Korg AX1000G

Spec: see website or other reviews below.
Very easy to use and create patches.

A bit noisy.
Digital effects are average.
I have used it through a tube amp/combo which makes these digital units twice good.
Sounds are not bad, but far away from real tube sound and feel.
On the other hand, I like the sound of Korg units in general (much midrange), they do not want to behave like hi-fi units with lots of treble.

Had no problem.
Saving patches did not work sometimes, could be problem of button.

I have contacted Korg (company Atec in Hungary) regarding another unit 10+ years ago, and they were very helpful.

Good as a first digital unit for beginners, especially if you can get it cheap. Suitable for metal styles. If you are not into metal but lighter styles, buy a Boss GT-6 instead, which will cost more.
I know guitar players who use AX1000G with expensive guitars and amps in live, but I think this unit will not improve the sound of a good guitar or amp, but uniform it, like all cheap digital units.
I had a Korg AX30G (was very good that time) and I can not tell you that AX1000G is much better... so I would not buy it again.
Please do not interpret my words like it would be a bad unit, because it does not. I just prefer real tube sound much better.
I really like Korg and they concepts. If I were a keyboard player, I would use Korg exclusively...

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

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.

Get a sound is really easy and editing patches is also... "funny". The manual is complete and you can download it from the web.

I use an Ibanez RGR270DX with DiMarzio pickups (Air Norton and Steve's Special) on a Peavy Bandit 112 solid state (80 watt RMS). The Korg sounds pretty cool with a variety of sound and no noise (thanks to noise suppressor): I love Metallica and I can create their sound easily also if I sound a lot of metal, hard rock and so on... Anyway all effects seems very good to me and satisfy my needs.

I use it on gigs and whrn I sound with my band in our garage. I think it's a "must have" pedal.

I don't know

I usually play metal, hard rock and grunge (and many others) and it's definitely a good match. I play with it from 2 years ago and every day i find a new reason to use it everywhere. I've tried many others gears and this one match perfectly my needs and my taste. If it was stolen or lost maybe I'll try something else like Boss GT-6 ($$$$). I love all it's features and distortion and there isn't something really hated. It's a wonderful piece of hardware at a really good street price. Buy it and you'll never regret :-)

The knobs make this unit pretty easy to program -- it's a vast improvement over my old Digitech RP-6 in that regard, and it's far more intuitive than a lot of similar units for somebody like me who's been oriented toward stomp boxes for most of their playing career. The manual is quite readable, but you can get away with abandoning it and just playing with the unit to figure it out, which to me is the sign of a user-friendly piece of equipment. In terms of getting a good sound, after a lot of trial and error I recommend starting with nothing -- no drive settings, cab settings or anything -- and adding in effects very conservatively, since there's potentially so much going on that it's pretty easy to muck up your sound otherwise.

I usually play a Gibson SG through a Carvin X-100 tube combo amp. I wouldn't say I'm trying to get anybody else's sound in particular, but I need access to good distortion, compression, phase, chorus and delay most often. I have pretty much abandoned the distortions on this unit in favor of just overdriving my amp, although I think that shreddy metal types might find a few things in here to make them happy. As I mentioned, I've also ditched the cab simulations, since I found it just too frustrating to get a handle on EQ and fix things on the fly in the Korg rather than just twiddling the Carvin's tone knobs, and I'm not really looking for a wide range of cab sims for live performance. The compressor is passable, although I think it might be the source of some noise in my effects chain. Phase is very good, delay and looping are reasonably versatile (except I wouldn't trust the sample-and-play for a live gig since the switch under the expression pedal is a bit dodgy), wah sucks. It's disappointing that certain effects can't be used together, like chorus and flange, for instance. A lot of the more off-the-wall effect options are nifty in theory, but pretty useless in practice.

I've been gigging with it without a backup, but I'm headed away from that for two reasons: (1) The wall-wart's cable keeps coming out of the clip that's meant to hold it in place, which means it's getting stretched from use, and it now only works in one power strip that I have to carry around, and even then it only works in one direction. If I accidentally kick the power strip, the unit powers off and on. (I've ordered a replacement.) Some online specs I've found seem to suggest that the unit also takes batteries, but it doesn't. (2) The unit may be susceptible to extreme heat. I played one outdoor gig in midsummer where the display started flashing like a strobe, the bank selector would only move in reverse, and it kept skipping the banks where my most frequently used patches were; I wound up having to manually set up my sounds between songs. It never happened again after that day, but that sketched me out. On the plus side, the chassis is extremely durable, and I haven't had anything else on it physically break.

Haven't contacted them directly.

I guess I mostly play art-pop these days with overtones of prog, blues and 70's dinosaur metal; been playing for over two decades. I'm going at least partially back to stomp boxes, since they're so damned satisfyingly tactile and modular, but I plan to keep this unit in the chain at least for now for the delays/loops, the tuner, the phase and maybe a handful of other options. The unit's bypass is non-polluting enough that I think I can do this without inflicting serious damage on the overall sound.

very easy to use

my setup:
jackson jdr94 with a paf pro (w/coil tap) in the neck position and a schaller 2in1 in the bridge position, also replaced the crappy jackson floyd for a lo-pro edge (neat guitar), then, the signal goes to a dunlop wah and to my peavey triumph pag 120 (great amp, cheap too), the ax1000 is in the effects loop of the peavey.
about the effect sound:
modeling is quite good, but doesn't beat the distortion of the triumph (awesome)
it's funny that i use the effects that i actually dislike from the unit. The chorus sounds horribly digital (unless used in stereo, why?) delays are okay by themselves, but combined with reverb, they suck, the rev/dly combinations really adds mud to the sound. Flanger, good. Phaser, really good. Pitch, so so, but i love the ability to delay the harmonized sound (can do vai's ballerina's trick). cabinet emulations..hmm, it depends. they really cut the higher and lower frequencies and takes life away from the sound, some of them are really a waist of bits. Some others warm up the sound, but at the expense of crispness and low end. The distortion emulations are better than others (like zoom), but not enough for me (they are really pick sensitive, but lacks dynamics and presence, and the overall textures of the mild drives sucks) the most importan drawback for me is that when you use the drive+cab+chorus, etc..the sound feels like coming from nowhere, the sounds gets stuck in the speaker and doesnt come out, its frustrating, very uninspiring..thats why i use it through the effect loop, and only use the modulation and rev/dly effects.
pitch shifter sounds bad (harmonized sound sounds totally muddy and digital, and with less volume), but the intervals are ok.
other cools effects are just gimmicks, i dont really use them.
overall, it sounds decent, but not pro. can give you hours of fun, but at last you get bored for the lack of life of the unit.
one thing to the boys from korg "INCLUDE AN EQ MODULE!!!! AND A CLEAN SOUND IN THE PRE MODULE!!!!!"

very reliable.sturdy.

no opinion

i play mostly vai an satch, and blues (yeah really, dont laugh), any style, actually.
overall this is a wonderful practicing unit, but not suited for professional uses.
good sounds, good looks, good price..best for the buck.

well, it looked kinda scary, me coming from the wee zoom 505-II pedal, but its so straightforward, and easy to use. individual effect mode for a conventional footswitch feel makes this quite versatile :)

the sounds are great on this pedal, the only quibble is over the drive amp, cannot have compressor on with distortions, or acoustic sim with distortions, and the distortions aren't amazing, they're good, but im picky! the noise reduction circuitry is awesome, get the noisiest son of a single coil and hold it at a CRT monitor, plug in and yank up the noise reduction, and it'll be quiet as a quiet thing! perfect pedal for metallica/pantera/iron maiden you can even got korn ish sounds, steve vai's sound is easy to get very accurately but i find it hard to get yngwie malmsteen's sound, but i play an ibanez and a kit les paul not a strat, so what do you expect!! in play this thru my homemade amp, and it sounds well, great bass response and tonal clarity, but thats because solid state rules

its a strong mother! cups of coffee saturated it, it lived and is fine, dropped etc... its built like a Panzer! however the knobs on it seem to want to come off quite easily now, but its gettin on, and super glue would fix this, definately gig without backup.

i havent talked to them, but when the previous owner wanted to order a powersupply from them, they told him to send it in, and it would take 2 weeks or so!

i play many styles, mostly heavy metal/prog metal/shred and its perfect!! i also can use it for blues well, and there are some good jazz tones. it has a reasonable acoustic simulator, but dont dump that dreadnaught!! sturdy build. if it were lost or stolen id probably buy its big daddy the 1500G or invest in some rack mount equiptment. it would be cool to have another 4 buttons below the ones on it to control the drive amp/modulations etc.. separately, like in individual modeaswell as being able to change the banks with the origional 4 pedals.

This box is a piece of cake to use.I bought it used for $150 u.s. and never got a manual untill 2 months later.The guy at daddy's junkie music made a copy of the ax1500 manual for me to try.Same unit.Just no A-B switch.

I play thru an '87 peavy backstage plus fitted w/a '65 fender 10" cone.'92 Hammer Studio,'96 Peavy Preadtor(u.s.)'03 Yngwie Signature,'02 PRS Tremonti make up my guitar lineup.Any sound I want I can get.
I play everything from Stevie Ray to Metallica,Primus,Bloodhound Gang,The Cars,Pink Floyd,Patsie Cline,Country,whatever, and can usually find a sound I can live with.Just turn the knobs carefully!

I've been playing for 5 years and hade this for 3 of them.This thing is bulletproof.I throw it in and out of my car in a duffelbag and it takes it with a smile.I only bring my amp,2 guitars and this pedalboard.

Korg dicked around for sevral months before sending me a manual and as I said before,the guy at daddys' gave me the one for the ax1500 and it was all the same.Daddys' rocks.Korg sucks!

I didn't buy this pedal to get "xyz"'s sound.If thats what you want,Buy a diffrent pedal.I bought It to find MY sound.In this respect it is perfect.Just twist the knobs(I do llike the chickenhead knobs on the ax1500).If it was stolen and I could get another one for $100.00 or so, sold.If not, Oh well,I MIGHT give the ax1500 a try.My friend and fellow bandmate has had a Rpx400 Digi and I still would take the ax.That little plastic box feels like your stepping on a childs toy.The ax is a tank!I did have to make my trigger for the recording switch under the WAH pedal longer so I didn't have to press the pedal down so hard.I do wish the loop was longer AND SEAMLESS! I sometimes record direct to a tascam 4 track and the sound sucks.Mike your amp.The results are 10 fold better.As a simulator....eah, it's ok.As a pure noisemaker....awesome.