In episode 34 of the guitar music theory podcast I explain and demonstrate how to use a guitar

looper pedal. Greetings guitar engineers. Welcome back to the guitar music theory podcast. I am your host

Desi Cerna. Today I'm going to explain how you can use a guitar looper pedal

to practice guitar how you can use it in your live performances, and how you can use it to just

plain have fun.

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All right.

So I'm going to cover some very basic stuff about a loop pedal.

I'm going to talk about the number one problem most players have when using a loop pedal and that is getting the timing right

so that the loop is seamless.

And then I'm also going to talk about some of the ways that I use a loop pedal in live performances and for practicing.

So whether you're brand new to loop pedals or you have experience with them, I hope that

you can take something away from what I talk about here.

So let's get started with the very basics.

So a lupor pedal is a stopbox

and you use it to record and play back

you're playing on the fly. You add a loop or pedal to your signal chain.

You plug your guitar into the loop or pedal, then you plug the looper pedal into your amp or

maybe you plug, maybe into a PA system or something like that.

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