Boss RC-1

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Boss RC-1
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Anonymous 16.10.2016
Great looper that I use for practicing alone at home. One of the features that I love is visual display of the loop length which is extremely helpful, especially if you don't have any previous experience with looper pedal. Also the boss-style silent switch is great, since it doesn't make annoying click and is very easy to engage and disengage. Press once to start recording, press one more time to instantly overdub. There is an option to configure pedal to start the playback on the second tap without overdubbing, which might be useful for some players. The only caveat is that erasing the loop (hold the switch for a second) would initially playback around a second of recorded loop, which makes it not very usable in live situation, but external footswitch totally solves the problem. Looper stores in memory whatever you recorded on it even when turned off, but there is no option to store multiple loops and switch between them like using presets. Build quality is perfect like on any other Boss stompbox, it is very solid and feels like this pedal would perfectly work for ages without failing. There was no AC adapter included and I've never tried running it from batteries - I'm powering the pedal with my power supply and don't have any hum or noise issues. In overall, great and very easy to use looper for home practice, which can be extended for live situations with external footswitch.
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An excellent basic looper!
Funeral Musician 23.01.2023
I have always loved the ingenious industrial design of the Boss compact pedals, first introduced back in 1977! Due to the way everything is laid out, the knobs are always protected from being accidentaly stepped on, and the pedal itself is large and really easy to press even with bare feet, which could never be said about the small round metal footswitches of most of its competitors. My first looper pedal was the original TC Electronic Ditto, and the footswitch was the primary reason I no longer have it. The pedal itself was smaller than the Boss, but a slightly increased size is a sacrifice I am more than willing to make for the sake of improved comfort. Also, the RC-1 has an extremely convenient round loop indicator which serves as a sort of progress bar of the loop, so you can always know when it is nearing the end and overdub it or simply turn it off at the right time. Lastly, I read the manual and discovered an amazing feature I did not even know the RC-1 had: apparently it can be set whether it goes right into the overdubbing mode when you press the pedal to stop the recording, or whether it just starts playing the recorded loop. I think, it is very convenient, especially for musicians who use multi-layered loops live.
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Very easy and intuitive looper
Pjet90 03.04.2023
It’s the go for option for starting the journey with looping. Nice tone quality and not very complicated
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god damn pedal
itsmed3 09.01.2021
if u wish to have a friend while your playing your solo, this is the one ur looking for. it will never get tired to support you when ever u want them to play.
pros: easy to use, its so simple, u don't have to read the manual, the instruction are written on the face of the pedal.
cons: can't think of any.

trust me, this will be your best friend!
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Value for Money
Anonymous 14.01.2017
The Boss RC-1 is as easy to master as it gets.A click to record , a click to stop, two clicks to pause , and a long press on to delete your loop. It takes 15 seconds to learn how to use it.
Having said that I bought the particular pedal to work on my phrasing and groove with my bass guitar. A loop pedal will expose all your sound vagueness and technical aspects that a player might lack. I write and rewrite my basslines or my guitar themes which makes it a great tool for studying.Sometimes I write a bassline and let the loop on to grab my acoustic guitar and add themes over it
Soundwise it is very clear the level will give you the ease of listening to your loop to any level you wish to , so that your loop can become a good background to your soloes.
Its biggest advantage and disadvantage is that it does record anything you play and if you do not have a good sense of rythm , learning to loop might be a hard task at the beginning. So, if you do purchase this amazing pedal , don't get frustrated if your playing cannot make it fully usable.
Overall it is a great tool for studying , listening to yourself and even helping you monitor something that your are up to composing.
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Great quality
reinventingthemusic 24.11.2022
All you need from a simple looper pedal. Quality made with useful features.
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What a toy
Flehe 11.11.2022
This give me hours of joy :)
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Best lockdown friend ever
Fleep 27.04.2021
This pedal is just a world to me as I can't play with my friends anymore.

Looping is just a way to create and keep practicing guitar. This one in particular does not alterate the sound and as every boos pedal is very sturdy and nice to use (thanks to the big stomp button)

The only things I'd say is the fact that when u finish looping there is instantly another loop starting to record which I never do.
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Konstantin \\\"Hello\\\" B. 18.07.2023
I'm playing with looper on stage alone as "one man band" and I'm satisfied by this equipment. It's enough to play alive with one instrument and voice.
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5 star.
Jimbobirish 07.10.2020
Its Boss, it works 110%!
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