The Boss RC-300 is the latest addition to the Loopstation range and supersedes the RC-50. The main differences between this and its predecessor is the inclusion of in-built audio FX, a large footpedal and a whopping 3 hours of stereo looping time. While the unit is fundamentally a beefed-up RC-50, the improvements implemented by Boss are minimal and some may find them not very useful at all. The in-built FX are hardly inspiring and it is a real pain to edit them. I cannot see how I would use them in my performances.
The way the three stereo loop tracks have been laid out on the front panel is an improvement, though the inclusion of three mini-slider to control the volume of each track is a nice addition, it is almost impossible to pull off smooth volume changes with them thanks to a latch at the centre position.
Other than that, the RC-300 is the “Rolls Royce” of Loopstations and looping pedals and the looper is spoilt with the depth of features. However, if you have an RC-50, there’s not that much here to warrant an upgrade – unless you can get a good price for your RC-50 on eBay first!
Now watch my video review of this unit.
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Hey bro,
thanks for your review. Thought your insights were great!
Not so sure you comments are correct about the RC 300 my friend. You need to spend time to realise how you can get in deep with this baby….go down the assign routes and its awesome and totally controllable in many many ways.
I had a warble with the bass effect i admitt, but a few tweaks on the amount of effect to 100% soted that out. an make sure its tuned 44.100. that was my only gripe. The effects can be switched from anything…FS6 etc dual latch and not the fiddly way by holding down etc for 2 sec, thats ok for home recording BUT live a no no. assign it and set up targets to pedals etc etc. enjoyed some of your videos, thanks
The review is of the unit “out of the box”. I say that you have to dig deep to get the best out of it, so I am not sure what the problem is. Some guitarists like pedals that are intuitive and the Boss RC-300 is not.