Demo of the Boss SL-20 Slicer Pedal

[sweetpea7292]

can you plug in a mic and a guitar to this at once?

[U2Mike8393]

@sweetpea7292 probably using both inputs it has.

[orangeandhoney]

damn i want the pedal but i also want his skills

[willeng84]

After watching and reading everything about this my conclusion is: Its a cool box for what it is, but its pretty much a drum synth machine that allows you to set a key to jam with. Other than that really a drum machine and the Roland RC 50 would do a better job but its alot more money, its just a rhythmic sampler but really it just puts your notes into any one of 50 set rhythmic patterns.

[spawn10317]

idk to me it sound the same every time when he uses it

[nrl1987]

if you program it correctly it can essentialy act as a virtual killswitch

[TheMultiSchmu]

sounds like 80s porn music - epic win!

[DavidBookless]

Why do they always demo these things with old dinosaurs playing 80's rock riffs. It bears no relevance to how someone might use it to make music today.

[prototypep4]

is that a boss gt 10 over on the right?

[PlatinumTv]

@prototypep4 Yes, with an expression pedal next to it!

[stevieVantanna]

If I was a watching a band in a club and the guitarist started played this stuff - heads would bob

[stevieVantanna]

Those Roger Linn pedals do this stuff and SO much more.

[DannyDesperate]

@stevieVantanna

My RL Black Box (bought new) lasted for around 12 hours before suddenly dying. Support was really ****, even they couldn't fix it - I gave up in the end. New Tech drives me nuts, I can't just replace a capacitor or re-solder a joint. Once it goes, you are screwed. Meanwhile I still have a Vox wah-wah from 1972 which works perfectly.

PS I'm not slagging Boss either, as I had a Boss wah-wah for years as well without problem.

PPS I like wah-wah pedals .

[Saschzilla]

Funny Shoes, Dude!

If I got it right, ist for rhythm-legasthenics, who refuse to practice timing ... I buy it!

[charmister]

love his dancing. Thanks for the demo

[parlezuml]

The day that amplification takes over creativity is the day I hang up my violin

[jakeblandjk47]

the problem with all these kinda fx, is that when people show them they always say 'its like...' 'this pedal sounds like the...' etc. its not the real thing, the real thing sounds better.

if you guys want a better and cheaper (sometimes) option, get an actual band together and actually make music. dont let the gear take over... the Day that technology takes over creativity is the day i hang up my guitars.

[crohno]

@jakeblandjk47 it's not technology taking over creativity it's using this technology to enhace creativty

[novaovan]

what the fuck happend to playing just guitar as opposed to playing with these fancy toys.

[goingwithzed]

because hendrix and page didnt have pedals doing crazy effects? *rolls eyes*

[chrisdgoldie]

@goingwithzed

True that. Crazy effects are only cool if the person using them is fundamentally a good musician (Page, Hendrix, etc).  No amount of effects can doctor up an unskilled musician.

[goingwithzed]

@chrisdgoldie and a visionary musician can use stuff like this tastefully and well. It's just a way to push the envelope creatively. Blues and retro rock been done (not meaning to slack white stripes and such but even jack uses a POG and wammy pedal).

Gotta push the envelope to avoid recreating the same shit with a new genre (rolls eyes at chickenfoot... like wtf)

[ProjectaVellum]

@goingwithzed i don't think the pedals they were using were really "crazy" wah, octavia, fuzz?

[sneakonproductionz]

@goingwithzed whole lotta love from live at the bbc? 

[shipiboconibo]

You mean before they invented these fancy toys? People have played with these fancy toys since they've been around (for decades)... guitar is fun, not competition to see who can play best under laboratory conditions :)

[firesidemusic]

the reason people use these kind of toys is because they dont want to be copying the classic sound of the great legends. sure its always good to have classic sounds, but these kind of toys is how bands create their own sounds and become legendary

[guitar4evr24]

what kind of distortion is that??

[HiggsFenderU2]

Wat's on the Head of his guitar?

[morganchavis]

I think it's a pick holder.

[rc679945]

what kind of drum machine are you using?

[classical193]

so is this thing bassicaly a loop pedal

[timjmoran]

no.. not really..the main thing it does is to create rhythmic patterns out of chord progressions you play. it just happens to have a Looping feature built into it. It's really pretty fun- the patterns & grooves you can set up are pretty addictive!( but in a Good way) Only danger, I reckon, is overusing it, since it essentially does the one thing( w/ 50 variations) really well.

[gblaisg]

can you use the looper without the slicing ?

like, use it as a loop pedal ?

[gblaisg]

and can you overdub ?

[drumgroovy]

You can just loop a sample. I don't think you can overdub, but you can play over it.

[aronkarmusic]

yes you can

[drumgroovy]

You can go to the Boss website and view the full demo for this. It's more in depth.

[drumgroovy]

No. DId you have the video on mute?

[AndySan]

It is a loop pedal...on crack!!!

[WithExtremePrejudice]

No, this thing is nothing like a loop pedal at all.

[guitar4life9]

i absolutely love this pedal. i use it like a regular tremolo but i also really love the harmonic modes.

the only problem with this pedal is the noise it makes, but i take it out with the isp noise decimator, which is a better noise gate than the boss ns-2. i say that being an owner of 10 boss pedals =].

[eerieinhabitants]

go watch the demo of this on their site.. insane.. this shit even has looping

[Th3wh1tee]

fuck line 6.

[SkeletinProductions]

i like this guys demo he does thing he doesn't talk it all

[eatmedouche]

wat?

[KurtisWM]

I think what he meant was that he let the pedal do all the talking rather than ramble on about the features of it

[halostereo]

BADASS!

[mauroo33]

... actually I don't understand well this fx....

[robinmues]

Ik like to see a demo with ONE SL-20 , and nothing else .. Guitar to SL to Amp ..

Thanks..

[RandyFoxKiller]

dude theres a all SL-20 demo on Boss's website @ bossus dotcom

[zxXTruMpXxz]

@robinmues Okay, so you'll get everything you heard from 2:00 to 2:42 just without a drum machine. Its not hard to vision.

[EarDestroyer]

bad ass pedal but does the color have to suck so badly

[Size108]

NAF!!!

[ofdarknessandlight]

noo, I don't think it's naff! lots of things might be but not this! I would get one but not for guitar..

[ofdarknessandlight]

yeah the way he's paying it, it's a bit naff... but for more electronic music it'd be awesome, though I wouldn't use it too much with a guitar...I reckon it would be good for messing with drums and keyboards

[jorelpogi]

what does NAF mean? haha

[trunkeight]

The future is here. Finally something linking Guitarists with the dance world without that horrible midi guitar synth.

[stevieVantanna]

i wish i had all the equipment he's using...I would be in heaven!

[lesscunning]

kind of weird. but is still WANT IT!!!

[katanakaiser]

Man I want a Slicer!

[chaseishotter]

THAT IS SWEET!