Boss Loop Station

GuitarTutorHelp · Post by **GuitarTutorHelp** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:59 pm

A few of my private student's have this and it's awesome!!
Really great practice tool, especially for working on your
lead and improvisation.

Anyone else ever try it?

Was going through this site and found it :-)

http://www.ollysguitar.com/boss-rc20xl- ... 46486.html

Post by **olly** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:46 am

Yes I have one and it really is a great tool.

I recently converted a cellar into a makeshift recording studio and since then I haven't used it as I have been focusing on playing directly through the computer for recording purposes. However when I have used this before, the simplicity of it and how quickly you can lay down ideas and improve lead playing is fantastic.

Lay down a two chord vamp in a second or two then work on lead all day long over it. It makes practicing scales and lead passages so much more fun.

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:13 am

Olly wrote:Yes I have one and it really is a great tool.

I recently converted a cellar into a makeshift recording studio and since then I haven't used it as I have been focusing on playing directly through the computer for recording purposes. However when I have used this before, the simplicity of it and how quickly you can lay down ideas and improve lead playing is fantastic.

Lay down a two chord vamp in a second or two then work on lead all day long over it. It makes practicing scales and lead passages so much more fun.

olly do you sell them, and what is your lowest price on them for a forum member

Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:44 pm

I'll be honest, I do own it and I'm less than happy with it. Ive owned mine for about 3 years now. Its in my office among other things that I dont use or care for anymore.

I use my Boss JS8 now and I love it.

Instructor

Post by **olly** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:32 am

Instructor wrote:I'll be honest, I do own it and I'm less than happy with it. Ive owned mine for about 3 years now. Its in my office among other things that I dont use or care for anymore.

I must say that since I have Cubase ready to record at the press of a button I have not used this pedal as Cubase does it all plus more and easier to use.

Having said that, before I had anything set up to record without at least some hassle, this pedal provided the ability to easily lay down a jam track to play to.

Some of the videos on youtube of how people have used it are pretty impressive as well.

What aspect of it did you not like/get along with?

Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:25 am

I dont like the click tracks, they are primitive at best and the tracking of the change is sort of a bother, I also dont like how when overdubbing the signals get degraded with each pass, I think its a good idea in theory, but in using it to set a loop and then overdubs etc, it gets quickly hideous. Also if you need different tones forget it. If you have a two channel amp its going to be whatever that amp setting is on, so its clean only or dirty only, and thats too constraining because theres not a division of guitar tones, levels etc. It's just slop to my ears. Well over priced for what I ultimately get out of it.

Instructor

Post by **olly** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:54 am

Yes the drums/clicks are pretty poor but this wasn't really what I got this pedal to do. I must say I haven't overdubbed anything - just did a flat loop then used that to jam over.

I know what you mean about the constraints. Rightly or wrongly I ended up putting this pedal at the end of the effects loop which meant that I could record whichever sound I wanted then play a completely different sound over the top. Putting it in the front of the amp would certainly be restrictive.

I guess it depends what you want out if it. It worked well for me to just try soloing over ideas or creating a quick jam track but I guess that is where the potential stops.

crowhue · Post by **crowhue** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:37 am

I had an RC20 Boss pedal and yes it was a great bit of kit. I say "was" because one day I switched it on - 3 months out of warranty - and it worked no more. It just made a hissing noise that did bear some resemblance to my guitar playing

but wasnt quite what I was after.

Anyway that was £180 down the drain. When I can afford it Im going for the Digitech pedal instead.

GuitarTutorHelp wrote:A few of my private student's have this and it's awesome!!
Really great practice tool, especially for working on your
lead and improvisation.

Anyone else ever try it?

Was going through this site and found it :-)

http://www.ollysguitar.com/boss-rc20xl- ... 46486.html

Post by **olly** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:15 pm

Now that is annoying!

Do you know how the digitech compares?

I'm really happy with the how quickly I can create my loops on the PC now, though it is hardly portable if you need it be - though I don't so suits me well!

Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:13 am

I hate Digitech.

Their manuals are overcomplicated, none of their tones are very good imo, and I own a GNX 4 and a GNX 3. Hate them both.