Boss RC-3 Loop Station  

I had to grade it down a bit because of the horrid drum sounds it makes.  Otherwise I give it top marks for useable features.  Fairly easy to figure out and use.

Being a Boss it will undoubtedly survive most any abuse you can put it through.

A bit pricey in my opinion, but I have a feeling I'll be getting a lot of use out this pedal.

I can't speak to the live applications for this pedal, but it's without a doubt the best practice tool you could ever have.  It is, for all practical purposes, a mini recording studio.  You can lay down your rhythm guitar part, practice solos over it while playing it back, overdub a solo onto the track, then keep right on layering whatever you like  as long as you like up to three hours.  All without taking your hands off the guitar.  I've had this thing for two days and I already can't live without it.  Get one of these, if for no other reason than what a great practice tool it is. 

this recieves a 5 because it loops sound and has a decent memory bank. It would be nice for it to feature a power adapter, though i guess thats too much to ask for a 200$ pedal.

its a fantastic practice tool. (best way to practice modes in conjuction with chordal play.) its also great for jotting down little riffs you stumble upon.

Though you could never use it to record or play live. it takes all the diminsion of your sound and basically makes it sound completely flat. i've tried it stereo and your loop still sounds different enough from your amp for anyone to easily notice. The volume is also hard to manage.

the most valuable practice tool out there really, just nothing better than anything else that loops.

200 dollars for an effects pedal that doesnt record your sound very well sounds to me like a rip off. they charge you thirty for a power adapter which you HAVE to have for this thing eats batteries.

If they worked correctly, would be fine.

The Boss RC3 Loop Station should, in theory, easily beat out the digitech jamman solo, since it has much better audio quality.  However I can't recommend the RC3 given that it has a major flaw, namely that there is a lag when switching between saved loops.  In other words, if you get this pedal you can forget about performing with this in a way that requires switching back and forth between phrases.  Your timing will be off.  I've tried the Digitech Jam Man solo, and it went seamlessly between saved loops. Hopefully Boss will come out with a fix, but they've already had one firmware update that did NOT solve this problem.  If they step up and fix it(either firmware upgrade or recall) I'll change this review, but until then I can't recomment them.  Go for the Jam Man if you want something you can gig with.

I've previously owned an RC-50 Loop Station, but sold it because it was too expensive and too complex. The RC-3 however is a breeze to use and a great practice tool - I have yet to use this live or with a band, but likely it will work great. The compact size, large amount of memory and USB port are all great features.

The nicest thing is creating a simple loop can be done very simply without a bunch of configuration (which in reality the more complex Loop Stations require). A very fun tool!

Hi quality Boss pedal.

Pricey, but has lots of memory.

Great product.

EZ to use right out of the box with minimal time needed to understand the how to's.

good construction

can't beat the price

Mostly, it does what it says it will do. If you are seeking a new toy to inspirate your creative thought process - this is for you.

I've tried using it live and the processor just doesn't keep up.  But to lay down a few tracks to improvise around this is the ticket.