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benecol wrote:Cheers all - ordering the Akai (thus ignoring a lot of your messages, but the secondhand RC2 had sold...).
From a purely Fanboy perspective Johnny Greenwood uses the Headrush too I think

but then he might use that boss thing as well fuck knows!
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James wrote:Doog managed to do that without having used one before and with just a little instruction from Donk.
To suggest Doog is your average guitarist is complete folly.
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Mike wrote:
James wrote:Doog managed to do that without having used one before and with just a little instruction from Donk.
To suggest Doog is your average guitarist is complete folly.
I'm not suggest that by any means. I'm just saying he was able to use it in an 'on-the-spot' scenario after minimal instruction - so it can't be too difficult to use if you have the manual and some time.
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Post by Mike »

I sat in front of it for a good five minutes and got nowhere.

I'd say that's pretty shit in terms of guitar gear ergonomics. I could use the Looper on my DD-20 without instruction.
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i agree with mike, i have it, love it, but it isn't easy to use, it's too much going on in a small box andi'd rather have it laid out as a double pedal for an easier interface.
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Post by Mike »

You can tell it's clearly a good pedal, both Doog and DeMarco have done awesome stuff with it, but I'm a bit dumb when it comes to working things like that out. The footswitching in particular was a mystery.

My big hit at the Doogfest was Euan's RT-20. That thing sounds fantastic
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Mike wrote:My big hit at the Doogfest was Euan's RT-20. That thing sounds fantastic
Oooo, I'd forgotten about that thing,

I'm quite sure everyone present now wants one.
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RE-20. RT-20 might be some sort of rotary thing.

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Whatever.
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I know I'm weighing in on this way late, but I own the RC-20 and the only thing that I really like about it is the fact that you can save different loops on it. The looping function doesn't always track up quickly enough compared to say a DL4. I think you'll like the Akai headrush a lot more than you'll like either of the boss loopers, get some of those Don Cab styles going on.
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Thanks all - as previously posted, went for the Headrush in the end. Typically, I quite fancy one for myself now.
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Go round to the wee'un's house on Christmas day to show him how to use it and sit hogging it all day. That's what I'd do.
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Have already bagsied a go on it, BP.
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Post by Wilbur »

I own and love my Jamman, never let me down yet, much more capacity than the two mentioned, FWIW...

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Post by Fran »

I found the headrush did not work so well with distortion, i had to spend a lot of time balancing the volumes and then it was'nt effective. Works great with clean guitar though.