loop pedal

flandaneran · Unread post by **flandaneran** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:29 pm

i love dave but i dont really play like him, i play leads. what i want to do is record myself playing a riff or song and have it loop so i can write leads over it. can someone explain if loop pedals are the answer. how do they work. which ones are the good ones? thanks-j

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:33 pm

Yeah it sounds like a loop pedal is what you want. If you want to play a whole song and then play over it I would look into the boss rc-2.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=487040

They have one called the rc-20xl which has some more features for 69 more.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=151352

The one i use is the DL-4. Its a delay pedal that loops 16 seconds of material as well. I bought it cause howie day used it. To be honest, I mostly use it now for the awesome delay effects it has and not the looper.

It its just looping you want, go with the boss.

good luck.

flandaneran · Unread post by **flandaneran** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:29 am

im gonna get one of these....you prefer these over the digitec?

thanks for responce

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:04 pm

To be honest I have never used the digitech. I do have a digitech bad monkey which is their overdrive and I love it so I can't talk bad about the company.

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:04 am

Its not out yet, but I think the new boomerang is going to change looping and might be worth waiting for..

http://www.boomerangmusic.com/

Check out the "Boomerang 3 Looper" section on that page for more details.

GuitarGuy305 · Unread post by **GuitarGuy305** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:35 pm

I have the RC-20XL and I love it. If you want to see someone that really knows how to use it check out YouTube and search for Marcus Eaton.

Machtimus · Unread post by **Machtimus** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:15 am

Loop pedals generally do NOT have delay functions on them, correct?

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:53 am

Machtimus wrote:Loop pedals generally do NOT have delay functions on them, correct?

As far as I know. The only one with delay is the DL4 which is much more of a delay pedal with some looping ability. Everything else is strictly looping.

GuitarGuy305 · Unread post by **GuitarGuy305** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:52 pm

RunsWithBuffalo wrote:
Machtimus wrote:Loop pedals generally do NOT have delay functions on them, correct?
As far as I know. The only one with delay is the DL4 which is much more of a delay pedal with some looping ability. Everything else is strictly looping.

True. The Boss DD20 Giga Delay may also have some kind of hold function but I'm not sure. I really, really like my RC20 Loop Station though and I use it together with a Boss DD-5.

Blake · Unread post by **Blake** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:56 pm

the DL4 is a waste of money. i bought one and regret it. dont buy it.

GuitarGuy305 · Unread post by **GuitarGuy305** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:41 am

btbesong wrote:the DL4 is a waste of money. i bought one and regret it. dont buy it.

Yeah, I used to have one too. It was nice to be able to loop with it and then use the delay of the DD-5 on top of it, but I always found the 14 seconds very limiting and I was never very impressed with the delays on the DL4. On top of that I actually had two DL4s because my first one stopped working abruptly and I had to get a replacement. Since then I've always thought Line 6 kind of makes crap. I do want to try some of the Tunecore pedals though.

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:39 am

GuitarGuy305 wrote:
btbesong wrote:the DL4 is a waste of money. i bought one and regret it. dont buy it.
Yeah, I used to have one too. It was nice to be able to loop with it and then use the delay of the DD-5 on top of it, but I always found the 14 seconds very limiting and I was never very impressed with the delays on the DL4. On top of that I actually had two DL4s because my first one stopped working abruptly and I had to get a replacement. Since then I've always thought Line 6 kind of makes crap. I do want to try some of the Tunecore pedals though.

You know i felt the same way about my DL4 until i started playing electric through it. You can get some crazy sounds with it when you have feedback and distortion going but with an acoustic, i think most people would be better off with a dd3 for delays.

p1trick_82 · Unread post by **p1trick_82** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:16 pm

everytime I try to use my dd5 with the the DL4 i get this annoying static,and they're the only 2 pedals i have in the chain

i'm considering either the jamman (where you can store loops) or the RC-20

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:18 pm

That could be cheap cables, I had that problem till i upgraded. Not sure if thats the case for you though.

p1trick_82 · Unread post by **p1trick_82** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:00 pm

RunsWithBuffalo wrote:That could be cheap cables, I had that problem till i upgraded. Not sure if thats the case for you though.

they're definitely cheap :lol:

are these any good ?

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=332101

what other brands should i look for ?

DMBTabs.com

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