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BOSS RC-1 Ultimate Looper Kit: Guitar Effects Pedal and Two 6" Patch Cables $99.99

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Guitar Center has the BOSS RC-1 Ultimate Looper Kit that includes the RC-1 looper pedal with two 6" patch cables for $100, with free shipping and 10% Gear Card rewards if using that credit card.

Musician's Friend has it for the same price, with 8% Musician's Friend rewards and free shipping.

Typically, the pedal alone is $115-$120, so getting the patch cables and the pedal for a lower price is a decent deal.

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SD2012
05-24-2024 at 06:52 PM.
05-24-2024 at 06:52 PM.
This or RC5 for my first looper? Or another brand?
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Kudasai
05-24-2024 at 07:13 PM.
05-24-2024 at 07:13 PM.
Is this better than the generic loop pedals on Amazon?
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sharpiefine
05-24-2024 at 07:36 PM.
05-24-2024 at 07:36 PM.
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Is this better than the generic loop pedals on Amazon?
It might be better fidelity. You'd have to check and compare. It also has some features you're not going to find on the cheap pedals, so see if those are things you're interested in. Aside from that, cheap pedals are really amazing nowadays. The only downside is it can be a crapshoot as far as how long they last. Boss pedals are well-known for having an incredible lifespan. I'd say they're usually worth the extra money.
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05-24-2024 at 08:18 PM.

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05-24-2024 at 08:18 PM.
Quote from SD2012 :
This or RC5 for my first looper? Or another brand?

The rc5 is a lot better if you can afford it with much better sound quality, actually decent drums, and more memory. There are also a bunch of other features but they require menu diving that you might not realistically commit to figuring out. (I say this because I have an rc500 and it's a pain to program more advanced features sometimes).

At this price point you can compare to some tc electronic models and other simple one button loopers you can find on Amazon, or other places. But it's usually hard to beat value of Boss when you consider build quality and reliability.
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05-24-2024 at 08:21 PM.
05-24-2024 at 08:21 PM.
Quote from secretwanderer :
The rc5 is a lot better if you can afford it with much better sound quality, actually decent drums, and more memory. There are also a bunch of other features but they require menu diving that you might not realistically commit to figuring out. (I say this because I have an rc500 and it's a pain to program more advanced features sometimes).

At this price point you can compare to some tc electronic models and other simple one button loopers you can find on Amazon, or other places. But it's usually hard to beat value of Boss when you consider build quality and reliability.
Boss pedals hold their value well enough that I usually buy a Boss first if I'm not sure, knowing I'll recoup most of my money on local resale if I bought it at a discount.

I like the fact that Boss pedals never feel cheap. They're the majority of pedals on my board now, and I didn't plan it that way.
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RussR4055
05-25-2024 at 05:44 AM.
05-25-2024 at 05:44 AM.
I own this. This is a great pedal for this price
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05-26-2024 at 05:55 AM.
05-26-2024 at 05:55 AM.
Quote from SD2012 :
This or RC5 for my first looper? Or another brand?

Single instrument, probably this, but better yet just buy a BOSS DD-500 for around $200 and get the ability to have a couple hundred great quality digital delays with a built in looper.

For a multi-instrumentalist, the RC-505 is the one-man-band machine.

Do you just want to just play lead guitar over rythyms, or bass along with guitar? DD-500.

Do you want to be Marc Rebillet and yell, "let the man fuking cook," in your underwear? RC-505.

Are you a young person without a year or two of savings in the bank/investments? Just get a $15 mini looper pedal off Amazon or AliExpress.
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05-26-2024 at 07:23 AM.
05-26-2024 at 07:23 AM.
Quote from Selman :
Single instrument, probably this, but better yet just buy a BOSS DD-500 for around $200 and get the ability to have a couple hundred great quality digital delays with a built in looper.

For a multi-instrumentalist, the RC-5 is the one-man-band machine.

Do you just want to just play lead guitar over rythyms, or bass along with guitar? DD-500.

Do you want to be Marc Rebillet and yell, "let the man farking cook," in your underwear? RC-500.

Are you a young person without a year or two of savings in the bank/investments? Just get a $15 mini looper pedal off Amazon or AliExpress.

Good advice. I'm actually in the market for a dd8 as well. You think a a dd500 is actually the way to go? Looks like it would cover all the bases for both looper and delay. Or are there features in the dd8 and rc5 I'd be missing?
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05-26-2024 at 07:33 AM.
05-26-2024 at 07:33 AM.
Quote from SD2012 :
Good advice. I'm actually in the market for a dd8 as well. You think a a dd500 is actually the way to go? Looks like it would cover all the bases for both looper and delay. Or are there features in the dd8 and rc5 I'd be missing?

I have the DD500 and LOVE IT! There are more sounds in that pedal than I'll ever use! Plus you can tweak it with their app on the computer. I don't use the looper much since I have a Digitech looper I like a lot.
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05-26-2024 at 07:42 AM.
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Quote from SD2012 :
Good advice. I'm actually in the market for a dd8 as well. You think a a dd500 is actually the way to go? Looks like it would cover all the bases for both looper and delay. Or are there features in the dd8 and rc5 I'd be missing?

Of course it is if you have the space on your pedal board. You are going to pay over 125 for a used DD-8, and then you are going to pay $15 to get a separate tap switch. So, you've spent $140, and you still aren't going to have a screen, looper, midi, more delays, dual delays, and probably other things I'm not thinking of. It's a no brainer at $200 unless you don't have the space. I bought mine from a pawn shop off eBay.

DD-500, MD-500, and RV-500 for under $600. Pretty much the most powerful processing of any pedals at the time they were released. Then everyone went Strymon (and now Eventide) and sold off these really good pedals. The Strymon default algorithms are nice, but there's still a ton of value in these pedals. Being a late adopter as others follow the crowd is pretty great. I play guitar, bass, and synth through them.
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SD2012
05-26-2024 at 01:30 PM.
05-26-2024 at 01:30 PM.
Quote from Selman :
Of course it is if you have the space on your pedal board. You are going to pay over 125 for a used DD-8, and then you are going to pay $15 to get a separate tap switch. So, you've spent $140, and you still aren't going to have a screen, looper, midi, more delays, dual delays, and probably other things I'm not thinking of. It's a no brainer at $200 unless you don't have the space. I bought mine from a pawn shop off eBay.

DD-500, MD-500, and RV-500 for under $600. Pretty much the most powerful processing of any pedals at the time they were released. Then everyone went Strymon (and now Eventide) and sold off these really good pedals. The Strymon default algorithms are nice, but there's still a tone of value in these pedals. Being a late adopter as others follow the crowd is pretty great. I play guitar, bass, and synth through them.

My wife will not be happy that you talked me into three new pedals 😂
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05-26-2024 at 01:33 PM.
05-26-2024 at 01:33 PM.
Quote from SD2012 :
My wife will not be happy that you talked me into three new pedals 😂

Tell her it's either this or $1500 of Strymon and Eventide pedals. You can't afford not to do it.
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05-26-2024 at 04:35 PM.
05-26-2024 at 04:35 PM.
Quote from mikespe :
I have the DD500 and LOVE IT! There are more sounds in that pedal than I'll ever use! Plus you can tweak it with their app on the computer. I don't use the looper much since I have a Digitech looper I like a lot.

Which digitech looper do you have that you love?
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