Bypass Looper
Can I use a looper pedal on my Roland Cube 30x - possibly by modding in an effects loop?
I've been looking into getting a looper pedal - such as the Boss RC-2 - to practice and perform with. Then, it dawned upon me that my amp, the Roland Cube 30x, does not have the send/return jacks to support the pedal in an effects loop. I've thought of two possible solutions:
1) Crack it open, cut the wire to the subwoofer and wire in two 1/4 inch jacks
2) Somehow make use of the built in, bypassing headphone jack and/or the 1/8 inch aux in.
Any idea how I would go about doing this?
I know I can place the pedal in front of the amp, but I'd like to be able to use different effects on different tracks - for example, solo with distortion without making all the background loops play distorted
Uh, can't quite see your problem...
I am confident you can have the looper in front of your amp - in other words between your guitar signal and the amp - without any problems what so ever. Sure, it's common to have delays and similar effects in the effects loop when one is present, but many put it in front of the amp.
Try one out, and I'm sure you can get by - and then some - without the effects loop. At least I would not try to modify the amp or pedal.
I use several older amps without any effects loop, and on those I always place the effects in between the guitar and amp input.
If you're still unsure you might want to contact Boss support and ask them.
Great Boss product, by the way 
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True Bypass Loop Pedal?
I have the following pedals
Wah
Tuner
Delay
Chorus
Distortion
Overdrive
Fuzz
Noise Supressor
EQ
Ive also got a bypass looper. Its got 2 loops, one i will put the tuner in (Korg DT 10) but im unsure about the second. What do you suggest
im thinking i might put the delay and chorus in.
Or just the wah
actually im really confused. Got any ideas?
put the distortion on