#loopers #looperpedal #bluesguitarlessons
TC Electronic Ditto, Boss RC-3 Loop Station, Donner Beltway all used in a lesson giving tips on how to use a looper pedal to help you practice playing.
This is not a shootout, or even a demo of these pedals, so they are not compared side by side, but rather each is used at different points of the video and showing how each have different features which can help you.
Which is best?
My personal favourite is the Ditto. It usually lives on my acoustic pedal board. It’s really simple, quiet and really easy to use. It doesn’t do what the others do, but it just does one thing really well and takes up minimum space on my board. I love it.
The BOSS RC-3 lives on my electric guitar pedal board. I prefer the design of the Beltway and the Ditto, over the traditional BOSS design as I find those switches more immediate and it feels like the BOSS needs a harder ‘stomp’. However, the built in drum machine is fantastic. It doesn’t sound great, but its really useful for practicing. This is why this is the pedal that lives on my main board.
The Donner Beltway is the cheapest by far. It’s solid, and like the Ditto only takes up a minimum space on the pedalboard and has a more responsive switch than the BOSS. The Reverse and 1/2 speed features are curious, but I don’t use them. It’s not quite silent like the Ditto and the BOSS, but if you are only using this at home, this would not be an issue.
As a practice tool at home, for helping you develop your blues playing, any of these pedals, or indeed any other looper pedal, would be really useful.
I wish looper pedals existed when I started playing, because practicing against a loop will really help develop your playing.
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