Korg AX100G

esay to use? well in the beginning was a torture i didnt knew how to presets my sound , but in 3 days i got all the things undr control , patch edit are really easy and the posibility to saw the names of your patches is awesome

my setup ? nobody cares... its noisy , a little , but the noise reductor makes a job good , the fx: chorus is good , flanger is good , phaser is good , delay is excelent , distortions good and bad (the tube od kick ass! , i use it for a pre amp )

strong but not enougt for a wild gig or rehearsal

no dealt with korg

great for the price , can get a lot of fun with this little box! i recomend it for the beginners of the fx guitars

This unit comes out of the box with some good patches to get you up to speed quickly. The interface is pretty easy to get used to, and I don't remember if I even looked at the manual. My only complaint about operating this device is that when you switch to a preset that has different values than what are on the dials at the moment, the slightest touch of the dial will reset those values.

For some reason, this is a big problem on nearly all processors of this type. Motorized dials would be helpful, but probably too expensive for a sub-200 unit. One review I read of a similar product suggested using continous dials, so that the dials can assume any value no matter what position they're in.

I used this pedal with my Crate GFX-65 and a stock MIM Fender Standard Strat. It doesn't really work so well with my Marshall JCM900 combo, but I didn't expect it to either. It makes a loud "crack" on startup (so turn your amp on afterwards) but once operational it's pretty quiet.

It takes tweaking, but I like almost all of the FX in this box. The "Satch" preset is great, and perfect for wailing away on Summer Song or Surfing With The Alien. The sounds are good enough to make you experiment with other sounds and styles of playing.

I would give it a 9 or 10, but it claims to be great for DI recording, and this is simply not the case. The cab models are nice, but only for making a small amp feeling a little bigger, not for making a DI recording sound authentic.

Another small gripe is the delay between switching presets. Having not used any other digital processors, I suspect that this is a fault of all digital FX, but I can't say for sure. It makes this unit ineffective for guitarists who like to switch patches or drive channels on the fly--there's a gap of silence that really kills the effect.

Another thing to note is that when it gets low on batteries, the sound gets real crappy for an hour or so before the batteries actually die.

This is my one big gripe, and the reason I am even bothering to leave a review. The unit is sturdy, and has taken a pounding, but...

The unit does not have an on/off switch!! It turns on either when it has batteries and a guitar is plugged in, or when you plug in AC current. This is a minor inconvience by itself, but at the rate which it chews batteries, it's absurd not to package an AC adapter with the processor.

I picked the best fitting plug that I could find at RadioShack, but the way the inside of the connector is made, when the plug wiggles or shifts, it resets the processor, making this thing impossible to use for more than a few minutes at a time, and that is why I really hate this unit and will not buy anything from Korg for a very long time after this. If it got stolen, I would be glad to have gotten rid of it.

Never bothered calling them.

I like lots of different style of music, but when it comes to writing and recording I generally find myself sounding punk or alternative with some bluesy/funky elements thrown in.

This thing was fine for my level of playing at the time, but as I say, the batteries/adapter situation led to my resenting the unit, and that delay in switching effects made it unusable for a number of songs I want to play. I bought this after I had playing an electric for about 1 1/2 to 2 years. I'm now at a little over three and I have really outgrown this thing.

These days, I'm just using my JCM-900 with a mike to record on to a 2nd hand portastudio, and I'm doing far better with it than the old DI method I was using with this thing.

A beginner with lots of batteries could definitely get milage out of this thing though.

Excellent, Have not read the manual yet, worked the interface out in about half an hour. Editing patches was simple after getting some presets from the internet and running them, this is all you need to do with this unit to understand how to use it. Though i will admit , i get great sounds from the factory presets and these are what i use .

Im running a Samick Artist series Les Paul. straight into the unit and then out to my PC which is equipped with a Sound Blaster Audigy 2.
Noise is a problem if you dont tweak every point in your music chain. But once you have your git, fx box and pooter all sorted you can happily go from a phaser to a chorus to a crunchy distored sound without having to re-tweak. This helps big time, as it would piss me off too much to have to re-tweak from effect to effect.
Ive managed to emulate most of my fav players with this box (and a bit of help from my pooter. got a ripping nirvana patch, a very accurate pantera patch, and my green day covers have never sounded so good.

if you play around with it you will get what you sound you are looking for.

Have not had any probs with this unit (except for the fact there is no goddamn power button, whats the deal here guys!). A strange feature of this unit is the battery slot, have not used this, but i guess some people would find some use for this. I would give ruggedness about a 6.5 out of 10, (dont stomp). but for the construction and material types used for this, i wouldnt doubt that it would last forever as long as you looked after the little guy .
I only gig with myself , and all my work is recorded to PC where i clean it up, add drum tracks etc etc. If i lost this bad boy i would definately buy another... its supreme for its price......

Have not needed to talk to korg. But this unit replaced a PX-3 that i recently purchased (see my review of the PX-3 on this site).

im mainly a metal man, and this does me just fine. Ive been playing off and on for about 10 years, but have only got serious in the last 2 years. If it were stolen apart from gouging out the bastards eyes out i would most certainly replace, buti would look at other korg units that are bigger and better to compare. If they were similair i would go with them.
I love all the FX, and i can just chop and change between great sounding FX. It keeps me playing for hours on end, as the style changes just keep you interested.

WHERES THE FUKKING POWER BUTTON???

id say that this unit has inspired endless amounts of creativity.

The manual is a crap you wont understand it until you work out how to use the thing making is pointless. Its great if you have the patience to use it and to experiement with it. After a while it becomes easy.

Ive been using a Squier strat and a peavey 158 rage and the pedal is ideal for practising with. The sounds are great to experiment with and the phaise trainer is amazing for recording backings and soloing over. The flanger and Chorus are weak which is what lets this pedal down. I can get a great sabbath tone by using classic distortion. The main effects i use are, Distortion, classic distortion, Static, flanger, chorus, bender, and overdrive.

I have had it over a year and nothing has gone wrong with it. DONT STAMP ON IT!!!! Im using a Proco rat now because you cant beat the sound of a rat by i would still use my AX100g for some stuff.

never had to deal with them!

I play mainly rock and blues, its great for what i do and is great for improving your playing. All round its a good pedal.

Easy is an understatement! I love that when you turn a know, it instantly goes into edit mode!! Yeahhhh!!! Manual was OK, but it's easier to learn by doing. My dog could program this thing. Great back-lit 7-digit display for on-stage use. Plus, the tuner is sooooo much better then the one on the lower-priced Korg AX1G. I also own that one, for now. Can you say eBay?

I'm using this through a '92 Les Paul Studio and a Peavey Express 112S. Love the Metal, US Hi-Gain & the Marshall, oops, "Brit Stack" settings. I did not notice the noise some guys are talkin' about. Flanger is a bit weak, as well as the Chorus, but if you want every single effect to be killer, go spend a grand on 10 seperate stomp-boxes. I for one, will not. Most effects are good to very good, but some suck. What the heck is "Ringman" supposed to emulate? I love using the "Bender", because I refuse to put a Floyd Rose on my Les Paul. The "Bender" absolutly SUCKED on the AX1G.

Only had this thing a week, & I'm still trying to get an Eddie Van Halen sound(Pre-1984). I want the EVH sound for my cover band, but I'm looking for a good hard-rock sound for my original stuff, and easily found it by noodeling around for a while. I tried in vein to get a good sound with the AX1G, to no avail. If you can help with a old VH patch, e-mail me at kng1994@yahoo.com....

COMPLAINT: The presets seem to cater to the modern "rock" crowd. C'mon, Nine Inch Nails, Kid Rock????

It's plastic, but seems solid. Although you work it with your feet, your not supposed to STAND on it!! Duhhhh!

Don't know...

I LOVE THIS THING!!I'm a 80's metalhead, & this works real well for me. Been playing 10+ years, did the stomp-box thing, & recently moved on to multi-effect processors. I also have the Korg AX1G, and this runs circles around it. Love the drives, Bender, back-lit display & the tuner. Some pre-set's are worthless(to me). Would it kill them to put an on/off switch on it? Plus, the main volume is a pain because it's on the back panel. Shame! Overall, a great pedal, at a good price. If it were stolen, I'd hunt down the low-life, tape his head to my amp, and play on 11 for an hour and a half. Then, I'd f**k his girlfriend while he's still taped to my amp.

Well let me say this.....I got it today, and I think I've got it down......took about an hour of fiddling with, but it's VERY user freindly. If you've used multi-effects before, you already have an idea. And if not, it won't take long.

The effects are crystal-clear. I especially like the cabinet simulation. Very cool. ALL KINDS of effects to choose from. If you got all the Boss single pedals, daisy-chained together, you would have about 2 grand worth of boxes in front of you. And the AX100G sounds just as good. It has some pedal modeling in it, so you do get some "Boss" sounding stuff anyway....like on the metal distortion, modeled after the Boss Metal Zone MT-2. Phaser is trippy, Flanger warps your mind, Delay is Floyd-y....what more can you ask for? How about 50 or so more crystar clean efffects!! One option turns your electric into an acoustic.....Too Cool!! In a word or two.....sounds awesome.

Only had the thing for a day, so we shall see, won't we.....Rugged li'l thing though. I Love Boss pedals, they're tanks, and fun to smack down on....but I think I'll ease up a bit with the AX100G.

Not a clue.

I think it's great. Awesome. Everything I've ever wanted, and so much more. The AX100g and I will be married in a quiet ceremony just outside of Maui.......did I just say that?

This is the easiest to use people. Toucj any dial and you are in the programming mode.....it is so easy that i can make a patch on stage b/w any 2 songs. And a GOOD patch mind you..Manual isnt good. Join the korg ax100g elite at yahoogroups and ask anyone any question you like and you'll get an answer the same day if not the next.

I use this with stranger amps and a guitar i designed and constructed myself...it reules. It rules in sound quality ...excellent noise reduction...name it you have it. The delay, flanger, and many more effects beat ANY other effects pedal in its price range. Trust me...my rhythm guitarist owns a 606.I KNOW.

Hmmmmmm.....be careful with this. Don not drop it. to not step on it tooooooo hard. It's great. No problems on stage. It rules. It has an excellent expresions pedal with a lot of up and down movement...looks sturdy.

This is a brilliant processor for every sort of music...not thart good for thrash metal though. You want van halen, black sabbath, megadeth, to iron maiden to marilyn manson to lightnin hopkinss to muddy waters to pink floyd to led zeppelin...it is brilliant!!!!

It is very easy to get a good Metallica, megadeth sound also the manual tells it all. even though it's that easy to control. the tuner is good even though i know the pitches off by heart.

I'm a speed metal, classical, acoustic guitarist and get all the sounds i need from this or even more the effects are top notch, because i'm thirteen you might think i like anything and had zoom stuff before and this ould eat it for breakfast i'll put it straight...ZOOM SUCK! i get great drum patterns and whammey dives and wahs. it has GREat effect even though there is some noise.

it is plastic but it will only break i you smash it around like a baseball bat it is reliable ven though i have not used it on stage.

I play metal, and classical and japanese. it has great combinations for metal and acoustic, if you dont like them you can make your own.

if it got lost yeah or stolen i get another one from the receipt...duh

i like the sounds, the presets. they could of had more wahs, I LOVE the a minor and A major and acompany guitar stuff.

i compared it to the Zoom (forgotten the model it had drum stuff on it) i tried it in the shop the zoom absoultely SUCKED! i tried this out and was a lot better. and was a bit more expensive but worth it.

More Wahs, and it should of had pickup simulaters.

yes it does help music with recorder so you can play over. also the drum thing helps ALOT!

best in it's price range

Well This is very easy to use i speak spanish and just and a little of english and u dont have to read the manual. This thing has it all in front of u this thing tells u where to clik and how to get any sound without reading the manual (also the manual is very good).TUNER IS GREAT!

I Play Metal and rock, sound is great fot its price, ive tried, zoom,and some boss pedals. This thing has abou 3 or 4 good Heavy Metal Distortions and some "NU-Metal" Ones too, i love the way the distortions sound some are powerful editing it, i use this trough a Peavey 110 envoy (amp sucks) but with the AX100G this thing sound amazing! Also My amo does a lot of ssssshhss that anoyying sound ,like if it were very old, but the AX100G solves the problem!!

Well its built of plastic but its still strong,if u use the wah pedal and u are fat, please dont ride and jump over the damn thing !! treat it nice and it will respond well! Ive used it about 3 times on stage it works well specially the tuner is EASY TO USE!

never deal with them

I ve Been playing for 3 years My style is Heavy-Speed Metal and rock not that Nu Metal crap.I PLay solos with this thing and they sound very good. I will cry if i lost it! :(
If it were stolen i wouldnt buy it again, Id buy the AX1500 cause its the same but built more strong.One thing i dont like its that it doesnt have a power switch i cant believe it! but its ok.
I have 2 years with it and still work great

It's easy to create your own sounds with this thing and editing couldn't be easier. The only problem I had was with the Loop/Sampler effect, but I fixed it with a sticker. The manual tells you all you need to know (well not about the little switch under the pedal).

I use guitars like my Ibanez GSA60 and a couple of Washburns and mostly headphones and a Rocktron 2x12 (and sometimes my Laney HC30R amp, but I don't like the sound of it).

It's sad that there's often too much noise in the sound because otherwise this pedal is very good. Adding the noise reduction kills the sustain and whenever there is too much noise reduction the sound is pretty crappy.

I also think that there should be more drive amps because the sounds are get a bit boring after 5 months. Some people have been complaining about the distortion and saying that it's weak. Luckily I found a way to get a relly thick, phat and cool sound:
DriveAmp: Metal, US hi-gain or brit stack
Modulation: Flanger, speed min, depth min and feedback max.
Then adjust treble, middle and bass as you wish. I prefer lots of bass, almost no middle and 5-7 treble. Some amplifiers don't like these settings tho, because there is wayyy too much bass and the amp starts to create resonance if you play it too loud (that's one reason I like to use headphones).
The clean sounds are pretty good, almost no noise except when using the acoustic drive amp.

I have used the phase trainer a couple of times. For example learning to play Korn's Falling Away From Me (well the beginning) and creating the right sound took only 10 minutes or so. I also got the sound of 3 Doors Down's Better Life. Haven't used it since.

Almost all the effects are pretty good, but there are still many that are totally useless. Filter, phaser, flanger, loop/sample and delay are at the top of my list (not in that order).

One reason why I bought the ax100g was the possibility to jam along the drum beats. Beats are quite limited but they're OK for practicing alone.

I can totally depend on it and yes I would use it on a gig without any backup.

I play many styles of music, mostly nu-metal and some funky tunes. This effect pedal is all I need. if it were stolen, I'd propably buy the V-amp II or a couple of separate effect pedals like smash-box and autowah from Ibanez. I like the easy editing and the variety of effects and I like the fact that I can use it with headphones without an amplifier.