TC Electronic Ditto 2

The ubiquitous compact looper gets a well-deserved update - but has it kept up with some stiff competition?

- MATT MCCRACKEN

THE TC ELECTRONIC Ditto 2 is the long-awaited sequel to TC Electronic's ubiquitous little gray box, AKA, the king of compact looper pedals. Building on the success of the 2013 original, which is small, robust and simple to use, the Ditto 2 aims to take all the best aspects of the OG and make them even better.

Nowadays, however, there's a lot more competition in the category of loopers, with similarly budget-priced offerings from Boss, Electro-Harmonix, NUX and Zoom all vying for space on our boards. So is Ditto 2 ready to continue TC's compact looper supremacy? Let's find out...