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Re: Introductory Looper



Yes,id second that,Digitech has perhaps great
engineering but poor reliability in my experience...
Luis



--- Carabee Computerr Solutions <compguy2@comcast.net>
wrote:

> 
> > Really?  I've owned lots of Digitech devices (my
> first
> > looper, in fact) and I've never had a single one
> break
> > or fail in any way.  I wasn't thrilled with their
> > latest guitar processors, and perhaps they've gone
> > down hill, but I'd be careful of making blanket
> > statements like that.
> >
> > Mark
> 
> 
> I've got to throw my .02 in here, I'm afraid. I've
> had terrible results with 
> DigiTech equipment (guitar processors) for three
> reasons:
> 1    The basic pedal activation design is inherently
> flawed and certain to 
> fail over time (foot switch compresses a rubber
> square that then depresses 
> the switch on the circuit board). Rubber compresses
> and then hardens after 
> time and doesn't bounce back anymore..
> 2    As far as the RP series goes, the pedals are so
> tiny and close together 
> that you need to turn your foot on its edge to avoid
> hitting adjacent 
> pedals.
> 3    Ridiculously long dropouts when switching
> between patches. Absolutely 
> unacceptable for live performances.
> 
> For those reasons alone (and there are several more)
> I would never invest in 
> another DT product again until I was certain that
> these issues were fully 
> addressed.
> 
> Brian 
> 
> 


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