Loooper Custom Loooper

Hello!

I just wanted to clarify that when a Loooper is built, any connection not being used is grounded- such as an effects loop, A/B, A/B/Y, Tuner Mute, etc. When the connection is turned on, the ground is lifted. This typically prevents popping.

The previous person was correct in his review; when I built his particular Loooper, I didn't wire his effects loops in this manner. I have since contacted this person and asked him to send the unit back, and I'll re-wire the loops and pay for shipping round trip.

Thanks for the great reviews, and thank you Yudy!
Dave Boggs of Loooper

Very easy to use. With a custom loooper, you decide what you want it to do, and how you want it to work, and Mr. Boggs makes it happen. No need to manual, because the customer essentially determines how it is to be used.

It's all true-bypass, so sound is unaltered. Occasionally, I do hear a slight pop, but only the first few times that it is engaged. So before a gig or practice, it is good to step on the switches a few times, especially if your pedalboard has been sitting under your bed for a week.

My loooper has stutter effect which works great. The momentary switch allows me to switch to my small stone phaser in and out... very cool. The blend knob mixes the wet and dry signal. Again, sound quality is top-notch. All high quality components.

I opened one of the looopers up, and noticed that the effect send wire (on the TB switch) was not sent to ground during bypass. This may be the cause of some of the 'pops' that i hear. But Mr. Boggs is always improving his products, and will fix anything up for you.

Great craftsmanship. All high quality parts, and solidly built.

Top Notch! Mr. Boggs is a great guy to work with. He improved his product since selling me my looopers, so he fixed it up to current specs for free. He didn't even ask for return shipping.

Improvements he made on mine:
1. Added a switch to turn off clean blend. Improves the signal when the clean blend is not needed.
2. Tuner Mute send no longer has any signal bleed when you are not tuning.

Mr. Boggs has a lot of customers, but he treats them all on a very personal basis. Very much appreciated!

There are so many reasons to own one a loooper product. Any kind of signal routing, whether it's a bypass loop, A/B switching, or combination of the two is worth discussing with Dave Boggs. His prices are very reasonable.

Very simple. One loop, tuner out, leds on both buttons, true bypass, nice finish...

Gibson 335 true the loooper, in a Vox wah and a golmer booster into a Fender Vibrolux and a peavey classic 50 - 4-10. It's just true bypass which is very nice. If it's possible to rate it, it's a ten.

Seeems hard to destroy..

GREAT! Mr. Boggs should have 15.. at least. It takes him max 2 hours to respond to your emails. Great guy! He also knows what he is talking about!!

Perfect for me! The perfect sollution if you have trouble with pedals who "steal" your tone, or need more than one effect on when pushing just one button. Also very cheap!! If I should buy a Boss line selector, I have to pay almoust twice as much here in Norway.

Mine has 3 switches and 2 separate loops. Upper middle switch is a tuner bypass (very handy for keeping my tone intact). The lower left switch is an a/b switch which lets me switch between loop a and loop b. The lower right switch is an on/off switch which allows for full bypass of either loop a or loop b, depending on which is chosen. I can't run a and b at the same time. This is what I wanted, for reasons listed below.

Very easy to hook up. It's all very logical. It's made the rest of my rig easier to use. Mine has 2 separate loops and an a/b switch so I can switch between them. Basically I have my heavy tone in loop a (Frantone Sweet). In loop b I have mild overdrive and analog delay (Reverend Drivetrain and Maxon AD-80). I got this pedal for 2 reasons. 1. The Sweet and BD-2 sound awful with the Rev Drivetrain and Maxon AD-80 so I never use them at the same time. 2. I got sick of tap dancing to switch between mild overdrive and heavy fuzz or between analog delay and heavy fuzz.

Constantly evolving set up is currently: MIJ Fender Tele 72 Thinline into Axess BS-2 Buffer/Splitter into Loooper:
Loooper Tuner Out: Boss TU2
Loooper Loop A: Frantone Sweet Fuzz
Loooper Loop B: Reverend Drivetrain to Maxon AD80
Loooper Out: Boss DD-5 with tap tempo into Boss Tremelo into Dr Z Z28 Head into Kingsley 2x12 Cab with Greenbacks

The true bypass is outstanding. No signal degradation. And when it's on, the loop itself is transparent as well. My effects sound better now because my signal path is shorter. Mind you, my signal has always been great because I use the Axess Buffer and Mogami cables.

Very solid throughout.

Dave Boggs is a class act. I would give him an 11 if I could.

Great quality custom looper built to my specs. Top notch transparency whether the loops are bypassed or on. Looks really cool too. Nice price too. There is a picture of mine on his website. It's the red one with 4 lights and 3 switches (a/b, on/off, tuner-bypass). I will definitely contact Dave Boggs for future custom pedal needs. If stolen I would replace immediately.

Very easy to use.

My Loooper has one loop and a tune mute switch (so you can tune your guitar without having the guitar signal still going to the amp).

Your guitar goes into the input jack and from the output jack on the Loooper you go to your input on your amp. You then have an effects loop (send and return) on the Loooper, which is a true bypass to all the effects in the loop (when off).

The pedal doesn?t come with a manual but it?s simple enough so you really don?t need one.

I use lots of guitars (2 Gibsons, 4 Fenders and others) all going through an Ampeg Superjet (SJ-12T) amp.

Some gigs I use lots of effect pedals and other gigs I will use just one, but for the record I will list the effects I use (if I use them all) going through the Loooper?s effects loop:

Loooper -> Dunlop Crybaby -> Boss Blues Driver -> Boss Compressor / Sustainer -> Digitech Multi-Chorus -> Boss Flanger -> Danelectro Phaser -> Danelectro Vibrato -> Danelectro Tremolo -> Danelectro Slap Echo -> Boss Delay -> Loooper

The Loooper is very quite.

When you turn the loop on (the LED comes on) and there is no volume difference and no extra noise.

The tuner mute switch doesn?t affect the sound so I really can?t comment on that, but it works great (I also use it as a ?standby? switch for my amp to change guitars without turning my amp off).

I haven?t really used this pedal out anywhere, but looking at the insides it all looks very well made and very tough.

The box is made of steel and has great footswitches and input jacks.

The Looper has an AC adapter (Boss style) input and a 9-Volt battery compartment inside the pedal box.

Dave is super friendly in his emails about the Loooper.

I asked him a couple of questions about making a loooper for me and he was able to make it for me (in the color I wanted with the LED colors I wanted as well) all within a little over a week.

Dave even emailed me to let me know he was mailing the pedal and the pedal came very well packed.

I?ve been playing guitar for over 10 years now and I really liked the idea that someone could make a little custom device that does what it?s supposed to do and not charge a lot of money for it.

If this pedal ever got stolen I would order another one from Dave.

A cool feature to this pedal (that I forgot to mention) is that you could have a pedal (or multiple pedals on) and have them all come on and off all with a tap of one footswitch on the Loooper.

The thing I liked about the Loooper is mainly the whole idea of the pedal being to your specs and colors.

My Loooper is painted in a cobalt blue metal flake finish with a blue LED for the loop switch (which is cool because it matches the blue power light on my Ampeg amp) and a red LED for the tuner mute switch.

The pedal also has some really nice decals on it labeling the different input jacks and switches.

Overall it?s a very professional looking pedal.

If I could rate the overall rating on this pedal I would go to 11.

exactly what i wanted, my specs.

that is why i have it. to shorten my signal chain. sounds how it should. just make sure that you use the right voltage and you cant go wrong.

here is where loooper wins. his stuff is built very well. i have had several other custom stuff done, but this guy takes the cake. totally well built and solid. it cant get better.

loooper wins here! seriously, i had another guy custom built a bypass box for me and it took 1.5 months. loooper took a week for a custom order. and the price? less than half as much as the other dude(and the other guys looked and played like crap). thanks.

loooper is a lifesaver. absolutely cheap. i swear i paid for the parts only. what i got was so well built and well priced. i did my research and asked 4 different people how much. one guy wanted 180 bucks for a single true bypass box with 2 outs. one guy wanted 130 and the other 100. loooper wanted 40 bucks. not only that, but it couldnt be better built. seriously, you cant go wrong here.

This thing isn't too hard to use unless you get into a ton of different loops (mine is only a sigle loop), but if you need that many you better know how to set it up anyway. Plus the LED is so bright you could never miss it on stage.

This thing is great, it switches silently and is true bypass, so you don't have to worry about it degrading you signal.

This thing looks like a tank, i have dropped it already, and nothing happened to it so it should be fine.

This is were the loooper and Dave really shine, he dealt with all of my ever changing needs in stride and if there is something that he says he can't do, then i doubt anybody else could do it either. He has to have the best customer service i have dealt with yet.

If i could give him a 15 i would.

The loopers are great, they really help to organize you board and make it really easy to switch multiple pedals on and off. plus i use mine to power other pedals which really cuts down on the number of adapters i have to use. If you want something do to your liking definetily give Dave a call, because if he can't do it no one can.

My unit was custom built for my needs. I found it very easy to easy. The patching may be a little daunting for some at first but there is no way around that. For having complex switching it is very easy to setup and use.

Since it is all true bypass switching, my rig has never sounded better. When the loops are off the effects are not coloring the signal at all.

I just got it so we'll see. It looks like it's built like a tank though

Dave was as helpful as you van get. I had specific needs that I told him about and he came up with a perfect solution for me. He was glad to take my questions via phone or email and always answered promptly and had the box built when he said he would.

This is my first review and they say i have to be critical. If there is anyone overly concerned about aethestics they might not like the hand lettering. That being said I couldn't care less. This little box saved my rig. Thank you very much Dave.