Zoom MS-50G+ Multistomp

OMG, that UI!?
What, something for everyone.

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"4x Cross Key switches (MEMORY / SCROLL) for easy operation by foot"

Now, come on Zoom, you know I deeply love the MS-50, but that's got to be the most embarrassingly pathetic statement ever. EASY operation when you have to manage to manoeuvre the right edge of your right foot to the upper left of the main switch to operate the arrow-down switch?!?
Yeah right, cool, tell that to whatever Geishas with their artificially shaped feet.
 
The official Zoom demo video is dreadful.

Yeah, also seems as if they didn't update the algorithms much (if at all) but just added some stuff based on the same code.
Too bad, as this thing could have huge potential - but they're missing out on too much.
Might get one though, the arrows around the switch of the first one I bought don't operate properly anymore (no way to fix it, either, seems as if some controller is damaged), so I may just get this new rendition.
 
Welp manual is up and seems like these only have “preamps” and not amp and cabs. If that’s the case, it’s taking a step backwards from the original. Not that you buy these for the amp sims but it’s good to have in a backup situation.

 
Welp manual is up and seems like these only have “preamps” and not amp and cabs. If that’s the case, it’s taking a step backwards from the original. Not that you buy these for the amp sims but it’s good to have in a backup situation.


Oh wow. Not that the amps were anything to write home about (rather the opposite), but I *did* actually use the MS-50 as an amp for an unexpected session where I just had to go DI.
Could of course be that they have the speaker portion baked in, but it certainly doesn't look like.
Quite a strange move because, well, who would use this as a preamp?
 
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