Re: Line6 DL4

["max valentino" <ekstasis1@hotmail.com>]

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
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