Korg AX1000G

This gotta be the easiest multi-effects pedal to get great sound ever. There are 40 preset patches and then you take the 40 again and customize them to your own taste's or completely make your own, it's easy! The manual is typical, a lot of numbers, but not a lot of explaining (That's beause they really can't use the official names of the pedals used)
I've been looking at replacing my collection of pedals, 6" cords, and AC adaptors for awhile. This is much easier to use than 6 or 8 stompboxes, and the sound is better.
The bank down complaint that most people have is not really a big deal, but it would be easier with a separate button.

I'm using this with a Yamaha Pacifica Strat w/Duncan pickups and a Washburn J28CSe acoustic/electric through a Peavey Bandit as well as a SoundTech self-contained PA for stereo sound. The sound is awesome! Most of the included patches sound great, but you can, of course modify them. Especially significant are the octave, auto-wah, and the univibe. Compared to the Boss GT-3 and the DigiTech RP-2000 there is no comparison in SOUND QUALITY. That is what it's about isn't it? Sound quality.

Only have it a little while, but it seems to be built OK. Compared to the Danelecto, Marshall, and DOD pedals it replaced is a tough comparison.

If you're looking to replace a bunch of old and/or new stompboxes, or are just starting out, you can't possibly go wrong with this system. I'd say there are sounds there for everyone. I play classic rock and 60's rock&roll and it fit's me fine. There are even some Nirvana, Bush type sonds for the younger crowd.

This is the easiest effects unit I have ever used. It is easy to get great sounds fast. I am currently working on a project with a friend of mine. We are an all original band and cover all styles of music. I used to have a GT3 and if I was trying to find a good sound for the song we were writing I would have to spend hours to get a decent sound. I spent time looking at the different GT3 user Web sites and everything. I even spent hours at a time programming the unit. I put more than enough time into the unit to get to know it and still could not find my sound. I traded it in for the AX1000G and now I can get a great sound in seconds. I would have given it a 10, but the Pedal switch is difficult to activate especially the tap tempo function.

Right now I am using this through headphones and for direct recording and the sounds are awesome. As I stated before I used to have a GT3 and while the sounds were O.K. they weren't as good as the Korg. The Korg's Amp Simulations are incredible. They behave like tube amps. They respond well to pick attack and have that mushy tube sound and feeling. The distortion pedal models are incredible as well. The delays,reverbs,chorus's,flangers etc are rich,lush and musical. The most impressive effect is the acoustic guitar simulator. The GT3's was terrible. The Korg's is great it sounds just like a piezo equpped acoustic. It is really that good. The Wah is incredible. I just can't say enough about this unit. The cabinet simulator is also great with 11 different Cabinet types you can mix and match amps,pedals and cabinets. With the GT3 you have to use the specifc cab that goes along with the AMP.

I have not had any problems yet,but I have only had it for a few days.

I have not dealt with them yet. I hope I don't have to.

Like I said I play all styles of music and this unit does it all! I have been playing for 15 years and this is the best unit I have used.I play a custom Ibanez RG560 with Dimarzio Pickups. When I switch pickups the Korg responds great. You can notice a difference between the pickup selections while the GT3 did not distinguish the selections enough. They almost all sounded the same.I have used ZOOMS,POD's,BOSS's,DOD's and a few Korg units. I had a GT3 for over 6 months it did not even come close. I compared the units at guitar center back to back and I even programmed the GT3 at the store with my sound and it still was no comparison. One thing I forgot to mention was the Pitch Shifter. It also sounds great. The GT3's was really cheesy and artificial sounding. This one is very useful. The GT3 does have more depth, but it can literally take hours to find a good sound. You spend more time playing with the GT3 than you do playing your guitar and even the best sound is not as good as the Korg's. The amount of features and depth of programming mean nothing if it does not sound good. The best way to describe this unit is a mix between the POD and the GT3. You get great amp and effects simulations like the POD, but with more programmability and you get the pedal board and the expression pedal of the GT3, but with better sounds at a better price. In some cases you have more control over certain effects than you do on the GT3(The speaker simulator for example.). I have also heard that with the POD and the GT3 the amp simulations can sound bad through an amp. With the Korg an amp makes this sound better. I have always loved Korg products,but this one is the best. Don't ignore it because of the looks or the price. This unit is a bargain. I am not saying the GT3 is a bad product it just not perform to my expectations. I am picky when it comes to equipment because the right equipment can inspire you to play better. The Korg made me want to play better and longer, which allowed me to get more creative. I I don't miss my GT3 at all.

pretty easy. and i'm pretty impatient.

real good. and i'm pretty picky. i use a Carvin DC150 stereo thru a Fender HRD and play in a band of mostly blues, R&B, with some Deadly/Allmansish/Coltraney tendencies.

great so far. plan on using it for gigs.

N/A so far, give 'em a 10 anyway.

i've only had this thing for a couple days, but got it based on the useful reviews here. one of them, however, was ill-considered and artificially low, which lowered the averages of well-considered opinions. so i'm posting this to counteract his or her 1's and 2's or whatever. my real impression is that this is a real good value w/a lot of range and i may keep it, esp. if GC will refund some of the price i paid based on their 30-day price guarantee. i'll then sell my old Chorus, Echo, Rat, vol pedal, etc., and just go with this.

Well simply put, I never read the manual. The front panel is well layed out and the display is easy to read. Within an hour I had tried everthing and was switching modes with ease. The only drawback I found was not having a seperate back down switch although once I got used to pressing two pedals to bank down I had no problem. In a live situation banking down in a hurry could be a problem. The unit was extremely easy to edit, select a preset, adjust the various effects by turning a knob and you had it. I have tried many units including digitech's RP pedals, Boss GT-3, GT-5 and individual boss pedals, Zoom GFX-707, Line 6 POS and Pedals, Digitech DHP-33 and a long list of others. Bottom line was the Korg AX1000G was musician friendly, easy to use and had a good sound.

I play with a modified Epiphone - Les Paul Custom using Seymour Duncan pickups along with most of the hardware changed. For amplification I use a Rivera 55-12 with a closed back half stack that uses 2 Vintage 30 12" speakers. The combination of the Rivera's versatile sounds and the Korg Effects unit I can produce just about any sound I could ever want or imagine. The AX1000G is very quit on most settings unless a particular effect is supposed to be noisy. ie; emulating a particular amp or effect that was noisy. All the effects and presets sound great. Korg is definitly onto a great thing here, with just a couple of changes to the bank down switch method, a expresion pedal switch that uses a more positive feedback switch and a lot more promotion this effects unit beats out most other units in sound quality and durability.

All Metal housing, and I trust it, so far no problems, it's new !

I did phone Korg to ask a few questions and they were great, friendly and within just 5 minutes answered all my questions. So Far So Good.

I play mostly rock,60's through the 90's. If it were stolen or lost I would buy another one. It is musician friendly not like some other famous name brands I have tried. I compared it to every other product I could find and it won hands down in the sound deptartment, construction, layout, ease of use. The only drawback is the lack of a bank down switch and a expression switch that does not give enough mechanical feedback in a live situation. I have to give the unit a 9 only due to the lack of the bank down switch and the expression pedal switch. Overall it works well, sounds great and the switches are very workable just have to get used to them........

I am a keyboard player turned guitarist. I have played alot of synths with incredibly cryptic programming. The thing that make this easy to program is that is has the a knob to adjust each effect bank and a seperate knob for each parameter. This thing is a breeze to program. Not only that but you can program on the fly. I got this thing for XMAS so I am still new to it, but I have created about 10 patches so far. I strap on the guitar and sit on the floor in front of the pedal and twist the knobs until I get the sound I am looking for. Editing existing patches is just as easy. The manual is thin, but covers all you need to know to program the thing.

I use a make shift setup of a Fender Mexi Strat, Crate Gx-15(the little teeny practice amp) with the speaker output of the crate going to a Peavey Black-Widow 15inch speaker housed in a garage sell tweed open back cabinet. The unit is very quiet if I give it a good signal. Of course with the single coil pickups, it can get noisy. My impression of the effects is that they are all awesome. The approach Korg takes is to model vintage stomp boxes and amps. So the parameters that you can modify for the effect match the knobs on the unit they are modeling. If the original stomp box was very configurable, the patch is very configurable, otherwize not. This is an awesome approach and the sounds are quite accurate. The thing will emulate virtually any style of music from rock to jazz, to the Hendrix wah sound, the Fripp ultra distortion and ultra sustain, and of course the grunge sound. All the effects are great. The only thing that is lacking is the cabinet models. The should have had a few more parameters to allow for different sounds. The only complaint/wish I have is that you could have more concurrent effects. The unit says 8 concurrent effects, but it really boils down to 5 effects blocks. One thing that you cant do that I wanted to try was compression and distortion. Compression and distortion are both part of the Drive-Amp effects block and only one effect can be selected from each block. (The only exception is effects that are combo-effects like Echo+Hall)

With its metal case, it seems solid as a rock. I have no backup, but have not gigged with it yet.

I am very pleased with the purchase of this unit. I did a ton of research (The Harmony Central) before purchasing and within the price range, nothing can touch the sounds this thing puts out. It also stands out above the rest, because of its ease of programming. The only draw backs are lack of concurrent effects (5 concurrent) and no patch down pedal (What a pain in the a@!)
I love music and play all styles. With the versatility of the unit it is perfect for me. I have been playing Keyboards and drums for 15 years, guitar for 3 months. The other effects I own are the Ibanez Metal Screamer, Alesis Midiverb, and Digitech RDS3.6 Delay. If this thing was lost I would probably buy another of these. I did extensive research including looking at Zoom 505,Zoom GFX-707, Korg AX1g,Boss Me-8, Boss ME-30, Digitech RP3, and RP7. This thing beat out all these other effects pedal for a number of reasons. The low end pedals I mentioned are all made of plastic and have cryptic programming interfaces with cheazy sounds. The ME-8 and 30 are also plastic and it is reported that the sounds of the AX1000G are far superior. The Rp-3 and 7 are comparable to the Ax1000g in durability but programmability and sound quality is better on the ax. In addition the patch names on RP's is a number with no text name.

This unit is not only good to play thru an amp, but I have also played it direct in my recording studio and it sounded great.

Check out my web site for patches on the Ax1000g
http://www.midijamman.com

I have to give this pedal a combined rating of 6 in this category. It is extremely easy to get a good sound out of this pedal and also easy to edit. I loved the fact that it has knobs to twist instead of having to scroll through lists of parameters and such. However, this is not an easy pedal to use in a live situation. There is no bank down switch (to bank down you have to hit 2 switches at once) and to get to manual mode you have to hold down the bank up switch for 3 seconds. I used this pedal in a practice situation and constantly found myself doing the "pedal dance." Maybe my size 13 feet are a little clumsy, but I kept banking up instead of going into manual mode and then had to try and bank down by hitting the 2 switches at once, while not breaking rhythm. Not easy to do. Also, the toe switch on the expression pedal is less than desireable. It is a pressure switch rather than a standard mechanical switch. This switches the wah/univibe/etc on and off, but is also how you set delay times and start/stop loop recording. Again, I had less than great success with this feature. It could be that a person would get used to it, but I found it very frustrating and inaccurate. Another thing I didn't like was that you could not have a modulation effect and a expression pedal effect going at the same time. Ie: if you have a chorus on and then switch on the wah the chorus would turn off. I can understand this with 2 mod effects, but sometimes more is more. Though it is advertised that you can assign a number of functions to the exp pedal, it is really limited to the different pedal effects, so no assigning things like dist level such as can be done on competitor's boxes.The manual was fairly well written, but it would have been nice if they would mention by name the effects that are modeled. I don't know if this is a copyright issue, but other companies (Line 6 being one) seem to have no problem using the names of the actual pedals the effects are based on. In summary, I found the AX1000G very easy to edit and get a good sound out of, but a bitch to perform with.

My 2 main guitars are a '62 reissue Strat with a miniJB, and a Les Paul Std through either a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe or a '76 Marshall 50 watt into a BagEnd 2-12 cab. I found the sound quality of the Korg to be excellent. I've been trying a bunch of the multi-effect pedals lately (thank god for Guitar Center's return policy) and it seems to me that this is the first pedalboard I've played that was designed to be played into an amp, rather than into an effect return or a power amp. I play the amps I do because I love the tone and want a pedal board that compliments the amp sound rather than takes it over. The Korg did this extremely well. I have a number of the pedals that are modeled in this box and found them to be quite accurate. The suboctave tracked surprisingly well, and I've never seen another multieffect with a univibe (other than the Lexicon $$$$). Nice distortions, though I don't know if they'd stand up well on theirown without being run into an amp. Korg seemed to be concentrating more on modeling effect pedals rather than amps. The reason that I'm not giving this a 10 in sound quality is that the amp models are kind of weak, especially compared to Line 6 and the Boss GT3.

I had no problems with this pedalboard in the 3 weeks I had it, but it seemed to me that the pressure switch under the expression pedal would be a good candidate for problems down the road. Also, the knobs would probably get broken off by careless feet trying to bank back down in a live situation. Overall, it just didn't seem as sturdy as some of the other boards I've tried out.

Never had to deal with them, very little info on their web page.

I've been playing for over 25 years and I'm pretty picky about my gear. As I said earlier, I thought the sound of this box was better than anything else I've tried. However, the lack of depth in programming (such as in the Boss GT3), the awkward pedalboard (the pressure toe switch, no bank down, and having to hold the bank up to get to manual mode), the fact that in most cases you cannot have a modulation effect and a exp pedal effect at the same time, and no MIDI (!!) led me to return this pedal to GC after a 3 week trial. I think that Korg is definitely on the right track. I still haven't found a multi effect pedal that I'm willing to keep, but if Korg took the sounds from this board, added a few more amp sims, redesigned the mechanics a bit, and gave it greater programming depth and MIDI capabilities, I think they would have the best thing out there. Not yet though.

First off, let me say that except for one flaw, this is the easiest to use guitar processor I have yet owned. I also have an older Digitech GSP2100 and a Line 6 POD, and this unit is truly designed for the performing guitarist, where the other units are more geared for studio usage. The ability to use the footswitches to turn on and off effects is very useful in a live playing situation.

Editing patches is also very easy. I am not even sure why they put buttons under the LCD display, since all patch parameters can be quickly and easily edited using the control knobs (wish they went up to '11', though!) In fairness, you can get a little finer control on certain parameters with the buttons, after getting into the ballpark with the knobs.

So why the seemingly lower score here? There is a microswitch under the expression pedal on this unit which is supposed to be activated by a rubber bumper mounted under the pedal (when you press the pedal all the way forward.) A received, my pedal would not activate the microswitch, no matter how hard I pressed the pedal. This pedal on/off switch is necessary for using the sample/loop feature of the AX1000G (among other things,) so I am surprised that no one else has mentioned this in previous reviews.

Being mechanically inclined, I was able to affix a new bumper to the bottom of the pedal, and the sample/loop feature works fine now. I have to believe that Korg has heard about this from other users, and hope that an official retrofit will be forthcoming.

I use this unit with an '83 Fender Strat Elite (active treble and mid-boost circuitry) and a '98 PRS Custom 22 w/Dragon II pickups. I like to play classic (70s/80s) rock, some Jazz and '70s-style ProgRock, and blues. Though my Line 6 POD has a greater number of amp models available, the models in the Korg unit are extremely useful, and probably represent the majority of sounds that many players are looking for, from twangy Fender Deluxes to screaming Marshall and Mesa Boogie stacks. The amp models are very clean and articulate, though I recommend (as with all preamp units) that you bypass your own amp's preamp, and plug into the effects loop return if your amp has one.

Couple the great amp models with an effects section that includes models of the best old analog pedals (echo, chorus, phaser/flanger, talker, etc..) and you have a unit that packs more bang-for-the-buck than anything else yet to come along.

Have never owned a Korg unit before. The case is good, solid metal (are you listening, Zoom and DOD?), and I would have no qualms about using it anywhere.

I am NOT a head-banger, and wouldn't think of shoving it (or any other piece of gear) headlong into a wall or amplifier, but it might even be able to handle such treatment.

My only concern with electronic gear of this type is how well it could stand up to adverse power conditions. I've owned the unit for 1 week now, and will try to do a follow-up report within 6 months.

Have never dealt with Korg before, but a quick look at their website reveals that it will be more difficult to communicate with them regarding the pedal problem than contacting a state-side manufacturer.

I'll do a follow-up post after trying to reach them.

The AX1000G is a good match for what I would like in small guitar floor processor. It is solid and easy to use, the sounds are clean and authentic, and it has a good vibe. My only qualm beside the pedal is that it would be nice to have a MIDI interface capability to save and load patches to a computer, but this is probably not such a major concern, considering the ample user patch storage capacity.

If it were lost or stolen, I would indeed by another one. I have looked at other units by Zoom, DOD and Digitech, and I feel that it out-performs them all in every category - sound, looks, playability and ease-of-use. My favorite "wish-list" improvement for this unit would be to increase the amount of sample/loop memory to allow for at least 30-60 seconds of looping. Other than that, it has met or exceeded every desire/expectation I've had since reading about in during the Summer NAMM show.

When I got home, and tried it out, I was lost. (but this was my first digital effects board, so that's probably a factor) after experimenting a bit, and reading the manual, I found it quite easy after that. You just select the effect, then edit it to your liking, choose another effect, and repeat the process. The programs they have are pretty decent, I like the "bizkit" one, with the "talk" effect. The manual helps, kind of disorganized, but overall helpful. EXPERIMENT!

First, I use and Ibanez RG320 dx through this and into a Fender Amp, or headphones, if my parents are asleep. The sound is great, I haven't heard many digital effect boards, but i've heard and played with the Digitech Rp-7, and I like this Korg better. If you fool with the settings, you can get the sound of pretty much almost any band.
I like the cabinet modeling thing, since I have a crappy amp, but when I get my dream amp, I'm pretty sure it'll be..... divine.

I could depend on it. Metal housing. I'm being delicate with it, but only cause I just bought it. the pedals are pretty sturdy.
I don't gig, but I'm pretty sure you could depend on it on gigs. uh, it only uses an ac adapter... so unless there's a power outage in your gig, no problems there.

I haven't dealt with them. IT's BRAND NEW!
If it was stolen, or if i lost it, I'd probably get another one, unless they upgrade it if it was broken, I'd probably try to get it repaired.

I play various types of music. I play punk when I'm feelin kinda hyper, KoRnish, Limp Bizkitish type metal stuff, uh.. a little grunge, and my friend, God bless him, introduced me to classic rock, and I'm startin that, and perfecting my guitar solo playing ability. hehe. um, for all this, the Ax1000G is extremely helpful. i also own a DOD fx69b the Grunge one, and that has good distortion since it is DEVOTED to that one effect, the Korg, isn't devoted to just one effect, but they sound like it is. I love everything about it. the pedal, the overall look. it just looks pretty cool smaller than i thought though. The only thing I would hate, is the fact I didn't understand it at first. but that's about it. I compare this to the Digitech rp-7 and it's easier, and sounds better. I don't know what you could do to improve it, at this moment, but i'm sure the people at Korg will find a way. It helps me make music alot! I had an idea for a song, and I played it w/ out the effects board, and then i tried it with effects, and I'm happy now. so there you have it.

VERY easy to get good sounds from this thing in my opinion. Good ole Korg with easy-to-use dials and helpful info on what they do for each effect written ON the unit. Editing patches is the same as getting a good sound, so that's said for...just hit Write, change the name, and Write again to store it. Copy em, rename em, it's all easy. In comparison, I was trying out this unit and the (now) new Digitech RP2000 at the same time. The RP, like all of Digitech's stuff, is a horriffic confusing mess that you'd never have a chance at setting dynamically if you found you needed to in a tight spot. The Korg, I could just sit and figure out without the manual for the most part, the RP I was totally lost. The Korg even has one of the neato thingies on it to sample your playing and have it echo or play back over and over, as well as a feature to allow you to pull in CD music and play it back, slowing it. I know other mfrs' stuff have this, including the RP I'm sure, but this is my first that has this, and the first I tried that had the "sample your own playing" sort of feature. I think those will be handy.

First of all, so you know what sound I look for, I mostly play older Metallica and Anthrax with some other metal thrown in. With this, I usually stick with basic distortion and some chorus, not really elaborate effects. On the other hand, I also play around sometimes, just making up stuff (okay, "improvising") as I go along, when I DO use the effects to their fullest to see what all I can come up with. I only play in my living room...no band or concerts. I've got 2 heads running stereo into a Marshall JCM900 1960A stereo switchable slant cab. The heads are a VHT Pitbull 50/CL w/graphic EQ and a Crate Blue Voodoo 120w, which compliment each other perfectly, and work with the Korg beautifully. In fact, the Korg works better and sounds better with my gear than ANYTHING I've tried...and I've tried a LOT of gear. The Korg has a noise suppressor, so you can dial out most or all of the noise. The distortion/cab sims/effects all sound extremely well with my gear--even the little crap amp I tried it out with at the store.

I don't do anything that usually physically puts my gear in jeopardy, so other than a mishap (which does happen sometimes, like my Boss GT3 which mysteriously crapped out on me after I was moving gear around a lot one day and is in repair) I don't see any problem possibilities. Don't gig, but I wouldn't see any reason for anyone to distrust it. Again, comparing to the Digitech RP2000, I personally consider even the AC input on the Korg to be superior. The RP's cord hooks in with a very shallow plug, and fell out 4 times while I was barely movign it trying it at the store, whereas the Korg's is a standard AC adaptor input and wouldn't really get pulled out or messed up unless you tripped on the cord or stomped it.

One problem, I had, which isn't a problem with the unit, but most likely the store I bought it at, was it didn't have the manual or registration card. If I might say the name (Sam Ash) I called them and asked for them to send it, and they located it and said they would, but I still haven't received it in almost a week. I also called Korg to request it, which I'm sure will arrive within a day or so, even though they're not close. However, as you can see, I'm not having any trouble figuring it out, else I couldn't have written so much about the darn thing hehehe... I also own (and am selling as of now 12-99) Korg's 4-pedal single-pedal sized ToneWorks jobbies. When I bought them (all together with adaptors and the cool store display stand) they didn't have the manuals anymore at the store. I called Korg and had copies of them within days. Very good, nice people to deal with so far.

I stated what I play above. It's a GREAT match, also stated. I've been playing for about 14 years now, and currently own Jackson Soloists (1 USA and 1 high-end Korean Archtop), ESP KH2 & M2 Deluxe Archtop, Hamer USA Californian, Hamer Cali body/Hamer USA neck project guitar, and Carvin Ultra V...other effects...Boss GT3, TC Electronic BLD, Ibanez Turbo TubeScreamer, Roadkill, Dunlop 535Q Wah, Boss Noise Suppressor, Boss Tuner...also have (but selling) the other Korg pedals stated above, a Digitech RP1 (still the best RP unit), and a Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah. I compared this AX1000G to the Digitech RP2000 as stated above. One thing I didn't state is that, for the music I play, the Korg actually has MANY more actual "usable" distortions on it. Digitech, like too many others, is doing the "let's try to make every amp sound in this one box" and most of those old amps sound like crap to me, honestly. Korg has several distortions I'll actually use, as compared to probably a max of 2 on the Digitech. The only things I wish Korg would have done is to add a more extensive "harmony" type of effect, a more programmable Wah and Expression pedal, and I'm sure MIDI would have been nice. But, I've got the GT3 for all that, so I'm personally not hurting for it (well once the GT3 gets repaired). If it were lost or stolen, I'd buy it again, unless Korg made something new since then. I think Korg's effects are ignored way too much out there...they make great stuff that really works with your gear...go out and try em!

The Korg AX1000G is surprisingly easy to set up and use. I used it on a club date the first day I got it with about 3 hrs of experimentation and programing. The manual was simple and easy to understand it was also much easier to program than the other pedals that I tried like the Boss ME3 and Digitech RP7.

Right now I'm using the unit with a Sovtek MIG 60 set up pretty clean through a Peavey 5150 4x12 cabinet using a custom built Stratocaster made from Warmoth parts. It has a humbucker in the bridge position and no tremolo bar. Some setting do make a little noise, but since we use it for live performance it's not unacceptable. The whammy pedal isn't the greatest but I don't plan on using it much, the other sounds are alot better than I expected, for the price. The sounds avaliable cover alot of ground which is useful, since we are a cover band.

So far so good. I've used it out live for one four hour gig and it worked flawlessly. I've now also used it at home for about 20 hours worth of playing and have no complaint.

Haven't had to deal with the company because I've had no problems. It was a little hard to find a unit to buy in my area, central MO, but that's just because it's so new on the market.

I think it works great for our style of music. The different modes, IE individual mode and play mode, make it easy for me to individualize the patches to the songs that we play. I've been playing for about 15 yrs most of the time using an old Boss ME-5 for my effects. But the sounds were a little dated so I needed a new pedal.

This unit was very easy to figure out. You almost don't need a manual, which by the way is laid out kinda weird.
I like being able to actually turn knobs (I'm funny that way) and they are all there labeled in plain English. my biggest gripes and a crucial ones I belive ,are this... The "program switches" are super sensitive and if you don't hit them just right there is a slight delay when switching tones. This I believe is due to the button traveling to far when hit hard. To remedy this I have placed thick weather stripping in front of the buttons to take the impact of my over zealous stomping.
my other grip is the lack of a dedicated bank down button. instead you have to push on program 4 while you use the up bank button. that is just a little annoying. Over all pretty cool though.

I use the ax1000g in a few set-ups. In all cases I play a Stratocaster through it. Mostly I play it through a Pevey classic 50 head and a fender bandmaster 2x12 cab. At home through a Vibrolux and at work(when I get the chance)through headphones or computer speakers. The amp and speaker modeling work fairly well. Through all the unit sounds great. most of the effects sound wonderful though I think some of the distortions are redundant. I also wish the wah had an adjustable range. but it still is good. I was disappointed in the "sampling" feature but plan to invest in a real one soon any way ,so no big whoop.

I have not had this unit that long so I have not but it through hell yet. I am pretty tough on my gear and usually buy accordingly. The metal housing seems to be pretty bomb proof and the pots are actually metal too. As for using it on a gig with out back up? well any one who doesn't bring some sort of back-up for even the best piece of gear is a fool.

Never had to deal with Korg. I have had a 411fx for quite a while with out any troubles. I hope to continue that trend.

I play a pretty eclectic aray of sounds so a box that does a little of every thing such as this is important. My band INaCAGE http://www.inacage.com is basicly funky modern hard rock. I have had my share of stomp boxxes in the 16 years I have been playing. I have owned a Bigmuff, dunlop wahs , danelectro daddy-o, mutron3, and a few diferent boss,mxr and dod boxxes. I must say this little puppy can simmulate them all fairly well. I know I'll get some purists whining about that one but an acurate aproximation that runs quietly with out having to do the peddel dance wins over vintage cool for me any day.
If I had to change any thing I would make the buttons able to take more agressive stomping. I am a very phisical player and find my self making running leaps to my pedal board at some changes. Also I would make the metronome have a more pleasing tone and I would add a bank down button.

This unit is very easy to use. It took me about one hour to learn all its functions. Editing is very easy, using rotary knobs. You almost don't need a manual at all.

I use this board with a Jackson KE-3 with a SD-JB and a Crate GXT-H100. It's not extremely noisy, but at high gain you have some amount of noise, but I don't know an effect processor which doesn't have this.

The effects on this unit are really great, especialy the modulation effects are real good. The cabinet simulator is also very sweet (especially on head phones).

One thing I don't like about this unit is the wha-wha pedal, to me it seems you can only put it in two positions.

I've just bought it, so I don't know. It looks very reliabile ( metal housing ).

Just bought it, don't know.

First I want to say that when I went to the store I was planing to buy the Line 6 POD, but I didn't got one decent sound out of it, so I ended up with the Korg. This unit is much more versatile, got better effects, you can use it for direct recording and it's cheaper.

I've been playing for more than three years and this is my first multi-effects board. I must say I really like it.

If it were stolen or lost, I would buy another one. This board is great value for its price. I'm on a thight budget so I rather put my money in guitars or recording gear, but I'm glad I've bought it.

A very tinny sound, gave a lot of effort and time to edit patches, manual incomplete, unable to find some references. Took a while to even get an okay sound.

Gibson Les Paul sunburst standard through a park practice amp. Much background noise, some effects totally weak, distortion not fat enough. Couldn't even get a Jimi sound! Fuzz very sucky. Okay clean, slightly jazzy sound.

Metal chipped whem I was using my steel-capped boots. I could not use my on-stage hammer trick, and when headbutting the unit, the pedal became slightly dislodged.

Wouldn't even tell me the time of day.

Compared to the Zoom GFX-707, this is a pile of steaming hippopotamus fodder. It certainly didn't match my punk/gospel/sinatra style of playing. In fact, I asked my friend to steal it, and claimed insurance, so I could buy another GFX-707. But my friend gave it back, it was sooo crap. BUY ZOOM, they rock.

Cool knobs with the analog feel. Wah pedal ...very effective. Editing patches is as easy as abc once you understand the manual. The manual is orite.

Sound really works.....TONEWORKS!!!! Cool distortion ranging from hardcore stuff to bluesy jazzy sound. Lots of control of the sound tones rates...etc. Very flexible in sounding.......

It's metallic baby!!!! No bomb's gonna blow this baby up ...honey

I play Jazz, reggae and rock...personally I feel that this stuff is a must buy if you are into modern music coz this gadget has got the latest ammo to last you a lifetime.
I own the GFX 707...this thing is like a toy compared tho the AX1000G.
I would buy it again If i were to lose it.
Wished It had larger display..
The metronome is good for practice.
Try it...you'll luv it...