Korg AX1000G

The Ax1000G is fairly easy to use, but there are some design changes
that I would like to see that would make things much easier. It's ok
for sitting around the house or in the studio. But changes on stage
are somewhat cumberome.

I use a 1989 Strat 57 reissue through a (major mod'd) Fender Bassman.
The unit is quiet, with the possible exception of the Acoustic patch.
I play in a cover band out of Atlanta, we are all ex-pros. don't practice. We take requests (stump the band kinda thing) so I need a
quick access. I am moderately satified with that aspect.

I seems roadworthy, at least it's metal. We'll see. I always
carry a backup, which will be the G-3.

I've been playing all my life ( 40 plus) In my family, most are all entertainers. I play in a cover band out of Atlanta, we are all ex-pros. don't practice. We take requests (stump the band kinda thing) so I need a quick access. I am moderately satified with that aspect. However,I wish you could view the patch you are going to. I had to use the G-3 with a A/B box in order to carry the sound while I change the settings on the Korg. The manual sucks. Maybe they could have written a "crash" course for those who would complain about " too technical", then maybe a little more detailed further on in the same manual. The
loop function does not work as described in the manual.
In order to change some of the patches, I found it easier to
find all of the "original settings" then move from there. This also is
hard to do on stage. I would not expect to walk right on stage and
play this thing, but if you wire it in to your current setup and
work with it seems to be the way to go. If they would incorporate
an A/B setting( or maybe a 2nd display for whats in cue), I'd be a happy guy.

This thing is great for practicing or trying to find a particular
sound.Does it sound just like a expensive tube amp? No. Can it
change the sound enough to make a decent replication. Yes. It
actualy sounds good in front of a tube amp.

If you want something to direct record with you may want to look at
one of the other processers. If you want something that is an excelent
practice tool that has about everything you need, this thing is for
you. I can't find any down sides,not perfect but very good.

Not too bad, but some combinations need to be found via the manual. The patch selection pedals were too close together for me. But the bank down combination was not a real issue. Knobs are better for tweaking.

I'm using either a Peavey Cropper Classic or USA Tele in to a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe tube amp. The only drive setting I half liked was the Brit Stack. No cabinet emulations were any good thru the amp and any clear ones seemed to suck the life out of the tone of the amp. This pedal, even bypassed i.e. with no preamp/cabinet/fx on still took something away from the guitar tone which didn't impress me. I spent a lot of hours trying to get a good sound thru the amp and giged it once (with even more messing) but so much life seemed to go from the amp that I've gone back to pedals.

Through the headphones though, the pedal was great. But I wanted it for live work and it didn't cut it for me.

It's metal but the volume/wah pedal didn't seem that solid (compared to a Dunlop). Didn't have it long enough to comment otherwise. Should be OK if you look after it. The plastic cover over the LCD was thin and flimsy (like thick cling-film) and was scratched out of the box.

Din't deal with them.

I'd spent a lot of time looking in to a an all-in-one unit and the Korg appeared to fit the bill. I'm very disappointed that it didn't work out which is a shame. Just sounded too digital and lifeless thru a tube amp. I still think, it's a good product, just not right for me.

Very easy to use: only read the manual because I wanted somthing to read :)
Editing patches is a sinch.

I use this with a Jackson ATX and/or a Peavy Predator. I don't like the sounds on it at all, apart from the 'Tallica' clean sound, which is amazing. In fact, this is the only effect I use on it except the delay (I use my boss metalzone pedal and the amp's reverb/chorus.

No reliablility problems so far: wouldn't gig without a backup though, just in case.

Not used it

I only bought this so I didn't have to spend so long setting up my ice box chorus/metalzone distortion and cry baby. Unfortunatly, the wah is awful (I have a #30 cheap plastic wah pedal that sounds 10 times better), the chorus isn't anything special and the distortion is ok if you're not picky but I like heavy distorion with lots of drive. I wish that I'd saved a bit longer and bought the Boss GT3.

This thing is full of "good" sounds, but not many I consider "great", but it is better then most of the other floor processers I have tried.
It has a usable manual included, amazing. I got this thing to use as a practice aid & recording tool, but have not used it to record with yet. Very simple to use, as it is all "knob" based, easy to edit. Hell, if I can figure it out in a few minutes you surely can. I don't like many (non really) of the factory presets, and I have to question buying a effects unit with programs like "corn, bizkit & dyme". Oh, its EASY to use. Not having a real on-off switch bothers me too, it automaticly comes on when you plug it in. I'm just old school I guess.

I use several axes and amps, but mostly play through a Gibson E2 Explorer or a Fender Strat with EMGs (all single) into a Rivera 55-12 or a Rivera M60 combo. This thing is a very good headphone amp, but it doesn't get loud enough (using the phones) for me, but I'm going deaf to I guess. The reverbs and delay are well.....digital. The wah to me is almost unusable, I won't be parting with my Vox wah anytime soon, at least for this one, or any other digital wah I've heard so far. The distortion is merely OK on most counts. I like my amp distortion and will use a dedicated pedal of my choice if I need more gain. Korg's "REMS" has come a long way compared to the way like units sounded even 5 years ago. In the drive-amp & cabinet block you have 11 choices (for each) to choose from. Then you can adjust the drive, level, treble, mids, and bass AND adjust (for the cabinet) the air, level & presence.
This is where your distorion or acoustic (or other basic tones) comes from. I use the above mentioned for headphones only, as I have a REAL amp's tone I like much better. When switching cabinet sounds you WILL notice a difference (REALLY!!!) between, say a 1-8 and 1-12 tweed or a much bigger difference between a 4-10 tweed or 4-12 modern. The modularion block has Classic & Stero chorus, Classic Flanger, Mod delay, black & Orange phaser, textrem, pitch shifter, filtron,, auto wah and octave. Out of the ones listed, I like the filtron and auto wah best. The rest of the mod effects sound passable with headphones, but are lacking (to my ears) when run into the loop of my Rivera. I don't like the tremolo at all on this one, but then again I don't like "digital" trem on anything really. The pedal block gives you 11 more choices (volume, vox, traveler, talk, chorus-flanger. univibe, pitch bend, ring mod, hold, tap and sample & play delay. I have no comment on the ring mod as I don't use them and never have liked them. Remember some of the pedal effects WILL NOT work with the mod effects.
Now, this is the reason I got this in the first place. I wanted a sampler with decent delays, and this does the job just fine, thank you. Its not gonna make you get rid of your old EH unit, but it works pretty good. The sample and play part is cool, it will let you record 8 seconds and play it back however you see fit, including backwards, this is way more fun then it sounds. The U-vibe is sort of cool, but you won't be using it if you have a real one, same for the wah. The Vox wah DOES NOT sound like a Vox wah to me, surprise (yeah, I got a real one). The ambience block is the other reason I got this thing, and you have 11 choices here as well. The tape echo doesn't sound like a tape echo to me, but it's far better then other floor processers I have heard, it really and truely is. I'm a sort of delay and wah freak. The reverb is passable, but again its not exactly a long pan Hammond. Some of you guys love the digital verb, I do not. Same with delays, I like ANALOG delays, but I also like LONG delays and well, digital works OK for that. So really, I got this to use for the delays, sampler, tuner, metronome, filtron, and thats about it. Well, that's about the only effects I will run into my amp with this thing. The rest of them, again sound cool into headphones.

I don't gig anymore (old and married) but if I did, you have to be numb not to use a backup regardless. I have used other Korg gear with missed results, but so far so good. Don't worry, you guys will be the second to know IF I ever have any problems with it.

We'll see if the time ever comes that I need it.

I play metal and roots rock for the most part. It works OK for that and may even be KILLER for the new rock and metal tones, but I don't play that shit at all. If it were stolen I'd look for something else with more sampleing time, as thats what I really use it for. I've been playing for 18 years or so now. I love the IDEA of this thing, a all in one box, but I have picky ears, and know what I like to hear. This thing DOES help me create, I'll give it that. With a new baby coming, I'd say I'll be using this thing alot more too. It's kinda cool as I can do a loop and play over it by myself. It also has a nice tuner, the metronome comes in handy, and the delays are passable. I wanted a practice "toy" and this works fine for that respect, but it just doesn't have the sound I like (overall) to use with my Rivera M60.
Again, I'm old and set in my ways, I like certain distortions, delays, wah's, ect...
You know what? Try it and see if you think its the best thing since sliced bread or not.

very easy to use, but is a little difficult press 2 switches

the best sound, have the better effects, the metal dist is espectacular from KIll eM ALL to limp biskit sounds (if you like limp bizkit) the wah has a great sound, the us hi gain distortion is very bad but is replaced for the metal dist (espectacular dist).
The cabinet,modulation and ambience are great but in the pedal section, the ring mod i really a joy but pedals are good.
This korg is better than the rp7, rp2000, gt3, zoom 8080 in sound quality

a good relibility, but is a little difficult press two stwitches, but has a very good sound on stage, better than the rp200

Korg is great

BUY it
is better than the digitech, zoom, boss in sound quality, is easy to use and is cheaper
KORG AX1000G KICK ASS
a very good buy

you'd have to be really slow not to get a good sound out of this unit right from out of the box...it has knobs which eliminates hours of making patches like with most of processors

i use an epiphone les paul standard through an ibanez ts7 tubescreamer into the korg and finally into my Crate GFX-212....it can get pretty noisy but it has a noise reduction system that you can use(but you lose alot tone at low volume if you have it above 8) i play mostly punk with some silverchair thrown in there and i can easily get any distortion sound i want plus the presets are made after many guitar heroes or bands(etc. dime, korn, zepplin, lizzy, bizkit), what's also cool about this thing is that most of the distortions(minus us high gain) are based on stompboxes not amp distortions so you don't have to go out and buy a big muff, boss metal zone etc. they're already there...the modulation effects sound great i love the phaser and flanger...the pitch bend sound likes shit but i don't use it during any songs so no skin off my ass :-)

it has a metal housing so it should last for quite some time...i would gig this baby without a backup without any fear

never dealt with them

i've been playing for over 2 years and once again i play mostly PUNK with some silverchair thrown in there and this thing suits me more then perfectly so if you're going after many different distortions go for it....if this were stolen i'd cry like alittle baby then probably steal another one(i'm not made of money people)....this processor is incredibly good and if it wouldn't have been for the Digitech RP2000 being out there in the same year it would've gotten alot more attention

This thing is usable right out of the box (like we all do). Great pre-sets that are very tweekable with KNOBS. It's very easy to find where you want to be to change the settings. Very discriptive in their lables.The pre-sets are a good reference to create your custom pre-sets and the manual specifies what effects are where in the chain (saves some time. Good manual, but it was hard to get to the sample play feature without playing around (I used a Digitech delay for years- I expected the same functionality)

The amp selections can be extreem, but the speaker selection compliments things nicely. Lots of colors to work with. You could just change the speaker setting by song and leave the amp pick the same. The thing is dead quiet, if that where you want to be. Very transparent NR (although, changing the parameters are very limited). A lot of room to play with the levels of individual efects as you mix them together. Live, it's great to be able to bend over tweek a knob and know where you'll be. Very predictable, but scary if you don't practice what happens when you experiment. Pre-sets are geared more towards scooped out and gained tones, but there is so much room to tweek that you could live in pre-set land 90% of the time and still not feel guilty about it.
Great chorus, flange, wah and delys/echo. The Leslie thing just should of been scapped. It's terrible. A ton of room to work with the delays. Playing with the EQ on the feedback delays is very cool. I wish that the pedal had delay time functions. The pedal is excellent. More of a VOX Wah type, which is not bad, but very touhing on the wah and modulation efects like the, can be very obnoxious LFO (a la Shaft on Viagra).

I've only had it for about 4 months. Very sturdy metal housing. Nice firm feel to the knobs and expression pedal.
Too soon to tell, but I fel good.

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I'm a self taught very unique, but appreciated player that does aggressive and accoustic minded stuff. A deadnirvanayoungbobcure thing. I've been at it for a while. I play a Carvin DC135 T. (You've got to look at the Carvins- sorry) through either an old Rickenbacher solid state 100 W combo or a Peavy Classic 30. I used a Sans Amp GT2 before this adition (and I haven't looked back-as much as I loved that thing).
I've sampled the Zoom and BOSS comp and this one beats them easily.
Unfortunately, you can't combine individual modualtion effects. These effects are so fat it would be unreal to be able to mix and match.
Hey, I rely on good old HC for a great deal of my education. I hope I've influenced you in a positive way which I feel is "Buy the damn thing!" Best under $500 thing I ever bought.

At the risk of sounding like every other reviewer on this page, I have to say that this pedal is extremely easy to use. Because the parameter controls are knob-based, I can actually make changes onstage in real time. Anyone who's used multi-effect pedals in a performance environment before knows what a hassle it can be to try to tweak parameter buttons on the fly while looking at a little screen.
Unlike some others, though, I did use the manual, mainly to figure out how to access the tuner and set up tap delays.
I found it very easy to get a great sound out of this box.

I play a 69 tele with Lindy Fralin Pickups and a Fishman Powerbridge. When I bought this pedal, I ran it stereo through two Roland JC120's, which is, I think, the ultimate setup with this pedal. Unfortunately, those amps were stolen, and I couldn't afford to replace them. Now I run the pickups through the Korg and into (in stereo) an Ampeg Superjet reissue and a Roland Blues Cube. Both are 50-watt amps, so I have plenty of volume. I go for a clean sound out of the amps, and let the pedal provide the distortion. I run the Peizo straight into the PA. When I combine the acoustic sound from the Fishman with a slightly distorted sound from the amps, I have the largest, most awesome guitar sound known to man!
I have to admit that when I bought this pedal, I was a little disappointed in the sound quality. After playing with it for awhile, I realized that it was just the presets themselves that sucked. The unit is capable of great sound--it just doesn't come programmed that way from the factory. The thing I like best about the sound of this pedal is its versatility. Other multipedals I've used gave my guitar variations on the same sound. This one has enough different stuff in it to give you lots of completley different sounds. I've also had the experience of playing with other guitarists who owned multi-pedals (can you say "digitech?"). I noticed that most of them sounded like their amps were stuck in a cave somewhere. This pedal sounds more "in your face." Most every effect sounds great, though I rarely use the univibe or the traveller wah. Also, I wish I could modify the eq range on the regular wah.
Other drawbacks: because of the way the sounds are arranged, I can't always use the combinations I'd like. For instance, you can't compress a distorted sound, or chorus a sound with wah. I also wish the phase shifter sounds were a bit more extreme. These are minor complaints, though.

I've been using it several nights per week, with no problems yet. It seems pretty sturdy.

Never needed it.

I'm not a player who uses a lot of reverb or extreme distortion. I'm not interested in doing an 80's style high-tech "Lukather" thing, or even a Vai/Satriani "shredder" thing, though I do enjoy those kinds of music (Holdsworth is my favorite player). I play in two bands. One, based in New Orleans, is soul/R&B/blues band, with a sweaty, 60's vibe. When I joined the band, I needed some retro-sounding effects. I was already using a Marshall Guvnor and an old Tube screamer. I pondered buying a Crybaby, a Phase 90 and a Dyna-comp, then I stumbled across the review of the Korg in Guitar Player and decided save some money and make my stage setup simpler. This pedal was the answer on both counts.
My other band is a Top 40 dance band that plays just about everything danceable, mostly classic rock and 70's soul. Most of our business consists of big conventions, Mardi Gras Balls, and weddings. I play bass in this band, and I tried the Korg on bass at a few gigs. It worked pretty well, though I stopped using it because the only effect I use more than once a night is an envelope follower, and my Bassballs pedal sounds better for that effect. The chorus sounded good on bass, but it doesn't make that much difference--in an eight-person horn band, bass chorus doesn't exactly stand out.
One interesting note--the guitar player in my dance band is a real gear-head. He was playing his modified strat through one of those expensive Mesa Boogie pedals and a whole batch of other things--chorus, wah, compressor, octaver, etc. into a Rivera amp. He was always griping about how complicated his setup was, and how different his tone sounded from room to room. I loaned him the Korg overnight, and he bought one the next day. Now, he just plays the Korg pedal through a Fender Twin, and it sounds, I kid you not, better than his old rig!
If this pedal were stolen, I would certainly buy it again.

The Korg AX1000-G was very easy to use once I was shown briefly by the
effect guru at Guitar Center. It took me minutes to be able to control the various functions of the preset patches and began editing my own patches within minutes. I tried the other processors within a $100 above and below mine but they were too vague and not as easily understandable.

I play with a custom 76 Gibson S-1 which has a humbucker/single coil configuation and go through a fender M-90 chorus amp. The settings with a lot of distortion are more noisy but I believe it could be my amp since the thing is soo loud evan at low settings. Nevertheless, the effects are outstanding! I used to play through a cry baby and and tube screamer but this Korg can do the same job better and with more variety. And after much time trying to find that ever desired Texas blues tone (ala SRV) I think I can get away with it using the AX1000-G. By the way, when I use my Seagull 12 string on the acoustic setting with some chorus and a little tweaking, the icey cool sounds that are coming out keep blowing my mind. I'm starting to get more desire to creat music and less time trying to find good sound. The Korg is taking the work out of "sounding great". Now if only I could play like Clapton.

The AX1000-G is made out of metal and is tight all the way around. I dont think too much could go wrong unless you dropped it wrong, but I guess anything could break like that. I would still bring some back up pedals just in case of a freak accident. I dont think the AX1000-G would give you problems in any other circumstance.

The manual doesn't give you a number to reach Korg for questions or support. I don't know if this is intentional but it bothered me to have to return to the store to get some info. when just learning the machine. Other than that I can't say too much.

Ive been playing for 9years now and my style of playing is blues baby all the way. I write my music this way and look to guys like SRV, Clapton, BB-King, and Santana for influence. Since I play in a praise and worship band at my church, I try to offer the best I can and this processor just added to the sound about 60%. I use the Gibson S-1 for the more faster and bluesier music and a Seagull 12 string cedar top as well as Jumbo Fender spruce top for the more subtle and gentler music. I love the Ice cool sounds generated by the chorus and phaser in this processor. The only thing I didn't like about this processor is the way it gives you a series of preset patchess on pedals 1-4. You can't mix and match the way you can seperate stomp boxes so you have to edit or copy from the manual the settings in the order you want using the 40 user patches. You end up with the same patches twice only in different places which seems to me to be a bit wasteful but at least you have 40 editable patches to work with. Also the preset patch settings don't seem to sound exactly the same once they have been copied. I have to tweek a little to get the exact same sound of the preset patch if I want it. Other than that I don't have any other gripe. I did compare it with The Digitech RP something or another but it was a bit harder to use and it didn't give as much versitility, and the DOD was plastic and looked cheap. I chose this product because it seemed to give me more for my money soundwise and quality wise. This definately helps me make my music sound better, but of course your playing always determines what you sound like in the end. I would replace this processeor again if it were lost but if Korg could top it at around the same price I would consider. <><
Blacbird

The Korg AX1000-G was very easy to use once I was shown briefly by the
effect guru at Guitar Center. It took me minutes to be able to control the various functions of the preset patches and began editing my own patches within minutes. I tried the other processors within a $100 above and below mine but they were too vague and not as easily understandable.

I play with a custom 76 Gibson S-1 which has a humbucker/single coil configuation and go through a fender M-90 chorus amp. The settings with a lot of distortion are more noisy but I believe it could be my amp since the thing is soo loud evan at low settings. Nevertheless, the effects are outstanding! I used to play through a cry baby and and tube screamer but this Korg can do the same job better and with more variety. And after much time trying to find that ever desired Texas blues tone (ala SRV) I think I can get away with it using the AX1000-G. By the way, when I use my Seagull 12 string on the acoustic setting with some chorus and a little tweaking, the icey cool sounds that are coming out keep blowing my mind. I'm starting to get more desire to creat music and less time trying to find good sound. The Korg is taking the work out of "sounding great". Now if only I could play like Clapton.

The AX1000-G is made out of metal and is tight all the way around. I dont think too much could go wrong unless you dropped it wrong, but I guess anything could break like that. I would still bring some back up pedals just in case of a freak accident. I dont think the AX1000-G would give you problems in any other circumstance.

The manual doesn't give you a number to reach Korg for questions or support. I don't know if this is intentional but it bothered me to have to return to the store to get some info. when just learning the machine. Other than that I can't say too much.

Ive been playing for 9years now and my style of playing is blues baby all the way. I write my music this way and look to guys like SRV, Clapton, BB-King, and Santana for influence. Since I play in a praise and worship band at my church, I try to offer the best I can and this processor just added to the sound about 60%. I use the Gibson S-1 for the more faster and bluesier music and a Seagull 12 string cedar top as well as Jumbo Fender spruce top for the more subtle and gentler music. I love the Ice cool sounds generated by the chorus and phaser in this processor. The only thing I didn't like about this processor is the way it gives you a series of preset patchess on pedals 1-4. You can't mix and match the way you can seperate stomp boxes so you have to edit or copy from the manual the settings in the order you want using the 40 user patches. You end up with the same patches twice only in different places which seems to me to be a bit wasteful but at least you have 40 editable patches to work with. Also the preset patch settings don't seem to sound exactly the same once thet gave been copied. I have to tweek a little to get the exact same sound of the preset patch if I want it. Other than that I don't have any other gripe. I did compare it with The Digitech RP something or another but it was a bit harder to use and it didn't give as much versitility, and the DOD was plastic and looked cheap. I chose this product because it seemed to give me more for my money soundwise and quality wise. This definately helps me make my music sound better, but of course your playing always determines what you sound like in the end. I would replace this processeor again if it were lost but if Korg could top it at around the same price I would consider. <><

This thing is the easiest multi i've ever seen! you can figure it out in a minute without looking at the manual! it's knob based so
editing patches is really quich and easy. it has 80 patches, 40 user and 40 presets. it also has a great chromatic tuner in it. i was amazed how easy it was to get a really great sound out of this thing. five minutes after i got it i already had a few nice patches of my own. i used to own a zoom gfx-707 and i sat with that thing for hours and couldn't get a good sound out of it.

i use the korg with a les paul custom and a peavey amp and it sounds amazing! there is a really vast selection of great distortions. there is a problem that bugs me a lot... if you create a clean patch you can't control its volume! so i need all my other patches to be fairly quiet (low volume) so that they will sound good compared to the clean patch. if it sounds confusing, sorry...
the acoustic simulator is the only noisy effect... it's a shame cause it sounds real. the other effects are just great! there are a lot of cool stuff you can assign to the expression pedal... to make a long story short, this is a really wicked little device.

i've only gigged with it once since i got it... Unfortunatly i decided to wear my wider shoes and i had some trouble changing effects on stage since the 1,2,3,4 buttons are not so far apart.
i never had this problem at rehearsals though. as far as backup goes, i don't think i'll ever use a backup with this thing - it's made of metal and i believe it'll last long.

never dealt with them...

I just love the sounds that come out of this pedal! i think the most noticeable feature of this multieffects pedal is its ease of use.
it's just amazing how easy and quick it is to get a great sound out of it! another thing i really like is that it doesn't have all these fancy gimmicks and features you're never gonna use. it has exactly what you need, no more, no less. if i ever lost it i would undoubtedly buy it again, and again and again.

No problems in using this. It is certainly a lot easier than the
AX30/300G ever was.

I was trying this through headphones at a shop, and didn't get to
try it through an amp. Everything was ok apart from the overdrives
which don't have an good, extended "in-between" sound. I have an
Award-Session JD10 preamp, and that knocks the spots off it for that
bluesy edge-of-breakup sound. My Marshall Guv'nor also has something
that the Korg does not. Maybe I needed to tweak more with the parameters, but I felt the mild overdrives let it down. The more extreme overdrives sounded fine, but then that seems easier to achieve. I also tried the AX1G through a Vox Cambridge 15 Watt amp,
and despite the options of the AX1G being poorer, it sounded better
when coming through an amp than the AX1000G did through headphones,
so perhaps the AX1000G will do well for live work, but needs extra
help for direct recording. Even the AX30G seems better for mild overdrive on the AX30G's DST2 setting, I felt. I didn't really notice much difference in sound quality between the AX1G and the AX1000G except that the AX1000G has a lower noise floor.

I was using my Brandoni Telecaster for the test (Kent Armstrong
pickups).

Pluses: Good range of modulations
Minuses: Overdrives lacked something through headphones and I am not
sure it would work direct.
No flexibility in effects order (unlike AX30G)

It's the easiest to use multi fx unit I've used...period...knobs=good,..menus & buttons=bad

I really like almost every sound it puts out...the acoutic simulator is great,..good heavy distortions...warm and authentically tubey...I don't think I'll throw my jcm 800 out yet,..but for direct recording,..excellent...sometimes a certain note will stand out..like a standing wave,..but I've noticed that with pretty much all signal processors...

so far so good..metal chassis is good..foot pedal feels sturdy...we'll see if it stands the test of time.....

For the price this is the best bang for the buck...I like some of the pod's sounds too,..but you have to pay 200 more bux to have the pedal for that,..so this wins the value award...

Yeah, a once over of the manual then reading again over specific
sections would get you familiar with the unit.

Well, I was under the impression that this unit was capable of being run inline into a normal guitar amp as opposed to a Pod or RP whatever
that really need to just use a power amp. I've tried it with my TSL 100 both in line and in the loop. I tried to use this in two respects;
first, strictly as an effects unit(delays.verbs,ect.) and secondly with the amp/and/or cab sims + effects. In the loop it sounded terrible and in line it sounded terrible. Strictly using just its effects I thought they were cheap sounding. This Marshall has lots of gain, which is a reason I got it. Why would I want to stick a digital distortion in front of it? I'm getting to my point. I can absolutely forget about using this unit with an amp in which I also want to have the pure sound of that amp also available. Why? Because it seems that this unit totally sucks the lifeforce out of that amp be it in line or in the effects loop. So even if I want to use just the effects and have the pure amp tone availabe it won't work. It simply murders the gain and tone of my amps. HOWEVER, and which is why I didn't give it a low rating, is that if you intend to use the unit as a COMPLETELY SELF CONTAINED tone processing environment, I think it works very well. When practicing its great because I can really get some really over the top distortions and harmonics with this thing. It needs to be paired up with just a power amp section or a clean sounding amp. Working as a unit, the effects sound good and lose much of their cheap sounding quality.
So in essence, I just view it as another tone making device along with everything else. I'm going to try running this thru an a/b/a+b box and into another amp set as clean as possible ( I currently don't own a power amp) just to widen the tonal palette.

Seems sturdy enough. Solid state, what could go wrong? Either it works or it doesn't.

I never really liked having to use distortion pedals. I'm of the mind that the amp has got to be able to deliver the sound, pure and simple. So in that way, I don't like the idea of spending so much $$$ on a couple of new Marshall heads and not use the tone that God (and Marshall) bestowed them with. So sticking something like the AX1000G in the signal path renders them useless.However, if someone could show me how to get this thing NOT to suck an amps tone, then I'm all ears.

I only tried this thing out for about half an hour in the Guitar center and it was sick is hell!!!!!!!!!! It was so easy to use without a book or anything. Not to the point where you can start controling everything but easy enoungh so you know what your doing. What I really like is how I instantly caught on the levels and limitation (few) of this thing. The pedal is also good. Not too stiff and hard *cough*RP2000*cough*. I only had one problem though. I hit hard as hell on pedals and I have a big foot. Sometimes I activated the pedal on/off sswitch and didn't know it because my big foot was covering it. I also wish the scree was bigger and was backlit so I can play at night without the lights to bother everyone.
It also takes some time to get used to the Dleays.

The sound quility was great. I was playing it with a RG Custom to a Fender Delux (I think). Sometimes it can get quiet on effects like the Pitch Bender, but then I just turn up the guitar and amp. I was suprised that I didn't get feedback at lout volumes. It had some cool effects I never used like the Uni-Vibe and the Traveler. The way all the effects sound helped bring out loads of creativity (usually little is involved in what I play) in me. In minutes I was making funky bass lines with the Tube Overdrive and the Wah. I had people heads knockin' in that store. There were a few limits in versitility so I gave Sound a 9

I'm happy I came across this because I probably would have eded up buying 6 or seven stomp boxes. I still wanna get an dunlop 535Q and a sustainer. I need to fool with the pitch bender to see if I want a Whammy Reissue. Everything else is perfect for me since I'm a little new to effects. I wont be gigging with this for 2 reasons

1. I just wanna be great. I'm not looking for any fame from playing.
2. I'm only 14. I couldn't even get into clubs.

I used it at Guitar Center.

I play all styles of music. It depends on the sound I think of. I've been playing for a year and this is one of the best effects processors I have ever used. Some limit but nothing big.

Very simple to operate. If you've ever owned a multi-effects unit before, this one will undoubtedly be simpler. Tweaking is intuitive, once you take the 2-3 required minutes to learn the layout of the knobs. Yes, knobs a/k/a analog a/k/a EASY!

For those of you considering other units, I own a POD and a Boss GT-5. I like this unit better than either of those. I also own a Marshall Slash head, a Marshall 900 SLX and a Marshall dual mono block power amp with a JMP pre-amp. I have a modified Fender Prosonic with a true master volume installed in the external speaker output, and a pair of Jensen reissues inside, along with a Fender Deluxe Reverb. I know what tube amps sound like. I bought this thing to play late at night so my wife and kid can hear themselves. I am very satisfied with the sounds. I don't notice any noise problems, and the effects are very good and basic. I do not care for far out effects. Chorus, tremelo, reverb, phaser, and the like are what I need. The echo effects are great, and those alone are worth the price of the box. I was not concerned about price when I bought this thing; I bought it because it sounded so good and was very, very tweakable. I have never found any present on any unit to be adequate, as they all require some fine-tuning. Same with this unit, but if you can spare a fun-filled hour or two, you'll get the hang of all the subtleties. I play rock, and I'm not into super high gain (even though I own an SLX). This means I like a true, tube-like crunch which the Boss really cannot get without sounding too thin. The POD sounds dull, and through headphones lacks any stereo separation to the point where the sound sounds like its on tip of your head and not coming into each ear. The Korg sounds great through phones, although my experience with it through the front end of an amp is quite limited. I would highly, highly reccommend this unit to anyone who understands that you might need to spend an hour with it to learn how to adjust it to bring out the sounds you want. I would choose it over either the POD or the GT-5, but again, I'm a headphones/direct user, so guys wanting to go into the front end of an amp MIGHT feel differently.

I play at home, so other than inidicating that it works when I turn it on, I can't comment. It feels sturdy, but I am very gentle with my stuff anyhow.

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See sound quality for my opinin. Again, however, I'd reiterate that I know what tubes sound like, and although nothing except tubes will ever sound exactly like tubes, this unit, (at least through my headphones) comes frighteningly close.

This thing is very easy to use. It has knobs. Period. You can see what you're putting in your sound in the front panel. And you can put a three-year-old child to use it and he will get a good sound out of it.

I'm using an Ibanez RG270 and a VS100R from Marshall. This thing is very quiet. Is not noisy. The effects are powerful, but for my taste the distortion has a little lack of definition.
The clean sound of this thing IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL that I've ever heard. The chorus and delay are fantastic. But the Pitch Bending sounds quite digital. Also the Octaver.

It is metal with knobs. Very strange combination, but always reliable. I would use it in a gig without backup.

I've never deal with KORG

This is a very good buy and is very cheap for what it is. I've been playing for 2 1/2 years. i just love this thing, though I've only had it for one week. It helps me make music.

It was very easy to use, and a lot of the presets I used the very first day I got it for Worship band. I found the 40 user patches easy to set with one problem, but it is not significant. When you call up a patch, unless you write down the settings even after you perform the write function, you cannot refer back to the dial position settingslike those written out in the Manuel for the presets. The manual is very good, but the system as a whole is set up to be very easy to program- you could do ok without the manual.I just wish the Korg had been a little more descriptive in the various models included.

I am using the AX1000 with a Tex Mex Strat with a LR Baggs Acoustic bridge system, through a Crate Acoustic Amp- which is like playing through a small PA. This pedal is great. I am intrigued by the acoustic simulations I can get to full on stack distortion. Especially like the Vox simulations with the various cabinet sounds. The cab sims can be set to work with a guitar amp to a PA, and they do add for me a fairly realistic sound of the tone I am seeking, and thats just part of it. Some of the effects are very cool. The univibe was a minor disappointment, but the delay stuff is loads of fun, more than makes up for as I said minor disappointment.

It appears road worthy and dependable. Nice metal case, can recalibrate the pedal if needed. Comes with a power supply with a hook to keep it from being pulled out. Only quibble here is that the unit is fully powered up when turned on, no on / off switch, and I'm getting used to that.

My first Korg pedel.

I play contempory Praise music in Church, alot of the music we do rocks from blues to slow songs requiring acoustic textures. So I need tones from AC-DC to ZZ Top, to Andrew Legg, the Eagles,Byrds, and U2. It is really fun to be playing with the Korg. People cannot figure out where the big amp sound is coming from, or the 12 string or light acoustic- my guitar is fairly chimmy through any amp but there is a real enhancement without paying mega bucks. To be honest, it is the poor man's Lexicon, but then I do not have 1500 for the Lexicon and another 400 for its controller either. I had an ME-30 but it just did not sound very good in compraison to the Korg. The Korg does a lot of sounds very well, and is very easy to use unlike the Boss. I had my choice of the Korg over a Digi Tech, and choose this because the sound was as good, easy to program, has an echo plus and a multihead echo delay (with tape junk sound noise)that is alot of fun,tap delay, anfd a 8 second looper to boot- and all this in a package that is cheaper. I can play Neil Young grunge to Eagles and the Byrds and Tom Petty with the ease of a button- now if they only would quit telling me to turn down.

A floorboard with five footswitches, one expr. pedal, several buttons and eight knobs. The footswitches switch patches or effects on/off, the knobs edit parameters (unfortunately, no endless knobs and no "switch-to-parameter" option), the buttons are used for writing pateches etc. The effects don't have many parameters each, so programming this thing is dead easy. For bank down switching, you have to press two buttons simultaneously, for bypass/mute you have to hold one button long (0.5/1 s). The exp. pedal has an integrated switch which has a quite stiff operational characteristic.

The unit contains a drive/amp simulator, a cabinet simulator, a modulation section, a ambience section, a pedal section and a denoiser: drive/amp - cool for wild heavy sounds, the compressor algorithm is quite crappy. cabinet sim: I don't see any logic behind this block. mod: there's a set of vintage-style phasers, flangers and filters, all of which sound warm and very usable. Again, too few parameters. The pitch shifter is about one generation behind its time (my Boss SE-50 had better algorithms). ambience: the delays have - again - too few parameters - there are vintage-style echos (inc. a multihead echo, which unfortunately feeds back from the first head, so this becomes unusable with a feedback >0). There are a few ultra-primitive reverbs and echo/reverb combinations. pedal: apart from controlling master volume, it can control several mod or delay effects, in this case, the respective section becomes inoperative. Effects: Wah (some cool, some not so cool), Chorus/flanger, Tremolo/Panning, Pitchshift, hold delay, tap temp delay, loop delay (8 sec.). Again, too few parameters, plus the pedal can control only one pre-defined parameter. Cool: the loop contents remain intact when switching patches. Denoiser: ultra-primitive. I wouldn't use it on any but the lowest setting - this is more of a bad noise gate than a denoiser.

No experience, but it looks quite sturdy.

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I use this thing as a dedicated effect/"preamp" for my Tune Gap6 bass guitar, going directly into a Behringer MX2642A console. The main weakness of the AX1000G is its inflexibility: there are 0-2 decent variations you can get out of every effect algorithm, cross-combine them in any order you might like, and you'll see that the 40 user patches are more than you'll ever need. On the other hand, the thing is easy to operate, got a good display, some of the effects (vintage or other) are quite cool, it's got a good chromatic tuner, and it's not too expensive...

extremely easy to use, just turn the knob and your there. the toe switch under the expression pedal is a little hard to press. but thats no major draw back concidering i dont really use the sampler in performance.

i use a gibson sg through a crate gfx-212, and with the proper patches
programmed into this pedal is better than anything. period. any sound you want is yours with this pedal, even totally out there ones. and it's so clear, the overdrive really adds to the clean sound of this pedal, and the stereo chorus is the best i'v ever heard.
the delays and reverbs are very versitile and each one has the original unique sound of its type. spring reverb sounds like it should and hall reverb can sound like a hall or you can use some delay with it to make it sound like your playing in a cave.

it's great, all metal and the expression pedal is adjusted nice and tight for great standing play.

don't know, never had a problem with it.

i play metal, classic rock, classical style, and blues. this pedal is the best for all of them. i wouldn't trade it for any other.

you could get a 3-year old kid to get a good sound out of the pedal. there are not multi-page menus, but easy-to-use nobs. all you do is turn the nobs and it changes the sound. as simple as that. mine didnt come with a manual (nothings perfect)but i contacted the shop where i got it and they sent it to me free-of-charge.

the setup i have is Washburn EC-36 through (sometimes)Jim Dunlop CryBaby WahWah through Korg AX1000G through Fender amp. Its practically silent though some of the effects dont sound perfect (but still pretty damn good). With a couple of seconds tweeking those nobs, you can get almost a perfect sound

it's made of metal, it's Korg, and it's practically indestructable. i heavily depend on it (fender amps have a terrible distortion sound). When i gig i never use a backup, never have done and probably will never need to.

i only dealt once with the company, and that was to get the manual. i got it within 4-5 days after asking them for it.

i play a mix between all sorts.
jazz-
blues(BB King)-
roots reggae (toots and the maytals)(BobMarley and the Wailers)-
ska(Goldfinger)(Ruda Salska)-
hard rock (Guns n Roses).

this pedals covers everything metioned above. you can get an almost perfect sound with all of them. If it was stolen, i would definitly replace it. What i hate about it is the pedal. i cant get a good feeling for it, even though i have had it for about 6 months. i find it just doesnt have the right feel.

I tried two other models- the Boss ME-30 (too old) and the Digitech RP2000 (too expensive). this outclasses both of them, either by quality (the Boss) or the value-for-money (the Digitech).
This pedal motivated me to get off my ass and get a band together, which is a good thing!!

Really easy to use, it took me about 15 minutes to figure it out and start editing my own patches, after an hour of playing with it i could get the type of sounds that i like.

Great Clean Sound, i use an Ibanez JS100 guitar and a Peavey Classic 2*12 Amplifier , the best sounds come from the distortion and chorus effects wich sound really great and the delay and wha sound pretty decent , i play Van Halen Music, Metallica, Ozzy, Eric Clapton, Santana ,Pink Floyd, mostly Rock and Blues and this processor its just perfect for that.

The metal case seems to be just right for any king of gig.

Never had to deal with it

I would really recomend this for someone who is trying to use it for live performing specially if you play classic Rock, Hard Rock or Metal type of Music , Dont expect to get a lot of weird sound out of it. Compared with RP2000 and GT-5 the sound quality is 100% better on this product and a lot much easier to use and edit. If you want to get a lot of great sounds for a reasonable price this is the gear for you.

I find this very easy to use. Editing patches is a snap with the analog pots, instead of the buttons that most manufacturers use these days.
A few gripes, though... - everytime I'd use one of the presets, it says "VOLUME" in the little LCD screen, and I'd have to give the compression or ambience knob a few turns before i could turn any of the other pedals off (i.e. Modulation, Amp type), but for some reason, the ambience pedal is the only one that turns off in this mode. Very queer. Another gripe...when i turn the compression pedal off, and turn it back on, it goes to that "VOLUME" mode that pisses me off so much. That's about it. No need for a manual for this thing.

SO GOOD!!!! I play an Epi Standard Les Paul with '57 classic pickups (great guitar, but everyone knows epi p/us suck baws) or a Powerhouse strat (awesome guitar) through a BOSS SD-1(eh...ok pedal, now that i have the KORG)which i just use for more grainy/feedback type sustain and a Crybaby 535q(amaaazzzing wah pedal), into a *vintage* marshall plexi half stack($500 dollars, major steal). Sounds great through these, except for a few things(again, sorry). The pitch shifter/whammy effects aren't that great. It sucks that they had to put a delay option on those, it was useless, so now everytime i pick a note, it has this weird "blip" sound before the full note sounds. Plan on getting the Digitech whammy reissue. The uni-vibe effect is...peculiar, i've been reading reviews about how a pedal-controlled uni-vibe would cost a fortune, so i guess it was on the upside. The Filtron is a fun effect to play around, you can get some great "disco-era" sounds with it if you set everything on ten(LOW VOLUME...my ears were ringing after doing that on high...the sound gets really really high pitched). Great sound quality on everything else though.

Metal casing beats plastic anyday(are you listening ZOOM???). Sturdy sturdy casing(dropped a fender champion 110 on this thing, and nothing at all. I would gigged only with single effects once, but this thing is now part of my permanent setup, never leaves its place.

never needed it

DEFINITELY GOOD MATCH FOR ANY MUSICAL STYLE - from beatles to zep to rage, this rules over anything else(never tried the new Digitech RP2000, tho, got to)

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to the world of effects- I didn't have aclue what the difference was between between a flanger or phaser or what one was for that reason, so the Korg looked a bit daunting when arrayed before me. However, despite what others have written about the lightweight manual, it was fine and explained everything sufficiently to know what you were up to yet leaving room for experimenting. The patches and presets are clearly stated and laid out, the pedal is easy to calibrate and the footswitches are sturdy and far apart enough for practical use.

I am using this with a single Mightymite humbucker pickup Tanglewood Trig through a crappy old Peavy practice amp, but hey this thinr absolutely screams through them. Once you have sorted the noise reduction and master volume setting, i got some really tasty sounds out of the unit. You have to put some effort into fine tuning, particularly with the amp setting, but it really blossoms when you spend a little time with it- mellow tones on the acoustic simulator and some nasty fuzz and distortion, not to mention a versastile effects pedal and pretty good autowah.

Top unit, all metal, very reliable, am using it next week and am confident not to need backup.

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As a beginner, this unit had everything I wanted and more. I dont think you can beat it for the price- I was contemplating a Zoom 707 but for the extra pounds you get a hell of a lot more. I still havent really begun to use this baby to it's full potential with the phase trainer options etc, but for my soft rock style and home recrding, this unit is perfect- Highly recomendable.

This is intuitive to use- knobs or keys to change parameters. The knobs are assigned different functions depending on the effect selected and they operate just like a stomp box. It is incredibly easy to get a great sound out of it from the get-go(provided you use a good amp). For most effects, the tweaking is as difficult as a stompbox. Editing patches is really easy. The manual is adequate. This replaces a Boss ME-30 which doesn't have the sound quality this unit does(especially the distortions) no matter how hard I would tweak,I couldn't get good sounds out of it. The same can be said of the new ZOOM GFX8 which is knob based also. Although there is quite a bit more depth of programability, the sounds suck compared to the Korg. I tweaked and tweaked on the Zoom but after an hour or so of playing with the distortion parameters and cabinet types, I still couldn't come up with one that was more than passable. I couldn't believe the sounds that came out of the Korg immediately and with a few twists of the knobs, I had a perfect sound. This all took about a minute or two.
The main negative comment I can think of right now is that, when in individual mode(manual mode), you can't access the tuner, you have to go back to play mode and access the tuner from there. But this can all be done by foot, so it's not that bad; just time consuming.

I put this between a Strat or 335 and a Trace Elliot Custom Shop Bonneville(4x10, 50watt, all tube combo). It sounds great!! And it's so much easier to lug around than the stomp boxes/pedals I used as the main stay or supplement to the ME30. I could go into detail here about the effects, but since there's something like 56, I'll just say that this thing really does live up to the hype(at least as far as the modeled pedals go). I don't need/want to use my old boxes anymore and that's the first time I've said that about a multi-effector. Most of the time, individual stomp boxes sound better than their counterparts on these things but not so here. I don't know how exact a replica they are if compared side by side, but they sound great! I don't use the cabinet settings except with the Vox AC30 model. When engaged, they've seemed to me to make the distortions sound cheap and reminiscent of the lousy Boss distortions on the ME-30. The AC30 model is just a tad too dark and actually sounds better w/a cabinet model.

Downside - The Wah is really quite good for clean playing but loses some of the sweep sound when used with distortion - the more dist., the worse it gets. Instead of "WAH", it just sounds like a glitch. Also, it doesn't seem to have much high end, it sounds about like the guitar when bypassed - i.e. not enough high-end in the sweep to please me. And there's no way to tweak it. I don't know if it'll replace my Dunlop 535Q yet. There seems to be a volume drop when engaged also.
It's not a true by-pass, so it cuts just a little transparency out of the guitar sound.

Don't know yet.

This thing can cover a ton of styles, since it has a ton of stomp box models. It can handle anything I want(rock, blues, pop, experimental). This is going to replace a bunch of stomp boxes. It truly has made them obsolete for me since it sounds just as good and its so moch easier to lug around. And for the money and more, this thing is killer!

This unit is one of the easiest i've seen. IT HAS KNOBS!!! It's easy to find the effect you want without having to scroll endlessly. The preset programs are great and its VERY easy to write your own programs. However, the way to bank from one program to the next is a little tricky at first, but is easy to get used to. I took this thing out of the box and immediately had a great sound to listen to. The manual is very brief about pretty much everything, but is straightforward, and most everything is self-explanatory. Editing the effects takes some work, trying to figure out which knobs do what and so on, but the manual covers that well. Also comes with an AC adapter so you don't have to worry about batteries or anything like that.

The effects on this box are awesome. Its got some great distortions to choose from, and they all can be modified to your liking. A few distortions can be a little noisy on my amp (a fender amp), but it has a noise reduction option that takes most, if not all, of that away. I bought this unit because there were various sounds that i wanted (such as echo and flanger and distortions) and i couldnt afford separate stomp boxes. I got all the sounds i wanted out of this, AND MORE!! There are a few kinda weird effects that i know i wouldn't use, but for the most part the effects are great. The U-vibe on it sounds great too. The only drawback is that when you have a pedal effect (wah or talker) on it automatically switches off the modulation effects (the choruses and the phasers, etc.), which is somewhat limiting, but still can get great sounds--IF YOU WANT GREAT SOUNDS AND DON'T WANT TO SPEND A FORTUNE GET THIS EFFECTS BOX!!! This is a great buy...I tried out others such as digitech's RP2000 and RP7, and DOD multieffect boards and they had too much stuff i didn't need, weren't as easy to use, and didn't even sound as good, and the Korg AX1000G was cheaper too.

VERY RELIABLE. Metal outside. Looks very sturdy. Don't need a backup.

Haven't needed em.

I play alot of rock, classic rock, and some alternative type music, and the effects and distortions are a great match. This thing could match pretty much any music type in my opinion. ITS VERY VERSATILE. I've been playing 7 years and this is one of the best investments i've made. I also own a couple effects boxes and a Taylor acoustic, and and Ibanex electric, and this is a great addition to my sound. This gives me more versatility with my music, and it seems that I can do alot more with my guitar now. It has so many great features that are a joy to have. The chromatic tuner is great, and the metronome and &quot;phrase trainer&quot; I haven't even used yet. If this was stolen, i would definately go with this one again. I don't think anything would beat it unless you spend ALOT more.

um This unit IS pontentially easy to use. Although it takes A LOT of getting used to, the parameter settings and all that are easy to edit but all in all very hard 2 get used to. The manual is no great help either. But dont get me wrong all and all easy to use!

The sound quality bloody rocks!!! very clean nice and easy easy to compress as well! I play through a fender strat and a marshall valvestate stack and it sounds awesome!

The main reason i bought this was its reliability. STurdy, metallic stomp box, id have no quams in using it with no back up ever!!
BUILT TO LAST!

never dealt with them yet, but seems very reliable

I definatley recommend it to all intermediate to professional guitarists!!!!!!

I found this very easy to use. Easy "tweaking" function in the drive mode is handy. If you are familiar with multi-effects this one is a breeze. I did not find pushing down 2 buttons to go down a bank to be that much of a problem. I love the built-in tuner.

I use this with a Strat-style guitar w/humbucker and a Fender Princeton amp in a Variety band set-up. Drive section is great. Great chorus,phasor, & wah. I use the echoplex setting for echo and has a good tone. This has improved my sound big-time.

Made out of metal so it seems reliable.

If this were stolen I would replace it immediately. Great value,great tone.

It is extremely easy to use - there are five knobs that you simply turn to get the specific sound. All those freaky sounds that you are never gonna use anyways are cut off. Extremely easy editing - the myth about multi effect boards being hard to use is killed here. The manual is very easy to use too.

I use my stereo for this because there are some really cool stereo effects that don't sound as cool with a normal amp. I use a cheap Ibanez factury guitar, and it sounds really cool. It is not very noisy - in fact there is a noise reduction effect on it that cuts away all the noise from OD effects, although when you set it on 100 there is almost no sustain left. However, the octave pedal effect does not sound very cool - it does not have a natural tone when you octavise it.

You can certainly depend on it - I've never ever had any problems with it at all.

I've never had any problem with this.

I play all sort of music - blues, surf, rock, jazz - everything. And I can make all the sounds I want with it. I have been playing with the Korg AX1000G for a few months now, and I think it is extremely satisfying. If something should ever happen to it, get stolen or crashed, then I would certainly buy the same one again (unless another better effect board appears). It is definitely worth all the money - you gotta double up the price or triple it before you get anything better.
I love that it is so easy to use, and the sounds are extremely cool, even the OD sounds. There is also a cabinet feature that can copy all sorts of amps and stuff, and you can always modify every effect to make it suit your taste exactly.

This is not a hard thing. The manual is clear, and saving "tweaks" in memory is pretty intuitive.

The most important thing to remember is: THIS IS NOT A POD! This is the dream effects box. I use a Strat through a Fender HotRod Deluxe, and most of the time that's ALL I use. However, instead of carrying around a box of effects pedals, I can carry this little wonder around. It's got a stage tuner, tremelo, volume, wah, rotovibe, auto-wah, and many echoes, chorus, effects. It's also got several distortion boxes modelled. They all sound good. The main thing to remember is my deluxe is not gonna sound like a boogie or a marshall. In my opinion, none of the modelling boxes can do that. Nothing is gonna sound like a good guitar running through hot tubes and moving air. What makes this contraption so appealing is that it does so many things to modify my sound and gives me control over all the necessary parameters. It will do up to 8 effects at a time, which is overkill for me.

It's still pretty new, but it's built out of metal. I'm guessing it's gonna last ok. I'll let you know if it doesn't.

I bought this at guitar center, and they handle the warranty/support.

I tend to play "Texas" music, which is a strange combination blues, country, americana, and zydeco. I've been playing professionally for longer than you've been alive, and I look it. If this thing were stolen, I'd probably replace it. It does a lot of things really well. I compared it to the J-system and the Pod, and decided that for live work, this is the superior product. I do a lot of studio work, but for that I use a guitar and an amp. Let's face it, a $5000 Lexicon is gonna sound better than a $300 stomp box, no matter who made it.

This stomp box is so easy to use and having only had it a week can get any sound out of it that i want from jimi hendrix to rage against the machine and U2.
Editing patches is easy to work out without the manual.

I dont know how i have lived without the korg. the sound is so amazing and unlike the other stomps i have tried, zoom and boss this sound like its runnin on tubes!

so far so good

not needed touch wood

I couldnt believe it when i was able to get the sounds of Jimi, U2 ratm punk grunge in one tiny box

Even though the manual explains the features of the ax1000g in way too short terms, it's no big problem, as you can read your way through almost everything on the board...only except for the sampler and the programming of your own sounds, maybe. But else....I mean - it takes 10 seconds for anyone with a sight that can reach the board, to make it sound just like a single-pedal sound.....great.

A major drawback of pedalboards with many sounds included, is, that it's all digital, so it just sounds artificial no-matter what you do.
I don't know how Korg did this. But it sounds just like -or even better, than "the real thing" - single-pedal stuff, like those from Boss. At least this is the case of far the most of the sounds!

I must admit, I haven't had it for too long...check it out - it's in metal!!!! No plastic shit like Zoom's products (sorry Zoom, but you just can't build a board for stomping out of tiny plastic!). The preset pedals only need a soft touch from the tips of your fingers, so there's no big mechanism wich will grow old way too fast.....I think, this one -indeed- is built to last!

Haven't needed them so far

I mostly play the David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) kind of rock, so I need a great variety of sounds, in order to sound just like that. It works great. Wanna play some slightly distorted blues....I just turn the amp-knob to Top-distortion, and it sounds great too.
It simply can do a lot. Of course it's no 5000-sounds-effects-board.
It's only got real guitar sounds. No weird synth-sounds, and that's maybe what makes it so relatively cheap. And, personally, I dont need to sound like a symphony ochestra, when I play the guitar. I wanna sound like a guitarist.
I've compared it with the famous GT-3 - Korg just blows that off the road. The GT-3 sounds extremely digital compared to Korg.
BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT ! - AND BUY IT AGAIN WHEN SOMEONE steels it!! (Who wouldn't??)

I'll give it a 10!

I play rock in a band and also use this babe when I play Irish music a la Pogues, and when I'm alone on stage and playing "softsongs". I just love it. I was looking for a POD but the price and the sound made me in love with this babe. The acoustic sound is great, I only miss a few things, why 9 volt? And where's the MIDI? And the double pedal for back the bank is not a solution that will bring the Nobel prize.

I use this babe with my Gibson doublecut on my Selmer amp with a 4X12 Malmberg cabinet. It sounds great.

Like I said, I play folkmusic, rock, and trubador stuff. I'm not the champion on the techniques (or the english language...) but I think it's the best thing I ever had in my music career, and I played the guitar for about 15 years. In Sweden, it's a third of the POD price!! If I lose it I will run to the store and get another.

This unit was a dream come true. I plugged it in, and it worked. Then I had to start editing. At first it was hard to see what effect each knob has, but as they are analog, it is easy to get a feel for them. The manual says very little at all. Most of the stuff you need to know is right on the pedal next to each knob. If you can decipher the cryptic little icon for a metronome, that's on there too. Verdict - easy to get cool sound. Less easy to get the exact sound you want. It gets easier as you gain a feel for it, though.

I am using an Ibanez RG series guitar with a small Marshall Valvestate amp (My money ran out, and I decided to splash out on the pedal rather than the amp). This setup is pretty noisy to begin with (the amp - the guitar is one of the quietest I've heard), but on the clean channel and with the noise gate properly set I can get a perfect noisless sound. (Better than the amp the pedal is supposed to be emulating, I'll bet). One or two of the effects seem pretty lame (the filtron springs to mind). And a few settings are strange at first (like you can't mix out your original tone in the pitch shifter effect - you have to use the pedal activated one). Overall all the sounds sound very full compared to other digital effects I have heard. I succeeded within the first day to perfectly model my amp on the unit, and stuff like Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Tool (phaser effects and echo), were pretty easy to nail. One gripe is that the chorus effect is easy to set to an 'artificial' sound.

This thing feels solid, and I have stood on the expression pedal pretty hard without anything happening. I would worry about stuff spilling onto it, as there is no obvious way to open it up to let it dry.

No experiences.

I've been playing for about 5 years, mostly on the abovementioned guitar and earlier on a Fender amp. I play mostly heavily distorted stuff like Deftones, KoRn and some Limp Bizkit, but I need a clean tone now and then (intro). This pedal has what I need. I could bear to stomp on it a little more lightly to activate the sample and play feature, and would have liked to be able to go down the bank without pressing two buttons at once, but I love the sound and the flexibility.

This unit is a bit different to set up than most multi-effects pedals, but once mastered is quite easy to use.

I believe that most of the BAD reviews of these kinds of pedals is either due to a lack of understanding of what MAKES a particular sound, or a lack of patience in creating or editing sounds. You CANNOT just plug these things in, press some buttons, and expect a great sound. In my opinion, the key to GREAT sounds on this pedal are the cabinet models . . . in particular, the 'air' knob. I have used this pedal direct into the PA in a live environment and direct to hard disk recorder . . in both cases, it did a great job.

Seems very solid . .. all metal . . time will tell I guess

Haven't needed them

I play blues, pop, lite-rock . . . this thing is well suited to any task I have asked it to do. Again, take the time to LEARN how to use these pedals . .

This Thing Has AMAZING Sound I love it. It came with a manual and everything. The knobs are easy to turn. You don't even kneed to use the manual for this baby. The instructions are all onthe bord!

The sound of this unit is superb to any other unit. You can get a Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, or Limp Bizkit sound. This all from presets. This unit is only noisey if you turn on the distortion to the modern 4 x 12 cabinet setting. I use this with two Peavy Classic 112's. It's amazing. All of the effects are there. None left out!

The case is metal! Of course it is going to be dependable you fools! I would deffinetly use this in a gig. Without a backup! This thing wouldn't be destroyed by a H-Bomb! I should now.

They are the nicest people I have ever talked with over the phone. They answered all my questions in 6 minutes!

This good for my rock music. I have been very happy with all of the qualitys of this unit and its durability. If this unit was stolen I would buy two and keep one in a safe! Some people think the AX1000G is just like a RP2000 from DigiTech. Wrong! The RP2000 is a piece of shi_. It is the best thing that has happened to me. I love it man!

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I play a lot of different stuff. From contemporary rock to old time 50s and 60s stuff. My previous floor fx was a Boss ME5, so this thing had a lot to live up to (for me anyway). One thing was clear straightaway, the sound quality available has improved greatly. I've now used it on two different types of gigs and have been impressed with it. On on gig I used my Fender Strat Plus and the lead sounds just blew away what I used to do with the Boss. On the other gig I used my Gretsch Tennessee Rose. The 50s echo effects were just superb. Once again, better than the Boss. The built-in tuner I love. Most of the effects are very useable and not difficult to set up. Perhaps the parameters for the Echo and Reverb sections could be more flexible but, for a unit of the price, it's hard not to just appreciate it for what it is. I don't like the 9v power supply. I would have preferred the PS to be built-in. Just like my old Boss. Overall, I'm very impressed. For practising at home, recording or playing smallish gigs, then this is a very-hard to beat unit. For larger, Pro gigs I would prefer to use rack-mounted gear that would withstand the rigors of the road. But then we would be talking about considerable investment. I give this Korg an A rating. It would have got A+ if I didn't have to press two pedals together to bank down.

Excellant. That's about the size of it. I've had it for two days, and already I can achieve almost any sound I want. The knobs are a godsend, instead of endless buttons. The LCD display is good for the task. Editing is easy, and the Individual play mode is an excellant addition. By pressing pedal 5 for a couple of seconds, you can then turn on and off a certain patches effects, excellant if you don't want to waste another patch just for the addition of a bit of Flange.

I have an Epiphone Les Paul (Standard), through a Marshall Park G30RCD. The sound quality is very even on this half decent set up. Personally, I found it a bit hard at first to find a good overdrive, because the Cabinet emulators create a 'hollow' sound. But, this can be turned off.
I've read some of these reviews, and they say that the pedal produces hidious hissing noises on certain effects and modulations. I think they haven't discovered the excellant Noise Reduction control, which can be adjusted to remove all background noise if required.
BUT. I found a major drawback that still bugs me. If I want a pedal effect on, it automatically turns off the modulation effects. This means, I can't have a phaser mixed with a Wah effect.
I play a lot of Manic Street Preachers, and so far, I have successfully reproduced one desired effect or another (even that cool phaser bit at the beginning of Tolerate).

Its solid metal casing means even my elephant feet won't mark this baby. The pedals may be a bit on the small side, but thats only a minor niggle. I would fully gig this, as it has such a good build quality.

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This is an excallant effects pedal for mid - rock music (Manics, OCS, Oasis at a push). I don't think it has the uummph for more heavy metal music, but then again it depends on your amp. On a 4x12, it would run as slick as Christmas.
I've been playing for 5 years, and the only other effects pedal I have is a Boss Flanger. The controls on the AX1000G mirror the style of the Boss stomp boxes, and that's what first drew me to it.
Don't expect a GT5, as thats a whole different price tag. Do expect something that'll kick the ass outta your mates Zoom 505, in terms of sound, style, build, interface, U-Vibe effect etc..

Finally, a pedal board with knobs. It allows you to tweak stuff very fast. In fact, I'm getting very lazy about storing effects. The only drawback I see is to put the unit in bypass you have to hold the current patch button down for one second. This makes it a little hard to turn it off during the middle of a performance. As a workaround I make an effect in each bank that basically has no effect. The other drawback is that there is no way to combine say a wah with a flange. It's basic effects structure is Drive>Cabinet Emulator>Modulation or Wah Effect>Reverb or Delay. Even though it has a separate Pedal and Modulation Section, you can only use one at a time. A minor point with the kind of things I play.

For a pedalboard this thing is great. It doesn't have that "canned" sound that many boards do. The wah's good, delays are good, the uni-vibe is almost worth the price of the board alone. It has a Muttron effect that is very good if you're into that funky kind of stuff. Octaver has an excellent analog sound to it.

It definitely affects the dry sound. There is no true bypass. It's not noisy. Mostly it dampens the dynamic range a bit. I originally wanted to use it in the pre/power amp loop of my amp, but it really took a lot of quality off the signal. Now I run it before the input of my amp and it is almost transparent (almost). Of course I'm very picky about my clean sound.

Thank god it's not plastic. Seems very solid. I wouldn't need a backup since I don't use that many effects in performance, plus as long as you have some kind of case to transport it in I don't see any problems. I hate having wall warts on the stage, so I rigged up a 2 channel cord. I cut the ends off one channel and spliced in the power supply and connector. To my suprise it works perfectly. So my wall wart sits permanently inside my amp cabinet. The other channel goes into my guitar amp input, so I only have one cord to pull out.

I play American Roots music (folk, blues, country, rock) and this is the only pedal board I've found that can be used for that style. The effects I use are uni-vibe, tremolo, tuner and wah. That's it pretty much. But those effects sound great and were worth the price of the board. A uni-vibe with controller pedal would cost just as much, plus it's more to hook up on stage and doesn't have a built-in tuner.

There are a few things I'd change
1) a tremolo that can be adjusted with the pedal
2) a Leslie simulator (the uni-vibe effect is a simulation of a rotary speaker simulator and it doesn't sound much like a leslie, especially at higher speeds)
3) a real bypass.

I'm very pleased with my purchase. I'd buy one again.

Ive only had it one day and am already experiencing problems with the unit. I play a lot of hard rock/metal and switch from clean to distortion a lot. Well the Korg's pedal response time is NOT instantaneous and in fact I lose a note or two when switching under steady tempo. This can wreck a songs mood live and is really frustrating. I think I am going to return it. Also, the pedals are tiny so if you have big feet like me your going to be doing the pedal dance a lot. I dont like the bank down operation using two pedals either.

The Korg kicks ass in sound quality! The effects are quality and the amp modeling is sweet! This thing has beefy distortions on it and the wah sounds good too. Anything from Metallica to CCR. Too bad it chokes when switching pedals at high speed.

Dont know about reliability as Ive only had it a short time.

Dont know, haven't called them.

Overall this unit sounds really good but its just hard to use playing live due to the down time between switches and the small pedal size. I think Im going to trade it in on a POD which sounds good too.

Ive only had it one day and am already experiencing problems with the unit. I play a lot of hard rock/metal and switch from clean to distortion a lot. Well the Korg's pedal response time is NOT instantaneous and in fact I lose a note or two when switching under steady tempo. This can wreck a songs mood live and is really frustrating. I think I am going to return it. Also, the pedals are tiny so if you have big feet like me your going to be doing the pedal dance a lot. I dont like the bank down operation using two pedals either.

The Korg kicks ass in sound quality! The effects are quality and the amp modeling is sweet! This thing has beefy distortions on it and the wah sounds good too. Anything from Metallica to CCR. Too bad it chokes when switching pedals at high speed.

Dont know about reliability as Ive only had it a short time.

Dont know, haven't called them.

Overall this unit sounds really good but its just hard to use playing live due to the down time between switches and the small pedal size. I think Im going to trade it in on a POD which sounds good too.

no problem with editing, simple to use, manual was easy to understand

I have two fender guitars, one is the fatboy with trembucker on the bridge and hotrails on the neck. My other guitar is a thinline telecaster fitted with a screamin demon. basically it sounds good if you know how to adjust some of the parameters, also it depends on taste. distortion is cool, cabinets are very useful in creating your own sound, lots of combination in the modulation bank. just be creative.

reliability....hmmmmm, depends on the user, if your responsible enough it'll last that long.

so far,so good. i do hope there will be an upgrade for this product like midi stuff

i play rock, jazz, and r&b and i guess it's safe to say that this product is flexible enough to produce the sound i need. if it gets stolen, i'm not sure if i'll buy one again. you could always try other products.

I'm a Brazilian Bass Player but last year I decided to play guitar too... Well It's my first Effects processor but with my little experience to see and have fun with my guitarrist's effect processor (like Boss GT-5, Zoom 8080, Zoom 505, Digitech RP-12, etc...) I look extreme easily to play with it. The direct-edit on the switches it fabulous ! I just don't put 10 because have some problems... 1. Don't have a bank down button 2. In painel supose to appear the orig effect direct in "indiv" mode, like (for example) turn on the drive and appear the name (to know what is the Original). I have problems to Access the expression pedal for the first time, I think i'm afraid to push with power the pedal (to don't break it). And the Pitch Shifter effect, well, I cant JUST change the pitch (My guitar have a Floyd Rose and to tune in D# it's very problem...) The pitch only change and play with the Original, someone knows how I only change without play the original sound ? (example I play orig. E and the sound out D#) About the manual I think it's need more example. Talking about this, Anyone already knows what about the distorcion and gabinet it's the copy (sorry for my english :) reformulating the question: the distorcion and overdrives in ax-1000 it's a copy from famous amps like Fender, Marshall, etc... Someone made the association ? and can send to me ??!! :) (Remember, I'm a Bass Player and don't have get used to the amp's distorcion) :)

I don't try to get sounds from CD's, but I'm very satisfacted with sound, it's incredible !!

In Brazil we have all models of multi-effect and Korg AX-1000, and the price are very expensive, the Korg sell all your unit here, the music shop what I buyed mine ask for 15 units but only can send 6 because the search of all country, I payed the half of price in comparation with the another top-of-line from other manufacturers the 8080 zoom it's pricing like R$ 1400 or 1500 and GT-5's Boss like R$ 1800 to 2000 well I payed only R$760 and have more cheap in another part of country but I don't wanna wait and i'm afraid to get for mail...

Well I tried nothing, but The Manual it's very resumed and I think they can put the name of amps in manual or in the unit (Again: Can anyone send it to me ?! :)) Well I'm looking for a e-mail list about the AX-1000G but I can't find, Can anyone create one ? or knows where have a list running ? I don't send a message to see the thing about the pitch shifter (how can sound out only the sound changed).

For me, I'm a medium player, it's very satisfactory, it a lose it, i will buy another AX-1000 it's easy to play, have a phrase trainer, it's very easy to play, well, it's fantastic. I love the individual mode but I hate the bank button (the low it)
Well People, Please desconsiderate my english errors and try to respond my questions 1. The Pitch Shifter 2. The e-mail list 3. The list of amp related.
maybe (it nobody knows about the e-list) I will make one in www.onelist.com (it's where my korg AX-1B list) try to look it ok ?

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Yesterday i tried out an AX1000G, which is Korg's amp-modeling device. I thought the attack, clarity, and the effects were better than the POD, but that the sounds available via the amp models and speaker sims (about 10 each) weren't as diverse. It was nice being able to read the patch names in a LCD screen. The interface was fairly easy to use and offered a lot of options, but the method of moving downward through the patches (pressing two pedal switches at once) was not exactly the most brillant solution i have seen.

I probably would have bought it except for one serious drawback - no midi. As you only have 40 user patches and there is no way to dump them via midi you are severally limited - at least if you are anal retentive. =)

Almost as easy to use as a typical stomp-box setup; WAY easier to use than a row of the 30 or so stomps modeled in the unit would be. I gigged with it for the first time last night, and I found it to be very easy to tweek, or even edit, on the fly, especially since basic EQing is done at the amp. I love the tuner; like most reviewers here I dislike having to push 2 footswitches to bank down (too easy to miss one and bank up); unlike other reviewers I think the pedal switch is fine, though I don't use the tap-tempo feature. Overall it's a very intuitive design, probably as stomp-like as a multiFX could be.

You have to think of this unit as a stomp-box setup as opposed to a multiFX preamp. It's clearly voiced to enhance the tone of a good amp; direct-to-board or through a power amp it's pretty mediocre. I'm using it through a Torres-modified silver-faced Bassman which seems perfect: basic tone from the amp, drive and shimmer from the Korg. I'm particularly happy with the "sweet-spot" tones -- the crunch and blues tones that usually only happen at a certain (loud) volume. I'm not so fussy about the other stuff, but this definitely out-performs the DOD boxes it's replacing.

Otherwise, let's see: wah is fine for a guy like me, who uses it maybe twice a night; uni-vibe sounds just like a Uni-vibe; tremolo is a little flat, but I'm comparing it to Vortex tremolo which is the best in history; acoustic simulation gets damn good with a little EQ work.

The Guitar Player review (January '00) said not to bother trying to record with this; I disagree. Sure, it's not a studio tool, it's not even a POD, but I've gotten it to sound better than my Sansamp or my 2101. For headphone practice or demos it's just fine.

Who knows? Seems rugged, though the knobs are right out there waiting to be kicked off. Probably be OK if you can keep the singer off your side of the stage.

I'd guess that in the $250 price range this thing is the best buy in musical gear today. The complaints I've noted in other reviews (shallow programability, no midi, etc.) would be valid if the price was a hundred or two higher. But hey, it's priced like a toy.

I've been playing since the '70's, and I've had a lot of gear. I took the plunge into the multiFX morass ten years ago and discovered pronto that the last thing you need onstage is an LED menu. My present rig consists of the Korg and the Bassman, and it's not perfect. But it's simple to set up and operate under pressure, and it sounds better with any of my guitars than anything I've used, except maybe my old twin on 9.

Overall, the AX1000 is a superb tool for the serious amateur guitarist, providing inspiring tone in a compact, simple format. Good for Korg.

Very easy to operate, due to the analog pots.

Very noisy!! I had it for one day and then I turned it back to the shop. I could not get the constant hissing background noise out of this unit. The shop owner told me that it was not a faulty unit, but that is was typical of the AX1000G. Reading the other reviews I am beginning to doubt his opinion. Maybe I'll try one in another shop.
Apart from this hissing sound the effects were OK, I guess.

This is a very easy unit to use, particularly as compared to other, currently produced, multi-effects units. I didn't get a manual with mine, so I had to figure it out on my own. The process of editing patches is very straightforward and intuitive. I give it high scores, a '9' at least, in this area.

The only thing that's a bit tricky is getting the unit into alternative modes, such as the tuner mode or the sampler mode. These moves require holding down a button and waiting a certain amount of time (2-3 seconds) for the unit to switch. Also, there is no bank down button. You have to press two buttons together to go down a bank. This is a bit clumsy at first, but you soon get the hang of it. Activating the tap delay button on the expression pedal is also a clumsy move at first too. In comparison to other units, I'd give it about a '7'.

There are a few limits to its use that you should be aware of. First, you can't change the order of the effects. This limits some experimentation that you might want to try. Also, some of the pedal models take up so much processor power that it disables modulation effects. This also limits some combinations you might want to try, such as combining an octave with a univibe for example. You also can't combine effects from one category, ie, you can't have both flange and pitchshift active at the same time. If you're into such sonic experimentation, you might be better served by a Boss GT-3 or DigiTech RP2000. But if you're like me and want to just play instead of tweak effects, this unit is what you want. On flexibility, I'd give it about a '5'.

First off, the sound quality of this unit is great, but you have to know what you're getting to appreciated it. It is more of a stompbox modeler than a traditional multi-effects unit. Unlike many such devices, it responds differently to various guitars and amps instead of smoothing out differences and producing a "sonic sameness". The basic tone of your amp and guitar come through on most effect settings, particularly the amp and distortion/overdrive models. The cabinet simulations are pretty well balanced EQ tweaks. This unit is certainly geared toward live performance with an amp. Some reviews have expressed the opinion that the headphone and/or recorded tone isn't that good. I'd say that this unit does sound its best when played through a good tube amp, but that its direct tone isn't shabby at all (adding a touch of ambiance really helps here). It is much better than most units I've heard with only the Line6 POD and perhaps the Boss GT-3 being better.

The modulation effects are also quite good. I'm not a particularly big fan of chorus, flange, or phasers, but they're a lot of fun to play with from time to time. I got the most enjoyment out of the pitch shifter and octave effects, that tracked very well, and the 'Filtron' (ie MuTron) effect for a funky sound.

The pedal effects are interesting. The Vox Wah emulation is quite nice and close to the original. The talk effect is pretty neat sounding. I found the Univibe emulation a bit disappointing, but it wasn't too different than lower cost stompboxes on the market that promise the same. The ring modulator is quite wild sounding. I didn't think the pitch bend tracked as well as the other effects for some reason. It was OK, but not outstanding.

The ambiance effects are fantastic. This is one of the strong points on this unit. The tape echo emulations, the Echoplex and Roland Space Echo style emulations, do a great job of producing anything from rockabilly slapback to spacey 70's style effects. The more digital emulations are great for metal tones. The spring reverb simulation can really get that deep surf effect. You can also select combined echo/reverb settings, although I find this a little too much for my taste.

Overall, you can get great tones out of this unit. However, it won't necessarily help a marginal practice amp sound a lot better. As I said before, it shines best with a good tube amp while most other units in the same price range and lower are designed to work around a cheap amp's limitations. You'll also find that what sounds good with one amp/guitar setup may not sound the same or even good with a different one. If you switch guitars/amps a lot you might find the 40 user setting locations a bit limiting.

The case is metal and the unit seems to be very well built. Everything about it seems solid.

As I said, I didn't get a manual for the unit and I couldn't find any customer contact info on their web site, which is definitely a black mark on the company. I think it reflects badly on a company when they don't include such basic information on their site. However, bad web sites among guitar gear companies are so common that good ones are the exception rather than the rule.

The true test of a unit like this is does it replace what you were using or does it either (a) supplement the old setup or (b) do you go back to the old setup. I've had the unit a little over a month now and I haven't been tempted to go back to my old setup yet. The only thing I've carried over from my old setup is my Snarling Dogs VeryTone, which is quite useful in moderating the tone of my LP Jr. My other pedals lie unused in my practice area now.

The main reason I chose this unit was on it's price-to-features-to-tone ratio. The price was about $100 to $300+ under other devices like the POD, GT-3, etc. It has good and easy user interface so I wouldn't have to deal with a lot of tweaking and so forth. And it's tone was quite good, particularly as a pedal simulator.

I suspect that I will eventually replace this unit with new technology sometime in the future. Things like this always change. However, for now, I'm quite pleased with it. Note that my overall rating would be 8 or 9 if the Korg website was more helpful.

Most of the "knob factor" (positive) vs. "weird treadle bumper thing" (negative) has been mentioned below. Who am I to contribute? Beats the bejesus out of most similar units for live-performance tweaking, that's for damn certain.

At present, I'm a bit disappointed in Korg. I had big hopes for this box... "modeling" hype, knobs and realtime parameter control, etc etc etc... but it really fails to deliver for me. See, I love my cheesy little AX1G-- a great deal at a hundred bucks. Imagine my surprise when, upon trying out the AX1000G, I found that many of the sounds I'd hope to see expanded upon or improved were EXACTLY THE SAME as in its plastic brethren. Where's the modeling? Not in the effects, that's for damn certain... unless they were modeling the AX1G.

Actually, this isn't entirely fair. A few sounds exist here that we of the Cult of the 1G haven't had access to before. Like, for example, distortion... and real cabinet modeling... but, come on. Everyone who's been playing for more than a coupla months knows that you DON'T buy these sorts of things for their distortion patches. Out of the 11 or so distortion patches available on the 1000G, only two or three fail to make me laugh and/or retch. I suppose that's a better track record than most of its competition, but I'm still 95% more likely to use a stompbox or the amp crunch channel.

That said, I like the basic sounds found elsewhere in the box. The wah is not thick and pukey enough; "Vox Wah" is only applicable since Korg owns the Vox name these days. The worst Crybabies could kick the 1000G's ass in this regard. No parameter adjustments are provided on the wah, which is also a massive disappointment. The pitch bend and whammy are just about as cheesy and cheapo as the 1G's-- this is cute in a $100 plastic box, but NOT so in a device three times the price-- they could've done MUCH better.

Phasers, choruses, and whatnot all sound good, and the filters are pretty nice as well-- some real speaker-shredding possibilities. The tape echo is passable and flexible, and the delay is, well, delay-- they give you plenty of it, and the sample/play is eminently useful. (Still, you'd think they'd take a clue from the prices on secondhand SDD3000s and put a little more flexible modulation onboard-- what I wouldn't do for a $200 reissue of that unit.)

But where's the damn beef? Korg really screwed up when they gave this thing the same limitation as the AX1G-- you can't assign the treadle to a "modulation" patch and have the mod bank operating at the same time. What a screamin' oversight. It's the main reason why I can't bring myself to buy this unit after hours of in-store trial-- I can't believe they're so stingy with the CPU in this thing. Sure, I'm a guy who likes freaky sounds, but I would think even the average player would be massively put off by not being able to use, say, chorus and wah simultaneously. It makes it much harder to justify the purchase as a replacement for all my stompboxes, even though it does sound just as good as many of them.

The interaction between this pedal and amp should also be noted-- while I haven't played it through a picky old Fender, it seems to be more transparent to the guitar-amp interaction than other boxes of its ilk. I always felt fairly removed from my amp when playing through the 1G (or other, more expensive units from competing manufacturers); that feeling, while not entirely absent, is much less obvious with the 1000G. I've brought in a couple of my amps and my axe to the shop to verify that I'm not imagining this, and it really is much less sterile than most other multi-fx I've tried (including older Korg units).

Still, if you're a player with tons of stompboxes and are just looking for fun, I think you and your wallet might be happier checking out the AX1G. It's not really a serious purchase, and there are a LOT of similarities between the two boxes.

Looks and feels solid. I suspect the patch-select knobs may be a little short-lived.

If you're looking for a multi-effect unit, I can scarcely think of one better for the price. This isn't saying much.

Korg, come on now... you've been doing amazing things the last few years. You offered so much promise with this box, and failed to deliver. Turn your efforts now to a PROFESSIONAL box... make a monster version of the 1000G, with better effects, and give us flexible routing AND the ability to use-- gasp-- more than one of the "same type" of effect! (While you're at it, put in an SDD3000 model, wouldya?) We're counting on you.

Read the manual...got the sounds I was looking for in 15 minutes after opening the package! The easiest multi-effects unit I've used. Editing patches are a snap. Very simple design.

I use an Ibanez Talman TC420 with a small Crate practice amp. Still sounds great through a crappy amp! Very easy to control the noise on this thing. As for the effects...they are the greatest. The presets have a lot of famous "name" sounds...such as bizkit, metallica, etc. and it's very easy for you to tweak them and edit them to your liking. All of the effects sound great.

I have only played with it for about six hours. But with a sturdy all metal casing, I have no doubts about it. Planning on gigging with it in a couple of days...

Haven't dealt with them yet...and I doubt I'll ever need to...

I play a variety of music in a church band. We play everything from blues to heavy metal and this unit is great at getting every sound. If it was stolen, I'd definitely buy it again. I love everything about this thing. I've compared it with the Boss GT-3, and this unit sounds much better. The GT-3 sounds was too cheesy for me. Recommend to all.