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.

This pedal is extremely easy to use.You just have to fiddle around with the effects,get a good sound which sounds okay to your ears,add the effcts accordingly,and after 20 minutes or so, you can get a fabulous patch.Editing patches are very easy.However, there are 2 limitations.One is that the bank down switch is a combination of the bank up & 4th patch switch,which means that by pressing both together,you can get to previous banks.There are 40 user patches and 10 user banks,which is just about enough.People who want more should not go for this pedal.The other limitation is that you cannot use modulation & pedal modulation together,which is very annoying.

I use a Fender 57 Relic strat and a Samick amp.The distortion and delay are kick-ass!Giving some time to edit the patches,any damn distortion tone and delay tone can sound awesome and absolutely pro-level.This is where the pdeal scores way above Digitech.However,thge distortion can be damn noisy if you don't know how to set the noise reduction.Once it's done,you can sound like a king.The amp simulator is grrreat!!! You can get the closest sound to any guitarist you like.The Flanger is good,Phaser is good,Filter is awesome,but the chorus,wah and talker are PATHETIC!I would suggest install a Vox wah,a DOD chorus with this thing and it rocks!!

It is indeed very reliable but not at all suited for hot & humid conditions.The switches might fuck up once in a while due to dust or moisture accumulation.In that case,cover the switches,I mean ALL the switches with cellophane paper and wrap it tightly,insulating it from weather conditions.As far as rigidity is concerned,it's built like a tank,with solid metal body and very good backlit LCD and powerful LED.But no,I won't use it without a backup.

Never had any experience.

This is a tremendous value for money investment.I play in a psychedelic rock band called INSOMNIA and as a guitarist playing psychedelic music,it is an exceptional pedal. Barring the limitations,it is an excellent buy and definitely scores way above Digitech and Boss ME 30.

it is very easy to use and you shouldn't need the manual to much

for those who like it noiseless this box is for you, but then this unit doesn't give you any sound either. Digital distorsion sucks and there is only two or three types that are even usable. The compressor sucks too. The cab simulator is ok but i could only use two of them. The modulation effects are pretty good especialy the phaser and tremolo. The wah sounds muddy compared to the cry baby.
the pitch and talk sucks. reveerb and delay are quite good.

yes you can depend on it but you will need a backup of analog stomboxes when your band starts jumping on it.

if i where Korg support i wouldn't answer the phone...

This unit is only good for mod and delay effects but you can buy them in stompboxes and you will get much better effects all though a little noiser.

*This is a fairly complex pedal. It is easy to get a good sound out of it because the user has control over every aspect of each effect.
*Editing patches is a little confusing the first time you enter the first effect- the instruction manual will walk you through this. After you made your first patch, you know how to do it and it is easy.
*The manual is excellent. It is easy to follow and does not get more complicated than it needs to.

*I have used this system on an Epiphone Studio 10 (10 watt amp). I have friends who have made my little amp sound like a vintage tube amp with no problems.
*I also use this pedal on a keyboard amp (fender 80 watt) and directly plug the pedal into my computer. The effects sound excellent on these systems as well. I sometimes put microphone and my keyboard through the pedal- flawless sounds

I have not had a problem yet and I would certainly take this to a gig without a backup...

I'd bring a backup guitar and amp, but I trust this pedel

No problems with the pedel so no idea

I play rock, bluegrass, techno, classical, blues, funk and anything if I'm jamming with someone else. Been playing for 7 years. This and my tele- I can play anything. I would get another one if anything happened to it. The value of this pedal is incredible... this is basically a combination of over $1000 worth of effects built into one reasonably easy to use (sturdy) casing. Some people think this is a difficult pedal to use, some can't get a good sound out of it- I would probably explain that by a lack of experience. In the right hands, this pedal can do anything.

Everything is laid out for you to use, and the manual is actually very helpful, unlike most other pedals/processors. Editing a new patch is cake, and will sound good, as long as you don't put too many things into one particular patch.

Obviously, there is no true bypass, but when put on "bypass", this is about as close to transparent as you can get. I'm currently using this with my Aria Pro II LP copy in the effects loop of a Marshall VS265 Valvestate Combo, along side an Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo. I originally owned a Digitech RP2000, sold it because I hated it, and bought this for $150 less than the selling price of the Digitech. I must say that this is a better investment. Most of the "normal" effects (i.e. chorus, reverb, delay, echo) sound nice, and, like every other processor on the market, the distortion is lame as hell. I like the noise gate feature, love the U-Vibe (Uni-vibe for those of you who have every used one) as it is fantastic, the tremolo is decent, the ring modulator is ok, and the phaser is EXTRAORDINARY. But, the wah is even more lame than the distortions, the compressor sucks, and the pitch shifter is the worst I have ever played. The amp models would seem to be very useful to record direct, until you realize that this sounds like puke recording direct. For the record, out of every patch I've made and kept, none of them use the Drive-Amp, Cabinet, or Pedal functions on this pedal, meaning that approx. 60% of this pedal is useless to me. But, the other 40% is definitely well worth what I paid for it. Oh yeah, if you put this (or any other overdrive/distortion) pedal in your effects loop, and trying to use any of the distortion effects, you will end up overdriving the power amp and not the pre-amp, making for some very interesting feedback.

It's in a metal chassis, so that's no problem. But, before I could try absolutely everything with the expression pedal, something broke in it, making it so it has no resistance, meaning it is very floppy and wobbly. That, and 3 of the 5 adjustment knobs broke off, all this within the first year. No worries, small things have happened before to a lot of my gear, and most of it is fixable/replaceable. Of course, you will just have to read down below.......

All I have to say is....WOW. These people seriously have a big problem talking to people. I called the service line about getting the pedal fixed when it broke, and the guy i talked to was seriously the most rude and pompous person I have ever spoken to. These people make Ibanez look like really wonderful, knowledgable folks. Basically, after this pedal broke under totally normal usage (I own many many different pieces of gear, and treat them all with care), I called them to see about replacing the part. I told the guy that the expression pedal broke, and wondered how much it would cost to repair. He asked me if I had been abusing the pedal, because electronics do not take too much abuse. I told him no, and explained what happened. So, this guys like, "you must be abusing the pedal, i've heard a lot of kids call up and say their pedal is broke, and this is because they beat the hell out of it and don't know what they are doing." Now, I'm only 20, and it was about a year ago when I called, but I've been playing guitar for about 12 years now, so I'm not a newbie to the game. I also play 6 other instruments with high proficiency, so I know how to take care of instruments and gear, and this ass accuses me of being irresponsible and abusing my stuff, only for him to say that usage such as I must have been inflicting on the processor is NOT covered under warrenty, and a replacement pedal would run me $100, plus shipping!!!!! Basically, I swore at him, and went out to buy a Morley Wah, since the korg Wah sucks anyway. Bottom line, if you own a Korg (or a Marshall, for that matter, since Korg "takes care" of both), pretend these people don't exist, because they won't help you if you need them to anyway. I wish I could give this category like a -200, just to show you how bad they really are. But, since this is a 1 to 10 scale, I'll just have to settle for the lowest score I can give.

If this was stolen from me, I would suck it up, be bummed out for like 2 days, save my hard earned college tuition loan money, and buy a few nice effects pedals that this processor gave me, like a Uni-Vibe, an Ibanez PH7 Phaser(the best phaser under $100 ever), one of those new Danelectro Reverbs (VERY nice pedal), and an Ibanez PM7 Phase Modulator (quite unknown, quite underrated). I wish they would have made some more of the effects useable (the pitch shifter, talker, and Mu-Tron simulator come to mind), and/or expanded the CPU to accommodate ordering the effects and being able to use the modulation and pedal effects simultaneously. Maybe ditching the Drive-Amp and Cabinet effects for this could keep the pedal in the same price range. Oh yeah, and make the sampling feature useable. Does anyone actually use this? I know how to use it, but it's pretty lame, and I play some music that could really use a decent looper. Bottom line, I don't regret buying it, because it has helped me with both gigging and (non-direct) recording, but ya gotta trim some fat to make a good steak, right? At least it's better than a Zoom.

Extremely easy to use, manual is decent, simple layout.

I have had this unit for over 2 years and it has taken a lot of work to get decent sounds out of it. The distortions aren't usable to me after 2 or 3 and a lot of them are pretty useless. The modulation effects are ok...i can get good tones out of them but they are not incredible. The delay and reverb aren't that good, but with some serious tweaking i have made some good sounds. I have played live it a couple dozen times and although it has done well, it just struggles at high volumes. Overall it has been a joy practicing with this thing at home and low volumes. I used it direct to the P.A. tonight and it worked out ok, it took some major tweaking and some various techniques to get the tone less brittle, but it worked out well. It's a cool piece of gear, it would just be better if all the sounds were more pro-like. I don't really want to get any rack gear and i would like a floor unit to control everything, but there isn't anything that is suitable for my style, which is a very eric johnson type of clean, dense chord work, and leads that are dissonant and spacy but without the heavy distortion, joe satriani-esque on his less heavy distortion. This unit is good for practicing, it has definately inspired me numerous times, and has been a blessing.

Never had any problems, couple of quirky knob changes that make it skip around effects but other than that, i have used this without a back up for over 2 years sucessfully.

i have been playing for about 10 years and have an interesting style which necessitates different sounds than your average run of the mill rock guitarist. So i would say this unit has worked out for me well, but might not be so suitable for a metalhead. I have used this to record a bunch of material direct to my computer, all of which have turned amazing! I can dig it.

I did a pretty cool little mod to the ax1000g. instead of fumbling around with the expression pedal to trigger recording when using the sample and play feature. i created an individual stomp box to control the recording functions. i mounted a 5 pin jack on the rear panel, made a matching five pin control cable and put together a two pedal switch with one pedal for record, and one for play back. write me if you need more details.

haimeh@hotmail.com

It took a while before i could get the sounds i wanted. But after a week or so i was rocking!!

I am currently playing a LTD Explorer with EMG 81 and 89 in the neck through a Carlsboro Stingary 120w combo. I really like the Distortions because i can get just about any sound that i want! even all of Metallicas! its the cheapest rigg that ive ever had and got such good sounds! As for the Wah its sucks!! But the phaser is really good! ive had problems with the volumes on distortions and modulation sounds! The distorions is allot louder than the other effects! so a bit of tweaking is in place! i mostly play Metal/Hardrock so its the perfect unit for me! Ive had a couple of Boss units but their Distortions suck! Ill give it 10 because of the good Distortions but dont be fooled the other effects are all very good!

Ive never had problems yet! hoping i wont!
i never bring a backup because i trust this Metal-cased beast!

Never had to contact them!

Like i said i play Metal mostly!
Ive been playing for 7 Years. I also have an Mesa/boogie V-Tvin Killer Preamp! and some Stompboxes!
If it was stolen id propably would buy a Triaxis! if i can afford one! or maybe the 1500G
When i bought it i tried a couple of Digitech and Boss. But neither the sounds or the pricing was close to this one!
This thing definetly helps me make music. With better sounds and functions you get inspired!

Anyone out there who would like to exchange patches Write to me!

its very easy to use . u dont need the fuckin manual. patches are a breeze to edit.presets are shit .manual is easy to navigate. not up gradable.

just a kramer guitar thru an old eko amp.not really noisy. but if u use too much o the NR, it compromises on tone quality.efeects are great but the pedalwah needs improvement .satriani vahalen pettruci its all possible even nuno man. got to sit with it though uknow......like spend some time.

i would use it without a backup. very dependable.....but watch out for those knobs man.....too much abuse and they snap difiicult to get the part.

takes a lot of time to get spare knobs if urs ever goes,infact i still havent got my spare knob for the drive-amp section which got fucked nearly 3 months ago.i paid the money and all ......no response from the company yet.

i play alot of hard rock and alternative besides satch and vai.i ve been playin for nearly 10 years now overall. the sample and play is pretty helpfull for gettin the old noggiin thinking. metronome too isnt bad.heres my mil address if u guys want to mail me on any info about the pro...i mean they say there are 8 simultaneous effects but i cant figure that one out .please help if possible. jeof_79pereira@rediffmail.com.

Damn easy to use.The footswitches are quite sensitive,& the wah-wah is fucking good.The best part are the knobs!!The thing that guitarists want,so u can easily edit patches on stage.

I use a Fender 57 relic strat,plugged in with a Samick cube 40 & this baby.Kick ass!!Damn good & rich sound quality.Gives you the upper edge on distortion tones.Delay,dist,flager,etc. all are really up to the mark.The chorus,however,is not at all satisfying.You can get the sound of David Gilmour,Joe Satriani,but it's not that good when it comes to 70's classic sounds or even Blues sounds.

Yes,I would use it without a backup,coz if anything happens,the adaptor blows 1st,leaving the microchip unharmed.It's been gigged,& it always kicks ass.

Those Japanese people are so fuckin fast,u just can't catch em!!

I am an Indian,my name is Bodhi(guitarrock20012001@yahoo.co.in).I am a dead carcus rocker,& I think it's a massive investment.Go for it if u can't afford the GT3.It's made out of solid metal,it's got LCD display.Overall I think it is a very good pedal.

Here's a patch I made for my lead guitar sound.

DRIVE---Metal(Drive-8.5,level-adjust accordingly,Bass-7.3,Mid-4.0,Treble-2.7)

CABINET-4*10 modern.
MODULATION-off
PEDAL-Volume
AMBIENCE-Multi head echo,echo-1,time--I don't remember but there's a 3-quarter second gap between the sounds,Feedback-5.3.
For more depth of the sound,keep it on the middle & neck pickup,the guitar.

N.R.SENSOR--5.6(PLENTY OF FEEDBACK!!!)

This unit is one of the easiest processors to work with. It is very useable right out of the box and with a quick look at the manual your set.
The patches are very easy to alter, and the knobs make it much easier to adjust in a hurry.

I play and american standard and a Epi LP through a 75 fender Pro Reverb w/ 2 12AX7's. The classic distortion, tube OD and the US- high gain are very high quality, and sound great on the amp. I also tested the processor through a PA and the modeling held up pretty well, although it seemed very dry. The metal is ok. The fuzz and the marshall need some work. As well as the Fat distortion. The acoustic is horrible if you want an accoustic sound, GET A ACCOUSTIC GUITAR!

The cabs are great and make the amps sound much better. You have a wide variety from classic vox's to modern 4-12's and the air control allows for exact tweeking of that sound you want.

The Modulations are execellent! with rich choruses and deep flangers and phasers, the mods are make up for what it lacks in amps, and is worth getting just for them. The auto wah is a novel but simple pathetic idea and the octave down right blows. but the phasers are just incredible!
The pedal is ok, good for volume, and the wah is kinda ok, but not to much is great. Although the pedal has a very realistic feel and has some resistance to it.

Some of the reverb needs to be warmer but the delays and echos are very good.

About 4 month ago my studio flooded and the ax was compleatl;y submerged for about 4 hours, STILL PLUGED IN AND ON! i opened it up and it dried out and still works fine. I had to replace my "indestructable" boss compressor though.

Never have had to deal w/ them.

I play mainly classic and alternitive rock and some old jazz. this unit is great for its abillity to suit many different types of music styles and can cover from beatles to zeppelin to bush and do it very well.
to make it better, it should be able to do multiple effects at once, and if you put a real tube in the pre amp your set.
As ive said before, this unit is very easy to use and will survive nuclear war. its a great processor to start out with or to add on to a pedal board.You can probly get it on ebay for like 150 and for that price it's a invalueble piece of equipment in your inventory.

This is a really easy unit to work with. It's straightforward to get your sound via the setting switches and controlling each setting is a breeze with the dials. The unit comes loaded with the obligatory metronome and tuner, but adds a welcome phrase trainer and sample with a built in loop. Banking down through effects is nasty as it requires big shoes and much foot-accuracy as you need to simultaneously tap two pedals for it to work. NOT good if you're playing a gig, and you screw up (which is easily done). One thing this unit lacks, and badly needs is seamless patch change. Note to Korg: Sound dropouts are BAD!

I use a USA Strat and a Les Paul. The amp simulations are quite poor here, if Korg had spent as much time fine tuning their revolutionary REMS system as they did patting themselves on the back about it, we'd have some awesome sounds. The displays are clearly marked out with the name so f each effect, but sadly the Acoustic Simulator is dreadful, and just sounds like a clean electric slightly compressed. The Compressor is far too tight, and the Fat Dist sucks. The Metal Distortion delivers the goods, but the Seattle fuzz sounds like no fuzz unit I ever heard. The vox is nothing to write home about either, although the US Hi Gain is slightly better and offers a rather good crunch for rhythm and riffery. The Marshall is ok, but not awe-inspiring by any means.

The cab simulation is a good idea, it allows you to customise your amp setup to your heart's content. There is undeniably marked changes in the sound and tone when the different cabs are selected. The 'Air' control is a great idea, but for me not quite responsive enough. There is definitely an advantage to having the Cabs here.

Ambience is where this unit comes into its own. The phasers, flangers, trems etc are all fabulous. They sound great, they're controlled easily and loads of fun. This is definetely the strong point of this unit. The fx are of a high standard, and are perhaps deserving of the price alone.

The pedals are ok too, there's you're bog standard volume, vox wah (it's a matter of taste with the wah on the Korg, but I eventually got a great wah out of this. It varies depending on which amp sim you use it with, and a bit of reverb brings out the best here) and your Filtron, which is a kind of spaced-out seventies effect - nice for funk. Then there is is the uni-vibe effect, which is lovely but would've benefitted from a higher speed setting to get the Leslie Speaker-type sound. The talker is a novelty, and not totally practical but as good as the other talkers on the market.

Dealys are exceptional, allowing total manipulation of time and effect. If ambience is your thing, the Korg is for you. The reverbs aren't as warm as they ought to be, but the delays and echoes are excellent.

I haven't had a single problem with mine, it's really great. You could drive a tank over it and it wouldn't blink. Probably. Don't, though. I'd gig with this puppy without any fears, its very well assembled and the components are all good.

Never dealt with these people.

This will serve you for a variety of styles. If you're a blues player, ve it a miss. If you're a rock player or a shredder, this is a handy purchase. Or if you're just looking to acquire some fx, I'd point you here. Buy a good distortion pedal though, because the on-board ones aren't great. If Korg can't come up with better amp simulation, they could chop that section off and relaunch this cheaper as purely an modulation/ambience unit. If they threw in a drum machine, they'd make a fortune. While this unit is great, should it go missing I'd be tempted to peek at its rivals to see what they offer in terms of effects because I know they offer better overdrives than this beast. The sample loop is way too short, it barely lets you record a enough chords to solo over, and again there is a definite seam when the sample ends and it throws your solo to hell. It should be seamless, Korg! Apart from that, I'd have to say it's worth a look - others may well find the distortions are good. I think hey should knock a fraction off the price though.

It took me several months to learn to use it. And it takes a long time to learn how to make own good effects. The manual had everything I needed to know. I give it a 7 because I am still learning new things about It all the time.

Whit head phones the sound is really good. Whit my amp I sometimes need to adjust something. The wav have a bug on my ax because sometimes it can stop working. Otherwise the sounds are weary good.

I sure can but i wouldnt trust on the wah pedal.

ok.

This pedal has helped me a lot whit my playing.

This pedal is so much easier to use than any other multi-fx pedals out there. this is its major plus. I was able to take it out of the box, plug in my Ibanez AX120 and just go. I didn't even read the owners manual.

Sound quality....thats another story altogether. The volume changes from effect to effect are horrid when playing live. When using an acoustic, mine is an Ovation Celeb Deluxe, you pretty much can leave, the compressor and chorus on most of the time. When playing electric on the other hand, the pedal gives no sustain whatsoever. The distortions on the pedal are horrible, unless you play through the perfect guitar and prfect amp. Which i do not have.

You better believe you can depend on this, rugged roadworthy, steel casing. I have dropped it numerous time, besides a couple nicks and dings but works as perfectly(i use that word lightly) as the day i got it.

never dealt with korg.

i play church music, rock, creed, pod. This pedal does a good job of pleasing a novice, for the very affordable price. However, i am no longer a novice and i crave more, but it helped me get started and exposed me to many different amp sounds and effects (56 to be exact). Tweakability is fun, knobs are great, LCD is bright. But i crave more, i am looking at the boss gt-5 right now.

This unit is very easy to use. I personally prefer the discrete knobs for quick editing versus the LCD with arrows-only approach used by many more expensive units. The manual is fairly clear on how to do things, but the unit is simple enough I was able to figure most things out just by fiddling with it for awhile.

My setup is simplistic: I plug my guitar into the Korg effects/preamp unit, and I plug the output of the unit into the power-amp in jack of a Fender Deluxe 85 amp (one 12-inch speaker), thus bypassing the Fender's pre-amp section.

The unit is fairly quiet. You need the noise reduction on for compression, but that's pretty normal.

The effects are generally quite good for a unit in this price range. I've read complaints about the wah, but I think the wah is not bad at all. I have a real 1960's vintage Cry Baby wah peddle that the Korg does not immitate perfectly, but the Korg wah is competent. Also the vowel sound is quite cool and effective. Other effects such as chorus and reverb are not outstanding but very competent.

I am unhappy with two aspects of the effects. One is that the natural tone of my guitars is lost, even if I try to make a "vanilla" patch that doesn't do distortion, chorus, etc. I can tweak things a little and get some of it back, but I'd like the whole tone back. I can use BYPASS for this, but then I lose the basic effects I want like reverb. The second problem is, I think, a bigger one: the compression causes the attack on notes to make a "popping" sound. It's quite noticeable. It's an effect I might like in some cases, but you can't get rid of it without turning off compression. I have an ancient DigiTech RP-1 that I was hoping to replace with this unit, but the RP-1 does not have these problems. It is basically a better unit in spite of its age and quirks IMHO.

I don't normally try to get sounds of my favorite artists, but just playing around I could get somewhat of a 1960's Clapton sound with my Gibson ES-347. Later strat Clapton sounds, using my American Strat, were actually more difficult since the full tone of the Strat is lost a bit in the effects.

I haven't had the unit long so reliability is hard to judge. However, it is a solid metal case and appears to be quite rugged.

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I play jazz, blues, hip pop, folk, contemporary country, a lot of stuff. I don't play any acid or death metal. I do use heavy dist/comp once in awhile for effect. The Korg AX1000G is OK for some of this. The jazz/blues suffers a little with the unit.

the unit is fairly simple.
it has 5 big buttons, an expression pedal, 5 'analog feeling' knobs (for tweaking the settings), 5 selector knobs, five buttons, an lcd with 8 buttons.
when you figure it out, editing patches is pretty simple.
you dont need to read the manual first i don't think, but after you've messed around with the presets for a while (a day), you'll get bored and want to shove this thing to its limits - this is when you read the manual.

i said it was easy to use.
i didn't say you could get a good sound out easily.
the distortions are pretty bad... infact dismal, and they are very good on the boss gt-3 (a friend has one).
the only thing that really saves it is its ambient (echo) effects.
these are very good, and sh*t in the boss gt-3's mouth.
the pedal and mod. effects are not bad - but they lack 'that something' which makes the standalone effects worth buying.
they lack soul and warmth i think.
a bit weak is the word i'm looking for here.

after a years experimentation with this, i have discovered some pretty good sounds, but the good sounds limit you to working with about a 1/4 of the board's effects.

my setup is a parker fly p-38 into the effects into a peavey bandit 112. the bandit isn't particularly good, because it has alot of background hiss and i have spent quite alot of time trying to get rid of it. but the second channel (with slight overdrive settings) helps to give the effects a little warmth.

it's hard to get the sounds of my favourite artists becuase people like jonny greenwood use complex settings, which i dont even think are possible on this.
it's also quite hard to find a good lead sound.

the amp models never really leaped out at me as being particularly brilliant - and i don't think they provide the tonal differences that the real amps would do.

also - the parameters on this don't go up (or down) in 0.1 (out of 10), they go up and down in 0.3 and 0.4, and this can be quite annoying when you're being really fussy, and you can clearly hear the difference between (for example) 7.3 and 7.7.
just thought i'd throw that in

strangely, i managed to use it on my keyboard (piece of 80's crap) and get a pretty mellow choir like sound (like in the back ground of alot of radiohead songs) - although it is a bit weak.

if i could afford it, i wouldn't depend on it - but as i'm a poor man, and can't afford back ups, i have to.

the knobs are a little shoddy. the drive tweak knob cracked down the side within a month, and kept falling off.
the 1st big button became a bit sticky too - but i thinks thats because my bother spilled beer on it (he never told me he did - but you have to assume these things).

apart from that it's made out of some pretty solid feeling metal that would be hard to dent without a hammer.

nothing really worth phoning about.

since i dabble in a bit of metal from time to time, distortions are essential - and i'm not particularly pleased with this.
i also dabble in a bit of ambient psychadelia sort of stuff and the echos do kick lots of ass, which is probably why i still own this.
i've been playing for about a year and a half now, and got this for christmas (11 months ago).
at the time i was very pleased with it, as i was pretty much still a novice - and if you're just starting out, you'll be very pleased with it too.
it's just... you grow out of it - you find that stand alones are capable of alot more, especially sonic experimentation.
you also have the fun (or bore - which ever way you look at it) of finding out the different orders to put the pedals to find which ones work better etc.
you have alot more freedom to get rid of and buy pedals that suit your fancy and if you dont like ring modulators - tough! because korg used up a space for it - and you can't replace it with anything else.
what i'm trying to say is - when you buy your multi effects - unless you want to shell out more money, you don't have much choice as to what goes into it.
think of it as a sample booklet of carpet.
you have small pieces of carpet to take back home and decide which carpet you want in each room in your house - to see what it would look like.
it's only when you get the carpet fitted (you buy stand alones) that you realise what it really looks like (what the sound actually is).
... a nice analogy there i thought...

if it were stolen, i wouldn't buy another, i'd buy stand alones, but i'd certainly be annoyed that i lost my amazingly great delay settings.

design wise, it should have a foot controllable on/off switch (so you don't have to bend down to take the power lead out). it should also have a bank down switch, because it's straining to twist your foot, with the ball of your foot on the bank up switch and press the 4th big button with your heel, and do that numerous times until you get to your desired setting - it's either that or bend down and do it with your hands.
also you can't really use it with shoes on, especially if you have boots or wide soled shoes on, because you end up pressing lots of buttons at a time.
if it were upto me, i'd have the buttons a bit further spaced apart, with the metal switches a la Yamaha DG stomp.

at first, this little gizmo helped me practice and make music, but now it's slightly constrictive, becuase it doesn't go to extremes in terms of the parameters, and once you get passed the stage of learning what you have to do and learning how to create your own thing, it's not particularly amazing.

although, it is a VERY good unit if you're a beginner, and will keep you ALOT more interested in guitar than your normal clean amp setting.
this will also give you endless hours of playing random stuff and faffing with the mods, pedals, and delays - which is especially good if you're a beginner, because it means you can make sounds which aren't normal, and this will boost you eagerness to learn the damn thing (this is if you're anything like me).

myself, i have grown out of this, but would thrust this upon a beginner, because i got so much enjoyment out of it, and really will make you play guitar alot more, improve your technique and your eagerness to learn!!!!!


p.s. if i wrote this 8 months ago, it would get straight 10's!!!

Firstly, I bought it because it of the knobs because I was sick of using buttons. It was easy to use in the shops. And lots of fun. The manual is good but I didn't use it for the first two months- just kept myself busy with all the basic features.

I use an Epiphone Coronet and and Ibanez CT Strat an Australian Scorpion 2 channel 1000w amp. I play light, meloncholy grunge/rock. Like I said, I bought it because I was sick of knobs but it didn't take me long to get sick of the fuzziness and the weakness of the distoted sounds. And that's what I got it for basically. I used to have a Zoom 2020 and I bought this so I could get some decent sounds and our other guitarist plays a Boss DS-1 stomp box (that's all!) with a Washburn G-II and that sounds much better. All other effects are fine. I just bought an old ME-5 to replace it. Anyone interested??? lol

I've gigged with it about 10 times. I'm sure it's fine but once it started buzzing and humming loudly beefore a gig and I wasn't going to be able to use it. Fortunately it came good just inm time.

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I'm not going to keep- the distrotion sounds are just too weak. I'll be happy with the Boss ME-5.

I was able to quickly learn how to use this unit without reading the manual. Most of the settings and controls are right in front of you so it is extremely east to make changes. If fact this was the determing factor in deciding to purchase the Korg AX1000G.

None of the multiple effect units I tried are great when it comes to sound quality, the Korg is no exception. Unfortunately digital effects while enhancing the capabilities of your amp also have a detrimental effect on sound quality. Some of the distortion presets are noisy especially when used with a single pick-up. As in all the digital effect units I tested some presets are better than others and some tweaking is required to improve sound quality. For the most part all of the effects (Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger, etc ...) worked reasonable well.

For the most part the unit appears solid with the exception of the display - it is not very well protected.

Never dealt with Korg.

I looked at the Yamaha DG Stomp, Digitech RP100,200,300 and Zoom products. They all sound slightly different however I would be hard pressed to say one of these units sounds better than the others. The reason I selected the Korg was ease of use, price and I wanted a unit that had a useable acoustic simulator. The features I liked the most were the acoustic simulator and the "Individual" mode. The individual mode allows you to select and tweak individual effects. Also having a pedal that you can assign to control volume or one of the effects is a bonus. One thing I wish this unit had was a power switch.

It's pretty easy to use, even without a manual. Still you'll need to read the manual to figure out some things (e.g. saving patches, using phrase trainer etc.). Making your own patches ain't hard at all, just experiment a bit.

I'm using the Washburn Paul Stanley Signature Guitar and a pretty old 60W 2-channel guitar amp. Some of the factory settings are pretty noisy (especially Corn & Dyme), but I used the Noise Supressor function when making my own patches and the result is pretty cool. The distortions are surprisingly good, maybe except Tube Overdrive (sounds a bit fake to me...it's only my opinion though). All the other effects (flanger, chorus, echo, reverb, phaser, octaver, wah etc.) are pretty cool, too. I can get all the sounds I want (I play 80's rock and heavy metal - bands like Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Megadeth, Joe Satriani etc.).

I haven't used it live yet, but I've got a couple of gigs coming up with my highschool band and yes, I would use it without a backup. It's made of metal and I like it. I hope that the expression pedal wount let be down.

Never dealt with them.

I play mostly rock and heavy metal, sometimes even blues and this unit is a pretty good match. I've been playing for like 2 years and the main thing I need is a good distortion sound. Don't go buying ZOOM effects, 'cause these Multi-FX units really suck. I would never buy an effects box made of plastic.
So, if you don't have much money and you want a good Multi-effects unit, get Korg AX1000G.

Very easy to use and a lot of fun. Don't really need the manual at all to get it working well. Going down in patches is a bit tricky though.

Sounds great, with the only exception that it doesn't add sustain to the notes very much (which I think I've read in other reviews).

Two weeks after I bought it the red 7 segment display starting acting up and I took it in to the store for repair. They sent it out for repair and after 8 to 10 weeks they ended up giving me my money back as it looked like it was never going to come back. Makes me feel like multi-effects boxes are disposable items after the warrany is up. Took the money and bought an amp instead as at least they are repairable.

See reliability for my story on this one. When I hear that Korg (who never repaired my AX1000G distribute Marshall and Vox in Canada I kind of cringe that my new AVT50 never breaks down.

I don't own it any more as they gave me the option of cash/new unit after they took so long and did not return the original unit and hey, after that long a repair time, I took that cash.

I found it to be a lot of fun and sounded great.

It is really easy to get a great sound quickly, with almost no experience. Like childsplay to edit effects and move patches. The manual is not very helpful, but the processor does have an 'individual' mode where you can tinker and save really easily. With effects like KoRn and Guns and roses and Led Zeppelin already programmed its really quick to start!

I've tried a Laney TF320 and a really old amp with this unit, and it is great on the Laney and ok on the old one. It can be noisy if you want, but silent if you don't! All the effects seem to sound good as far as I have played. I ahve a Fender Squier Affinity that I use and it's perfect. As this was second hand it had some cool effects that I like, Green Day, Offspring, KoRn Guns n Roses and Blink 182, really great sounding.

I can edpend fully on this, it has a power supply with it and has a backlit display for high visibility. I would use this at a gig on it's own and be happy.

Haven't had to contact the customer support!

GREAT! I would reccomend if you can't afford the Boss GT-3. A fair match, with less effect banks, but the same features and live editing!

The unit is reasy to use period. I had never seen a multi effect so simple to use. You will get your sound in just a few knows turned.

I use a cheap guitar (soon yamaha rgx420s) with Korg AX1000g and an original crybaby.
The unit is outstanding but not perfect. I think sound quality is the most important part of the review...so i'm just gonna straight things out here. The Drive...well everything here is good and usable if u know how to tweak it. The cabiner ... well good if you want it to sound like a famous amp or expensive amp.The modulation.. well some work for me and some are unuasable / useless for live playing , the chorus flanger, delay , phaser , tremolo are verygood, the pitch is and filtron is not bad but THE WAH IS VERY WEAK. The pedal... everythis is good exept the wah. The ambience is good if u want some color in your sound.one important thing, some effect like mod and pedal cant be used at the same time.The noise supresor is good but don't use it above 80 because it will extremely reduce your sound quality.Notice that i use the word extremely.

Well... a few month after i bought it the unit start to get stain especially the edges part. The knobs can be accidently turned on stages by guitar cables and that is dissaster. The progran switches is very small , weak and too close to each other especially to the bank switch. i think it was designed for thumbs not for shoes, thats make it very difficult so hit the switch on dark stage.The LCD is good for dark stage but very bad in daylight because u can't read the LCD while standing.Another major flaw is it doesn't have an on/ off switch so you have to pull the adaptor to turn it off and that is annoying . The tuner is nice in bypass or mute.

No Need

Buy a crybaby and it rocks. All impoortant effects in one unit at an affordable price. All you have to do is turn the understand the knobs functions and know how to turn them. Probably the biggest flaw in this unit is it doesn't have a down bank swithch seperately so u have to use your hands to bank down and that is not good "on stage".

The unit is reasy to use period. I had never seen a multi effect so simple to use. You will get your sound in just a few knows turned.

use a cheap guitar (soon yamaha rgx420s) with Korg AX1000g and an original crybaby.
The unit is outstanding but not perfect. I think sound quality is the most important part of the review...so i'm just gonna straight things out here. The Drive...well everything here is good and usable if u know how to tweak it. The cabiner ... well good if you want it to sound like a famous amp or expensive amp.The modulation.. well some work for me and some are unuasable / useless for live playing , the chorus flanger, delay , phaser , tremolo are verygood, the pitch is and filtron is not bad but THE WAH IS VERY WEAK. The pedal... everythis is good exept the wah. The ambience is good if u want some color in your sound.one important thing, some effect like mod and pedal cant be used at the same time.The noise supresor is good but don't use it above 80 because it will extremely reduce your sound quality.Notice that i use the word extremely.

Well... a few month after i bought it the unit start to get stain especially the edges part. The knobs can be accidently turned on stages by guitar cables and that is dissaster. The progran switches is very small , weak and too close to each other especially to the bank switch. i think it was designed for thumbs not for shoes, thats make it very difficult so hit the switch on dark stage.The LCD is weak and can be easely scrached,good for dark stage but very bad in daylight because u can't read the LCD while standing.Another major flaw is it doesn't have an on/ off switch so you have to pull the adaptor to turn it off and that is annoying . The tuner is nice in bypass or mute.

Can't be rached... the website is not very helpfull.

Buy a crybaby and it rocks. All impoortant effects in one unit at an affordable price. All you have to do is turn the understand the knobs functions and know how to turn them. Probably the biggest flaw in this unit is it doesn't have a down bank swithch seperately so u have to use your hands to bank down and that is not good "on stage".

I've got a fair experience of guitar pedals, so I knew what to expect anyway, but found this much easier to master than most - I mean, the settings are right there before you eyes, on seperate knobs! I used to own a BOSS GT3, which (can be) horribly complicated, so it was a joy to get nice sounds from a couple of twiddled knobs.

This pedal sounds excellent. I have come 'down' from a BOSS GT-3 and I honestly find it nicer to listen to the Korg! it's quite hard to make a terrible sound on it because it's so self explanatory and simple to use. The distortions are nice, not harsh at all, and the presets are OK; they give you an idea of what can be done, and the names of the patches (Z*P*L*N, voodoo, bizkit), give you an idea of what theyre supposed to be emulating!! :)

I have gone from Radiohead to Joy Division to The Smiths to the Manic Street Preachers on this unit, and it can be very accurate with the right settings...

I use it with a Mexican Fender Strat mainly, with the worst amp ever. And it still sounds lovely.

I have had it a few days, so I don't know yet. However my mates had one for a year or so (half the reason I got one!), and his has been gigged and its still fine.

I got it pretty cheap, so understandably the fact I think it's a great pedal is a real bonus!! I'd have paid double for it, I really think it sounds fantastic, and it's nice and simple to use.

I think a pedal like the BOSS GT-3, which might sound better in certain respects, and has a lot more features, was wasted on me really, when something this cheap and this easy to use can bring me much more joy!!

This unit is pretty easy to get good sounds out of it.Even some of the factory presets are good!Editing is simple,I realy like turning a knob instaed of tring to find my way to what paramiter I want to adjust.For example if you want to change the expression pedal from volume to wah all you do is press the pedal switch,then turn the knob above to vox wah and your done.you dont have to go unlink the expression pedal from on thing and then asign it to another.Also the exp pedal can turn on/off effects with a firm press down on the pedal.even has a LED to let you know when its on or off.manual is good also.The display is back lit so you can see what the name of the patch is on a dark stage.You can rename your patches move them to where you want to,you know all the usual stuff.

I run this into a Crate half stack going right from guitar to the unit to the input of the head with ibanez guitars,Two Jems and a RG350.I set bass /mids/treb to 1/2 and turn the rev off on the amp.The unit is pretty quiet.If you do have noise the NR works realy well.The chorus flang delay phaser rev are all GOOD!Ring mod and pitch are ok and the talk is better than others I have heard.I play Rock Metel & some harder blues stuff with my band and this sounds like it will cut through well on stage.Im still tring to find time to get a good patch for the love of god by Mr Vai but I know its there.

Made out of metal and the switches seem solid no problems so far.

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I play alot of rock metel glam and some blues and it matches very well.Been playing for 22 years and I still cant stay out of a music store for more than a week at a time so I have played with everything ouy there and for the money this unit rocks!Almost bought a boss Gt3 and the korg sounds just as good to me and was $160 cheaper.I would buy this again if it came up missing.I use a line6 flextone II XL on stage and us this unit with my half stack ot home.I like the tone and effects on this unit and would play out with it if something happen to my Flextone.Better than the others I have tried over the years and it has that punch to get through a live mix.Everything in the store sounds pretty cool at first but wait till you get it on satge and the whole game changes!Its a Good unit go check one out.

This unit is the best out there. You can always get tight sounds out of this tone monster. Editing patches is a synch. Even if you don't read the manual!!!! The manual is pretty much a nut shell. THIs thing rocks!!!

I'm using a Jackson with two single coils and a humbucker, and a Fender Strat through a Fender Princeton Chorus. THe unit is never noisy with my guitars. Only probably sometimes on distortion if you have a cheap guitar like the Squire ripoffs. Overall, you can get any sound you want from Korn to Steve Vai or P.O.D. to Satriani. Everything's here. And the distortions kick ass!!! They're warm and can get really heavy if you have the right amp to go with it. It beats the ^#%#&$ out of Digitech's models and other brands. All the effects are definitely worth playing. The is okay. Way better than other multi effect boxes I heard from. THis is a best BUY!!!

It's metal. Enough said.

Never had to deal with 'em. My unit works everytime I turn it on.

2 words. Get It. Buy It. Play It. Enjoy it. Show off. DOn't waste your time looking elsewhere. This is the unit 4 u.