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Yep. I've wanted a looper for years and I decided that I am going to buy one, today or tomorrow.

I'm not looking for anything special, apart from is being easy enough to use since I am useless. What reasonably-priced looper does shortscale recommend?

SMMH: it's fucking lovely, and does loads of other nice stuff too. Honestly, best delay pedal I've ever owned, and I've had a few.

Oooh I totally forgot about it's looping capabilities.

Easiest, most useful and most fun looper I've used, although it has been pointed out that I can be a smidge 'agricultural' at times...

EDIT: none over at HCEFX for sale at the mo, but this is a fair(ish) price for one of these.

I would have to recommend the Boss RC-2. Small, really easy to use. Can plug in an external footswitch to make tap tempo easier than using the pedal one (or switch between loops if it's a 2 button footswitch). Can store 11 different loops. Built in drum patches. I like it a lot.

RC-20!

did you get a looper in the end reece?

i'm watching a boss RC-2, an akai headrush and a SMMH on yeebay just now... i'd like to get one for under a ton if possible, tight-fisted bugger that i am. they all have one thing in common, namely, they all do far more than i would ever want them to. i just want a simple looping device, i don't need delays and modulation or any of that shit. although if i got a headrush or memory man i could get rid of my DD-3, i suppose.

decision, decisions...

I was thinking about getting one recently in a bid to make my solo rock sessions that bit more satisfying, I'm thinking instrument switching and all that shit.

I tried to use Thom's RC-2 but I could not figure that shit out, although Doog did:
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I think I would probably be tempted to do something like the SMMwH as it has loads of other shit going on, but don't you have to hold the button to record? If so that is GASHTIME.

My heart's set on a SMMwH but, seeing as I don't have an amp at uni other than my amplug, pedal purchases aren't high on the list right now. If I'd remembered about the SMMwH I wouldn't have made the thread.

Tim did link me to a headrush for 100 plus shipping on HCFX. I've not read the thread since the post, so it might have gone, but it was in here if you want to check it out:
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/sho ... st36968355

hmm. the headrush looks HUGE, that's the downside... and the boss seems a bit complicated, but maybe that's just my perception of it. SMMHs still seem a bit pricey, what with them being pretty new. arg!

i wish the hold function on the DD-3 was in any way useable, but it's proper rubbish.

stewart wrote:i wish the hold function on the DD-3 was in any way useable, but it's proper rubbish.

it really is basically useless in 99.9/100 scenarios.

i know what you mean about simple though. if i weren't set on the memory man i'd want a box with three footswitches labelled in massive text.

one that says RECORD, one that says BAHLEET and one that says MAKE IT STOP.

that's exactly what i'm after, but don't think such a thing exists.

I use the DD-7 currently. It works great as a looper. It just doesn't have the advanced features like undo, play once, etc. But for looping live and for practicing, I like it a lot. I get away with being the only guitarist in my band.

the problem with with the hazarai is that you can only use it has a looper or has a delay without having volume drops and things like that. I love mine, but want to get and rc20 for loops. Also i don't like delay after reverb, and if you use it has a looper you have to put it after reverb....

Your first two statements aren't true, I'm afraid; you can set it so there's no volume loss, and you can use it as a looper and a delay simultaneously.

I'm still a fan of the RC-2 with 2 foot switches, makes it damn close to the RC-20 but missing the reverse and a few other features

Mike wrote:I was thinking about getting one recently in a bid to make my solo rock sessions that bit more satisfying, I'm thinking instrument switching and all that shit.

I tried to use Thom's RC-2 but I could not figure that shit out

Just need to spend 5 mins with the instructions and then it's really easy and intuituve.

But.. but.. my Penis tells me not to!

Haha, I like the RC-2 quite a bit too, though I've never used an RC-20. The built in beats are nothing too special but still really nice to have imho, especially when trying to write a song on your own. LONELY JAMS!

I've been borrowing one from a friend for a couple months and still haven't quite figured it all out, though I'm sure if he gave me the instruction manual I could master it pretty quick.

Mike wrote:But.. but.. my Penis tells me not to!

yeah, that's a sig.