I received my Ribbons today. After playing with it for about an hour I can safely say that this pedal is definitely worth its price. It’s well designed and packs so many quality features, and as others have already mentioned, the menu system is intuitive and enjoyable to use. It only took about 20 mins for me to fully grasp how to navigate between the different pages and the touch modes.
I will say though, it’s gonna take me a bit more time to remember the context of each knob within all of the different parameter pages. Same goes for the looper. It requires a few button combos to navigate, which I can imagine might be an issue for guitarists who are wanting to seamlessly jump between loop layers. This shouldn’t be an issue for those who are using their Ribbons with a midi foot controller though, since all of the Ribbon’s parameters can be mapped to midi.
One last thing- this pedal sounds absolutely gorgeous! All of the tape parameters are spot on and give you a detailed level of control. The reverb is lush, and the touch modes add an experimental quality, while remaining very usable. I imagine the crushed tape and disintegration loop will be my go-to touch modes, since I found them to be particularly complimentary to the types of sounds I make. It’s amazing to think they were only added in the latest firmware!