Korg AX1000G

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

The korg Ax 1500g is very easy to use and its a simple and a little complicated to the ppls who don't know abts sounds.Other wise its cool to use.This one is easy to be used on stage in case of unwhanted feedbacks u can edit your patch on the stage with out fear.

The sound quality is ok when compared to the V-amps ,the cabinets are good and the drive amp is ok,wha sucks big time ,the ring mode and u-vibe are of no use to me , the ambience is the best the effects are cool and delays are ok..over all its just ok.

Yeah pretty good at this issue its and very reliable one......

Now this is not gonna happen in INDIA

I play progressive music i feel like i deserve a better pro set that what i have.I have a jacksone wrxt war with two humbucks.I feel like its time for a new guitar.

Easier to use that my Boss ME-30. I like the knobs- easier to edit in manual mode during gigs. I think that?s always going to be the big selling point for these.

I reviewed this once before and I bagged it. I sold it to a mate but have recently borrowed it again because I needed the mod delay (my Ibanez DML-10 mod delay has gone to a better place) , which the ME-30 doesn?t have. I was much too hard on it before. Maybe I had a crap amp and just wasn?t accustomed to the subtleties of FX. Anyway, the dist is actually pretty good- just keep the gain down, except for compressed distortions. Other FX are all great with the exception of flange- for the life of me I can?t get rid of the chorus-y overtones- drives me nuts. And that?s on 'classic flanger' and on 'chorus/flanger'. I only got a decent flange tone when I set it up through the mod delay.

This time, no complaints re reliability, but the time that I wrote about previously (where it started buzzing furiously right before a gig and then came good 5 minutes before we went on) makes me a bit twitchy.

Even though I don?t think that Korg products are as reliable as Boss, Boss could really something re customer service by looking at Korg?s website. Any notice that Boss don?t publish ANY manuals on their website?

Much better than I originally stated. Sorry Korg. It?s all quite adequate (don?t forget, it?s a lot cheaper than a GT-6, so don?t expect that kind of goodness) and infinitely more user-friendly than the ME-30. Although, I do think the ME-30 does sound marginally better and the new ME-50 may be even more user friendly than the Korg. It?s good that we have a couple of quality choices now.

This unit is very easy to use. I have never used the factory presets for anything, but have managed to fill up the other 40 they give you. It would be nice to be able to have access to the full 80 slots rather than have a bunch of presets nobody ever uses. Manual is small but straightforward. I haven't seen it for a few years, and can't remember everthing in it. There is a way to calibrate the pedal, but only did that once upon first usage. Editing is a snap.

Sound quality of the unit itself is very good. But, depending on what you are running it through, it could vary. I have used this unit with a couple of different setups. I use 2 Fender Strats, one is a stock Deluxe Super Strat, and the other is/was a Lone Star Strat that I modified with new pickups in a H/S/H config. When I first got the AX1000G I was running it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, then miked through the PA. This setup sounded best without using the amp sims. I don't think there is really any way to make a 1-12 tube amp like what the sims are supposed to be. It's just to colorful. Now I am running it direct thru an eq to it's own PA. QSC 1400 watt power amp, 2 Yorkville SP210 subwoofers and 2 Yorkville tops in stereo. This is my onstage setup. I could just go direct into the mixer, but I wanted some sound on stage to resonate my guitar for harmonics and monitoring purposes. The amp sims really come into their own through the clean power. The acoustic simulator never really worked very well through the Fender, but sounds pretty authentic through the PA. It also seems to sound better witht a single coil pickup. I can now dial in pretty much any sound I hear on my cd collection. From a jangly SRV kind of sound to a really heavy KoRnish, to tubey classic sounds. The clean sounds of the sims are nice also. I tend to use the blackface 212 most though. Chouruses are allright, I don't lay on effects to thick usually, except for the Pink Floyd patches that I made. The delays are great. The autowah is nice, but I don't use the Vox wah. I don't have any use for some of the uncommon effects like the pitch shifter and ring modulator.

It's pretty dependable, I have had it for about 4 years now and the only real thing wrong is the #3 button is starting to get a little intermittent. Maybe one of my kids spilled something in it? Also once at practice, I got some good country radio through it on my high gain patch :-). I wouldn't gig without a backup, but I have a backup for everything just in case.

Haven't had to yet....there is that #3 button though...

I have been playing in the same variety band for about 6 years now with varying setups. http://abe.midco.net/vitalsignz
This is a very nice tool for my type of play. I'm not a real "tone-freak" like some musicians are. If it's close, it's ok. The drunks I play for 99% of the time don't care if it's authentic or not. I've used rack gear and a maze of floor pedals before, but I am coming back to the Korg. For a long time I was just using it at home with the headphones (which sounds incredible by the way). If it were stolen or lost, I'd probably get the 1500 because this one is about 4 years old now anyway. I love the tones through my "PA" style setup. I don't really like it through a regular guitar amp. I think I like the acoustic sim the best...or maybe US high gain in the 4x12 modern...ugh, must be a tie. I didn't really compare it with other stuff, but I did mess with it for a few hours at the local shop before I bought. I wish it had more storage rather than factory presets. The delay between patches isn't a very big deal once you get used to it. I really like this product. It has drasticly reduced my setup time and eliminated a lot of troubleshooting. If any of you have a large pedal setup, you know what I mean!

The knobs make for easy editing; it keeps you experimenting and creating for a long time to come. Some disortions good; some not;
indvidual mode similar to pedal board setup; compression choppy; if noise suppression is maxed will have jagged decay. Loop reverse unpredictable. cabinet simulations a little weak. The manuel is clear
and not intimidating. Editing easy. Can't run modulation block with pedal block; that sucks.Some effects pro grade! Loop is a nice feature. Slight delay time when switching to other programs/ and on/bypass. Overall is a very good multieffects. 1-10----6 1/2.

I've used single coil and hbs. tube and solid state. It's not noisy, noise reduction very good with no tone alteration. effects are not weak and some are pro quality. acoustic weak, od great, distortions=some so so some great. I get the "american woman" with the big muff; seattle, metal, the "traveler" sucks, talk wah is ok.
the wah responds different good/fair with what other effect it is working with.

I have used it on gigs without back ups. I have a program list nearby to keep up with the large quantity of programs. It is dependable;quick adjustments on stage are easy after becomeing familiar with it.

No upgrades or dealings with the company.

from do wop to Zakk Wylde to country to gospel this unit is usuable for it all. The fact that it doesnt instantly respond when pressing the black stomp switches are a little tricky. I probably would replace it if lost etc; I've used it direct recording, it responds beter in some ways as compared to in fromt of an amp. An under rated
product.

Anther update to my previous post:

The wah and volume pedal issues have been resolved. I've found three things to do to help the generally inadequate expression pedal. You can see what needs to be done at:

http://www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks in the "Guitar Shop"

ashley

I found this fairly easy to use, though reading the manual helps! However I could never get the sample & play feature to work and gave up on it. I think this box could do with a few knobs and less of the clunky footswitches. My dad was completely baffled by it, which means it's failed the general public test.

I'm giving it an 8 just because it's so good value.

The cabinet sims are so good I became addicted to them, and couldn't play with the BritStack emulation on! They really do add a lot of presence and depth to a small amp.

Distortions are okay, but noticably electronic at higher settings. I used this with a Marshall ShredMaster (one of the most natural sounding pedals around), so the only time I'll use distortion is if I want to sound synthy - good for a Blue Box emulation, though, I guess! I'd recommend getting a couple of decent distortion boxes to go with this.

Most of the effects are pretty good. The wah is a bit crap for actual funk, but makes a deep synthy sound reminiscent of the MXR Blue Box when the pedal is depressed. The Phaser is a bit blah, but the flanger and tremelo are as good a most standalone boxes. The ring mod and the other wacky effects are well-produced, though they lack the spark of, for example, an Electro Harmonix box, so I found myself using them sparingly. Chorus is nice, and the delay is very, very good. The pitchshifter and tone bend are absolutely awful, but good if you want Atari sounds.

Overall most of the effects here are 8/10 or 9/10, with the exception of the distortions (5/10). Nothing is very spectacular here, but the sheer amount makes up for it.

I was using it with my Burns guitar and a keyboard amp (for bass).

Well, I've had it for 4 years and, to my surprise, the footswitches haven't broken, though the knobs do keep falling off. The wah pedal has some kind of fault in it where using the pedal only makes a very small tone change - this can only be fixed by unplugging the box and plugging it in again. This only happens with the wah effect. Othewise this is a very solid and good-looking unit.

I've been fairly harsh with some of the ratings here, but that's got more to do with my general dislike of multieffects and this unit itself. The main problems with it (inorganic sounds, the fact that you can use a tremelo and flanger at the same time, the fact that nothing sounds exactly individual) are problems found in all but the most expensive boxes. I'm going to keep using this for it's more obscure effects (ring mod, flanger, delay, electro-fuzz), but it's been superceded by my stomp boxes for most of the time. I'd recommend this unit to someone just starting out on guitar, or to someone like me who likes to use odd effects on occasion, or to someone who doesn't feel the urge to turn all their effects on at once, turn up the amp to 11, and run away.

This was the first multi-effects unit to use knobs instead of buttons to help program effects. It is very easy and intuitive as well.

This unit models effects, classic effects. As such, it is like having 15 or so stompboxes at your disposal in one unit. Some reviews complain about a clean patch, the answer is to turn off all effects except drive. Set drive to Classic Comp with drive OFF, level 7.3, and Treble/Middle/Bass 10 each. Bing. Sounds just like your guitar when in bypass mode. Others complain about the need for two buttons to get bank down. That one is irksome, but my website below has the answer.

http://www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks

Go there to find out how to get a perfect clean patch.
Go there to find out how to get a one-button bank down switch.
Go there to find out what effects are modeled.
Go there.

Most everyone is jumping on the Amp modeling units and the bigger names like BOSS and LINE6. Good for us, as the prices for the KORG units are staying low. I sold my AX1000 and got an AX1500G. It's the same pedal effects-wise but gives you two drive/cab settings for each patch, kind of like a two-channel amp.

I was making my own sounds just minutes after recieving this product...incredibly easy to edit patches. the manual is simple and to-the-point.

I play an epi SG w/carvin pickups through this thing and it's got an amazing sound. there's no sound that you can't get with it if you spend a little time tweaking it. I'm constantly getting praise and comments on how good my guitar tones are when I play. I usually run direct into the sound system when I use this, although I also use it with my amp's fx loop for the mod/delay fx when I want to use my amp distortion. the models are really great and really can make any guitar sound good.

I've been using this w/o a backup for 3 years...playing no less than twice a week...sometimes up to 5 times a week with it. I've had to replace the AC adaptor twice, but that's no biggie. the unit itself is extremely tough, and the only thing I would change is the footswitches are made of plastic...I prefer the mettal button-type ones commonly found on amp footswitches, but these work well.

never dealt with them.

This unit is amazing...I've been playing guitar for about 6 years now, and I've never played through a better processor. it's wonderful for studio recording and just as great for live apps. I love it.

The basics of the unit are easy to get to grips with, but setting the loop record and using the pedal switch can be a bit irritating. Editing is a real doddle, press the button of the parameter you want to adjust and then adjust the knobs. Couldnt be easier.

I use it mainly for recording into my p.c. Im using a bc rich warlock with an emg85 in the bridge position. In fairness the output of the unit seems a little on the low side, could be a little hotter, but it is suppossed to be used mainly in front of an amp.
I found the clean sounds to be very dull and uninspiring. They seemed to lack that sparkly shimmer you would normally expect. However the drive sounds are where its at, and the korg certainly delivers. Powerful overdives and distortions to cover the entire sonic spectrum.
Even at the higher gain settings the sounds retain a lot of definition, and by using the guitars tone, can certainly deliver a wide spectrum. Top stuff.
Some of the modulation effects are a little samey but are different from some of the more standard offerings from other units, and can provide inspiration. Again you may only use them on one song before the inspiration runs out, but they also add some fun.

Solid build consruction. Played for hundreds of hours on mine and never had one fault. I take it out live but only as a back up to my amp (trace elliot speedtwin)so if my amp goes down I can plug straight into the p.a and have a sound I already know.

Never needed to find out.

As im a metal manaic the lack of decent clean sounds is not a problem as such. The great drive sounds and ease of use make it a great studio tool, and a great backup for live work.
The pedal could use a little more travel, and a more confident way of switching it on and off, and as stated, the loop recorder could be more intuitive, but for the money it is a great little tool, which has served my need for speed (and hi gain lunacy!) well.
If it were stolen I would probably try the ax1500g just for the extra flexibility.