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Nice bedtime story, John. Great ending, too. As a fellow loop evangelist I can appreciate your experience with you friend. Once you show someone how it's done and what's possible, that's all it takes to convert them. I agree with you about the Digitech RDS series of delays - they are still THE workhorses of loopology. I have (4) 7.6's, (2) 4000's and (1) 8000 and think they're great! Add a few FX-17 footpedals to control the VCO's and you've got a serious mayhem factory. Best of all, they can still be found for cheap on eB*y and elsewhere. Thanks for sharing. :) - Larry T ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tidwell" <wedgehed@yahoo.com> To: "Loopers Delight" <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 3:46 AM Subject: A Loopy Bedtime Story > I paid a long overdue visit to an old friend of mine > last week. He's the guy who gave me my first guitar > lessons some 25 years ago when I was a roadie in his > band. I've been trying for the last two years to > describe looping to him via telephone. > > I take along my Line6 DL4 & give a quick & dirty > demo. He's suitably impressed & sez he might get one. > Then I start looking at some of the effects stuff he > has on hand. I find a Digitech Whammy-Wah that he > uses "sometimes" & a Digitech RDS 900 that he found > cheap but never uses. "It's got chorus, flange, & a > little bit of delay", he sez. > > I had never played with one of these RDS thingys > before, but I do pay attention when you folks go off > on all things loopy! I ran the RDS into the Whammy- > Wah & then commenced to playing strings, pushing > buttons, turning knobs, & putting the pedal to the > metal. My friend sits there for a solid hour as I > spin out bird noises, synth pads, clouds of frogs, > and at one point, a particularly evil duet with > Charles Manson. When I was done, my friend nodded his > head & gave his valediction. "Just leave everything > hooked up the way it is", he sez. > > Do we have a convert? Only time will tell. > > All I know is that I've added a Digitech RDS-xxx > to my already large list of things I want. The list > gets bigger, but my budget does not. :( > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > John Tidwell > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > >