Re: cheaply starting out

[Dave Stagner <dstagner@icarus.net>]

Just get a delay.  ANY delay.  Used Digitech and Boss delays with up to
two seconds of memory are dirt cheap, well under $100.  The little Zoom
delay thing costs less than $150, and is programmable, tap tempo, etc.  

You do NOT need an Oberheim Echoplex or a full-blown tape looping rig in
order to do looping!  A cheap stomp box with infinite repeat is enough to
get you started.  My first looper didn't even have that... it was just a
Boss pitch shifter/delay with 1.7 seconds of delay.  Made a lot of good
music with it.

-dave

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