Which guitar loop pedal is the best??

User Named

Being playing the guitar for the past 4/5 years. Im looking to buy a loop/sample pedal. Dont know too much about them yet, but from just looking through ebay the Digitech Jamman seems to be the best priced around 140/150 euro. Could any of use out there recommend a good and affordable loop pedal and where would be the best place to go? Thanks.

johnboy8

in the same boat myself(also looked at the boss rc 2 and 20)although i think i am going to plunge for the jamman,from what i've heard from friends and the likes of harmony central.it seems to have better functions.

Ancient1

Wobo Guitar Electronics in Poland are supposed to be brilliant.

Check them out. I think they also sell through ebay and they ship everywhere.

And they sell in dollars.

fourmations

dearer, but the boss rc-50 looks well interesting

has midi control, has a mic input
three concurent phrases etc etc

rgds

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User Named

All those seem prity good, but by the looks of it the boss one can play 11 different loops and recording lasts for 16 mins without a memory card whereas the Digitech can record 99 different loops with recording time of 23/24 minutes. The question remains though why the hell would you want 99 different loops for if your only using it for fun.

kawaii

More fun!

iamplu

boss is the only way to go. and you can get great deals on thomann.

Foy Vance uses boss pedals and he is the most impressive person i;ve ever seen using them live. check out this - awesome!!

http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/spanking_new_sessions/id/74034

deaddonkey

i have an rc-2

it's got a steep learning curve, and you really need to get a second footswitch for it, but it's a very fun pedal. It's made me a better guitarist in the 2 weeks or so that i've had it.

Fingers Mcginty

I like my rc-20....:)

damonjewel

I have an rc-20 too, its a easy to use and does the job quite well, some annoying things about it though, for example the inbuilt drum click track is very off putting, It goes kick kick kick snare. Its suppose to be user friendly for on the fly live performance looping, but only a nutter would dare try this.

It has an automatic trigger to start your loop, but even the slightest bit of action, squeak, pip, sound, like resting your fingers on the strings starts it off and you will find that loop has already started before you start playing.

But still it is a fair bit of fun, especially for doing dual guitar soloing harmonies

Fingers Mcginty

Yeah i just turn the volume down on the click completely.
I actually use the automatic trigger all the time....very handy. I think it's the best unit out ther efor the money. The akai headrush (AKA the wee bastard ) is also a nice unit but the recording time for me was too short.

happydayz182

i have the boss rc2 pedal..I gave up using it after a few tries..My main frustration being my in ability to make the sound i play over the loop louder than the loop

Fingers Mcginty

Is there not a level knob for the recorded phrase? There is on the rc-20

Gary ITR

The guy that busks on grafton street uses some sort of akai and swears by it, just youtube guitardan666 and you'll see him use it. He told me he had a boss and hated it


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWqXdIE8BbQ

guitardan666

hey onkle,yeah i have been using the akai a lot but it needed special batteries which i found really hard to get but now the boss rc-20 uses 6 aa and i can get them anywhere,its not as effective as the akai headrush which kicks ass but the main difference is the time limit on the akai with multi sampling as opposed to the rc-20 with the rc it is better and longer but you cant kill a phrase with your foot like you can on the akai,i have to stoop down real quick and click on the switch to play between loops,gettin used to it now and no one notices,they think im just turnin up a level switch on the distortion or something.......i have several sampler pedals and my only criteria is once they work outside with batteries they are good in my book,the actual sampled sound of the akai is clearer though i think,i have a museum of samplers from the very first headrush to the latest boss and new akais,they are all good in their own way,multi sampling is the main difference,some arent as good at that as others,i usually make the price of a headrush in one nights busking so i always get the latest pedals to try em! one thing boss is durable....one pedal i got 13 years out of it,not bad ive gone thru 4 akais,just wear and tear,boss rule for durability,akai for clarity and simplicity,hope it helps

BarryCreed

hmmm, i asked the same question before. i dont want to store loops at all, just loop "on the fly". i ve heard the headrush is good for this...?

guitardan666

yep perfect for loops on the fly and your able to click on and off say from a verse into a chorus,cons are quite a short oversampling time and not a very sturdy construction(ive gone thru 4 of em!!)

BarryCreed

plasticy? ill have to wrap duct tape around it, if i get one...

guitardan666

but it aint compact,its a ****ing big wide pedal and the stuff gets loose in it,boss is compact and lasts....i got 13 years out of a digital delay!!! just the size of it and the knobs fall off but im talking after 500 gigs here,so you get moneys worth

BarryCreed

i tend not to abuse my pedals too much, so i wouldnt worry about it falling apart. feck it, everything has a life span. just from what i heard, the boss one seems to be better if ur into storing loops, which i wouldnt be...

Voodu Child

Onkle wrote: »

The guy that busks on grafton street uses some sort of akai and swears by it, just youtube guitardan666 and you'll see him use it. He told me he had a boss and hated it


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Nice find! That guy is made of awesome...ive seen him for years and always wondered who he was. Got to be one of the best players in the rock instrumental style in the country. Nice one

guitardan666

thanks VooDOo thats very kind of you

Voodu Child

guitardan666 wrote: »

thanks VooDOo thats very kind of you

Didn't even cop it was you in the thread!:D:o

Welcome to boards and definitely contribute when you can about your pedals and guitars etc. Im sure there's loads of lads that have seen you around and would love to hear your opinions and preferences etc.

Paligulus

I recently got the RC-50. 400 Yoyo on thomann but well worth it. Very sturdily built unit. Can have 3 different phrases (i.e a verse part, chorus part etc..) or you can have it in Multi-mode so that the 3 phrases play at the same time. It is reasonably intuitive but does take a while to master. I think this is more a co-ordination issue and would be the same with any pedal.

One thing to note is that you have to use a click track if you are using different phrases or it will completely warp the second loop if you are slightly off (it is not forgiving!!!).

All in all I would recommend this pedal and personally I wish I had bought this when I was in my 3rd or 4th year of learning guitar. Not only is it useful for developing the technical side of your playing, it is very usefull for developing your creative side, i.e. developing rhythm and lead ideas etc..
In my opinion anyway...

BarryCreed

guitardan666 wrote: »

thanks VooDOo thats very kind of you

i saw you one night, on my way home from a night out, i was up from the shticks for the night. you are s**thot!!

Nahguavkire

Check out the Line 6 DL4, it's an absolutely fantastic delay/loop/echo pedal!! The guy from Minus The Bear uses two of them, well worth having a look at at the very least because they are that good!! I wouldn't go for anything else

User Named

Has anyone here used or using the rc-50?

raindog.promo

I have an Akai Headrush and I love it. The delay sounds great though i've never had a chance to use the 4 outputs at once. I would say that if you can get a looping pedal that you can save the loop you make, go for that. Loopoing pedals are great for working on different guitar parts. Hours of fun that drive the neighbours insane!

Paligulus

User Named wrote: »

Has anyone here used or using the rc-50?

Yup, see my post above

BarryCreed

so the akai and the boss rc 2 (the smaller one) seem to do more or less the same thing....

kawaii

Slightly OT maybe but is the RC-50 suitable for bass/keyboards? Also, I have a boss GT-8 and I was wondering if it would be safe to run these instruments through it too.

Thanks!

Paligulus

kawaii wrote: »

Slightly OT maybe but is the RC-50 suitable for bass/keyboards? Also, I have a boss GT-8 and I was wondering if it would be safe to run these instruments through it too.

Thanks!

I've ran guitar (acoustic, Nylon), mandolin,bass and voice through the RC-50 and it's been all good. Essentially any signal that you are happy to send to the PA you send to the RC-50 first.

I dont see any reason why you cant run the GT-8 through.

kawaii

Paligulus wrote: »

I dont see any reason why you cant run the GT-8 through.

No what I mean is would it be okay to run bass/keyboards through the GT-8?

User Named

Just on the verge of buyin d rc-20 instead of digitech jamman more or less because the jamman doesnt have a beat pattern in it,plus the fact im able to get the boss prity new for $100 from America...good times ahead