Re: cheap looper recommendation

[John Mazzarella <jmazzarella@erols.com>]

Michael Peters wrote:

> There are several small and _relatively_ inexpensive looping stompboxes
> around today, some of them have been reviewed at LD ... I'd like to
> recommend one to a friend who wants to get into looping as cheap as 
>possible
> but I'm a little confused by the many choices. (A side-by-side comparison
> chart would be great.) He probably wouldn't use the looper for extended
> frippertronics style improvs or solo looping shows but rather to simply
> develop live rhythm tracks to improvise on top later. What would be the
> best/cheapest looper for that purpose?
>
> -Michael

Either the Boss RC-20 or the Line 6 DL-4.
    If his main use would be for live rhythm track than I think the RC-20 
may be
the best choice.  It has 5and a 1/2 minutes of memory and a nice quantize
feature.

John
www.johnmazzarella.com