Is anyone using a Boss RC 300 loop station? Any Good? Your Experiences?

[MisterLutherMan]

I’m looking to buy one and I would like to know how you people get on with using one, if you do.

I’ve looked at some videos of them, notably, the one linked below, and I’m very interested in buying one.

What are your experiences of using them? Any good stories?

Take it or leave it, the shadow is always there.
Holding your hand.
With a glass of ice cold lemonade in the other.
Listening to reggae music. 
What more do you want?

[sunjamr]

I use mine all the time. It’s the ultimate best looper, and all people who get into looping ultimately end up owning one. Don’t waste your money buying a cheaper one. #1 best feature: It has a separate on switch and off switch for each of the 3 tracks, plus a master on/off switch so you can do those brief total stop interludes that skilled loopers like to do. With 3 tracks, you can lay down a strum track, then bring in a bass line, then an accent track, then start soloing. Of course you can also overlay tracks on top of tracks and end up with a dozen loops running at the same time, but I usually find that 3 will do the trick. #2 best feature: The large variety of built-in drum licks are excellent. AND if you start a drum lick and then build your loops on it, your licks will be automatically synchronized with the beat, even if you start or stop a little off tempo. A Youtuber known as “clayhorsemusic” has kindly made a series of how-to videos that are the best at getting you up to speed on how to use all the features. You should watch all of them, if you buy one.

BTW, it did wonders for my improv skills, and also my music composition skills.

Sunjamr Steve

[MisterLutherMan]

Awesome, thank you sunjamr, I will be watching these videos. 🙂

And my heart is already set on this loop pedal. I very much look forward to buying and using it.

Its amazing what you can do with loop pedals. Especially when you combine them with effects pedals. A cool thing I’ve seen is when you have an effect that makes your guitar lines sound like bass lines. I’m not sure what this effect pedal would be; an octave lowerer maybe?

Take it or leave it, the shadow is always there.
Holding your hand.
With a glass of ice cold lemonade in the other.
Listening to reggae music. 
What more do you want?

[sunjamr]

I only occasionally use the built-in effects on the RC-300, since I have my own favorite effects pedals. I experimented with the built-in bass effect in the RC-300, and it doesn’t sound anything like a bass (yes, it’s just an octaver). I have also tried several dedicated guitar-to-bass effects pedals, and they are all just octavers, and none of them sound decent. So I went out and bought an inexpensive Aria bass, and it sounds great. My advice: If you decide to buy a bass, buy a short scale bass, like the Squire Jaguar. They sound awesome, and they are much easier to play – more like a guitar. 4 strings is enough, since a 5th string makes the neck much wider and harder to play.

Sunjamr Steve

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