Boomerang III Phrase Sampler  

this looper is just about everything i could have asked for in a looper. first of all it is very intuitive and easy to use in a live setting which is important because you dont have time to think. second and probobly most imortant this looper does not change your sound at all, i play mostly acoustic and this looper captures every nuance of my original sound. the boss loopers change your sound and are not that intuitive to use. i love the buttons on this thing too, they are very easy to click on and off.everything on this pedal was very thoughtfully put together in a way that makes since for a live application and ease of use for a guitarist.

solid steel chasse means this this is built to last. knobs turn well and feel tight and solid. made in texas U.S.A!!!

the endless possibilities of this looper make it worth the price. but i would have liked to see at least a usb or sd card support to at least save to your computer. but overall this is like learning a new instrument and has a million different possibilities and helps greatly improve playing ability, so well worth it in my book! and its made in texas from some guys in there basement who takes pride in there work!!! you cant go wrong

overall a great solid product that has alot of great features and lacking some like internal memory saving. if you want a fabulous live on the fly creativity looper this is the best of the best. again the sound is prestine exactly what your original sound is. you will not regret buying this looper over the boss pedal your thinking of.

While I was researching the features of this product I was highly impressed. Based on what all these reviews had said and all the videos I've seen online I was hooked and couldn't wait to purchase one. owever, upon arrival I quickly found myself dissappointed with the Rangs features. You can only chose to use up to 4 of the features at a time, which I found highly inconvinient for live settings. A pedal at at this price, there shouldn't be such an amateur limitation put on it. The octace function I found completely useless. If you record a loop and apply it, what you get is the loop played back at double time one octave up or half time one octave down. It baffles me why they didn't just simply make it an octave effect. That means you have to either play twice as fast as the bass line you wish to recreate or twice as slow to create a line that you could just simply loop and not waste time putting an octave effect on. This feature seemed like more of a toy-like effect to me. It is described in the manual to have some "fun possibilities" that included getting together with your friends and using the octave function to make your voice sound deep and slow or fast and silly. I'm not interested in that type of usage. I was very dissappointed with that. Not to mention there is no delay, which I knew before-hand, but after using the pedal for a few days, it's not like the rest of the "amazing" features left no room for it. A lot of the features I found useless.

Quality of the loops were pristine. I was surprised, but expected nothing less based on what I had researched previously. They did not fall out of this area. Loops are beyond cd quality and you can control the volumes of each. That was pretty thought out.

The value... A loop station costing this much money should have much better features being offered, I'm sorry. It seems like they were more interested in making a very fun and high quality toy for the family and friends to get to use, rather than for the active gigging musician to use in live settings. Also, after exactly 30 days of working with the pedal, I stopped getting a signal. Darn thing doesn't work anymore! And it's not because it was mistreated at a gig, it never even made it to one. I have no idea why it stopped producing sound but I am going to return it and invest use my money to get a couple other pedals.

Overall its great, if youre looking for a high quality toy. I would reccomend looking at other loopers if you are stuck on the idea of a looper. I know this goes against every other review on here, but for what I was looking for, the Rang missed the mark several times and that is too much to have to compromise when there is plenty of other gear out there. I'm not sure what else I would reccomend, I'm gonna have to start reseaching all over again. I would reccomend a pedal at aa fraction of the price as this. I figured since I was paying double the price of every looper on this cite that I would be getting one of the best. The quality of the sound is exactly how they describe, and its great! BUt at the end of the day, it just seems like a toy.

I've tried a bunch of loop stations and pedals...some with 1 button, some with 12...this meets somewhere in the middle with 5 plus some knobs.  I didn't see it in any store nor did I try it out beforehand, I just YouTubed some people using it and I was sold.  The Rang is the best, by a long shot.  It's a bit daunting at first, but once you understand each function, you're hooked...every option is presented.  I won't go through them all...just YouTube people using it.  Actually, I believe the owner or one of the developers at the company's website and he's got a sweet sense of humor

It doesn't store permanently, but as a live peformer why would you do that? (I can see when you get an idea and you just HAVE to record it, but I always have my phone with me that I just record as a voice memo).  I was always enamored when I see the loops being created in front of me as the artist builds on them, i.e. KT Tunstall, that was the first time I ever saw live looping (rephrase: good live looping)...she uses a different unit but the exact idea applies.  I love when it all of a sudden she turns into a "band"!   I play a very percussive style so what I used to be able to half-loop with my Boss DD-2 I can do with full-on looping with full control.  It gets addicting, I've found a use in almost every song I play...tasteful is the key, but you almost have to exercise creativity over lame pre-recorded drum beats and loops because, well...there are none.

American made, feels sturdy. When it samples at the 48kHz/24 bit option, there is absolutely no degradation in sound quality.  To get added time there is an option to sample at 24kHz but I don't even come close to the time limit on it (I think it's somewhere around 9 minutes of total loop time at once on highest quality).

I have my set up to split and mix mic and DI signals via a small mixer on my pedalboard so I can loop both off my guitar and mic, and I hook it to the Rang so that only the loops get played - no live signal passes, almost acting like a signal "road block" - and the house mixer gets separate voice and DI outs.  When the loops are playing, it sounds exactly like I am still playing live (however a lot of time was spent tweaking volumes of the individual loops and mixer, make sure to do a decent sound check before you play).  True stereo and an option to play through the pedal just like another mono stomp box is also possible.  Once again, every option!

Sometimes the pedal gets confused and it doesn't output when you're first plugging it in and setting up, but I think it's 100% user error (manual states to plug in all cords before powering on)...I just unplug and plug it back in and it reboots.  Once you get the thing working, it works for the whole time you use it.

Quite expensive, doesn't have all the bells and whisles as the Boss or others but I don't need them.  I bought it on a whim from other reviews and YouTube videos and I was/am blown away.

I play hard...just a little tap will do for this thing though.  Buttons are a wee bit too close to each other, but I'll learn to stop flailing my feet around soon enough. I haven't road tested it hard yet but I don't think I'll be breaking it anytime soon. Comes with warranty.

The Rang does what it needs to while not discrediting you as a musician.  It takes hours of practice...almost like you're picking up another instrument...if you've never taken a foray into one-man-band land it's quite frustrating at first and throws off your balance as a performer (literally, I think I stood on just my left leg all day today operating it!) but as you get used to it, it becomes muscle memory.  If you had trouble leaving an impression on an audience before, you won't after using this thing.  You can pump out some pretty sweet jams with yourself.  I inadvertently wrote a rhythm/lead riff on it today, totally by accident.

The Boomerang III Phrase Sampler is an awesome tool to improve as a guitar player and for live playing. It is versatile with feature-assignable Bonus buttons. The four play modes allow me to use it for whatever task is at hand (or feet!).

Built like a tank with thick metal case. Jacks and knobs are solid. Buttons positively click with great feel. Sound quality is excellent with no degrading of tone.

Quality costs. Relatively expensive, but worth it. When the last time you used an electronic device that was made in USA? Built in Texas.

I imagine that I'll have the Rang III  for a long, long time, especially  compared to other overdrives,  choruses and sound-like-tube-amp gadgets that have come and  gone.

4 tracks of looping... Insane recording length!  Foot switches that reign supreme! This device hardly swallows your tone.

Some say it's too American

A tad bit pricey but worth the investment

Im digging it brother/ sister

And so will you