Low-fidelity hiss and lots of it without digital compression.
The Lo-Fi Loop Junky loop pedal from ZVex really is low-fidelity-the recording of your guitar is filled with hiss, moan, distortion, and warped-record strangeness, but everyone will be...
This blog post from Coldplay's official site tells about Chris Martin playing with Noel Gallagher. Noel plays a loop through the ZVex LO-FI Loop Junky, which Chris Martin thinks is "the most amazing thing he’s ever heard." Noel later gives the pedal to Chris.
moreThis photo from the pedal board of Kevin Shields from [My Bloody Valentine](https://equipboard.com/band/my-bloody-valentine) displays a ZVex Hand-Painted LO-FI Loop Junky. This photo is taken from an [effects bay article](http://www.effectsbay.com/2011/08/kevin-shields-my-bloody-valentine-pedal-boards/#prettyPhoto_).
moreJ Mascis discusses his LO-FI Loop Junky Pedal in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar. At 16:44 he says, “It's a LO-FI Loop Junky just to make noise or if I break a string, I can just make a noise and make a loop while I’m switching guitars or just make a loop to play too or something.. Certain guitars are just make a loop to play to or something.”
more"I have a couple loop pedals. It’s a very lo-fi loop, so it only holds one loop—you can’t save it, really. Or you can save it, but you can only have that one loop on it then. It sounds more like it has a cassette sound to it," mentions Kim Gordon, in [this interview]( http://sheshredsmag.com/blog/im-not-a-musician-an-interview-with-kim-gordon), in which this photo of her pedalboard, with her ZVex LO-FI Loop pedal can be seen.
moreAt 3:00 of this Rig Rundown for Stephen Carpenter of [Deftones](https://equipboard.com/band/deftones), he shows off some of his gear, including a ZVex Hand-Painted LO-FI Loop Junky Guitar Effects Pedal.
moreIn this photo, posted by Lohner on his Instagram account, we can see the ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky.
moreThe LO-FI Junky can be spotted at 3:22 in the video from this [*Into The Woods* post](http://intothewoods.tv/learning-curve/episode-6).
more"Right now, it’s a Les Paul with P-90 pickups & a bigsby trem into a Z-Vex Octane 3, an SIB Mr. Echo, a Z-Vex Lo-fi Loop Junkie, & then a Z-Vex Super Hard On. Amps vary, but I like the 1965 reissue Fender Twin with the 15 inch speaker, &/or a Traynor Bassmaster head into a 1x12 cab. With Low, I’ll use smaller amps - a Carr Mercury, Fender Vibroverb, or just a Champ."
moreIn this picture you can see an early ZVex Effects Lo-Fi Loop Junky on Geoff's board.
moreIt's pretty tough to see but the ZVex Hand-Painted LO-FI Loop Junky Guitar Effects Pedal can be seen fourth from the left in Chris' pedal setup.
moreLow-fidelity hiss and lots of it without digital compression.
The Lo-Fi Loop Junky loop pedal from ZVex really is low-fidelity-the recording of your guitar is filled with hiss, moan, distortion, and warped-record strangeness, but everyone will be able to tell the loop from your real guitar. Because the processing of your direct guitar is done with a specialized bootstrap circuit with the very highest impedance circuit ZVex has developed, your direct guitar will have detail incomparable with anything you've heard before. The juxtaposition of your direct guitar against the smashed, distorted, shimmering, warbling recording of the loop mechanism will make it clear once and for all who is the guitarist and what is the machinery.
There are distinct advantages and disadvantages to this tiny, battery-saving looper pedal. You may only record one loop. There is no sound-on-sound available with this technology. But, if you unplug your cables, take out the battery, and bury it for a hundred years, the last loop you recorded will still be there when you drag yourself out of the grave and plug it in for the centennial resurrection gig. That's because the ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky uses really bizarre technology that literally crams analog signals into static digital storage cells without analog-to-digital conversion. It's pure analog storage, just like the old bucket-brigade technology, for 20 seconds straight.
Note: Due to the nature of each hand-painted Lo-Fi Loop Junky pedal, there may be a slight difference in design from the posted image.
I love the sound of this and I have more or less created an entire album around it.
Videos from my studio with it.
https://youtu.be/d4UotqtnCdI
On a Glockenspiel
https://youtu.be/DUwl0wkRM2M
https://youtu.be/_nzl4CGp418
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