely terrible for a band situation as the guitar won't cut through the mix but kind of an interesting sound if just practicing alone. I actually think it sounds kind of cool for low volume bedroom practicing.
1473628
You do need an amp with loop effects, it does not work with amps with no loop effects. Why? Because this volume control will be on the last line of pedals, but if you put after this volume box to the amp, you will use the gain and volume of amp, so it will be the same situation with or without volume box.
2194280
Personally, it is good for any style. I really like it a lot. I play pretty aggressive music so I think I have an understanding of what you're going for. For me it works if you have the Sustainer at a lower level otherwise it'll hum and feedback a bit. Just adjust based on your settings and other pedals.
45053
I'm afraid I can be much help. I have a stomp pedal and use it exclusively. Just haven't been able to learn more than the basics on this unit. The disc they send you provides you with uses and effects of all knobs. But they seem to assume you know all about basic amp operation. Unfortunately I don't so with out the stomp box I would have been very disappointed when first trying to use it. Good Luck !!!
1091099
It works exactly the way Kevin Oberg described it. It controls clean/drive and reverb enable/disable. I would also add that it gives a full bodied sound. Without it the sound is thinner and the notes have too much edge for my taste. You will feel the difference as soon as you plug it in. The sound will be more colorful. My amp is a Peavey Classic 50 212. I hope this helps.
36389
Not directly. It is a midi only device and makes no sounds on its own. You must use a midi cable to plug it into a sound module or midi interface on a computer. After that then you could take the output of the sound module or interface and plug that into an amp.
2111947
This amp is for practice it has some effects but yeah you can play anything but if you want more distortion you will need a pedal.
807445
Effects sound ok if you run the amp clean. If you use the amp gain it gets too muddy. There is not much clean volume either so keep that in mind.
1387721
I am running my stereo without an amp so I am not truly sure. It is not a pounding base that is for sure might be better with an amp. My stereo can only go up so loud before it starts to distort and there is no presence of true clean base. But what I got for the price I am happy with.
691011
Absolutely! You are able to set this pedal out in many ways, select pre amps, compresion, reverb, delay, chorus, phazer, flanger and other effects, mix them and create your own sound, you can emulate an acoustic guitar sound (which isn´t so good really but...), the pedal could work as volume, wah, frezze and other function I don´t remember now. I can tell you this is great pedal, the only thing you have to do is explore its. Regards.
1906604
you only use the tone/ volume from your guitar / bass. It does have a distortion mode.
265648
Ya know I don't know. I use it as a rack studio amp for my "guitar room" It is a great amp for that. I usually run the volume just over half on each side and control the volume from my Eleven Rack. Great amp and an excellent price. If you are going to use it for stereo equipment you'll need some way to "pre-amp" it. As for it's quality it is great and I've not noticed any distortion at all.
1429597
You can run it through the effects loop of an amp. Not sure about the actual input of the amp itself though. I use a regular instrument cable to run from the left output of the pod to the effects loop IN on my mesa boogie dual rectifier. I don't even use the amp IN anymore because I love the tones I get just from the pod itself. The only reason im running through my rectifier is to achieve the high dB volume I need via rectifier output to a 4x12 cabinet.
907970
Not very, but it's by design. Since there's only a single knob to control both gain and volume, it breaks up pretty early, at least in my experience with a 1x12 and 2x12. The gain stepping is also pretty aggressive as you turn the knob. Others below seem to disagree but what constitutes "clean" and "loud" is highly subjective. There are however well published mods that you can do (or have done) to add tone, volume, etc. controls to the head. While it does sound great for a $100 tube amp, if you're going to consider investing in the mods it's probably more sensible to just buy a small head with more controls for the same additive price. Not very, but it's by design. Since there's only a single knob to control both gain and volume, it breaks up pretty early, at least in my experience with a 1x12 and 2x12. The gain stepping is also pretty aggressive as you turn the knob. Others below seem to disagree but what constitutes "clean" and "loud" is highly subjective. There are however well published mods that you can do (or have done) to add tone, volume, etc. controls to the head. While it does sound great for a $100 tube amp, if you're going to consider investing in the mods it's probably more sensible to... » Read More Not very, but it's by design. Since there's only a single knob to control both gain and volume, it breaks up pretty early, at least in my experience with a 1x12 and 2x12. The gain stepping is also pretty aggressive as you turn the knob. Others below seem to disagree but what constitutes "clean" and "loud" is highly subjective. There are however well published mods that you can do (or have done) to add tone, volume, etc. controls to the head. While it does sound great for a $100 tube amp, if you're going to consider investing in the mods it's probably more sensible to just buy a small head with more controls for the same additive price. « Show Less
1990387
There's no pedal input on it. To be honest, with the amount of boost built in I can't imagine you needing to supplement that in any way. If you increase the gain or volume on this, it makes a drastic difference.
1225939
Yes you can use a bass on this pedal. I practice on it with a P Bass. It's a great little practice pedal, not something I would hit the stage with though.