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Hi again....There have been some questions about the DL4 from folks looking to invest their hard earned currency in an easy-to-use looper. I really do have to recommend the DL4. It is very useful, versatile, and easy to use. And to echo another on the list....very portable. My "Pack-it-up easy" rig is my bass to a Line 6 MM4, a Line6 DL4 and amp. While it does not have all the features of JamMan, EDP, or Repeater it does have some very cool features in a very easy to use format. It has GREAT sound quality, it is rugged and reliable.....and very affordable. Just a little story about mine: I have a grant to teach music and Calif. State prisons (oh, the things we do to avoid getting a real job). In November I was asked to do a short "tour" of some institutions and play several concerts as a solo bassist. I wanted to do loop/bass stuff, but for security concerns was not allowed to bring rack mounted things in...pedals were OK, tho.(easier to open up and search for contarband I guess). I had demo'd and was intrigued by the DL4 (My friend Rick Walker had raved about it) so I tried to get one...really fast. Ordered from the internet Mars Music.com.I had about a week before the "tour" started.... it arrived pronto. But it was defective. Made some crazy-assed noise like the Ring Modulator from Hell (which was, in a David Torn sort of way, cool....but not what I needed). I contacted MArs to get a new one, but the corporate red tape said that they had to get the bad DL4 back before they could send me out a new one. One of their Cust. Service reps said maybe Line6 could help me out. He contacted Line 6 for me and within an hour of that Line 6 called me at home. I explained my dilemma. It was now thurs. afternoon and my first show was to be that coming Monday. I was readying myself to do a tour of my best Jonas Hellborg solo acoustic bassist imitations. Line 6 asked to hear the defective unit over the phone....asked about batteries or AC, and had I done a reset. Then they asked how soon I needed a replacement. My response was by tomorrow. Well, Friday morning FedEx showed up with a brand new DL4 coutesy of Line6. They had overnighted it to me, and told me to send the bad one back to them at my convienience. Sure, Line6 is a big corporate monster....but they bailed me out of a jam, and took a "chance" that I would give them their defective unit. Sure, didn't cost them anything, but it gave them my respect. They broke a standard returns protocol to help out a musician..... No, I do not have an endorsement with them, nor do I work for them. I thought that I might pass on a tidbit of how one corporate musical monster does really care about their products and customer satisfaction; that is willing to take a stand behind their products. I wonder if Gibson would be willing to do such for an EDP user? In short...for the money, you can't go wrong snagging a DL4. You will love it! Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com