im going through school so im too busy to be in a band. lately, my playing is becoming a little stagnant seeing as its just me in a room with my guitar . im thinking that a loop pedal will help me broaden my playing . im kinda looking at the boss rc20, digitech jamman and the boomerang. what do you guys think? any opinions or recommendations would be appreciated
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beej
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I've got a Boss DD-20 I use for delay; you can do sound on sound with it. Not quite the full loop station, but I find it invaluable for working out parts and jamming on top of ideas. It's a great first step before recording something to play over.
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My son also has the Boss DD-20 and is diggin' it.
Another boredom buster and practice enhancer is a Zoom RT-123; a smaller version of the 223 and 323, which I picked up for under 50 bucks on eBay. It's really helping to tighten up my timing, and I can jam out on tons of riffs. I run it through its own amp for extra punch and versatility. Surprisingly realistic sounding. Remember early rhythm machines, where cymbals sounded like air-brakes on a bus?
Another boredom buster and practice enhancer is a Zoom RT-123; a smaller version of the 223 and 323, which I picked up for under 50 bucks on eBay. It's really helping to tighten up my timing, and I can jam out on tons of riffs. I run it through its own amp for extra punch and versatility. Surprisingly realistic sounding. Remember early rhythm machines, where cymbals sounded like air-brakes on a bus?
colinboy
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i got the Gnx4 from Digitech recently my friend and its the ultimate practicing tool.it has a built in recorder,drummachine and its also an FX unit with some good amp modelling.its comes with software from lexicon called protracks plus.it good value for money and isnt too expensive.
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I did some research and decided on the GNX4 also. I wanted an "all in one" unit for the home environment. Mine was shipped yesterday.
Sweat
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I am now using a Boss GT-8 has many features including loop and very versatile and easy to use.
I had a GNX4 and it was a good unit, built in recorder was nice make sure you buy a large memory card though for the recorder, my only issue was it was a pain to program your own peronel settings.
I had a GNX4 and it was a good unit, built in recorder was nice make sure you buy a large memory card though for the recorder, my only issue was it was a pain to program your own peronel settings.
guertzi
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I have a BOSS RC-2 Loop Station.
It has some basis drum patterns, it is fairly easy to use and a great practicing tool.
I also use it for sound check purposes: I play something into the Looper and then play it back and can adjust my sound to my liking without having to play at the same time. Very helpful trick I stole from Scott Henderson.
A friend of mine has the Micro BR from BOSS and he is very happy with it.
It has some basis drum patterns, it is fairly easy to use and a great practicing tool.
I also use it for sound check purposes: I play something into the Looper and then play it back and can adjust my sound to my liking without having to play at the same time. Very helpful trick I stole from Scott Henderson.
A friend of mine has the Micro BR from BOSS and he is very happy with it.
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Astrofreq
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I have the Digitech Jamman and love it. Solid as a rock too..
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i have the dd-20 and boss rc-2. used to have the digitech jamman & gnx4. loved the jamman but it was too big on my pedalboard (and i don't think i could've used my "visual sound" 9v daisy chain w/ it either). unfortunately, you can't use delay and the looper at the same time on the dd-20 so my rc-2 does all my looping w/ the delay/ reverb settings coming from my dd-20. they are all great, just a matter of personal preference.
here's a video of the jamman in action (check out 1 and last minute for how it's used): [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=RkUZGiWkBXQ"]YouTube - Patrick DeCoste performs "Home" on CCTV[/ame]
here's a video of the jamman in action (check out 1 and last minute for how it's used): [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=RkUZGiWkBXQ"]YouTube - Patrick DeCoste performs "Home" on CCTV[/ame]
Astrofreq
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Interestingly, I don't even use the Digitech for looping live. All I use it for live is the jillion sounds I have stored at my feet. Sound FX, song intros, etc.
Also, I've started trying to take the Wayne Krantz approach to practicing my improvising. Write down a progression. Practice improvising over that progression and record it, THEN lay down the rhythm track and see what worked and didn't work. I find I have to think more about the chord and melody when the rhythm track isn't there. It's much harder. Then when you actually play over chords with people, it makes it all the easier.
Also, I've started trying to take the Wayne Krantz approach to practicing my improvising. Write down a progression. Practice improvising over that progression and record it, THEN lay down the rhythm track and see what worked and didn't work. I find I have to think more about the chord and melody when the rhythm track isn't there. It's much harder. Then when you actually play over chords with people, it makes it all the easier.
