Korg AX100G

When I first bought it, I found it fairly easy to get a sound out of it, but I got lost when it came to saving your own patches. I couldn't get the concept of the user programs. The booklet wasn't that helpful but I eventually understood it. Editing and tweaking patches are easy once you get the hang of it, just play around till you get the sound you're after

I use a Yamaha Pacifica EG-112 into a Crate GX-15 amp and I get a great sound out of it. It's really impressive how much it sounds like the big amps I try in the shops. I don't get any hiss or any annoying sounds through it, except when you have acoustic down as low as it goes and you can hear a faint hiss.
I play all music from Green day to Metallica, from Hendrix to Blink 182 and from Eric Clapton to Santana as well as original music and I can get amazing sounds for all of the through this unit.
Most effects work really well, but the ringman starts to piss you off after a while, and I don't like the feedback program. (There goes my Hendrix-style USA Anthem)
Other than that the sound is great

Although the plastic body doesn't look too tough looks can be decieving, I would uses this for a gig with no backup. I would run it into a power supply and have batteries in it just incase but no other backup would be needed as far as I'm concerned.

Never dealt with them, don't want to hopefully.

As I mentioned earlier I play all styles of music and it suits me perfectly. I can jam with it all day and not get tired of it. If it was stolen or lost I probably break both kneecaps of the guy who stole it then go buy a new one straight away. I'd be pissed off that I lost all my programs but you get over it.

I definately think that this pedal is great value for guitarists of all styles and experience. I compared this to a Boss GT-3 And a digitech RP-200 and the sounds produced are nowhere near as good as the ones on the AX100g.

Pretty much any morron can figure this thing out. Theres alot of things i kept forgetting about though, like depth of the cabs and the volume of the effects. Lots of tweekin fun, but even before dat some really great patches outa da box. Lots to get used to since this is my first Multi effects processor.

Im usin a Mexi Strat through a line6 Spider 212. Its not noisy at all, if it gets a lil hissy i just turn on the Noise gate. The effects take some tweaking to get what u want but u can achieve just bout any sound u want. Some of the things that suck are the Pitch mod, wah is alright not great, and the Min maj 5ths stuff that i havent been able to use (sound cool though). Acoustic sim is awesome, so is da feedbacker, chorus, filter, pitch(pedal) and the list goes on. The ring mod is so cool but so pointless its great!! The distortions kick ass. I play punk and classic/modern rock and its perfect. I can spend hours and hours playin with this thing so much fun!!oh and the drum thing is kinda satisfactory

ummmmm get the adapter, i didnt get one and in 2 band practices i got screwed over when it died. So like any self respectin Geetar player i took an adapter from a game system and now that will never happen. On a side not dont EVER DO THAT UNLESS ITS THE RIGHT TYPE. Id gig with it without a backup, its plastic, and im too poor to by a backup. But itll do fine.

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This thing rules, it saves u so much money i love it. I ve been playin for 2 yrs now and im always playin. It sounds great outa my 212 and my lil practice amp. Some of the great things about this is, ull never need a capo, u can get just bout any sound u desire. My fav thing bout this is DA'FUZZ oh GOD its crazy!! Some of the patches i dont care for. So i just write over them. If i lost it or someone broke it id pull my piece out and cap em!

This is a follow up to an earlier eval I posted. ( I have to learn to wait a little before posting out here :-) ) After tweaking for a couple of weeks I seemed to hit a wall on a couple of sounds, and also found some better than I expected. Overall, though, tweaking setting is fast, easy and fun.

I ran this into two setups, At home, it was ran into a Boss BR-8 recorder (with effects turned off) and when playing at my church it was fed into a Peavey keyboard amp. I use a Fender US Strat with Lace Pickups.

I was never able to get the sound up to par on the acoustic setting. It either sounded flat or had a hiss to to it that was really undesirable. Noise reduction ended the his when nothing was played but the his was THERE when playing.

I DID find the feedback emulator fun and very usable and will miss that feature.

I never did like the chorus effects but the rest all seemed fine. But since chorus and accoustic sounds are pretty much what I use a 50% of the time it let me down there. BUT, if you play rock, metal etc the unit will probably be great.

Amp simulations were pretty good when played into a line level device. It is really biased, though, to sound good in headphones, which it REALLY sounded good in.

The unit I had an inconsistent problem on the amp simulator knob: It would occasionally skip an amp model as you turned the knob. You could find the missing model between detents though. Not a huge problem but nonetheless a quality flaw. I buy/sell equipment alot on eBay and I know that a flaw like that will hurt it being sold used, so I sent returned it.

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I play in a church Worship Team, which covers almost all kinds of music ('cept maybe punk!). The pedal worked well there, with the exceptions listed above. I like the pedal, but since I returned it, I guess I could not say I would buy one again. I would say though it is a matter of taste. The AX100G had some very attractive features and had a very different sound than a similar Boss pedal. The Korg sounded warmer and smoother than the Boss. Oddly enough I looked at the higher end Korgs and did not like the sound they made.

I wish this pedal had a little better quality and while I'm at it, a longer travel expression pedal wouldn't hurt too!

The manual is good. The preset patches are pretty good but with some tweaking they can be very good. Editing patches is quick and easy. Great idea to have an "Orginal setting" light that comes on when you are tweaking a setting and come upon what it was set at before. That way you know how much to raise or lower. The distortions have quick and easy access to tweak all settings. I take off points because it took me awhile to realize that you have to press the pedal down really hard to start the looping. Also, there are like 3 different methods of controlling the volume for each patch (master volume, patch volume, and patch gain)! This gets a little confusing and takes a little time to get each patch the perfect volume. Lastly, if you switch the distortion volume on the fly it will jump from wherever it was set to where you turn it to and this can be a little hazardous loud jump when tweaking in the middle of a song.

I'm playing a Fender Mexican Fat Strat through a Line6 FM-4, Crybaby 95Q Wah, TU2 tuner, Korg AX100, Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive, Arion SPH-1Phaser, Visual Sound H20 Chorus/Delay into a Carvin Vintage 33 tube amp. Yes, as you can see I love pedals!! I play guitar in a gigging jamband that does a lot improv. I've been playing for 10 years and have tried many pedals and multi-fx over the years. I am very satisfied with the Korg AX100. Especially for the price. If my pedalboard disappeared I would be extremely pissed and sad but one of the first pedals I'd replace would be the AX100.

I was scared the AX100 would be noisy in my pedal chain but it is not. Effects ratings:

Noise Reduction is fantastic!

Rhythms are alright to practice with but they are fairly simple and get boring after a few minutes.

Phrase Trainer records either 8 seconds of external audio or your guitar and loops it for you to jam over. Then you can slow it down to 25% speed without changing the pitch.

Looper is great! This is why I bought this pedal. The AX100 costs as much as the cheapest looper (Akai Headrush) but the AX100 does so much more! After looping you can control the length of the loops with the pedal which makes it stutter kinda like a DJ scratching a record!

The Distortions are terrific. Someone said they are geared towards Metal. I totally disagree. I find many choices are great for blues, rock, and hard rock. I can get very good Santana sounds and Trey Anastasio sounds and good Hendrix.

The Feedbacker is awesome. Just what I always wanted. I can hold a note forever!!

The delays and reverbs are good

Ring mod and Pitch shifter are great because you can control them by the pedal and make squeeling sounds that are fun!

Those are the FX I think make the pedal great. I didn't like the flanger, phaser, slow attack, envelope, or chorus as much. That's alright though since I have some individual pedals for those fx.

Yes I can depend on it. It is hard plastic that I don't foresee breaking. I take care of my gear.

I'm currently gigging with it in my pedalboard.

I couldn't get the looper to work so I called Korg. He told me I had to push the pedal down harder and that worked. I felt stupid but oh well. They were helpful and friendly.

This is a great buy! It has such potential in the tweaking abilities. I wish you could hold the bank up button and zoom through patches like on the new pedals but oh well.

Sounds great so far, but I've only been playing around with it a couple of days. I can't say the manual's the best. Not knowing much about this kind of thing, I'm having to do things by discovering them myself, and I suspect I'm missing somethings. I wish I could find a help site made by users. Any ideas anyone?

I'm using a Strat into a Mesa SOB. It sounds great so far. A little noisy at first, but I figured out my settings.

Can't really speak to reliability. It's lasted a day though!

Again, no experience yet, and I hope I won't ever have to have any.

I play a little of everything, and I like that this helps me to do it. I can go from an acoustic sound to a really grungy sound easily. I can't compare to others since I've not used them, but I can't really imagine the others do anything any better. I'm very satisfied.

I have found this unit to work very nicely considering the price and maybe even not considering the price. Editing is easy and the manual is thin due mainly to the fact it is easy to use. I have operated it for about an hour and though the editing functions are limited it does what it is supposed to do well.

I am going to use this unit alongside (in parallel with) a Roland VG-88 to both layer sounds and to just get some new sounds. The sound quality compared to the '88 is a bit warmer, maybe too much so, but can be equalized to whatever. The main reason I picked this unit over others is that it seems to have the most viable feedback simulator. Now, granted this fback sim is pretty artificial sounding sometimes but it still seems to have what I need.

I run the unit in two modes: At home it plugs into a Boss BR-8 that goes to monitor speakers or headphones. When I play out it goes into a Peavey KB-300a keyboard amp and or PA system. I think alot of people have problems with the fact that when you buy a multi effects pedal with amp simulation that many times the best way to amplify it is with a neutral amplifier like a keyboard amp or PA system as opposed to a guitar amplifier. I feel sorry for those people who think they can buy a AX100G, feed it to a small Fender amp and have the outcome sound like 4x12 Marshall Stack. For an application like that, with a big heavy and expensive amp, go to individual stomp boxes. I've gone the route of big amps before and although nothing sounds more like a Fender Twin Amp like a Fender Twin Amp, moving the thing around will break your back.

I will say the chorus on this thing is lame and awful to me, but like I said, I'm running it in parallel with a VG-88, which has a great chorus. I may be able to tweak the chorus a little better after some more time though.

I am easy on equipment and only play at home and in church settings so I expect no problems. At one quarter the cost of my big Roland unit I expect it to be made cheaper, but I don't see problems with it.

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Extremely good for price. The accoustic sounds are passable, the distorted sounds are very good and rich. The feed back simulator is usable with some practice. I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Not overly difficult to use, but the manual sucks, only half the amp models sound good, the wah sucks, and you can't set gain,level or eq settings on a per program basis.

Overall sound quality is lame. This unit has no way to set compression levels or disable compression so all programs sound overly compressed and more "hollow" as a result.

Made of plastic, not for gigging.

Never dealt with.

I was very disappointed with this product. Sounded great at the guitar shop, but I got it home and didn't sound as good. I exchanged this for a Digitech RP-200 and hands down the Digitech is 100% better.

When i first got this pedal I thought it was going to be a pain to use. After messing around with it, and reading the manuall it got pretty easy. There are some things that are hard to use. But overall , it's easy to use.

I am using a Crate 212 with a BC Rich Warlock (Bronze Series: yes, it's very cheap, but its very easy to play, and sounds good).
Some effects are the greatest, not as much of a liveliness, if you know what i mean.

Its hard plastic, so if you stomp on it too hard, it's gunna break. So be carefull.

No idea.

Its ok, not the best, not the worst.... Save your money, and get a better one. Thank you, i'm here til thursday!

The unit has fairly easy to understand knobs and buttons, but I found it harder to configure compared to other similar units. All in all not bad, but it could be better.

This unit has a fairly nice overall sound for it?s price range. It has a lot of really heavy metal type distortions which is cool if that is what you are looking for. The effects are pretty decent also. A couple of cool features are the bender and the feedbacker. They both sound kind of hokey unless you work with them some, but with practice can be made to sound better. I found that the thing I liked about it the most was their compressed auto wah sound. I have a GFX-8 currently and it the sound contrast between the 2 is pretty different. Once again this has a heavier sound to it. The preset patches suffer a bit from ?we use delay on all of our patches? syndrome. For the most part the patches are fair, but need a bit of tweaking?. Especially if you?re not a fan of a lot of delay/reverb. This does however along with the cabinet simulator make the sound big and wide. This unit for it?s price is a pretty good deal for a beginner and good enough for someone more advanced if you want the heavy tones. One thing I did not like is the fact that the unit did not have midi capability for saving patches. On the other hand a really nice feature is the ability to visually see where a preset tone knob originally started. If you modify the treble, bass or dist and turn the knob past the original value it shows ?orig? on the display to let you know that this is were the patch started the value for this knob. I bought the unit and returned it, but that is just because I was looking for something a bit different that what this pedal was.

This unit appears to be almost 100% plastic. It seems tough enough and could be trusted I believe in a controlled environment, but I don?t know if it would stand up to a lot of heavy bashing if that is your thing.

Never dealt with them.

It?s not a bad unit?.just not quite what I was looking for. It had pretty good effects and loads of metal distortion. For the price it?s a great beginner pedal. For those of you out there looking to sound like Clapton/Cream, or The Who this pedal is not for you. This pedal?s strong suit is not ?creamy distortion? or clean tones.

It's very easy to use... I had it yesterday and I know hot to use it at 99%. The manual is very hard to understand but after a few look you can figure out how to use it.

The sound quality is almost perfect. but for the price, let's say it's perfect! it isn't noisy and all the effects sounds great unless it's the ringman thing. I'm using a little 25 watts yamaha amp and it makes him sound great. I can get metallica and megadeth sound out of it. Really , I love the sound.

Yeah I think I can depend on it. and I would also surely use it at a gig eithout a backup.

Didn'T dealt with 'em

I play Metallica/Megadeth and it's perfect for any kind of music.
If it would get stolen, I would buy the same thing or if I would have more money, i would buy the AX1500G.
There's nothing missing on this pedal. Of course, it helps me to make music! I highly recommend it to you!

Pour ceux dont c'est la 1ere multi-effet, c'est chaud de tout comprendre au debut, mais cela vient vite et l'on s'apercoit que l'AX100G est tres simple a utiliser.

Je possede une Ibanez RG7420 et un fender 100W. Le son est assez bon si on est pas exigeant a part que Big Fuzz est a chier, on dirait plus un moteur.Les effets sont sympa et d'assez bonne qualite.Le feedback est assez rigolo.

Je joue surtout du metal, mais j'ai du mal a avoir le gros son, c'est dommage. Mais elle est tres bien pour commencer les multi-effets car elle est facile a programmer et pas chere pour une qualite tout de meme superieur a laquelle laisse croire le prix.

If you are the typical male and don't read the manual, you will have some trouble getting around. Overall pretty straight-forward. Really like the edit function where you will always know where the saved patch valve is when the "org" for original flashes on the screen. Line6 should really have this function on the POD, once you touch the preset values, there is no reference point to try tweaking saved presets.

This thing rocks. I mostly dial in the higher gain settings such as the US HI gain or the British Stack. If you are into 80's and 90's metal such as Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Dokken, Van Halen then this is the unit. If you like the hi-gain sound with layers of delay and top it off with a slight chorus of flanger then this unit will do it.

Had it for a month and use it in a home studio setting where it will not be abused

I bought this on a whim after viewing the Korg website and listening to the MP3 files and product demo video. I have been through almost every amp/preamp/guitar combination known to man and I still cannot get that "tone". I currently own a POD 2.3 and needless to say I just wasn't happy with my tone everytime I used it. Out of frustration I bought the AX100G. My first initial impression was this thing was just a cheap processor with crummy presets and a bunch of useless features. I have to admit that I didn't like the sound but with a little tweaking of the original presets and after I read the manual I found I could get a good 80's or 90's metal tone. I really realized that I liked this unit when I turned on the Rhythm Section. I found myself playing for hours and feeling good that for once I sounded good. With the POD I found myself tweaking myself to death! The rythem section really adds a whole different factor into the mix which I feel really makes you want to play more. Personally I feel that this is more of a toy than a professional effects processor/preamp but what the hell not everyone has to play through a Boogie or Bogner to sound good, especially if you play a bedroom levels.

Its very easy to use, the loop is ok once I got the hang of it and now it sounds great! I can do my own bass lines and tap a button when I want to do a lead break. kick ass. I haven't used the manual yet so I dunno what its like (thats how easy the pedal is to use)

I use either a '96 strat and a 75 watt session amp or the same guitar with a 15 watt fender practice amp. It sounds great on both of them and always sounds how I want it exept then I use the ring function (what the hell is the point of it?)
I can always get the right sound (Jimi Hendrix or Dandy Warhols or The Stones or my very own sound)
My favorite effect has to be Da'Fuzz, I liked it so much I renamed it to "Beefy" in second is Funky, the rest are all cool as well apart from the ring one.

Sure, I can depend on it and definately I'd use it at a gig w/o back up.

Haven't asked them about anything....

I like to play rock and blues, it sorts them out and gets the right sound.
I've been playing for about 6-7 years and only own a strat, westone, 75 watt amp and a 15 watt amp. I'm thinking of buying a tascam. If it was lost or stolen I would't buy a new one, I'd kill the man that took it (thats how good it is)
I love it all
I wish it had a longer recording time.
It helps me play funky beats a lot.

This is the easiest pedal board Ive used in my 20 years of playing. It is incredibly easy to get many different sounds from it. Patch editing is so easy. I just love how it automatically goes in to edit mode once you turn any of the knobs. And whats cool, is that of course nothing gets stored until you confirm to store it. So awsome!!
I tell you the truth, the only one time I used the manual since I got the unit was to see how I would reset the whole thing in case I wanted it back to new specs. I really love the Carlos Santana sound patch, it rocks big time! I even tweaked it more and created like four different types for different types of songs. Its that easy!!! I really love the fact that my inspiration keeps flowing and flowing with out any technical mumbo jumbo getting in the way. This stuff was definitely made by musicians for musicians. You have to use it to believe it. I went to Guitar center here in LA and I tweaked the one that they had as a floor sample and while I was rocking away with the santana patch, like three people bought it right away, after seeing how easy it was for me to tweak the patches and hear how good it sounded. I even told the salesman to do that more often himself and he would rake in more sales. Last I called GC they were out of stock. Im glad they are selling them cause they are very nice folks.

Im using a 1980 Fender Strat Made in the USA. Original pickups and all. The sound is so clear and crisp, I just recorded some leads this past weekend in my Vs 1680, and the sound was prestine and the Santa patch roared through the mix. No added noise whatsoever. The Chorus is so cool, specially when you use it with the pedal. The distortions are all very sweet. Full sound here man. Specially with the cool cabs. Im not using any amps with it. I record directly to My Roland Vs1680 or my Sony headphones. I definitely get my Santana lead sound and better. Its hard to put in words. You have to get one. No questions asked. Like I said, the distortins are super sweet. and the chorus and filter effects are nothing but awsome!!! This is the sweetest setup I ever had. Get it!!!

At first I was going to buy the digitechs for their metal casing and all, but when I played with my korg ax100g, it was love at fist touch. Personally I take care of my stuff. I use it in the studio all of the time so I cant speak for someone who might gig with it. I personally think its made really sturdy. The pedal is nice and tight and its just perfect. You dont have to literally fall forward to get the sound you want when your playing standing. Its just right. I would definitely gig with out a backup. Its really reliable, and the cool thing is that it uses battery. I use to gig and I hated my old pedal board cause one time my fellow base player accidentally unpluged my board in the stage and I was screwed. Big time! If I was in stage with this puppy, if my plug got unplugged for any reason, my battery would take over and bingo! the show would go on.. Is this awsome or what!!! All I can say, is that Korg really did it with this effect board. They scored big time!!!

Thats how good the ax100g is. No need to call the custome support. I believe that companies who really put time in to making an awsome product from day one, really save money and keep customer loyalty because of the quality, dependability and ease of use they put into their products. You definitely will find this with the ax100g. Ive called korg CS before and they took the time to answer me with patience and with real answers.

I play everything from rock to ballads. This is the best match I ever dreamed of finding. Ive been playing for 20 years. I currently own a Korg Trinity V3 Full options, Korg I30HD, and of course my awsome Korg ax100g. Im a korg loyal big time. Korg has the reputation of making the best of the best. So guys dont settle for less. I really recommend this board. For the price, its a no Brainer!!! If it was stolen or lost I would replace it in no time. I cant see myself making a recording with out this awesome tool. I really love the ease of use and programming. But most of all, the cool sound quality you get. Oh, by the way, I got the hang of using the harmonizer. WoW, it sounds like a dream!! IF you are serious about making music, and not spend days learning a manual, if you want to let your inspiration flow, then this is it for you. The manual is there, I guess, for reference only, but here you will not need the manual to get this puppy going. I hope this review will help many of you, cause before I bought mine on ebay, new in the box, I came here to see what other people though about it, and it really helped me in my decision. So to give something back, I wrote my feeling here, and hope they will help you see what I feel about this beautiful gadget. I thank God and pray for those engineers and designers at Korg, who really made something so Good. Take care guys.

Cheers,
Armando

Fairly easy to tweak while playing around but has a lot of buttons to push. If you start out expecting to be able to program in the exact sounds you want without tinkering around first you will be disappointed. Easy enough to get the hang of though if you have used any sort of multi-effect before.
The Manual is not as in depth as it probably should be but it gives you the basics of how to cvhange the sounds...just doesn't tell you much about what the different settings will do to the sound.

Ok, I will be blunt. As with all multi-effects processors you will not get the clean change over or the pure sounds you will get with individual pedals. Still, that could have something to do with the fact you will pay the same for one top of the range pedal as you would for an entire array of effects in this system. People who write reviews on gear like this and compeltely bag out the sounds you get are not in this reality! If you want top of the range, sounds with seamless cross-over between effects and the best tone you can get then don't buy something this cheap. For what I payed it is fantastic. It has some really good, usefull pre-set sounds and is changeable enough to create almost any sound you are looking for. I play anything from hard rock to melodic, gentle songs and this covers everything.

I am using this with a Laney amp (65W) and a Samick guitar. Neither the best you can buy and I understand this when I get less than the best sounds out of it. But I don't hear any excessive noise through the ear-phones and there is only minimal noise when the distortions are in effect. Clean sounds like chorus and flange have virtualy no background hiss at all.

It already comes with a series of so-called artist sounds such as Satch, Van Halen, NIN, and Kid Rock. But it should be possible to at least somewhat copy any sound you want.

I can't for the life of me understand how you would use the bels sound as it is just hideous and doesn't have any tune to it, maybe you could use it to do an intro for some computer meltdown or something, because that's what it sounds like. However, it does come with all the normal sounds you would want like flange, distortions galore, Delay etc. The delay's have plenty of alteration to them and you can get a slight echo right up to over a seconds delay time. Even the wah is useable in small doses which is surprising - but then again we get back to quality over quantity...if you want a proper wah then buy yourself a Jim Dunlop or something! There is one cool effect that is a kind of reverse sound. It is a delay attack and builds the sound up - sort like a crying whale sound. Handy for those more atmospheric sounds.

I am very easy on any equipment I buy as I figure it is better than having to buy new stuff every couple of months cause I broke it. It is plastic so it probably wont stand up to a pantera fan jumping up and down on it for hours on end but it seems solid enough and the expression pedal is quite solid, and more stiff than many other plastic ones I have tried. I am only going to use it for the odd gig and the rest of the time it will be in my house hooked up to my recording setup so it should last a while.

I have'nt had anything go wrong with it yet so I don't know...sorry!

For value for money this is definately one to try out. I got it while it was on sale from 149 pounds down to 85...so it was even better for me :)
I like the versatility on this machine and after owning a series of separate pedals, i find this so much easier to have around the house. I have also had a Zoom 505 in the past and it was also good for the money but the korg beats it hands down. I did try a series of other effects boxes before i bought this and the range of sounds and quality of both the unit and the sound was far beyond the price. 40 programmable slots means that you can have everything you could hope to have for any type of music you play, and be able to update if your style of interests change.
If this got lost or stolen....mmm...if I could afford it or I was seriously getting a lot of payed gigs then I would consider buying something a lot more up-market...but for the time being I couldn't thinkof a much better unit for my needs! I will also be willing to answer any questions you want on this unit to help you make you mind up on this item.

The unit is generally easy to use, unless ya new to effects processor,
for newbies, the manual will surely makes confusion, bad manual....

Should know nothing 's perfect.....especially in such price...
its actually worth to buy....if u r thinkin of the best sound.....pay for the best price!!!!
Distortion 10 - Sound like some expensive amps almost 80%, furthermore with assist of cabinet simulator....sounds big n cool!!

acoustic 3 - annoying "hiss" ...sound digital....dissappointed....

modulator - good chorus flanger...blaablaa....but some crap....useless like slow attack...

ambience 9 - fairly good

pedal 8 - wah is fairly good but not as crybaby, volume ctrl is very useful, the pitch shifter sucks...

noise reduction 8 - great...but too much will suck off output, which causes less sustain....

Plastic case......be gentle

i check out the tones from korg.com b4 buying it.....
so far never dealt with them..

again its a worthy unit for those who wanna sound big....

This was my first effect/simulation device, and I had it 90% figured out within 30 minutes, and picked up the rest with the manual in my lap. "East of use" is a non-issue with the AX100G.

I'm using this with a Peavey Special 212 and a Fender Telecaster Thinline, usually played clean with a touch of reverb and sometimes a factory built-in "vintage" setting.

This Korg unit sounds great to me! It's fun to sit down on the floor with it and just see what combinations of effects you can work up - combined with your guitar/pickup settings and the settings on your amp. The possibilities are about endless. The only complaint I have is that the Korg seems heavily biased in favor of harsh distortion stuff - metal, thrash, etc. There's just ONE "Jazz" and "Blues" setting, and that's really about it. Everything else is for the mutiple-face-piercings crowd. I'm not saying it sounds bad, but some more "clean" type settings and simulations would be great to have.

The one thing on this unit that doesn't sound good is the rhythm generator. It has 50 different rhythm tracks to play and practice with, but it sounds WAY too thin and tinny. They really need to deepen it out. I even tried playing it through my high-end stereo system - no dice. You get real, real tired of this, where instead of a deep "thump-boomp, thump-boomp..." percussion, you get this annoying "thwack-CLACK, thwack-CLACK..." It's usable, but just barely. I'm rating it a "6" for the limitations on smoother/cleaner sound options, and the cheapo rhythm sound.

No problem here. You could certainly gig with it unless you're a real physical band that's always jumping around the stage and stomping on stuff. The AX100's plastic case wouldn't hold up to that.

Haven't needed them yet.

I think I'd buy it again if it were lost or stolen, but I'd find another source of rhythm - maybe a drum machine or keyboard. I love how easy it is to control and change programs, and to save your own. The main thing that annoys me besides the sound of the "whack-CLACK" rhythm is turning it on and off. If it's on batteries, plugging in the amp/guitar turns it on. If it's on the AC adapter (NOT included, and be SURE you get the right kind!!!) , it comes on when you plug in the adapter. This is a real pain, having to get down on the floor and fiddle with disconnecting and reconnecting all the plugs on the back of the unit, JUST to turn it on and off. Jeez, would it KILL these guys to simply have an on/off switch???

The knobs on this unit are a godsend, you can dial up sounds instantly without pushing stupid knobs.The manual on this thing ain't much help but once you learn how to use this thing you won't really need it.The only complaint I have is that you cant change patches while you are in effects mode, but I used to have a Boss ME8, and I use this thing a whole lot more, simply cause I dont have to fiddle around so much trying to dial a good sound.

I use this pedal with an Epiphone SG running into a crate GX65 amp, and so far I am getting good results.I really like the cab simulator, it makes my amp sound bigger than it is and as I really only use basic effects like chorus and delay I think this unit does its job well.I tried plugging it into my yamaha 4-track, but that yielded alot of noise and I had to turn the gain right down.I find the noise reduction alters your sound if you use to much modulation, but for dry tones it is perfect.I play a lot of 90's alternative, RHCP,Nirvana,Foo Fighters etc and you can pretty much nail those tones easily.The U-S high gain is awesome for playing punk Etc and the Brit stack Is good for those 70's kind of tones, if not just that little bit to dark.The are a few amps I'll probably never use like the big muff and the heavy metal amps, and maybe korg could have included a couple of more clean amps.I would definetely use this thing live, as I know some of the sounds on this thing would turn peoples heads.The feedbacker effect on this is particulary surprising,and sounds 100times better than the pitiful feedbacker effect on my old ME8.Yeah the wah sux, but I think you already know that.I mean for the price I paid(399.00)Australian,you absolutely cannot go wrong.

I usually bash my gear around a bit, and even though it's made of plastic it seems like it would be alright.I don't think it would withstand long term stage abuse, but as long as it's just me stepping on it then I don't care.I would use this thing without a backup, I'd just load It up with batteries beforehand so If the cable get's knocked out you can still have your tone.I like the fact that this thing runs on batteries.Maybe if I was doing better gigs I'd get a rack system and use this as a backup, but this thing rules for beginner guitar players who like effects.

Ive only had this thing a few weeks,so I haven't had to deal with them, and hopefully I won't have to in the future

This unit will help you get good tones, and thats what I like about It.I mean having played units by boss,DOD(yuk) and zoom, I mean it's just no competition.I really bought this cause it had an expression pedal, a cab sim, and an amp sim, and it does those things really well.I mean i never really thought of Korg for a multi - effects, but in it's price range this is the best little package i've seen.If it were stolen I'd probably cry and then look around for another one(used).The rythym function is handy,and there are some very usable rythyms, but perhaps korg could have included basslines in there as well, as on the PX3.I used to be very wary of multi effects units, but I find this is the easiest one I've used.I've used this thing more in 6 weeks than I ever used my Boss ME8 and I think that says alot about this thing.

well its pretty easy to use comapared to ax1g but the graph makes you a little confuse. also the layout of the buttons is not very neat on the front. plastic looks a little rough but looks sturdy. In all pretty ok.

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i play a lot of 80's pop metal-van halen -toto-def leppard-mattalica!!!
well the chours,flange and phaser do have a lot of paramters to control now!! korg keep it up! the distortions also sound quite warm.
the reverb is also quite nice. but i have heard better wet delays on zoom gfx707. harmonizer-it is a harmonizer allright but only the maj-min 3d are usefull. you cant set the pitch up and down on the 4th, 5th and major 6th. you can some good harmonized effects for mettalica's-unforgiven lead. Chorus is absolutely shimmering. wah-now again korg sucks--no parameter to control. if there could be processar that was a cross between zoom gfx 707 and korg ax100g it would have been the best on the planet on this price range. but the distortions are pretty diif. new effects feedbacker-cool. who wants to buy an 1000g now.wouldnt give line6 or lexicon on the run. just use this with a stereo solid state amp setup. each amp for some different frequency range. then it will really shine. but korg did a good job this time..at least better than ax1g and ax1000g effects.

yes..certainly can rely dont wear an iron boot!!

use a korg px3 for backup :-)

never dealt!

Very easy to use. Matrix style controls plus five knobs (level, gain, bass, treble, mid), expression pedal plus two footswitches. There is also a knob for selecting the amp simulation (drive amp in Korg's terminology). The manual is pretty good, although it doesn't have a complete listing of the parameters of the presets. 40 presets (which lean heavily toward high gain or metal) and 40 user settings which are initally duplicates of the oresets. However, each setting has two "channels" so you can switch between clean and distorted during the middle of a song with a footswitch. A second footswitch can turn effects on or off, and the exoression pedal can control many different parameters. This is one of the main reasons I gor this pedal. It is spectacularly well suited for live use (except that it's plastic). In addition to the channel switching, the amp simulation knob has an OFF setting - you can use this box strictly for effects if you like. Even the top of the line AX1500G doesn't have this feature. It also allows you to name patches rather than just have a two digit number.

I use solid state and tube amps, as well as a little Fender Mini Twin. I play a lot of guitars, but the ones I play the most are a Parker, a Strat Plus Deluxe, a Les Paul, and a Route 101 Solimar Custom. The amp simulation are pretty good, although there are certainly boxes with more or more varied models. I like the classic comp and tube od settings a lot, as well as the top boost. The acoustic setting is not great - both my Johnoon J-Station and Zoom 504 do acoustic better. However, playing my Parker's piezo pickup through this box gives a fairly good acoustic sound. My other complaint is that the compressor is an amp setting rather than an effect which could be used with any setting. I will have to get a compressor pedal, as I use compression a lot. There is very effective noise reduction built in.

It is plastic, not the solid metal casing of the higher end Korgs. I would never use it without a backup, but my backup is very small and lightweight - a Korg Pandora PX3. The box seems sturdy enough, and I don't generally do damage to my gear.

Don't know. Haven't needed to deal with them.

In addition to everything else, there are 50 rhythm patterns built in (great for practice) and the box can be powered by either AC (wish they had included the adapter, but it's nothing special) or batteries. A box of this power which can run off batteries is very unusual. This and my Fender Amp Can make a super portable battery powered setup. It makes a nice live box, and an excellent headphone amp for practice as well. At rhe price I paid (new on eBay), it's a steal.

I have been out of the gear scene for a while, I have recently had my old Carlo Robelli LP overhauled (it was in my Dad's basement for 20 years) and wanted something to practice on, through earphones, after my son was in bed. I was able to fool with it out of the box, but really needed to go throught the manual to get the most out of it. I still haven't used it to what I feel its potential really is due to time restraints (I have to work for a living?) It took a few passes through the book to grasp it, but some of you younger geer heads would probably catch on faster than me. The expression pedal has an on/off switch that is IMPOSSIBLE to use on carpeting. In fact, the whole thing doesn't work well on carpeting. Good thing I use it as a practice amp next to me, not on the floor. There is an input for your cd player which woks well, though I haven't used the phrase trainer yet. It requires turning the expression pedal on and off, I think, and since I'm using it on carpeting..... well, you get the picture!

My last stomp box was a vintage 70's MXR Distortion+ (which, to my horror, I was not able to find in my Dad's basement! I think the battery leaked and I stupidly thew it out years ago!) so this thing blew my mind. So many sounds out of one unit! I bought it to practice through and it is perfect for that (with a built-in rhythm/metronome as well). I haven't used any other multi-effects processor, so I have nothing to compare it to. There are things this thing can do that I know I'll never use, I find myself leaning towards a compressed sound with a touch of chorus and reverb, but the overdrive channels sound good too. It's a great tool to dicover your sound incase you already haven't.

I have to agree that this thing looks like it will not last for constant gigging. I use it at home and slip it back into the plastic bag and box when I'm done, so it will last forever for me. I see Korg has similar units (like the AX1500G) for not that much more money ($350 vs $200 for this one) and they have metal housings. If I was a working musician, I would seriously consider going for these models. This would probably work as a backup for the higher model - I can see on the ads for the other ones that the settings are similar - I wouldn't be surprised if the internal electronics weren't the same.

Never used it.

For what I need, it's perfect. It would probably annoy the hell out of a real pro - he/she should look to the more heavy duty model(s). If I was still 17, I would never leave my room, and never sleep. If it was lost or stolen, I would replace it. I play rootsy rock and blues and am just getting back after long absence to to building a career, a marriage and a family so I would call myself an amateur with promise.

It takes a while to figure out how to use everything but once its under control its easy to change editing is very easy. The manual is vague and hard to interpret.

Heaps of options, always a way to make it sound better, lots of options. I use a Jade 75 and a Gibson Epiphone and I can get Whatever sound I want. Acoustic sounds a bit fuzzy. Distotions are great, I can get Bodyjar and thats all I need, Wah is also great although a little confusing to access.

It serves me well although if it did stop everthing stops, no backup.

They spent a lot of time trying to up sell and didnt understand that I already knew what kind of pedal I wanted. I would like to keep it for a long time.

I play a bit of everything and I can get most sounds I need. Ive been playing 2 years and its the best multi-effects pedal Ive used. If it were lost Id buy another one the same. Sometimes it cuts out and it pisses me off. It has great distortion and clean and I like the phase trainer. I chose it over the Zoom 808 I think and its because the other ones have a bad rep and there is no amp drive.

Its very easy. Thannx for the knobs. u could tweak ur sound while playing. Editing patches is a breeze. The manual is good but there are some portions that it did not explain clearly. Overaall its easy.. i give it a 9

Im using a Arial Pro guitar -->my pX1 as tuner---> ax100g and plug it to a small marshall amp. It sounds good especially the US-High Gain, the BriT Stck and the Reverb effect. The metal dist is not that heavy. But last night my band played as a guest band in a contest, when we played a Typ O Negative song using the metal dist and turning on the chorus effect. I think I came close in nailing their sound and the metal dist kick aass especial when i played the lead part. And when we played a Mudvayne song that has a palm muting part, the low end it produce surprise me. Wow!!!! Im not sure what happend last nite but my Metal dist sound incredible. Maybe its the amp of the Bar( a Peavey ). The chorus and phaser are good too. The only weak effect is the wah. If u want a nice one go buy a vox, cry baby or a snarling dog. I notice that most wah on multi effects are weak. Anyway im not really into Wah . I also like the feedback effect and Filter

Its made of hard plastic with a metal plate at the bottom. I think it will last. I dont stomp that hard to make it break. I dont know about those guys who feel disgusted on products who has a plastic part on it. If ur careful with ur equipment(like me), i think it will last long even though its made of plastic. I do not have a back up, well most of the guitar players here in the Philippine, wher not that rich compared to those other players in other countries and we find it difficult to bring on stage those backup gadgets. I was even surprise to find out that most people who give reviews here give so much importance on bringing backup effects when playing on stage. Dont you guys find it a burden in bringing those extra effects. oH i forgot we dont normaly use pedal boards here heheheh =)

Overall... for the price, the sound quality and a truck load of effects i think im satisfied. I have a band and we play almost anything from pop,ballroom,r&b to alternative,metal,and hardcore. Ive been playing for almost 7yrs now and this will help me improve my musical capabilities. I really intended on buying the Rp300 in the states thru my frend who went there but i was short of money at that time. If it were stolen or lost I will go back using my PX1. I would not buy it again considering that every year there are new and improve effects out there with prices under $200.

I don't like to sit down with a manual and figure out how to use a device like this, so I just started tinkering with and found it difficult to use at first, this being my first multi-effects processor. If you have used one previously, this should be no problem. And after the first couple of days I thought I had it down and then discovered a new feature about a month later. Editing patches is very easy, especially after spending some time with it. After you get used to it, you can write a patch in about five seconds. It won't be great or anything because the key with this product is taking time to sculpt your sound. The manual won't be alot of help; I started reading after I had it for a few hours and it actually confused me a little bit more than I already was.

I play a shitty but good sounding Cortley LP-copy into the AX100G which inputs to a Peavey Trans-Tube Blazer 158. There is absolutely no unwanted noise with this pedal. At first I thought there was but that was only because I hadn't looked at my reverb setting in a while and it was half-way up. Once I turned it all the way down there was no difference between the US Hi-Gain and Acoustic amp models when there was no playing going on. This allows you to shift through the patches without any noise. The many built-in effects on this machine sound great, particularly the filter and delay. The others, which include wah, chorus, phaser, flanger, and the rest of the effects usual suspects sound pretty decent too. One odd, but very welcome, addition to the bunch is the ring modulator. It can be operated with the built-in expression pedal or simply set to specific parameters. One thing this unit does very well is distortion. There are many different distortion amp models, each with their own nuances. You can get a great metal sound from this baby, which I use to imitate the sound of Tool very successfully, and a pretty decent classic distortion as well. The lighter distortions work great to just dirty up your clean sound a little. There's even an amp model bypass so that you can just use the built-in effects. You can also bypass the entire unit and it becomes a chromatic tuner.

I've never had even a bit of trouble with it. One time my brother stepped on the AX100G with both feet, putting every bit of his nearly 200 lbs. on it and we heard a disturbing cracking sound. My heart sank but once I inspected it I found that nothing was broken and that the AX100G still worked perfectly. Still not exactly sure what the hell that sound was however...

Haven't dealt with Korg yet.

I play mostly metal/hard rock with lots of clean, pristine sounding parts injected into the grinding assault of my metal portions. I've been playing for close to seven years but only seriously for a year and a half. I previously used a Danelectro Fab Tone to get my metal sound but it just was too noisy and static-sounding. The AX100G works wonders in producing a great sound out of a shitty guitar hooked into a pretty shitty amp. If it were stolen, I'd track down the fucker who did it and cut his balls off. Or maybe just get a POD. I wouldn't buy it again simply because I'd like to try something new rather than spend good money to get something I had previously owned. I did alot of looking around at other multi-effects processors and found this one to be the best in my price range. I wish its classic distortion amp model didn't sound so thin and glassy and had more of the fat, warm tone achevied by the US Hi-Gain model, but with all that this thing has packed into it, I really shouldn't complain. The really great thing about it is that I could probably tinker with it for awhile and find a really good classic rock sound. It goes without saying that the AX100G has been a great help in crafting songs and I would recommend it to anyone who wants great effects and amp modeling at an affordable price.

Took me some time to get the right sound (am not always as clear as I should be), but it's not really complicated. I think Korg should have made dome more footswitches on it, for eacht program in the bank one, couse switching through the presets can' be done really quickly. You have to program it rather clever to make it logical and quick.

I use it with a bedrock all tube amp, an Jackson PS 4 and a Gibson Les Paul. Most modulationeffects are pretty good,no noises, only the feedbackeffect sucks. The ampsimulation is not bad, but when it's used witha an solidstate amp, it it definately artificial, not really the way it has to be. I tried it for recording and pluggd it in my computer. for the sake of you ears, dont do that, it sounds bad. However in combination with my amp it sounds rather decent. I think that Korg for the next edition of this pedal an passive bypass sould use, as well for the ampsimulation "off". That should make the modulationeffects to sound better. For use at home it is pretty good, but onstage it is not rally the choice to make.

never had any ploblems, but I have it not a really long time.

never had to deal with korg

It is not rally an unit for one style, which is a quit strong point of it, I play blues as well as rock and hardrock. You can pretty well reproduce the sound of bands eg Europe, Bon Jovi, but for example, Guns n Roses is impossible to get. I don't think I 'll buy it again, but it has provided me with rater mutch fun, so it's not so bad. If you'ra a serious onstage player, don't buy it, at least not for onstage uses, but for use at home, it is not an bad choice.