Korg AX1500G

This unit is pretty simple, i read very little of the manual and i picked up what to do very easily. Editing patches is easy just turn the knob to the effect you want and add some reverb if you want, you can also choose what drive and cab sound you want.

With this product i am using a Ibanez RG320FM and a Ibanez RG7321. im running through a Jade 100-VR. It is basically a stripped down version of the Marshall AVT100, it has a tube preamp and a solid state power amp. When i first got the unit it was abit noisy, but after fiddling around with it i got the noise to go away. the effects are pretty good, obviously not as good as single stomp box effects. I try not to copy peoples sound, im sure there are artists out there with the same tone as me but i dont try to copy anyone. I have the Korg runnning through my amps effects loop. I do not think this product has good distortion at all and having the unit running into the amp would wreck my amps distortion putting it through the effects loop solved this problem.

I would gig without a backup for this product, orthough the reason might be that i have no money to double up on things

ive never delt with them, and i hope to never have to

I play all styles of music, i love my distortion though. ive been playing for about 3 years. one of the reason i bought this product was to find out what effects i use most and in a year or two's time i will buy the stomp box version of the effect. so if it got stolen i would just buy single effects

Despite the fact that my English is not that bad I still have problems in reading the manual. Would it be possible for me to find a Dutch manual on this, because when I try to adjust the settings I cannot set them so they stay the way I want the FX to sound? If anyone knows a link I can find some proper information about this device that would really be a great help!

It seems as if is nearly impossible to make FX sound short. I always have to palm-mute to prevent the FX to keep on sounding.

I know there should be more possibilities with this AX1500G but it takes a lot of time to set things the way you want them to sound. Despite all my comments I think this still is a great device to have and to play with. Ohw yes and I almost forgot the mention I use this AX1500G with a Laney HCM30R amp.

I wanted to play Metallica but also Queen and the Darkness but it is hard to find the right settings for specific songs.

Very easy to use and understand. Top marks for the design. Just choose the effect type you want to change (eg Amp / Cab / Modulation / Pedal / Ambience), turn the chicken head knob to the effect you want (eg to move from Big Fuzz to Seattle amp) and then turn any of the five parameter knobs to, say, increase the filth of your overdrive sound!

The manual is OK, a bit budget, but gives you a reference tool when you forget how to perform a minor function such as the A/B channel memory on pre-sets.

I use a marshall JCM800 100W valve 2x12 combo with split channel. I use the clean channel and get my overdrives from the Korg. I go straight into the input of the amp, not the FX loop.

I am getting a bit of noise but I haven't had a good play with the noise gate yet.

The best thing for me is that the characteristics of your amp and guitar are maintatined (unlike the GNX! - yeuck!) and the tones stand their ground in the live mix of a full-on rock band! The GNX1 sounded fine on headphones or into my PC but was useless with the Marshall in a band situation.

All the FX sound good, even the Wah has its own characteristics, but I'm not a die-hard Wah freak so you may want to still use your Jim Dunlop or Morely if you are. I never like the harmonisers on these cheaper units as the harmonized note always sounds artificial, but I can get the intro to Crazy Horses great when using the Pitch Bend (aka Whammy) on the pedal! Wonderful digital delay (up to 3 secs) so you can do your Brian May Brighton Rock impression!!!

Early days, but no mishaps yet. Made of metal not plastic, but with plastic switches so time will tell.
I'll keep my indestructible Boss ME5 for a while, just in case!!
Shame it has an AC Adaptor instead of an integrated mains lead, bt don't they all these days???

No idea. Hope never to use them!

I play in a 70s Rock Tribute band called The Spacehoppers (www.thespacehoppers.com) so I need a good old overdrive with FX such as reverb, delay, wah, talk (aka Frampton!) phasers, flangers etc. I can get all these and more with this unit.

I've been playing in bands for nearly 20 years. I started with individual Boss pedals, then got an ME5 for its versatility. It basically wore out so I plunged into the digi FX market. Went for a GNX1 but it the tone was aweful, whatever I did with it.

As soon as I plugged the Korg into my amp I was so relieved cos the tone was there, just like with the ME5. I used it within a couple of days for a band rehearsal and they loved it. (The drummer threatened to throw my GNX1 in the skip if I used it anymore!!!)

There is no significant time delay when switching patches, inc A/B amps (there was with the GNX1) and the A/B pad means that there are effectively 6 settings you have instant access to within any bank (although it will only change the amp and cab settings, not change mods or ambience).

One issue: I would prefer to choose my bank directly rather than having to scroll down in series to choose. Also, acrolling up is a bit of a pain as it involves holding down 2 pads at once. Not easy after you've had a few beers at a gig!

Other than that this is the perfect budget FX pedal for a live situation. Get out there!!!!

PS I'm quite happy to swap patches, tips etc with otuer users.

Navigating the controls is straightforward enough and the presets give you a good idea of what this unit can do. The manual is easy to understand.

The quality of the sound depends on the kind of sound you need. The distortions and overdrives are superb, if you play stuff that requires any kind of distortion then this unit is great. However if you want good delay then you will be disappointed. You cannot get an accurate U2 sound for example because the delay time settings are not flexible enough. e.g they go from 333ms to 361ms but I want 352ms!!This is surprising since the Edge developed much of his trademark sound using Korg gear!
The best way to run the unit is through the back of your amp, that way you don't need to worry about your amps controls conflicting with the Korgs.

It looks solid enough, certainly better than the Zoom I replaced.

I play in a covers band and I previously used a Zoom 2100. The Zoom was poor for distortions but excellent for delay. The Korg is the other way around! However since I need distortions more often than delay I believe my overall sound will improve. I'd like to know if anyone has got a good 'Streets Have No Name' with this unit.
The Korg does represent excellent value for money.

I find it very simple to work with in that it is a floor pedal modeler and not like the 'pod'. I used to hate to have to stop playing, turn a knob, then go back to my flow...this korg allows me to stomp a new sound out...I will say the manual for this is lame. Its about 2 pages of nothing...so you'll have to figure out how to get FULL use of this on your own. Otherwise. I dig it.

I'm using this korg with an epiphone lp and a fender chorus amp. On occasion a yamaha 12 string electric. Whereas I don't get much noise, I would like a little more power from it. The effects are mostly cool. At least as good as the 'pod' I used before this. The presets are a little cheesy but you probably won't use those anyway. I like the distortion and room modeling through my fender...it definitely sounds great...also, I can just hook up some headphones and rock away without even using my amp and I still get a good sound

This thing is a rock...very sturdy...metal casing...can handle my big feet and more...I would use this at a gig...and probably without a backup

I play alot of bluesy-style rock and some crazy impersonation spoof rock like the barenaked ladies etc...and this processor is perfect for making fun of old van halen, nirvana, creed, etc...just by using the presets..(I would never use them for anything else) for the serious stuff I work on, the modelers have worked fine so far...I do like the Brit pop amp modeler

It's quite easy to get good sounds out of, the knobs are intuitive and the manual explains everything. I imagine you could get quite lost without the manual, but they don't put the manual in the box for fun, do they?

The manual is clear and easy to read. It can be a bit fiddly editing different things though, and it's easy to mess up your settings by accident since the same 5 knobs are used to adjust everything. Doesn't take long to find good sounds though.

6 seems a little harsh...there are some very good sounds on offer here, but some of them really aren't very good so that brings its overall score down. The "Top Boost" model with the "AC-30" cab for example sounds great. But the "metal" model is awful, and unless it's based on the Boss MT-2 (also awful) it's not doing a very good impression of something.

The clean sounds are good, the over driven ones also. I've found the accoustic simulator can be overly bassy at times and sounds pretty artificial most of the time, it takes quite a while to find a natural sounding tone out of it manually, although some of the patches get pleasent sounds.

I think when you know how to work this thing the first thing you should do is go through and edit every patch that's supposed to sound like a particular guitarists sound, as I got far closer manually adjusting things. I got convincing sounds for Jimmy Page's Led Zep I tone by using the "tweed 1x8" with the "brit stack", with lashings of reverb on the "Top Boost" with "Vintage 4x12" and both pickups I got a convincing Peter Green. Slayer, Metallica, Van Halen, Rolling Stones...it's all there. But you have to find it yourself because you can tell not much time went into the factory settings.

It seems sturdy, made of metal which is nice. The knobs seem a little flimsy and I can imagine something awful happening to one of them. The footswitches are plastic, but plastic is much tougher than people give it credit for in most cases.

I can only guess at how reliable this will be in the long term but it looks like I'll still have this in years to come.

As for gigging without a backup...only mugs gig without backups. No matter how good something is, a string can break, an output valve can fry, and some drunk muppet can spill his pint of lager all over your AX1500G. Never, ever, ever go without a backup if you can possibly avoid it.

No idea, can't fairly say however with things like this most of the time it's more a case of replace, not repair.

I play anything from delta blues to thrash metal, which is part of the reason something so versatile was necessary. I use SGs for the most part, my only amp is a nasty nasal little solid state Fender (sold the Peavey Classic 30 because it was unuseable at home), and I have a couple of decent sounding accoustics, one which is set up for slide. I've been playing about 2 or 3 years seriously, although I tinkered about before then. This is an excellent addition to my gear and as soon as we're on the other side of Christmas I'll be looking for a new...quieter amp.

While I've given this critical ratings elsewhere I do think you're really getting your moneys worth here. It's a snap at #130, as I understand it the price may be higher elsewhere...your loss I suppose.

Once you know how to work it, it's a piece of cake. And a great sounding cake at that. Mellow sponge to rock & roll gatau. (Ugh I actually typed that out...)

There are some thing's I wish it had. A longer extension cord, a better rocker pedal (it's really not that smooth at all), and some way of running it on batterys.

But all in all, for #130 I can't complain. This unit is good value for money. Sure you could get something better, but pay twice as much, or three times as much for it. It's worth noting that Korg also did the tonelab SE thing for Vox, so this won't sound a million miles away from the Valvetronix I imagine.

But at the end of the day, you get what you pay for.

The unit itself is very easy to use. The user's manual is, however, far from being explanatory. Some functions that are on the unit are'nt even mentioned in the manual. (Hey Korg people: if you are reading these lines, please have some of your intelligent employees go over the manual and make it more understandable. Please remember that not everyone on this earth is an electronics engineer, eventhough I am one)

Once you wiggle around with the unit for days or weeks and figure out how to get the sound you want, its pretty good. Presets are for beginners, not for serious players. I deducted 1 point not being able to use the compression function independent of the drive/distortion functions. And where is the sustainer???

I have been using it for a couple of months and so far its perfect.

A box wonder for serious player who doesn't want to carry around a bunch of stompt boxes for studio practice and gigs.

My 10 year old neice could program this thing. Dont even need a manual. After 30 minutes of playing with the knobs and bank pedals youll have it mastered.

Using it with a '78 Les Paul and a Ibanez JS1000 through a JSX (Joe Satriani) head and 5150 cab or a Randall Warhead. Using it with a Line6 Constrictor (compressor) and a 535Q Crybaby. All the other effects come from the korg and a little tweaking of the settings. By the way, the vox wah on the pedal is sub-par. Go out and get a CB or 535Q if you use one much.

As far as the noise and hissing some are complaining about, there is none if these guys would bother to adjust settings and use the amp for their volume instead of setting the master volume on everything to 10.

The distortion and effects hold their own. They're not on par with having the individual analog pedals, but they're better than many of the digital effects Ive used.

Emulating the sound of a particular song or artist is a piece of cake. Anything I turned on I could find a combination to match it in ten or fifteen minutes and saving the combo to a bank and naming it for easy acess just takes a few seconds. Although, I find many of the factory banks are missing something, so youre better off making youre own "ONE" setting if you want to pull of Metallica...

This thing is built like a tank. Doesnt feel cheap at all like some of the other multi-effects processors on the market. I would use it without sans-backup without a second thought, but just in case, I picked up another one. Just wish my car was built by korg.

Never had to deal with them. Probrably never will.

I play with one band and fill in with two more so I end up doing a little of everything from classic rock/blues to jazz to Pantera. Been playing guitar for 11 years now and giving lessons for 6.

Would definetly get another if either of mine were stolen. "modeling" signal processor is a much better name for this than a multi-effects pedal. With a little patience and some tweaking you can get nearly any sound you need. I get 10 times more writing done now since I can instantly switch between any of my 32 presets (holds up to 48).

Just a few things you have to do to get a great sound out of it. Keep the volume down (theres a knob for this on the amp too), make youre own banks since the factory ones are usually lacking, and most importantly, play with the settings till you find the sound you want.

Spend $1500 on pedals to cover the useful qualities of the ax1500g or spend $200 on the pedal and a few hours learning the ins and outs (ie, effects settings).

i have a admit the effect is very easy to use.
all of those settings are very good.
they also got a wide range of effect to choose

iam using a peavy range 152 with a ibanez jem jr.
i sound so musch difference with this moster!

there is one thing i very disapointed.
one of mine friend drop it and the input just break.
and the second is about the expressive pedal. that pedal is to easy to break, i have own this thing about 6 month. and the expressive pedal doesn't work anymore.

nono

it ok overall

Probably the most easiest interface ever! Pffft, Who needs a manual...

The main guitars I use are (2) ESP EC300's One with P90's Pickups, and One with EMG HZ's through a Mesa Boogie Single Rect. Solo Head and 2 Marshall JCM Speaker Cabinets! I also use the board with a combination of other effects that arent programmed into the board.

Ok heres the run down... THIS THING IS AMAZING!!! I have been using it for 2+ years now and Im in love! I dont know why everyone is fussing over the distortion!? And its not Noisy at ALL!

With the right tweaking of the EQ, Compression/Noise Reduction, and add a tiny bit of reverb, You get some pro distortion sound. I use it live ALL the time, I love everything about unit especially the fact that you have control of every knob on the fly.

You have so much flexability in sound here, I HATED THE PRESETS, but they give you a good idea of how to get certain sounds by looking through its configuration. My favorite Effects on this amp is the Travel Wah, Mod-Delay, Chorus's, Phasers, and The Reverbs are SUPERB!

NEVER FAILED ME! I ran through a couple power adapters only because they have been abused, This thing is built like a lean mean killing machine! I really want to buy another unit just in case, but I doubt I will have to.

Never had to contact them... I doubt I will have to.

I have been playing for about 4+ Years now, I play Hard Rock/Progressive w/ a touch of Ambient, Experimental and Jazz. This unit gives me everything I could ask for in a processor!

I chose this unit because I like many other guitarist who are effects friendly didnt want to buy a bunch of stompboxes + accessories just to river dance all over my effects during my performance. Only thing I wish it had was a longer loop record time... But I have my Line 6 DL4 for that.

GO BUY IT IF YOU DONT OWN IT!!!!

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