Korg AX1000G

Easy to use straight out of the box, and easy enough to customize settings once you skim the manual.

I use this with a telecaster and a '65 super reverb amp. I didn't notice it to be very noisy until I bought the super reverb. Maybe it's the clean tube power bringing out what was masked by my old solid state rig. Even with all the settings bypassed, it's still too noisy for me. Yes, when I plug the guitar straight to the amp (no pedal) It's very clean.

I've stomped on this piece of gear for over 6 years with no problems.

When calling customer support I had trouble finding someone who could help with technical details on this specific item. After a few tries and a couple of weeks I got an answer. (power supply requirements, "how many mv. does it require?")

This pedal does have an incredible amount of useable distortion, and other effects, taking the place of many other pedals. The Expression pedal worked great as a volume.

dead easy to use, excellent sounds, will do almost anything. Huge bonus is the really easy to use built in 8 second looper. went from an ok guitarist to someone who could improvise leads to anything in six months. write a short loop, get the feel for it, see the target notes in your head, let it flow. best practice tool on the planet.

Into a Laney VC30, clean crunch and great soloing sounds, not bad for srv type blues but not its strongest suit.

Built like a tank, flawless for over 5 years

when you build them this well who need support. I wish korg would listen to its existing buyers though. If they put a 3 minute 2 patch memory on the looper for the ax1500g i would have stopped looking for processors, period. they left it out of the ax3000 altogether, just plain stupid!

available used for around ??50 ($100) go and get one! will completely replace a dozen stomp boxes. bought mine for ??150 ($300) five years ago, best guitar money i ever spent.

This is my favourite so far, and I've tried Pods and Boss and alsorts. I rarely find I need more than 4 presets per song so for live playing this is a great machine. I got the unit second hand and got he manual off the net.

I use the poweramp input as it gives a cleaner response to the unit's sounds. The sounds I want are there, the skanky nu-wave to the compressed wah glam rock, XTC to Thin LIzzy, and great sounds. I'm using my Tele standard and Tele custom via a fender princeton 122plus and the response is great.

That has been thrown around the back of so many gig vans and doesn't have a scratch. I have always gigged without a back up. If that went I'd be left with clean, wah, and in-built drive.

I got the manual from their website so cheers!

I have a set and each song is a group setting on the toneworks, the next song is the next setting. You don't need more than 4 settings per song. In that respect the toneworks is great. For recording the unit is easily adjustable and the prefect sound is reached. Note, recording, DI, and run through an amp for monitoring. This is the best for results.

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?, Editing?, Manual?
---Individual mode is easy.
---Editing is very easy, twist the knobs. If you have ever played with an effects processor it should be easy.
---I bought mine used, so no manual. But i have recently found the manual here.
http://www.synthman.com/korg/support/documents/AX1000G_OwnersManual.pdf

Setup: Schecter C1 elite--> Korg Ax1000g===stereo to Randall 60w 12" Solid State, and a Peavy Transtube 40w 10".

Noisy? -Nope, built in NR works great!

Effects? - If you know how to tweak them to your amp, and your environment then they work lovely.

Sounds of Fav Artists? - I liked a few of the settings so i kept the factory settings alone, and just modified the user patches for now. The Dyme setting sounds pretty accurate, esp if you use a standalone wah in front of the korg! But there is any artist you want in here to about 90%.

i bought mine used, but its metal. there are a few knobs missing, but they all function. I think as long as i dont spill anything on it and take it easy on it, it should last a while. That said, this is a replacement for a broken Ax100g...

Backup? I like to rely on my gear to perform, but in a fix i think i could get by with no effects, or just hook up my wah and fuzzbox to my amps to get a nice tone.

But if i could aford it, id have a vintage rack, and use this thing as the backup.

never delt with the company.

I play classic rock covers, blues, and fusion. This pedal has a key to my fusion jams. I use the travler setting with some ping pong delay, on the stereo amps. I also have a violin bow for Zep covers, and i use this with the traveler setting, and a stand alone wah. This effect is unique. I love it for that alone.
I have been playing for over ten years. Im 23. I would buy another korg series, prob the 1500g, but they didnt have one at my local guitar center, and i had a replacement check from the warrenty of the broken ax100g.
I tried this against a few other used effects pedals, this was the best for the price. And the stereo outs was a big dealbreaker. I wish the wah was better. But you can use a standalone wah and cool effects like the univibe at the same time. Get that intro to Machine Gun. Cant do it without the seperate pedal tho.
If you play trippy music, then buy one of these things. Its also pretty decent at emulating your favorite artists, and creating your own tone as well.

Very comfortable device to change your sound setting on the fly. Day by day I use the same presets but I a little bit change the settings depending on my mood. And it's really easy.
I bought this processor in Germany when I worked there. And of course the manual was in German. Even my modest German language skill was enough to understand how it works, but in the shop I used no manuals to research good sounds.
I don't use tap delay and ring modulation.
Individual effect mode is great! But sometimes I press the button not enough long - so it comes to the bank change mode. I know only one way to cancel it - sit down (on the stage) and press a little Exit button.
Very difficult to switch banks down. You have to be very accurate. But it's hard to imagine where to put the additional Bank Down button, because the device is long - just for my knapsack. I own a rack preamp too but it's longer, that's why it's impossible to take it as easy as the Korg AX1000G.
I'd like to have the master level control and parametric EQ (as in MetalZone, fore example, or in Digitech PR300).
When you use a metronome and want to change any effect and then to change the metronome tempo, you should swith the metronome off before (Exit button). But it's not a problem at all.

When you play alone, the sound is good. But your guitar can disappear in mix. Once I even played with other 2 guitars simultaneously (Zoom 505 and Digitech RP50). My solos sometimes were lost.
Clean sound is great. I like to play in headphones. Sometimes with chous. And always with a little reverb.
But the sound may be different depending on your mood. I don't really know - either the digital presets sound not always the same, or it's just my ears. But I have to change anything almost always. Thanks God, it's very easy.
Distortions are not bad but my tube preamp sounds better of course. And I prefer use MetalZone when I can not take the rack tube preamp.
Unfortunately the noise is very high and the N.R. should be used in amount about 80 and higher - it's not good for the sound tails and the sustain. But if you do not use any other noise gate (I bought Boss NS-2 Noise Supressor), you should use the N.R. function very strong.

as a tank

I don't really want to sell it. I use it's metronome, combo emulation, reverb and volume pedal, sometimes some chorus.
It's a great all-in-one device for it's price.
But use the analog pedals or preamps together or instead. But when it's impossible - take the AX1000G.

this thing is the most easiest effects around to get a very good sound with...guarantied. editing are great. the best way is to go through every factory presets and if u find anything good-sounding, just go from there tweak urself to heaven. manual is great.. solves everything....yeah i did a fixed the sweep on the pedal so as to get an even and good sweep with it.

iv got a laney TF-200, les paul and a washburn MG-74...vintage giutar eh...?? from 92.
anyways...the thing is not noisy at all...just use ur head with the noisereduction compact in this pedal ok?
the effects are not all weak or boring but lets say..the wha is obviously weak especially on high-gain settings(well isnt it on all wha pedals in highgaiN)but on clean and especially on the bridge pickup...well u still get a decent wha vocal sound..ATLEAST!!!
other tahn that...IMACULENT...phaser, talkbox chorus delays everything except teh picth shifter...how the heck does this effect work! plain stupidity..

my favorite dist are the tubeOD for that clean cruch raunch thing, fatdist for that responsive and depth like u were shouting in a wood hole orsomething...very woody sounding. and the british stack that emulates the JCM 800.

now u want proof eh?? see its like this...hearing is to believing just like seeing is to believing right...

LISTEN PEOPLE:..i dont know why its so mny critics in this world that judges things off its covers u know....so plain dumbass..listen

with this thing i can sound anything i want...i did recently the BROWN SOUND of EVH right spot hand on break ....and for GNR AFD albums i nailed a long time ago..maaannn sweet child o mine with this thing is pure...just use the neck and the fatdist together with the classiccab 4x12 cab and put your wah in sweetspot for that more intense vocal O ROUND SOUND TRUST MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!..and locomotive, just thesame..and off goes with welcome to the jungle...with the delay and the wha on and the britshstack man pure GNR....just tell me if yar intressted and u might wanna go back to taht store and purchase this or the ax1500 coz this two are exactley tehsame its just the ax1500 has more effects and can handle more effects atonce together.


oh get a load with this..C*M shots hahahaha I WAS JUST USING MY COMPUTER`S SPEAKERS ON THIS EFFFECT THING ..just plugged it in this thing and my guiitar stright no turns...man it already sounded good what IF i put my Laney amp with this thing ...ho would it sound then...

just 9 coz someeffects especialy the wha is not top notch...but hejj...its still usable... oh and PS: the compresssor cant be i repeat cant be combined with the other dist on this floorboard effect.

very dependable...housing is made of steel...and the pedal too is steel... no pot on the pedal just electronics so there will be no squeaky pots now eh???? but still needs re-calibration friom time to time..

no backup needed...no 500 effect in a line could replace this hahahah

no costomer suppert...never needed it anyways..

no repairs...only thing did was general cleaning on this coz this was purchased used coz it been discontinued but then there wioll be always the ax1500 around..
oh and did the sweep upgrade i did to even and smoothen the sweep of the peadal.

overall..just read the " sound" part ok? too lazy ..
yeah i play solid 80s and early 90s rock thats all...80s is were music should be..the clothing the hair styles...oh dont forget the girls 80s hairstyle..jut like courtney cox on friends used to have in the 80s. man i just sa aclip on her in the 80s with that hair and man...shes so ssoo sosoosos gorgeous...i mean the eyes. her hair the contour of her face. the brown complexcion wowowowoiiii..

stolen? yeha right ...kidding me eh?? no one robs old tony here me...i kill him and make him steal one for me i the store...STEAL THE AX-1500 FOR ME BIATCH!!!!

yes i did compareed it like the digitechs, the behringer v-amp or something but i found this easy to play was very worth it and yeah, was so happy with it.

man i wish the wha was superior but hey..just plug in a separate crybaby with this and off u go..

yes it help...neednt even need quality cables with this coz it still sound like u got ones hehhe...and yes the best future here is the presence knob wich can be located in the AMP area...wich my laney it wished had..

by gotta go..

- Before I begin, I'd like to point out that I am posting a review after using this unit for almost five years. That's five years; averaging 100+ gigs a year, plus uncounted rehearsals and woodshedding. I have run this unit through the ringer, and it's come up smiling.

- When I first brought it home, I took maybe ten minutes with the manual, and I was building sounds almost immediately. Very easy to get good sounds. Probably the most intuitive multi-fx I have ever worked with. The manual isn't big, but it's clear and concise.

- The display is excellent, can be seen in broad daylight. However, the lights are very difficult to see in daylight (I played an outdoor festival gig). I had to do a lot of fiddling in order to get the sounds I needed for each song. Irritating. Other than that, this is extremely easy to use live. Modifying presets on the fly is a breeze.

- My biggest criticisms have to do with the Sample & Play, the Tap Tempo, and Banking Down. I've given up working with the first two, since the trigger (on the Toe-Down end of the expression pedal) is too difficult to trigger with any reliability. To Bank Down, you have to press two switches at the same time; very fiddly to get right. A pain if you have to change sounds live.

- Switching to Individual mode makes this unit even more useful Being able to switch fx on and off (like a row of stompboxes) is very handy for different textures during a song. And trying out new sounds on the fly has never been easier.

- Another concern is that it doesn't seem to work well with other fx. I have a Vox wah, a Boss Loop Station and a Yamaha FX-500, and I get a lot of noise when I hook them up. This unit doesn't like to play with others! To be fair, both the FX-500 and the wah could use some repairs.

- I mainly use this unit with either an Epiphone Dot (w. Gibson 57 Classics) or a Gibson Les Paul (Seth Lover/JB). I've also used this with a Strat, a Tele, and a Danelectro 12-string. This unit sounded great with all guitars. This unit is meant to be used with an amp. Recorded direct, it lacks midrange and punch. It is very clear, and doesn't suck the tone (whether using it through my Marshall DSL or Fender Blues Junior).

- Distortions are a mixed bag. Compression is useless, most of the distortions aren't great, with the exception of the Rat, Top Boost and Big Muff simulators. I use those regularly (except with the Marshall, where I use the amp distortion). Very digital-sounding at high levels. The cabinet sims aren't that true to life; treat them as preset EQ tweaks. Then they're very handy. Chorus, flanger, phaser, Uni-vibe are great, tremolo and auto wah are acceptable, the wah is okay (but not a patch on a real Vox wah), the ring modulator is goofy fun. The only real disappointment is the Pitch Bend. Good only for Atari sounds.
- The delays are worth the cost of this unit alone. Very sweet. The only criticism (other than the all-but-useless Tap Tempo) is that you can't input precise delay times. But considering the cost of this unit, I can live with that. This unit has turned me into a delay junkie.

- This unit is exceptionally sturdy; nearly bulletproof. The only problem is that the knobs have fallen off. At least one has gone for good. The other concern is that I've had to tighten the treadle for the expression pedal at least twice.

- I have owned this unit for five years, and I have played uncounted gigs without a backup. The only problem I had was the flimsy adaptor. I just walked into the nearest surplus store and bought two more adaptors. After that, I've had no problems. This thing is built like a tank.

I have never had to deal with Korg on a repair issue. This speaks volumes about the unit's reliability, considering how much I've used it over the past five years. And I'm not gentle!

- I have been playing for almost 20 years, and I play all kinds of music, from punk crunch to shoegaze to covers gigs to commercial sessions to backing various singer-songwriters. It has been indispensible for almost five years. If it was lost or stolen, I would immediately go out and buy another (or buy its successor, the 1500G). I estimate that, if I bought each individual effect, it would cost me well over $1000. The Korg doesn't sound exactly like the models it imitates, but it's close enough to get pro quality tones from it. Everyone who has ever heard me play through this thing has been impressed with the tones I get. And it comes at a very affordable price.
- When looking at this unit, I compared it to comparable models from Boss or Digitech. The Korg beat all of them, both in price and sound quality. I'm giving the AX1000G a 10, because it is such an excellent value. Well done, Korg!

Too many parameters and sub-parameters to get the tone you are looking for. Takes way too long to dial in what you want. And the knobs are too small.

It's a digital device, it sounds digital. Nothing in it is overwhelming but I have heard worse but not by much.

The first one I bought had a pedal button (the ones you step on to change the sounds) go bad within six months. The new one seems to be ok (Thanks to Guitar Center for exchanging the defective one for a new one!)

Great website. But I haven't called their customer care phoneline. Jury is still out on this one.

It's an ok effects board if you have nothing else. I bought it because I live in a condo and thought it would be a perfect compromise for having a floor full of pedals. I got burnt on that deal, the Korg is not out and the floor has my TS-9 and my Vox wah on it soon to be joined by a MXR phaser. I try to play all kinds of styles but it's mostly blues and heavy rock with the occaisional prog thing thrown in.

This is a great multi fx pedal. Its very easy to get usable sounds out of it. It may not have as much to offer than some pedals but I love the design and the ease of use. The built in tuner kicks ass.

To be honest most of the stuff this pedal has to offer is really good. The amp models sound good and the metal distortion if really great. Very responsive and thick sounding. Shit pickups could give you a problem though. I mainly use the eq off of the amp so I set my channels eqs to treble 6, mids 10, bass 5. It really cuts through this way. The acoustic sim kicks ass too. All the effects are the way they should be, USABLE, unlike some pedals Ive had. Mod delay is great for lead channels. Dont count on using the expression pedal that much though, it just dosnt have any range. Its only really usable as a volume pedal.

buy another adaptor because the korg one is really crappy. I just got a one spot adaptor and that thing is way better. All metal casing is a big plus.

havnt delt with

Ive put so much money into boss and digitech its not even funny. Dont get me wrong theyre good companys but korg did something that they couldnt do. Make a great easy to use pedal for the right price. I know you could find boss and digitech pedals at this price range but they wont be as good as the korg. Remember this pedal is not really for the deep editor kind of guy but more for the working musician that needs good sounds. And Korg delivered.

It is very easy to use this unit. It took me no time to figure out which buttons to press to get the sounds I looked for. Editing was even easier... I had no manual since I got it from a friend, but I just searched and pressed where it seemed natural!! You gotta love it for that

I use this board in a keyboard setup with a KORG workstation/synthesizer. I can improve all the sounds from the keyboards with the board. It is very good in rock settings with a keyboard. Especially the effects are real good and the talk, chorus and phaser sounds great

I would without a doubt use this in a live setting

don't know

This is the board that suits me the best as a keyboard player in a rock band. If I should get another one I would probably buy the ax1500g.... but I figure except from the extra effects and sound they are much alike