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Guitarist november 2015

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nyone who has used a basic looping pedal

will know how enjoyable and creative it can

be and may soon want to take things further

with a larger, more complex pedal that expands the

basic functionality, perhaps with multiple loops.

The 22500, recently launched by Electro-Harmonix,

could fall into that category, as it’s capable of two

simultaneous stereo loops, loop A and loop B, which

can be totally independent of each other or linked in a

variety of ways. The pedal will accept a normal mono

guitar signal or a stereo input and is also equipped with

an XLR input (with switchable phantom power) so you

can plug a microphone in.

The 22500 records its high-quality 16-bit/44.1kHz

audio in wav format directly to a removable SDHC

card slotted into its rear panel. Cards from 4GB to

32GB capacity are supported, each having the capacity

for 100 banks of two loops each, but the pedal comes

supplied with an 8GB card that’s good for 12 hours

of recording. On that card, you’ll ﬁnd a choice of 16

rhythm loops for use as a rhythmic reference when

recording your playing. A USB connection allows the

transfer of ﬁles between the 22500’s memory card and

computer, so you can back up any loops that you record

and maybe transfer them to a DAW. Conversely, you

can also load wav ﬁles from your computer into the

memory banks and designate them as loop A or loop

B in the bank. You can also load new rhythm loops to

supplement or replace the factory ones.

For a three-footswitch pedal, the 22500 is actually

relatively compact, but those three switches are still

practically spread out. Two footswitches take care

of functions for loops A and B respectively, while the

third stops and starts playback and also operates as

ELECTRO-HARMONIX

22500 Dual Stereo looper £199

ABOVE The 22500’s

dual loops can be

manipulated in a variety

of ways, in either

‘freeform’ or ‘locked

together’ modes

If the 45000’s four loops were more than you needed, EHX’s latest effort

puts two loops in a smaller, less-expensive package

Words Trevor Curwen Photography Joby Sessions

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electro-harmonix Electro-Harmonix 22500 Dual Stereo Looper £199 If the 45000’s four loops were more than you needed, EHX’s latest effort puts two loops in a smaller, less-expensive package Words Trevor Curwen Photography Joby Sessions A nyone who has used a basic looping pedal will know how enjoyable and creative it can be and may soon want to take things further with a larger, more complex pedal that expands the basic functionality, perhaps with multiple loops.
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eleCtro-HarMoNIX LEFT The Signature Echo is fully stocked with knobs and buttons for on-the-ﬂy tweakability of the 64 user-editable echo patches onboard a tap tempo switch. You can add a dedicated dual Loop Controller footswitch (£65), which offers loop selection – the loop up and loop down footswitches move through the 100 loop banks either 1 or 10 banks at a time.