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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Ian Price on December 09, 2008, 03:09:44 PM

Title: I have just ordered myself....... very quick review added
Post by: Ian Price on December 09, 2008, 03:09:44 PM
....a Line 6 JM4. Been on the look out for a looper pedal for a while. Read the review of this in guitarist last month. Should be with me on Thursday.

Anyone else on here got one? Will post a (very quick) review up when I have had a play with it
Title: Re: I have just ordered myself.......
Post by: Johnny Mac on December 09, 2008, 05:38:15 PM
I'm after a looper but not sure which one to get. The line 6 is supposed to be a good one so It'll be good to read what yours is like.  :D
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Post by: dave_mc on December 09, 2008, 08:48:22 PM
i thought you'd taken up human cloning, looking at the title... :D
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Post by: roland_rat on December 09, 2008, 09:05:23 PM
Nice, Hope its as good has the review's I have read of it.  Will be intrested to here how you get on with it.

Enjoy!
Title: Re: I have just ordered myself.......
Post by: Ian Price on December 09, 2008, 11:35:18 PM
i thought you'd taken up human cloning, looking at the title... :D

 :P Now that would be brilliant. I could send the cloned one of me to work and stay at home all day playing guitar!
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Post by: WezV on December 10, 2008, 08:20:34 AM
or have all your clones playing different guitar parts  so you dont need a looper!!
Title: Re: I have just ordered myself.......
Post by: Ian Price on December 10, 2008, 08:58:31 AM
or have all your clones playing different guitar parts  so you dont need a looper!!

The possibilities are endless!
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Post by: ailean on December 10, 2008, 01:03:26 PM
i thought you'd taken up human cloning, looking at the title... :D

 :P Now that would be brilliant. I could send the cloned one of me to work and stay at home all day playing guitar!

Wouldn't you just end up fighting yourself over which one goes to work?
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Post by: blue on December 10, 2008, 01:11:14 PM
i thought you'd taken up human cloning, looking at the title... :D

 :P Now that would be brilliant. I could send the cloned one of me to work and stay at home all day playing guitar!

Wouldn't you just end up fighting yourself over which one goes to work?

or who gets to play lead?
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Post by: dave_mc on December 10, 2008, 04:23:52 PM
^ :lol: :lol:

Wouldn't you just end up fighting yourself over which one goes to work?

:lol: :lol:
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Post by: Lazy_McDoesnothing on December 10, 2008, 07:35:57 PM
i thought you'd taken up human cloning, looking at the title... :D

 :P Now that would be brilliant. I could send the cloned one of me to work and stay at home all day playing guitar!

Wouldn't you just end up fighting yourself over which one goes to work?
And that is when the most epic game of "Stop hitting yourself" ensues.
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Post by: Buddha on December 10, 2008, 08:28:42 PM
Lol. On a serious note, i was looking at one of these the other day, i too will be very interested to see how you get on :)
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Post by: dave_mc on December 10, 2008, 08:44:55 PM
i completely derailed the thread. Sorry... :oops:
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Post by: Buddha on December 10, 2008, 08:47:35 PM
Don't worry bout it, i didn't mean it like that lol. it's all good fun, that's why i like this forum :)
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Post by: Spitfire on December 11, 2008, 09:14:51 AM
the only other options are..

akai headrush - too short loop time imo
boss rc-20xl - seems a good option.. quantizing, although some dont like this option
digitech jamman - also looks quite good, and has seperate guitar and mic ins
boss rc-2 - very similar to the rc20xl... makes me think they could do better with the rc-20xl more than anything.
boss dd-20 (sound on sound) bit limiting for a looper
the EH one.. just seems too fiddly to be useable

i havent looked at the line 6 one, i cant decide if i like having dist and effects built in or not.. i think id rather have a few pedals infront of the looper.
Title: Re: I have just ordered myself.......
Post by: Ian Price on December 11, 2008, 09:49:48 AM
the EH one.. just seems too fiddly to be useable

I did have the EH looper for a few days. Didn't like it so sent it back - it felt very flimsy and sounded too sterile.
Title: Re: I have just ordered myself....... review added
Post by: Ian Price on December 11, 2008, 11:12:01 PM
The JM4 arrived today so here is a very, very, very quick review.

It's being sent back tomorrow. I tried it for a few hours and just didn't like it - the modelled sounds are just too digital for my liking (I guess I should have known this beforehand!). The jam tracks are pretty good fun and probably very good for practice and timing but for £209.00 I didn't think this feature justified it. Mic'd up it sounded pretty decent but it's not very often that I get to mic the amp up and play at a decent volume.

Basically if felt like something I would use for a while and then sell for half price on eBay in a few months time - this made my mind up for me.

There you go - very quick. Already planning what to spend that £209.00 (minus postage) on now!