| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
Boss has added an new multi-effects pedal, the BE-5B for bassists.
According to the new GP, it is a floor unit, like the BE-5 for guitar,
and has compressor/limiter, exciter/distortion, graphic EQ and
delay/flange/chorus on board. No idea on price, but I would guess in
the $350-400 ballpark lioke the BE-5.
I could have used one of these five years ago when I was doing top 40.
Brian
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| 1481.1 | Opinions on Boss BE-5 please | MALLET::BARKER | Pretty Damn Cosmic | Mon Sep 18 1989 10:54 | 15 |
I am attracted by the price of the BE-5 (guitar not bass unit as in .0) which is only �199 (approx $300) here in the UK. I haven't actually been in to a shop to try one out yet (I always get embarrassed by the 13yr old kids playing 10x better than me) so I wondered if anyone else has tested or actually bought one. The specifications sound attractive :- Digital Delay / Chorus / Overdrive / Compressor/Limiter / Noise Gate the first four operated by individual pedals. From looking at an example the controls and range of settings for each effect seem to be exactly the same as the standard Boss stomp boxes. Does anyone know if they really are ? Ordinarily the Digital Delay retails for about �120 so getting everything else for �79 looks like a very good deal indeed. Apart from the savings over buying the individual boxes there is the compact size, improved tidiness & lack of wires etc. Nigel | |||||
| 1481.2 | CHEFS::DALLISON | Cocked and loaded | Mon Sep 18 1989 13:32 | 10 | |
My understanding is that the BE-5 unit uses the same circuitry as
the stomp boxes. They are just joined together in their own case
and is MUCH cheaper (and tidyer) than having 5 seperate stomp boxes.
The only disadvantage I can see is that you can't write programs
with it as you can with the ME-5, but if you aren't interested in
this then for 200 quid you can't go wrong!
-Tony
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| 1481.3 | It's Here, But... | AQUA::ROST | Subliminal trip to nowhere | Wed Nov 15 1989 15:23 | 15 |
The BE-5B has arrived finally. Saw but did not hear one today. Quoted
a price of $345 at Daddy's in Shrewsbury, MA.
You get four effects: Limiter (threshold and level controls),
Overdrive/enhancer (drive, tone, level and enhance controls), ten band
graphic EQ (starting at 31.5Hz and going up in octaves, with a level
control) and a delay/chorus/flanger (six knobs total, including "effect
level", this is a wet/dry mix, maybe?). Conspicuously absent is the
noise supressor of the BE-5.
I still may audition one, but the mix of effects isn't quite what I can
use.
Brian
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| 1481.4 | USCTR1::EDEGAGNE | They're only good for one thing | Thu Nov 16 1989 09:28 | 8 | |
I think I'll stick with the SGE for my bass rig. At $345 for the
pedal board, I would expect at least a noise suppressor. I'd spend
the extra $200 for the versatility of the SGE. Plus I can use it
for alot more things (4-track=drums,vocals,guitars,etc...).
Mr. Ed....
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