Well constructed and very easy to use , great when you play by yourself ! Very impressed!!!

I have used plenty of loopers but was wanting something that did more to add to the experience without requiring a network of independent devices, or a PhD in looping. This Trio+ is a perfect fit for me. It has a reasonably intuitive and direct interface - one which is easy enough to grasp straight out of the manual. I didn't need to surf through a bunch of YouTube videos to get going. My only hiccup was solved when I realized that I needed to turn my acoustic guitar's electronic volume up higher than 0 in order for my playing to register on the Trio+ ... I know, lol. Simply put - I just plugged in my guitar, set the Trio+ to learn from my playing - strummed in a slow, crisp chord progression - then reviewed the Trio+ created melody, playing it back and clicking through the different musical styles, until I had found one with a drum and bass rhythm that I could use. That's all it takes and I am usually off and running from there. But if the playback loop result doesn't sound good from the start, I just clear the input and try again until I get a good resulting melody from the Trio+ song creator.From there I can adjust the playback speed faster or slower to dial in the groove. In less than 5 minutes I have a backing track or song part that I can use for practice or further creation. I can add layers with more content to the basic melody, like adding counter strumming or finger styling. Either using the initial melody loop straight out of the Trio+, or with some additional layers looped in, I can make the perfect killer track with which to improvise lead, keyboard or other instrument accompaniment. With the Trio+ I can also create a progression of tracks to function as a song's various parts, and use the FS3X footswitch included in this package to advance the song parts into a beginning to chorus and back progression without ever taking my hands off of my instrument and interrupting my playing. Best of all, I can save my track and song segments to use again any time that I want. This has been great because it easily allows me to try different approaches and techniques to see how each changes the overall melody and arrangement. I didn't even know that I was able to do things like that!As an example, to start out I made a quick blues track Chords: Bm - Em - Bm - G7 - F#7 - Bm to create a playback track which I still use all the time to play and practice with my various other instruments. I have a couple of songs set up in segments as well. I use them to jam with on my electric or keyboard. The Trio+ is easy to connect and plays nice with all my other devices. There is no annoying electronic hum to contend with and the sound quality coming out of the Trio+ is excellent.The included photo shows how I currently have my Trio+ set up to take input from a Boss GT-1 multi-effects pedal. After strumming in and teaching the Trio+ my basic melody, I get a bass and drum groove going, then experiment with all kinds of effects on my electric from there. Feel like playing some Country, no problem. Feel more like some Fusion Jazz, can do. If it's more of a blues night, dim the lights and go to town. The Trio+ is as creative in any style. I just set the foundation and play it out from there. I really like the way I can get a backing track or song part, and then play over it in a number of different keys or styles. I have gotten so much better using this simple pedal and set-up. I can run the output through headphones or send it directly to my amp.One thing I would mention, there is a video by The Pedal Guy on YouTube where he explains exactly how to set up and properly use the FS3X footswitch included in this bundle. The FS3X in my bundle came with no separate manual and I could not find anything on they manufacturer's site explaining how it functions, and what it's various modes will allow it to do. That is well worth a look. I took a few notes that I added to the manual to help me remember how to get it's pedal functions the way I need prior to using the Trio+ for a session. It is easy enough to remember though once you know how you want the foot inputs to function for you. With the FS3X switch on the floor (and its cord has plenty of length for comfortable positioning) I can do everything hands free and never have to put down my instrument. That ability alone makes this bundle well worth getting.Hope this helps. Have fun.

First, this bundle from Gear Tree is by far the best deal going. Ordering the unit, power supply, and footswitch from a well known instrument store I do a lot of business with (who doesn't have a bundle and sells each separately) would have cost me $100 more than here. And Gear Tree throws in two long, quality guitar cords and two path cords on top of that.This thing is just cool. Having an instant "band-in-a-box" to play with is the best solution I've seen for practicing, and it's also a powerful writing/composing tool. To use it in a live situation wouldn't be perfect, but would work pretty well if set up right ahead of time.The flexibility is pretty amazing. Play your chords/rhythm one way to "teach the band", if it's not just like you wanted just strum them again in a slightly different way. Then you have almost endless tweaks. 12 genres and 12 styles for each, for a total of 144 different ways for the drums and bass to play along BEFORE you do anything else. Clicking the "intensity" button for the part changes it yet again. Three levels of complexity from the "simple bass" button gives you more options. Change the tempo and the parts will adjust slightly even more. Even cooler, you can use a second looper to record the part (or DAW or other recording device if actually recording) and adjust the accompaniment on the fly. With only the slightest bit of practice, it becomes simple to move between styles, genres, turn intensity on and off, and click through the simple bass options while it's playing without missing a beat, to give you literally endless options.Highly recommended.

Unit came packaged nicely with a footswitch, 2 patch cables, 2 instrument cables, and a printed Quick Start guide. Trio Plus functions as advertised and is a blast to compose songs with, create covers of your favorite songs, and especially helpful to work out melody lines and guitar leads at full speed with better rhythmical complexity. While it's not perfect, you can work around most of the shortcomings (e.g. starting and stopping a song gracefully for instance) and the positives are many: (1) varied genres and styles, (2) variable tempo control, (3) guitar tones, (4) drum/bass/looper playback volume controls, (5) effects loop, and (6) a headphone jack with volume control. My guitar rig doesn't work well as the band playback device (voiced too mid-rangy) although it does work ok for certain styles. The unit has a PA out jack and it works very well into a PA (Bose) or to a studio mixer (Yamaha) with bi-amped studio speakers (M Audio). If you don't have a metronome or a good time-keeping sense about you, sometimes it may seem hard to add layers and parts the way you desire. You also have to be sensitive when recording the band track to make sure what your string/chord voicing produces the desired bass lines and drum parts. My playing has improved in the last two weeks since I've had it. Have fun - best $299 I've spent in a long time.

I love this thing. It is not perfect, but for a lone, home player like me, it is way better than regular looper; it makes playing much more interesting/fun, changing tempo and feel on the fly. I also own the regular, cheaper trio. The trio+ is a HUGE improvement--tunes are saved to sd card; can switch genres within a single song; 3 possible bass lines for whatever is currently playing (via simple button push); can program the sequence of song parts. On the sequence, each song has a max of 5 parts, but sequencing can repeat parts. So say i have a three part song, A B C. It can be sequenced in any order, with repeats, for example, A A A B A C C B A. Next, Having the looper function as part of the trio+ is the only way to effectively integrate overdubs. I tried using the regular trio with a seperate looper, but it proved impossible to get the parts perfectly synchronized. The cheaper trio can't do any of what i just listed.My biggest complaint about the cheaper trio is the inability to save songs. It can sometmes take an hour or more to teach trio a song and have it interpret as i want. Not being able to save that work when moving to a new song is what motivated me to buy the expensive trio+.What I don't like on trio+:--The timbre of drums is inferior compared to the cheaper trio. On the trio+, they much more digital and sterile, more casio-toy-like.--on the trio+, the style selector knob's detentes do not exacly match the led and actual selection of a style. Thus, very often, I turn the knob and miss the selection i am looking for, as the actual selection jumps/skips. This is especially annoying when making a selection on the fly, while "jamming". I suspect this might be a quality control issue and specific to the unit i have.--i wish i could switch songs on the fly, without latency. Parts within a song switch instantly, on the beat, without latency. However, switching songs requires stopping the play to load the new song. The switch of songs takes about 2 seconds. This makes medleys impossible--cannot connect one song to the next.All in all, the trio+ is great fun and reinvigorated my playing. Even with a couple of flaws, i love it. It is far superior to the regular trio, but it is also way more expensive.