Boss RC-5 Loop Station Compact Phrase Recorder Pedal

The Boss RC-5 is a beast in a small box. Super intuitive to use, with tons of memory and high-quality 32-bit sound. The LCD screen is a great addition – makes navigating loops and settings way easier. It’s built like a tank (classic Boss), and the rhythm patterns are super useful for practice or live jamming. Whether you’re a solo artist, looping ideas, or building live layers, this pedal delivers. Totally worth the investment!

Bought this for my son and grandson who use it for both keyboard and guitar. They love it!

We have the bigger version of this and love it as well as this compact looper. It's so much fun to play with Boss looping pedals or delays. It never matters that we can't recreate a sound, but we're not pros so for us it's perfect to just tap and record different phrases and layer weird stuff and keep going. Works with anything you can put a guitar cord into!

This is a great pedal. A bit of a learning curve at first but once you get it it’s easy. Make sure to turn the rhythm tracks in each memory slot you’re going to use down to under 50%. They default to 100% which Is extremely loud.

I’ve been using this pedal for a few weeks to suss out ideas for the studio and have found it to be sufficient. I really only use the memory features but there are others too, most of which seem pretty basic or possibly helpful for practicing. I probably would get the RC-1 if I could do it over tbh.

I also have a Boss RC-3.This RC-5 pedal has some really nice upgrades and with the price decrease they are a great buy.

Previous models were good, but this one is the best yet for a feature-rich compact looper pedal.Pair this up with either a Boss FS-7/FS-7 or a midi switch that can handle 4-10 options (like the MIDI Captain from PAINTAUDIO) and this thing is dynamite!

This was a gift for my talented musician who found it easy to use and does exactly what it said. He’s enjoying it!