For my last post of 2013, I wanted to write about the TC Electronic Ditto Looper. Not only has it become my favourite pedal on my pedal board, it was also a Christmas present from my girlfriend.
The Ditto Looper is - as the name says - a looper, but a very special one; in fact: it is the smallest looper out there, the easiest to operate and it is the best tone keeping looper the world has ever seen.
Dimensions
Width: 51 mm / 2,00 in
Lenght: 93 mm / 3,66 inHeight: 45 mm / 1,77 in
To give you an idea of these dimensions, it is only a bit longer than a credit card and it is just as wide.
Price
And not only the dimensions are impressive, so is the price tag. You should be able to pick it up for somewhere near 100 Euros or 130 USD, depending on where you live.
Review
Back to the pedal; to keep things that small TC Electronic have thrown out every unnecessary feature, and created an affordable pedal that keeps your tone, thanks to the analog dry-through and true-bypass the fitted it with. But the small casing makes us wonder what the Ditto Looper would be like in actual use.
Well, as it turns out, the only thing you might miss is the drum functionality its (more expensive) rival, the Boss RC-3, has to offer.. You don't get any of the fancy tap tempo or parallel loop functions the more premium loopers have either.
What you do get, however, is a very small and lightweight pedal that is incredibly easy to use and can record up to 5 minutes of loop. You can do an unlimited amount of overdubs and -again- all that without a loss of audio quality.
And to show you just what the power of the Ditto Looper has, I am going to list some of my favourite YouTube videos of the Ditto Looper at the end of this article, together with a link to the TC Electronic website, so you know where you can find your local dealer to give it a try.
I tried it myself a couple of times at my local dealer too. However, I was a little short on cash, since I had just bought the Epiphone Emperor Swingster Royale you might have read about.
But apparently, I have talked about it that much, that my girlfriend decided to buy it for me as a Christmas present. SInce then, I haven't been able not to mess around with it, just because its great for playing your favorite songs with some (self-made) backing tracks to it or just to exersice your scales and improvisation skills.
I truly believe that the TC Electronic Ditto Looper can help any guitar player -
beginner or advanced- pick up new tricks and scales very quickly while having a lot of fun, the way learning and jamming was meant to be.
To wrap things up, the Ditto Looper makes a great companion for any guitarist, to create tracks or cover them everywhere you go: easy and fun. And for the smaller price tag, it might be worth considering adding it to your pedalboard, because you will use it way more than you ever though you would.
Give it a try at your local dealer: find out more on TC Electronic's official Ditto Looper page
I would like to thank my girlfriend for her support, not only for tolerating my guitar obsession, but also for encouraging me to play more often and to write about what I love.
I know I haven't got too many readers right now, which is why I would like to thank the readers I do have for taking the time to read my articles.
Happy New Year everyone!
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As promised, I'll leave some YouTube videos that explain just why this is an incredibly powerful pedal in the hands of any guitarist.
Here's Kasper Falkerberg giving the Ditto Looper a go with a very Pink Floyd-ish solo at the end.
And here you can see Richard Fortus, from Guns 'n Roses, play an improvised rock ballad.
Other videos that explain the Ditto Looper's true capabilities and usability:
- A somewhat long review of the Ditto Looper by PrymaxeVintage
- Review by SweetwaterSound
- I can't understand the language here, but this man's playing and ideas sounds great!
