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Post subject: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:13 pm
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Sorry if this is answered already but can you lay down a chordal melody on the M3 and then let it play as a loop, so that I can practise improvising with it. Thought I saw someone do it on a youtube video, but can't find it now.

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Post subject: Re: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:01 pm
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They might have been using an external looping unit. As far as I know, none of the Mustangs have looping capabilities.

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Post subject: Re: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:31 pm
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I've got a few vids on YouTube with my Mustang III but the loops are all from using an external looper... a Boss RC-20.
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As far as I know, none of the Mustangs have looping capabilities.
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Post subject: Re: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:10 pm
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OK - thanks both
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Post subject: Re: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:17 pm
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How to Loop with Boss rc-2 and Mustang 3 amp: HELP!
The mustang 3 has a FX loop send and return on the back. Somewhere I read that you can connect the Boss loop pedal like this: Amp send to Boss input--Amp return to Boss output. Then what? Plug guitar into top of amp. What the... Now most are just plugging guitar into Boss and Boss into amp, but why the send and return on the back of the amp? Anyone know? What does FX mean?


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Post subject: Re: Can Mustang 3 loop
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:47 pm
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FX = effects. That is, things like chorus, flanger, reverb, etc. You normally want to put those sorts of effects after the pre-amp and before the power-amp. An fx-loop lets you do exactly that, as the loop is (you guessed it) after the pre-amp and before the power-amp.

Things like overdrive, fuzz, compressor, etc, are also effects, but are normally connected to the front of the amp (ie the guitar input socket, before the pre-amp).

Note that with the Mustang (nb the amps, not "Mustang Floor"), all the internal effects are applied after the front panel input (duh, obviously) and before the fx loop send, but they're still done (usually) in the above order: ie distortions, amp sim, other effects.

As for where to put the looper pedal ("looper" in this sense meaning something completely different to the fx "loop" of course)...

If you put the looper pedal in front of the amp (ie guitar to looper pedal to amp input), then the backing track you record is just the raw guitar sound, not the sound you hear from the amp (that has been processed by the amp's effects). When you play back the looper track, it will get exactly the same tone and effects from the amp as the 'live' track you're playing over the top of the looped backing track - not the effects that were setup when you recorded it. That may be what you want, but usually it isn't.

What is more common is to put the looper pedal in the amp's fx loop, particularly for a modelling amp such as the Mustang. Yes you plug your guitar into the normal front-panel input on the amp. Then you can record your backing track onto the looper pedal, using amp/effects settings appropriate for that backing track (remember, all the Mustang's effects are applied before the fx loop, so your looper will be recording those). Then you adjust the amp to give the right settings for your 'live' track (most likely just selecting a different preset with the footswitch if really playing Live) and play that over the looper (make sure your looper is set to mix your live playing on top of the backing track, rather than to ignore its input during playback, otherwise you won't hear the live playing; don't know if your looper has such an option, just mentioning for completeness). Now, you get the looper playing with its original backing-track effects, and your live playing with the (probably different) effects you've chosen for that. Thus your live track stands out from the backing track, which is probably what you want.

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