I’m a big fan of both Mooer’s Micro / Mini and X2 series, while I think NUX has stolen a march with its Mini TRS Stereo pedals - that Mooer has yet to answer. Mooer is still though the archetypal Mini Pedals Brand - with so many great examples in that diminutive format - including fantastic gain, modulation and utility pedals - and the formidable Micro Preamp Series. Mooer also produce Mini guitar amps like the Little Monster 5w Tube Amp which is a tiny lunchbox head that’ll turn into a roaring beast when plugged into a 2x12 or even 4x12 cab!

The Looper X2, like with other X2 devices, includes Stereo I/O and a ¼” External Control out for connecting a footswitch as well as True Bypass to stay quiet when not in use. This little knob can control the volumn of loop. Can’t hear your SOLO? Turn down your volumn a little bit!The Micro Looper II is a powerful and compact loop pedal that provides an impressive 480 minutes of recording time spread across three Banks. This also means you can record by plugging directly into the interface and get a great direct guitar sound and use your other effects pedals in front of the preamp as if it were a normal guitar amp. All of the preamp pedals in the range have been modelled after famous guitar sounds to give you access to those great tones at a fraction of the cost. Pedals like the UK Gold 900 and Brown Sound 3 will probably give you an idea of the sounds you can expect. The Looper X2 is the culmination of over a decade of experience - developing easy-to-use standalone and combination pedals. The Looper X2 supercharges practice sessions as well as live performances by empowering the player to start jamming as soon as possible.

Featuring three Banks and 16 slots per bank, the Multi-Saving-Slot Micro Looper Pedal offers users up to 480 minutes of recording time, with each slot providing up to 10 minutes. The pedal also includes unlimited recording layers / overdubs, allowing musicians to easily create complex and layered loops.The Mooer range is vast, but quite simply split making it easy to navigate. Though they started out as a company producing only mini pedals, they recently announced their Pro Series including the Devin Townsend Signature Ocean Machine Delay & Reverb pedal. Worry about losing your recordings after you cut off power? No need to worry, MICRO LOOPER will save all the loop recordings data automatically when the power is off. You will never lose your inspiration!

I own about a dozen Mini Mooers of various stripes - and each of them does a fantastic job, while to date I only have one of the X2 Series - or namely the X2 Model X Preamp - which rounds up a load of Mooer’s Micro Preamps into a single enclosure - and those presets / algorithms mostly sound very analog in style with no noticeable hard or brittle Digital artefacts - some require some finesses on the dial in - but nearly all those varieties can sound pretty spectacular.This pedal only uses high grade components so that the signal going in and coming out of the pedal sound as close as possible. This means that no matter how much you layer up your sound will still be your sound so you can take this pedal live without worry.