RC-500 Full Review & Demo w/ Chapters - Boss RC500 - Loop Station Guitar Pedal Reid's Review

00:00 Intro
00:34 Lights, Colors, Buttons & Demo
08:48 Track 1 & 2 Menu Settings
14:35 Rhythm Settings
24:16 Memory Slot Level Menu Settings
38:46 Main Menu Settings
45:27 Writing to a Memory Slot
47:25 Input & Output Signal Options
49:11 Outro

Unbiased, candid review of the Boss RC-500 Loop Station guitar pedal.

[thomaswilkinson]

If you just bought this, THIS is the video to watch before all others

[DM-cmnw]

I have been struggling with trying to use my RC500 for a few months as could not truly understand how to use this to its full potential. This video has been so informative and has helped tremendously. The breakdown and examples used completely make sense. Very appreciative of this video.

[chrispage]

SUCH a great demo, Reid! I bought one of these a few days ago, and as you know, the owner’s manual is basically useless, so I’ve been watching youtube vids all day; got a lot out of them, but I have to say, yours is far and away the best (and I’m only 7 minutes in! lol..). Thanks a million !

[christian_]

Great walkthrough. I’ve had this pedal a while and haven’t messed with the internal settings much yet. I’ve been considering writing something utilizing its capabilities rather than just doing playback improv for fun. This definitely helps and will be a good reference to come back to. Thank you

[Robin_]

What a great video! I think everyone getting this pedal should watch this!

[geldeddonkey]

If your new to loopers this is a great start with out buying a course, thankyou, you really explained items I needed to Scott🇦🇺

[Firstinversion]

This is a useful breakdown of the parameters. It is helping me figure out how to use my rc500 where other deep dives have not. Thanks!!

[OceansGroove]

Thank you. Probably the best & Full explanation video about the RC500 on YouTube!!

[andreheizer]

No other breakdown like this out there. Thank you so much.

[loveyourselfandme]

By far the best breakdown for this pedal

[jfj]

One of the Best Instructions for the Boss RC500 !

[billsstudio]

Been watching looper reviews by the millions! Reid does a good 'real world' job here. One thing I wanted to mention about my observation with loopers. If you want rhythm track capability (aka drums, percussion), it is super important to have good if not stellar drum sounds. Otherwise with my experience of the last 4 or 5 loopers I have purchased, you get very tired of the cheesy drum/percussion sounds. I think the RC-500 and RC-10 have great drum sounds and this goes a long way with me for making grooves. Also the ability to adjust another guitar/instrument track is great.

[rickthomas]

What a monumental effort!
Thanks, Reid !

[pavlenkooxa]

Great video, focused on explaining how the rc-500 works rather than showing off the guitar skills of the author as many other videos do. Thanks a lot!

[gyroplane]

I understand now why is it calles a loop Station ... and not only a looper ... it offers so many possibilitites ; thx for the video man

[gerbardtroubadour]

Greet review Reid
Just bought the rc500 and thans to your tutorial I can work with it in depth, only a few days after purchase!
Thnkxx
Gerbard

[peterweg]

Thank you so much for such an instructive and clearly explained overview of how to use this pedal. you are a natural teacher!

[goodtimefolkrock]

I just bought one of these and i really havent dived in yet but this seems very comprehensive a little overly comprehensive of superfluous stuff but it is nice to have lots of if you use an external footswitch. I just want to use the mic for creating quick beats and shaker and acoustic guitar simultaneously with the abilitiy to shut off either or both loops instantly and i think this will do the job for this in depth tutorial will be referring back to it constantly. I just subscribed

[chrisvassos]

Fantastic and thorough explanation of this smart bit of gear! Thanks very much, I'm sure I'll be referring back to it many times! Cheers

[ryantherealestateguy.]

The drum fill comes in when you change variations. You have to have a button set up to change from variation a to variation b and then you will hear the drum fill in between