Korg AX1500G

Easy as piss to get a usable sound,the chicken knobs are easily accessed and turned to get any sound you want,you dont even have to edit them much.
Has good cabs and distortions and 2 different settins can be saved for every patch,what a great feature.
Editing is the usual parameter scrolls etc,easy enough
The manual is good enough as this unit is simple,any extra ******** would just confuse everyone...
It has a jam along/learn a riff setting[choose either 8 or 15 sec],best thing on it!
I've seen other units double the price three times the features that dont have this,what a waste of money to buy them,Manufactures TAKE NOTE!
Has an 8 sec Hold and play function...good fun,can keep you busy for ages.
Also has an 8 sec delay hold..similar to above.
These features alone deserves you to pick one of these up off ebay or your mate.
Plenty of other effects to try out and make some noise...LOL
No firmware for this unit,just plug and play...analog distortions rule.

I use an Ibanez RG770>Carlsbro GLX85 combo with an extension 4x12" cab.
I've used a Tech 21 GT2 in front of the unit and works awesome as well,just too lazy to plug it in as its fine as is,just plug and play.
No noise whatsoever,cheap guitars would be different though,get yourself a decent axe.
I only have the Carlsbro amp left,I dont need anything extra nowdays as I dont play live anymore.
I didnt get a good sound direct into a multitrack recorder on the presets,and was too lazy to dial up a few new ones as I have other multi effects that have my usual sounds,so wont bother tweaking just yet.
I can get any sounds I want with this..just too lazy to copy anyone else
all distortions here do the job and do it well...thats why im a bit too lazy too copy and tweak longer than a minute or so...i'd rather just jam instead..nuff said!

Built like a tank,solid metal case,can be dropped off a stage or used as a weapon to defend yourself..no probs.
Sure id use it at a gig without a backup,theres always a few bands on and can borrow a fuzz box of any other dudes...saves me bringing all my gear along.

no need,as unit was second hand,cheap enough to buy another if I couldn't fix it if I attempted to.Thats the beauty of second hand stuff,no fear of opening the back and sticking a screwdriver in there..LOL

Im a seasoned Metalhead...with years of experience....dating back to the old Sabbath,Deep Purple and Uriah Heep days..Nuf Said!
If it were stolen,if I could find another as cheap as I got this,i'd get it.
I have heaps of effects and multitrackers which Im slowly getting rid of,whats left in my cupboard will be the essential stuff,like this unit to plat around on.
fav feature would be the learn a riff functions,hands down...nothing better than laying down a 10 sec riff and then just playing lead over it for hours on end...if that doesnt improve your skills on an axe,then look for another hobby.
So everyone go get a good used unit off ebay or something..you'll thank me for it.

I'll skip the details as you probably know them already and there's too much to list. Very easy to use. Get the manual (downloadable). Editing is easy.

Really great distortion sounds. Plenty of presets to use. I've tested with a Marshall and direct. Most of the patches are quiet.

I got it used in pristene shape. Should last a long time if taken care of. In a metal housing, but I still put it in an effects case.

I hope not!

As you read the reviews there's some negative comments. I do agree that it's quite hard to scroll down with both switches - almost impossible. The unit has no bypass which would of been nice. The Wah-wah is a Vox clone and works fine - just get used to the pedal - it's not going to be as good as a stand alone Wah which you can use before the board. I didn't notice any delay when turning the pedals on/off.
The positives: you can get a used unit in good condition very cheap now, very well built, plenty of effects with editing, you can use the board in "individual" mode - like a standard pedal board with distortion, modulation, delay, and pedal.(Bypass here would be with no pedals on.) For recording, you got cabinet simulators and all the effects and line out. Headphone out. And, you got some killer presets!!!

Easy enough to use,the manual is easy enough to understand.

Very good sound quality,this thing produces some amazing sounds that can make the most rubbish amps sound good!
I've mainly used it on a 15 watt line 6 spider 3 amp.
I just set the amp to clean,plug this beauty in and select my sounds :>)

I bought it second hand (practically new) and haven't used it that much so can't really say.It is very well built with a solid metal casing and has a decent,reassuring weight to it.
If you were to drop it off the edge of a rocky cliff you'd end up with a lot of rubble at the bottom!!!
The plastic 'chicken head' nobs are probably quite bittle so could break off if clipped by something or if the unit is dropped face side down.If this does happen then replacements are very cheap and you don't really need them anyway because theres the metal knob underneath them anyway.
Apparently Korg's power supply/adaptors are rubbish and pack up even if you look after them? If this does occur i'll simply buy a different replacement so this shouldn't be a problem if it does break.

I haven't had any problems with mine so i've never had to deal with Korg.

Overall this is a great piece of kit.
It's well made and produces some great sounds.
I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a reasonably priced,good quality effects unit.

Hmmm, a bit of history...I don't really use effects, I bought a ax1 ? second hand for about ??30, really just for a bit of phaser, and compression. Then something happened which I will describe later...It is very easy to edit and set up sounds, and If you apply logic you can access settings very easily for seemless changes....manual is ok,... only area I struggled with initially was the relative volume of the individual patches....and how they sit in a live mix

Ha... I am a one man band playing to backing tracks, through a JBL eon Pa, my "live" guitars are bog standard Gibson Flying V '67, Gibson Les Paul Junior, Fender Joe Strummer Tele, Fender mexican strat,and for a while an Takamine EN20 electro acoustic...through a marshall dual super lead...I used an AX1 for odd bits of colour, and one night my marshall jacked during a gig, valves started frying...I whipped the ax1 into the desk, and was really pleased at the sound... Then went to sound control, and fiddled about with all the boss, vox, dod, zoom, line 6 etc...I decided to junk the marshall, and the takamine, and bought the ax1500 for ??99, an absolute steal...Through the pa, in stereo, I get some great sounds that sit really well in the mix...strange thing is, If I am trying to dial in a "Kaiser Chiefs...Ruby Ruby" type sound, the starting point was "sabbaf"...and my best Paul weller/Jam going underground, sound comes from the V, through a "british stack" with cocked wah.....not a jangly overdriven vox... trust your ears ! My long standing audience who know about my pernickityness ( why else do I carry a bundle of guitars around ?) often commment on how good the guitars are sounding....and thats the important bit ! ...you should hear my "Angus"... I get a great appromimation with the bridge P90 pickup on the junior... sometimes these things seem "wrong", but sound fantastic !

I have got in a few tizzes...I used the "One" patch, for a U2 "syrup" of univibe, echo, etc and somehow I managed to get ****** over with the user/default settings when returning to more staple sounds....logic and sequentiality can sometimes go out of the window at one of my shows...I don't carry a backup anymore, but I may just start to pack my little vox brian may thing...more out of paranoia from writing this...I can do about 8-10 gigs per month and have never have any major problems...

never bothered...

This unit really changed my life ! and brought me up to date, I was really old school with just my clean/crunch/dirty amp, and the odd bit of phaser / delay, and using different guitars/pickups to generate tones...now ALL my sounds are generated from the korg, although I still rely on the guitars to brainwash me from a feel point of view......I did a big gig with a function band recently, and took my marshall, but ended up going straight into the pa...After 30 years gigging at different levels , The silent tuning facility , simple operation, and ability to read the names of the patches I write make performing a doddle...To be fair, I wouldn't use it for recording If/when it dies, nobody would steal it...they usually whip an SM58 ! I would do an afternoons research and probably look on ebay to see If I could get one cheaper ! I would not buy a ??300 - ??400 unit...I'd buy another guitar ! A PRS SE in Camoflage....eek !

Very easy to use. I prefer the setup over the Boss Multi effects units that I have or have had. Manual was OK, but really not necessary if you've ever dealt with any multi effects. Editing is quite easy. I bought this over the AX3000G specifically because I did not want a huge unit and I didn't want a computer interface. I prefer having my guitar and effects and amp away from the computer, no need for these hookups!

I don't try to specifically copy any artists, but I love the sounds I have been able to dial in on this unit. I currently have a Boss Br-50 and prefer the sound and set up of this one better. I use various guitars, usually humbuckers through a Peavey prowler tube amp. I think the wah sounds better than the Boss and better than the new Cry Baby's. Some older ones sound better for sure though. I get distortion that I like, just takes some subtle tweaking.Other effects all sound very good.

Seems solid.

I play mostly original light to heavy rock. I love this unit. I bought the Boss thinking I'd like it better. Anyone want to make an offer on a Boss Br-50? I would buy another one for sure. It definately makes me sound better...of course most people over use effects just because they are there. i have learned to not over use any effects and sound much better because of it. Nice work Korg...that's all I can say. I have been playing almost 40 years and have owned everything. i know good sound and ZI know good gear. this is good stuff.

One you have had a quick look at the manual its pretty easy to get to grips with. Patch selectors are quite easy to use too, although a tendancy to jump to 'B Channel' when channel patch number is annoying. Fix this by selecting channel 'A' and pressing 'write' to re-write the setting on any effect causing this problem.

The sound quality is actually quite good through my little Marshall combo, and even better on my Peavey PA rig. My particular unit fizzes with that horrific short circuit noise every few minutes, but that aside its relatively noise free.
The effects are quite good, but do lean toward distortion and delay quite heavily. I use a lot of clean sounds, and some subtle reverb/delay (think early Beatles) so it was a little disappointing to have so many 'heavier' effects, although the cab modelling is very good.

I think I can rely on my AX-1500, and do for gigs, although I also carry my little 'Zoom Unit' in case of emergency. Like all music gear, it's better to take it and not need it, than need it and not have it with you! The Ax-1500G is quite rugged and well made, although the rotary knobs on the effects selectors wouldn't stand for being trodden on more than once.

I've never had to deal with Korg, so have no opinion on this subject.

I play old style rock and roll mainly, although I'm not above throwing other stuff in last minute, snow patrol, Oasis, Verve - whatever I'm asked for within reason.
I've been playing well over 20 years, and have my own Peavey PA rig. I use a small Marshall combo at home and for recording. I have a couple of backup Amps (an old 'trucker' and another Peavey) I play a Fender Strat, a Yamaha Accoustic and my favourite guitar is my Epiphone Sheraton II, a really gorgeous (if a little heavy) piece of kit.
If I were to 'lose' my Ax-1500, would I buy another? I think I'd go for the next model up, with pedal indicators and more features. It's silly to get used to one kind of piece of floor kit, only to change if happy with it, and if you aren't happy why did you buy it. Music kit is horses for courses. You don't need the most expensive, coolest, etc. Go for what suits you and your style, not for what you think you 'have to' get. I personally like the Ax-1500, but as I have said, if I had my time again, I'd go up to the AX-3000G, but again, buy what you can afford and feels good for you. I got a good deal on mine, so I can't complain about the price.

This pedal is easy to use. However, it could be more useable. What do I mean by that? Well, in terms of understanding how to use it, it's fairly intuitive and once you get the hang of the different modes for editing selecting and tweaking on-the-fly you won't find yourself referring to the manual again. Unless of course you want to sell it on and need to find where you put the thing! In practise, however, useage can be frustrating. Having to stomp multiple buttons at once and often having to bend down to press the smaller keys is a drawback. The real let down, however, is the complete lack of any PC interface which in comparison with the competition is a serious handicap to its usefulness and useability.

Let's not beat around the bush, this unit is cheap and this cheapness shows in the areas where you would expect it to. While it's pretty good for high gain distortion, clean sounds can be nice and smooth if you know what you're doing setting it up and I was able to get a pretty good approximation of the U2 sound with it - it just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to more subtle effects. The tonal depth of professional effects is just not here. All in all, it's pretty good at the things it does well but as a multi effects unit it raises questions. Were the AX1500G a delay/distortion pedal I'd give it a higher rating. However, it professes to be much more and 70% of the available sounds let it down. The pedal is particularly dissappointing as one must choose between a very narrow range of values, or sacrifice precision for range. Plugged into anything but the highest quality sound card, it's hopelessly noisy for PC recording. For reference, I use it with a Fender Strat directly into the PA.

The whole thing is very solidly built but once again let down by a flaw, this time by plastic knobs. Plastic knobs which don't require an awful lot of encouragement to come off!

Not dealt with them at all.

This pedal has served me well. My band plays all kinds of music and it has been very useful to have something versatile. I am very happy with the delay effects I can get with this pedal and have spent considerable time refining a range of U2 patches. Although I intend to replace it in general useage with a POD XT Live I will definitely be keeping hold of this pedal for those sounds, at least until I can get better out of the Line 6 pedal. The biggest drawbacks are - poor modulation effects, very disappointing wah/volume pedal, restrictive delay range, fiddly editing, having to press two buttons at once to cycle down one bank and plastic knobs (the top row of which are downright ugly)

The AX1500G is maybe one of the easiest multi-effect pedals to use. Everything is under your total control and the knobs eliminate the presence of menu stuff, wnich makes editing patches very easy. The manual is not great but it's useful to read.

I use Ibanez RG550EX with D-Sonic and Breed DiMarzio pickups through a Crate GX60 amp and sometimes direct to the PA. Some good sounds can be got out of this unit by careful tweaking. I like some of the amp models as Seattle, Classic Distortion and Brit Stack. The Big Fuzz and Metal Distortion are OK, but I really hate the Tube OD and the Classic Compressor. The acoustic simulator sounds fine but it has this disgusting hiss sound. However, the choice of cabinet simulations adds much to the features of the unit. Most of the modulation effects are OK, but I believe the chorus needs to get deeper. I really hate the Wah and the Pitch Bend, but the U-Vibe sounds cool. This thing can get really noisy with high gain setups and poor or unstable electricity, and the noise reduction is the worst ever as you can reach the point of no sustain at all. Anyway, I don't think this pedal gives the sound I'm looking for.

You can depend on this thing as long as it is supplied by a stable electric current. I've owned this for about 3 years of continuous gigging without any backup. It is made of metal and is sturdy enough. Since its original adapter was blown in one of the gigs, I've been facing constant electrical problems with other adapters, which make the unit go nuts and the pedal effects are selected randomly by itself!

Never got the chance to contact them.

I mainly play Rock, Blues and some Metal. I believe the AX1500G can really be useful in the Metal genre because it has a very good high gain material and has better sounding high gain amp models than any of the BOSS, Zoom and Digitech pedals I've owned. However, I don't believe this unit to be natural sounding for me, and that's why it's gonna take a rest soon. It lacks the warmth and the feel I need, and also the versatility. I've been playing for 7 years and eversince I've been working hard to get the sound that would please my ears and unveils my techneques. If you are a metalhead, you should probably give this a try because it would also be worth the money.

it is really easy to use, with its "easy-editing" feature you can create a whole bunch of unique tones. you can tweak your tone specifically. it also has a lot of effects to choose from, so its really good for its price..

it sounds really great, i dont usually copy my guitar heroes' tones so i dont if this unit can copy their tone. it has a lot of diff. drives and cabinet to choose from. it is really great for live performance but not in recording. you can hear a lot of noise when using a high gain drive and also the noise reduction is crappy, i doesnt minimize the noise but it minimize the sound quality. i like the echo+ , it sounds great. and the worst is the wah....it doesnt sound like a good wah...its like an "ah" hehehe...

it sounds good, and of course you can really sound good on live acts the downside is it doesnt operate on batteries, i've been to some gigs with a very far power outlet from the front of the stage so its hard, i've been operating my unit behind the amps..

hmm...if you read the manual you can instantly operate the unit.

i usually play rock, japanese rock to be exact and also i like making my own music so having a unique tone is really important to me. this unit is the one closest to my tone preference.

Its very easy to use and you dont need to use the manual

I play all kind of music from Heavy metal to pretty blues the quality of the sound is great it brings the most heaviest distortion for hard riffs sweep picking to the most beautiful acoustic tone ever,and its all sounds great,I'm not really into effects but, the wah is really great,very easy of use, and I prefer it to my crybaby... The reverbs sounds great,they're really reproducing well the contexts wich they are reproducing.

Latly im recording in a studio with my friends and its so flexible to use at the studio,,,

N/A

I play Heavy metal,hard rock,jazz,blues,everything but not classic :)
Ten years,Pia 2000 mixer,Rocktek EQ,Boss metal zone,Dunlop cry baby wah wah pedal.
all the features.

I think Korg made the easiest way to write programs in a multieffect. First when I got it, I tried to figure it out just by myself. Then 2 days passed, and I looked in the manual, and saw, I left out nearly nothing. Everything is written on it. And the manual is great too. Easy to understand, or get around in it. If you want to try out sound processors for the first time, this is the ideal stuff for you! But there's a weak spot in it's construction. The foot buttons can't pushed down enough. You can't be sure if you pushed it down. Or sometimes, it pushes itself twice. And it's a big problem at the chanel select button. But it's not a problem, when you use it at home. Only it could be a problem at live shows.

Well I never tried to copy a certan artist. I just wanted to make my own sound. And this stuff nearly got it! I'm using it for at least 5 years, and I never got bored to its sound! The distorsion effects are amaizing! The difference between them is not just the ammount of distorsion. Every distorsion have a different dinamics. If you want brutal fore, you can get out from it! If you want real soft windlike distorsion, it got it all! The effects are amaizing too. Only the wha effect is a bit weak for me. Its only a static wha effect, you can't change anything. (that's why only 9). And of course it's amaizingly silent!

Its amaizingly strong stuff. I steped on it accidently many times, and nothing happend. I droped it several times, again accidently, but didn't broke. Coverd with real heavy metal, its, unbroakable! I would, and I am using it without a backup.

No opinion, never dealt, with them (never had to).

I play mostly metal, and this stuff suits it well. As I sad it before, it has a huge ammount of power in it! I'm using this for at least 5 years, and I'll never sell it! I love it's sound, I love how easy to write programs. But it's biggest disadvantage is the foot buttons. Their position is great, not too close and not too far, but you can't be sure, without watching, that you pushed a button or not. Without a shoe, it's not that big problem, but in shoe, it is! Or it wouldn't be that big problem, if it would have a midi port. But it doesen't. If it's lost, I'd definetly buy another one. It's still perfect for home practice.
The best thing I like in this stuff, is its practice mode. You can record 8 or 16 sec in it, form it's aux in or from your guitar (by playing something) than you can play it back as many times you'd like. And you can slow it down without making it sound deeper. Or you can hold a note, so you can search it on your guitar. It's very usefull, when you try to tab down a fast solo, or some harmonic stuff.

AX1500G's pretty easy to use... It's easy to edit patches and save them as your own... The manual was very comprehensible. The only thing I don't like with this unit is that it doesn't have a seperate "Bank Down" footswitch. You have to simultaneously step on footswitches 2 and 3.

I like some of its distortions and amp models specially the Britstack. Somehow, you can emulate sound of Dimebag, Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, and most punk rock style of playing by carefully and patiently creating patches from scratch. I like the Vulgar patch which I believe emulates Dimebag's sound. I hate its Acoustic simulator coz it has a hisssss on it... One bad thing about AX1500G is it's noisy when using patches with distortion... this is very annoying... even setting the noise reduction to 9 or 10 does not eliminate the noise... And when you set NR to 10, there's no more sustain on notes you play... My rating for Sound Quality could have been 9... if only there's no noise... tsk tsk... I'm kinda dissapointed. Zoom's got a superb NR... without affecting sustain of notes you play.

The casing is made of metal... good thing! The wah is kinda weak... I'd buy a Jim Dunlop or Morley wah to use instead of the Ax1500G's. I haven't tried using a Noise Supressor to kill it's noise... I don't if it will work...

NA

Good for live situations, but not for recording... Some patches sound great, some suck... well, all you need is a little time to edit and play around with the patches to get the sounds you want... I have to say again, Ax1500G's waterloo is with its noise... a real pain in the ass... setting the NR to high will not give you a good sustain... you don't want that, do you?

Pretty simple to use, just takes time to figure out what you want. I tried using the presets, but then just started from scratch.. That's the best way to get what you want. Like many effects, its built for what I call the 16 year old with issues. I wish they would put a memory for the knobs, it is best if you keep a record of the settings you invent, because when you invent a second one you move the knobs and forget where you were if you want to edit the first setup.

Of course this depends on what your looking for. I found the compressor and the delays to work well but didn't like any of the distortions. Amp and Speaker moduling were good and some light octive works well. Heavy reverb did a good job but the phasers took a lot of tweaking for each song (I guess that's standard) to be usable.

I've had this unit for 5 or 6 years and dragged it to the gig every weekend for 3 of those years. I put it in a case and have never had even a hiccup out of it.

Sorry N/A never called em.

This unit taught me a lot about effects and setting them up. It was worth every dime just for that! I like the stereo delay. It makes you sound huge. I would buy another in a hot minute. I'm still looking for that special sound, and this is getting me closer.

I did use the manual when I first got this pedal ( about 4 years ago ) and it didn't take long to suss out how to edit a patch. The pre-loaded patches were okay as a starting point, although some were just too weird for me to find a use for, but I guess that's pretty standard for a multi-fx. I enjoyed fiddling with it and came up with about a dozen patches that gave me the sort of sounds I was looking for, and found a few that I wasn't looking for but liked them anyway. Once I'd got the sounds I wanted I tended to stick with them, on an "if it's not broken, don't try to fix it" basis

Set-upwise I'm using a Patrick Eggle Berlin and a Marshall 30 watt tranny comb amp ( I only play at home these days and it's plenty loud enough for that ) Over time, I found good combinations of tone and effects with this set-up, the Korg does have some nice amp and cab modelling that sounded great ( to my ears ) through my little combo. I could get plenty of large venue sounds that often made me grin from ear to ear.

Now, this is why I'm writing this review. The unit has, over the last 3-4 months slowly been dying on me, it started with the level control developing a mind of it's own and once a patch was selected at some random point in time ( from straight away to minutes later ) the volume would change to wherever the level dial pointer was which either sent the volume up sky high or down low, which I adapted to here at home, it was inconvenient, but not the end of the world, but if it had happened while gigging ( which I've done plenty of in my time ) the unit would have gone in the nearest wheelie bin on the way out the venue. Once the level parameter started to go haywire, the other dial controlled parameters started to do the same and this worsened to the point a couple of days ago where the unit went totally silent. I've taken it apart and there are no visible signs of anything lose or burnt out etc, so it's going to go in MY wheelie bin now. It's lasted me over 4 years, so I'm not complaining and the fact that it's died will mean I can go scour ebay for something else to play with. Up until the recent problems, I would have said yes I could depend on it, but now I'm not so sure?

Never dealt with the manufacturer, and don't intend to with the current problem with the unit, it's going in the bin!

I am a twiddler these days, I tend not to play whole tracks, just one thing that merges into another etc etc, and some days I'm shit-hot and others I'm just shit LOL. I have had a lot of fun with this unit, it has really made me smile, and considering I bought it new 4+ years ago for #200 it has been excellent value for money I think. If it had been lost or stolen I would have bought another ( used on ebay ). One thing I wish it had but it doesn't is a "slow attack" cos I really like that sort of violinlike sound. That's it's only fault to my mind, apart from the stuff mentioned above.

IHMO, if you want a multi-fx to have fun at home, and help you to sound and feel like the mutts nuts, then go get one of these things used, 'cos you aren't going to get much better bang for your buck I don't think!!!

Hi... My name is Fani and i come from indonesia. I bought korg AX1500g just two weeks ago. Basically i play rock music, but play visual rock from japan recently. this effect is very easy to use.
for you who often use a stomp box it's not different, but it kind of confusing in the first time you use it. But once you know the trick than it become so easy. Editing the patches never been easier, just turn some knobs to your desire and you get what you want. it really easy to have a great sound. I have it just two weeks ago, and now i have a lot of great sounds. I never use the manual eventhought i have one.

I use Ibanez PGM3 korean made, and Peavey Rage 158. Btw i bought this to replace my Zoom GFX 707 which i think it's not good enough for me.
The sound mmmmmmm......
Mostly all effect are good, only the wah pedal, Iit's sucks to hell. I can't change the the deep and Resonance. maybe i prefer my zoom gfx 707 for wah pedal, but if other effectcs i prefer this.
The distortion is awesome, i can get from bluesy overdrive to Metal Distortion. This things rocks.
I can get the sound from Led Zeppelin,Yngwie Malmsteen,CC.Deville, Metallica,doremidan,Lareine,Gazzette,Dir en grey(this are visual kei band from japan)and cool clean jazz too.
so from Jazz,pop,Visual Rock to metal madness. There's no sound that i can't find with this thing. But i still want to have stomb box effects for collections. But this thing rocks. So if you want to buy multi effect processor buy this, you won't regret it. Btw i'm a songwriter and i use it for making music on my computer. I use cubase for recording. I use this effect directly to my soundcard input and it doesn't noisy at all. But you have to manage the noise reduction. and i almost forgot one thing, the electricity in my neighbourhood is bad, so the sound sometimes changing, i mean the level sometimes become bigger and low eventhough you have save it. If you have this problem my suggestion is that you use a stabilizer or power suplly to stabilize the electricity.

Sure I can depend on it, the casing it's made of steel so i've got nothing to worried. I will use it till the day i die hehehe..........

I bought this effect just two weeks ago. Basically I play Rock music, but this several months i play visual rock, a genre of rock which come from japan, with band such as: Dir en grey, Lareine,Gazzette, Kagerou, Barouqe, Due le quartz, Doremidan, Malice Mizer, etc. And with this effect i kind of have the similiar sound like them even though it's not perfect. And i kind of play some jazz recently and some Rock'n Roll/Blues. This effect really helps me to get the sound that i want, especially the distortion, not like my Zoom GFX 707 the distortion is really not my taste. If it were stolen maybe i buy it again, or buy the new one AX3000G. Or i use stomb box instead. but even though i have stomb box effects, this effect is a must have item. so i would buy it again if it were stolen. I never use boss GT-8, or POD XT live so i don't know which is the best between them, but what i do know this effect is good. and it really help me to make great music. I wish it had a better wah pedal in the future.

First sight it was a great piece stored with music which i have been waiting for. I have been using Zoom505 and Ibanez pedals, but this one gives me the clean sounds i am looking for. The knobs are very friendly and easy to use. Editing is so easy even without the manual. The manual is detailed, but guys get a better paper as buying Korg makes me proud owner of a music machine, whereas the paper quality is terrible. But who care..it is sounds that matter the most !!

Well..I see that the pedal makes even the cheapest guitars sounds great and maybe that is the secret behind toneworks. Well I think the best amps will surely bring out the best in it. I even use it indoors with headphones on and it is fantastic as it is mesmerising. Behringer equipment is what I use and Korg is forcing me to think of getting a Fender and Marshall so that they can marry well. The sounds of Joe sat, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica and what not..all it requires is search and find. All effects are ok except for the Wah Wah..needs a little more talking and not just be stuck with Vowel sounds...

I can trust it as it is rugged and will surely wither the storm. Yes, I will surely use it without a backup. As I am from India, I am sure it would beat the heat.

So far no problems..and I am sure there wont be one at all..afterall...Tone..Works !! So cant comment on Customer support..

I have been playing for 12 years ..my own style of music mixed with rock, heavy metal etc., especially composing instrumental stuff..and I like the effects pedal as the sounds are much cleaner than the ones I used before. hmm...well I see to it that it is not stolen..afterall my neighbours dont like the noise I make along with my drummer, Olos Gora and if at all it is stolen, I know where to search. I love the way we can play electric effects and then shift to acoustic.

I dont hate anything in it, but do suggest improvement in Wah Wah..I have done "cash in pocket and sound in ear" equation and found that 1500 G gives me the best I can afford and satisfy me the most. It gives me a good pat on the back to go all frets!!!! Great work guys..all the best in 2006 for you to bring out the best of sounds..

compared to a GT8 itz very easy and intuitive...you don't have to read the manual necesarily to fully understand it...same thing for editing patches, the only weak point it has is the distorsion...it is not a procesor recomended for those who want to get a heavy-dirty sound.

i use an ibanez sz with duncan pickups and, at home with a tiny 15watts behringer amp, at rehearsals on a 100w TSL Marshall, and it sounds great, noise gates are really good, and it has a really warm nice sound...distorsion is harder to edit...you can't get a metal-sound with it...you rather use it for softer distorsions, or for clean sounds and weird effects, which sound great and are easy to obtain and use

it is a reliable tool, it's made out of metal and it's very resistant to shocks and humidity. however, you may experience something unpleasant with the ac adaptor plug, because it may reset the processor if moved (not pulled out!)...

i mainly play blues and blues-rock but i use it for a harder-style blues and it's perfect for my needs, i certainly like the wah effect, which is very good for a digital processor and it also has very nice chorus and psychedelic options for your effects. I'll surely keep this one for a long time now!!

I dont have the fx anymore, I sold it a couple of months ago. But I liked and enjoyed having it for sometime. THe reason I sold it was that I needed extra money.

The sound was decent, not bad but its just okay!
the editing part was easy and straight forward

The sound from it I found a bit thin and not real if I compare with my Boss GT8.

No its not noisy at all its okay for the price.

I didnt have amp back then so i just use earphone.

The fx are standard nothing specil or outstanding

Yeahh i can depend on it

I play mostly alternative pop-rock, metal and pop.

ive been playing for 13 years or so now. I have yamaha aes620, ibanez sz520 w/ EMG81 pup, godin freeway classic. Marshall mg100 head and box

The sound is generally okay

No question about it, it's impossible to go wrong with this. The buttons on each group of settings let you choose what groups you want enabled (distortion/amp model, speaker model, echo, etc), the chickenhead selectors let you pick something from that group, and then the settings knobs let you set it up. I didn't even read the manual until a couple of days afterwards.

The effects are *nearly* all good. The only dodgy bit is the wah. There are two wahs, and neither is much good, plus the better of the two (the Vox wah) doesn't let you change any settings. Dodgy wahs are pretty much universal on multi-FX pedals, unfortunately, but this stops it getting 10/10. Otherwise it's perfect - plenty of variety on sounds from clean to light OD up to several crunchy distortion settings, and various other stuff too. I use it for everything, from clean+echo acoustic guitar (mostly for the echo and EQ), through Mark Knopfler-style crisp OD, up to max fuzz for ZZ Top. Guitar is a cheapo Squier Fat Strat piece of crap, but it still sounds good through this. Pickups can be noisy, but the FX box has a noise reduction circuit which works like a dream. The box itself doesn't add any noise. One thing to note though is that you *must* plug the guitar straight into the FX box - it really doesn't like being put in the FX loop. Me, I just do that and plug the output into the clean input on the amp, and job done. Forget the preamp in the amp - all you need are a set of heavy-duty speakers to add to this.

The FX box itself is built like a tank, so no worries there. The wall-wart PSU that comes with it doesn't feel very resilient though, so you're better getting an Argos DC adaptor instead (and keeping the standard one as a backup). That's par for the course for any electronics though, so I'm not going to mark it down for that.

Not had any trouble with it, so I couldn't say. This is probably a good thing reliability-wise.

Gotta be a 10 overall. It's a wonderful bit of kit, and I'd be lost without it. A decent wah would be nice, but I can live without it (I don't use it much anyway). And it was cheap as well - why spend #300 on a Boss when you can get this? If it went walkies, I'd definitely get another one, and I've been recommending it to everyone I know.

It's easy to use - One thing I like about this unit is that you can manipulate the effects on the go! I find it straight forward - a couple of presses and the patch is saved! Great for reheasal in a band - you can edit while you are still playing! Get to the gig and it's what you reheased!
I find going between patches a bit of a pain - The feel of the foot switches are a bit lame,
Never looked at the manual - maybe I should!

I am using the pedal these days for purly an effects processer - It's generally only for a verse here or a chorus there. I have slowly got more stomps which I like using more and more.
I really don't like how this unit seems to suck tone! I find that not only do you need to run this unit though an effects loop in the amp (I use a jcm 900) and slightly boost the volume in the loop, but I also think the unit works best with a effect loop pedal. You get a milli second of nothing between switching patches which is a pain in the bum. I find this is especially true when you are going into a rock'n section and the pedal - by how it opperates, the pedal does not allow for smooth transitions.
In saying that - you can fix the problem generally with a effects loop. You get your patch ready - turn on the loop, turn off the loop and everyone is happy! This only works if you go beween the toneworks to no tone works - not beween patches (this is obvious!).
I find some of the effect weak - the flanger is a little lame - as are most of the amp and cab emulatons - my tip: Don't be a tight arse - get a good amp, cab and guitar - then you don't need to emulate!
I find the tone works-good for an effect - if that is what you want then good! It's cheep and nasty - but hay if it gets the job done - who really cares.

I am recently having hassels with the 9 volt plug on the back of the unit. Sometimes when I jump around on stage and pump it - the pedal resets! I have had the tone works for a while and it has been worked solidly so I don't see it as a problem to worry about - esspecially because I operate it though a loop. I'll get around to fixing it soon enough!
I have quite a few pedals on the board so if this thing was to blow up mid gig - I would be able to cope! Is dependable enough.

Never had to deal with anyone from Korg!

With any emulators - don't think you have solved all your problems and that you are going to sound as good as the real deal! You won't. The benefit of this unit is that it is cheep - nasty and you can get some good sounds out of it quickly! If you are not a professional musician - you really don't need to purchase anything more expensive.
This was one of the first guitar items I bought and my rig has evolved around it! The way I use the processor has significantly changed - but I (surprisingly) still use it!

Easy is the word. Manual is very user friendly. (you don't need 3 paragraphs to tell me to turn this knob or hit that button) Editing is quick & easy. (complicated programming is a deal killer for me) With this pedal that is not a problem.

I use a tele with hums & a Marshall combo. Play classic to hard rock (hendrix, stones, ac/dc, vh, zep & so on) I get what i need out of this pedal. (dist & mod effects) The wah is not to my liking. (i prefer my Crybaby) The metronome should be replaced with some simple drum patterns. The buttons are too close together. (or maybe i have big feet)

I've had mine for 2yrs and haven't had any problems. You'd be crazy not to have some kind of backup if you are gigging. (things happen)

Haven't had to as of yet.

I've been playing for 20yrs. (give or take) Had everything from boxes to rack stuff. Bang for the buck, this thing hits a homerun. If something happened to it, i would buy it again.

Well, as said before, the manual is very basic, you need to spend some time trying different sounds by yourself, with the manual only as a "start". Editing patches is quite easy. Step down function (pressing two buttons with the foot) - what were they thinking ???
Otherwise quite OK.

I use Epihone LP Standard, Epiphone LP Classic, Epiphone SG Tony Iommi, Ibanez S470 and a Fender Strat into a JJLabs (swedish brand) solid state 100W amp with 4x12" spkr. Works well, not too much noise.
Tring to get the effects to sound like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Metallica and also a lot of blues stuff.
Comes quite close I think, but has so far not saved any of them.
Dist/OD very good sounds. Speaker sim - I stopped using it, maybe useful in the studio ?
Almost all other effects sounds pretty good (phaser, flanger, tremolo, univibe, octaver, pitchbender, etc. etc. Echo/delay/reverb is also quite good. Wah-wha/talker, well, not the best !
Using a Dunlop Crybaby together with it instead of the KORGS wha-wha. Mostly use the pedal as volyme instead.


Someone who want to share sounds, please send me an email: olof64u@hotmail.com

Seems very hard to break, even if I only used it at home so far.
Don't think I would need a backup at a gig !

Haven't used it !

Play metal/hardrock, rock and blues. Have benn playing for about a year this time, played a lot when I was a teenager, but took a "20-year-break"

If it were stolen or lost I would buy thenew AX3000G or maybe starting collecting single effects.

Compared it to BOSS ME-50 and a ZOOM multi. Liked the KORGAX1500G better.

Someone who want to share sounds, please send me an email: olof64u@hotmail.com

getting to know the ax1500g is a breeze. been using the most basic zoom1010 for more than 8yrs and the ax1500g is almost easier to use. editing is as easy as turning a knob and a few touches. i love the split channel concept - 2fx in one bank.

i think it'd go well with any guitar -spend about an hour on it and you'd probably know and get the sound you want. the distortion seems powerful and doesn't fade like the zooms. i absolutely adore the pitch bend which gives me the joesat sound in cool#9 and the loop thing which steve vai did in g3, i'm going to have fun in that. the ring mod looks pretty cool but i've yet to exploit it.

it's expensive so i hope it doesn't break easily. my zoom1010 looks weak but it endured me endless gigs, rain, shine etc and it still works fine. have replaced switches but it's still class a.

perfect pitch's and yamaha's crews in phils are very friendly - unlike audiophiles in pioneer branch. don't think i'd have problems with after sales.

i think it's freakin expensive but worth the price - altho i wish it is a bit cheaper.

LCD display on these things is always too small to accurately display all the information it needs to- oh well, if you're looking at it too much, you're not playing hard enough.

After an hour or so I got to grips fully with the interface, and I'm usually pretty poor at tech-y things!

Manuals are generally very helpful. I never read them; this one was no different.

I use an Italia Modena into a Laney TF-700.

The sound quality is basically good, although with some tweeeeeeking of the presets (or starting them from scratch) you can get some excellent noises out of this pedal.

The amp modelling is pretty standard, but as other people have said the reverb/delay/phaser effects are particularly cool. I've managed to get some absolutely VAST and atmospheric sounds out of this pedal; a very good impression of my Wilkinson Copycat is possible if the correct settings are dialled-in.

I have used this pedal for about 5 years; gigs nearly every week. I've NEVER used a backup, and it's still going strong! I wouldn't however take this as a glowing recommendation, more of an example of my attitude to gigging (and financial situation).

I've dropped this pedal out of a moving van and it's still not given up yet!

The cheapo rubber dials do like to come off a lot recently, and the expression pedal is completely slack now, but it's had a fair amount of abuse over the last few years, so I don't judge it too harshly.

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I play in an Indie band and I mainly use this unit for delay-type-sounds and the reverb-on-reverb-on-reverb effects that it does so well. I've been playing for about6/7 years so I've been through a fair few effects pedals. This one is a proper workhorse of a multi-effects unit. Rugged enough for gigging, but refined enough to take to the studio too.

It's only fault is the tiny screen (pet hate) and the general tackiness of the unit, which make people think you've got a cheap piece of rubbish at your feet... which is good, because no one's (yet) tried to steal it!

The manual only gives you a start. You need to spend time tweaking her to get the sound you want. Once you know your way around, I must admit, edtiting patches has never been this easy. I'm able to tweak or edit patches in the middle of my performance in matter of seconds!

The distortions are good, I personally prefer Brit and US gain though though the metal disto sounds a little digital and trebly...so does the acoustic simulator. I trip on the phasers, choruses sounds a little lean. I havent used other effects much yet.. so can't comment on them.

good variety in the delay and ambience section....

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

You might want to...the nobs on my piece sometimes seem to come off the holders!

nope, never got in touch with them...though Id like to order for an adoptor cause I lost the original at a gig early this year:-(

I play classic & progressive rock when giging with my bang and gospel music with a church choir on sundays. The unit pretty almost suffices but I could do with a better seperate acoustic simulator unit and a warmer metal distrotion pedal....

been playing for about a decade now.I was using and still am use zoom505- pretty impressive for a little fellow like him!

If I lost my korg I would keep my options open for upgradable and internet compatible processors...probably the line6.

For as many features as it has, it is very easy to use if using the preprogrammed effects. If you want to program it, read the manual and experiment. You'll get some awesome effects! I'm giving it a 9because the manual could use some improvement.

I'm using this with an Epiphone Les Paul Classic and a Behringer GX210 amp. I used it some with an Ibanez GRX40 before I converted to a 2-humbucker axe, and it had heavy on some of the high-gain settings when using single-coils. While the Wah is weak, it is exceptional in most settings. STONE and BEETLE are great for immulating (you guessed it!) I use the TWEED and BRIT settings for alot of my playing, but I also use many of the other settings, including BECKOLA (where the pedal works great!)

It is solid aluminum and will take a beating. The 9v AC adapter is the weakspot, but it is no different from any other adapter for effects pedals.

I dunno! Haven't had to use it!

I've been playing off and on for about 30 years, and mostly play in Church Praise bands with some gigging. Since I can't afford high-end Marshall stacks, this combo is ideal for me. I see complaints about the chromatic tuner, but I personally love it for its ease of use. If mine got stolen I'd replace it immediately (if it was in stock!) I chose it mostly after researching online by looking at the pictures, manual, writeups, and soundclips of numerous pedals. I decided this was the best for the price, and I haven't regretted it once!

my dad just bought it in the US on the internet brand new and sent it and arrived here in the Philippines last week. at first site, the knobs and everything looks confusing. thanks for my Korg AX10G(I actually bought AX10G first before I got the AX1500G), it helped me a lot recognizing some procedures......back to AX1500, editing is so easy even without the manual. the paper used in the manual is so ordinary.....

damn! it's so freakin' heavy dude! i could make a lot of sound especially when i used heavy distortion to sound like Metallica and Pantera then shift to a clean tone or acoustic, damn, it's just awesome. I'm just using a Yamaha F20 and this thing make my amp like the bigger amps. I love the Octoman! i named it Sabbath coz it sounded like the Black Sabbath....To sound like Metallica distortion is to choose metal dist for drive amp, 4x12mdrn for cabinet , no modulation and talk "i" for pedal, just mix and play with the depth, level, etc. you'll surely have a metallica sound. for old school metallica, just put up the mid knob.....everything on this thing is just great.

it's kinda heavy but sturdy....i would surely use it on a gig without a back up....i think i can depend on it.....it's still just a week with me

One of the Best I've used! Gotta go......

The manual really isn't that great but who needs it? If anything the inadequacy of the manual encourages you to get hands-on and the fact that you can't accidentally overwrite the presets is also encouraging to someone who's never owned a multi-effects unit before. When you get to grips with it you'll find that actually everything you need to know is either written on the case, or displayed on the LCD display. It won't be long before you're fiddling knobs like a pro.

Before I bought this Korg I had a Fender Strat going through a big muff pi, a delux memory man (both E-H pedals) and a crybaby wah (although not in that order!) When having to eati and pay rent came between me and my guitar playing, all those pedals went. Later on when I had a bit of cash again, I decided to go with the Korg, largely for it being a LOT cheaper than replacing my old single effect pedals but mainly because of the amp modelling. I use it though any amp I can find now, which is great because it means I don't have to lug my Marshall combo around everytime I want to take my tone to another venue. I was hugely surprised to discover that I can get very close indeed to the U2 sound I had with my old set up, despite the fact that the delay can't quite be set to the right speed (who cares, it's close enough and who wants to sound EXACTLY like the album versions when live??) When I play through headphones or my PC's soundcard, there is a bit of noise but I can't hold this against the Korg. Going through any good quality amp (providing you don't have the levels on the actual patch set up stupidly!!) there is no noise whatsoever.... Unless you want it there!

I haven't really had it long enough to comment. It seems sturdy but those plastic dials at the top (besides being ugly little buggers) are 5 accidents waiting to happen.

Haven't had to deal with them yet, fortunately.

I play in a church band so I need the whole range, crunchy overdrives, lead tones, mellow modulation effects LOTS AND LOTS OF DELAY, reverb and ambient sounds. This pedal delivers it all. Even the really heavy stuff that I sometimes use. Being able to easily switch between settings that would have taken a lot of fiddling with knobs with my old analog setup is so liberating that I find myself looking for something to do in the seconds between songs! The only thing I would ever replace this pedal with is a Line 6 pod XT live but those are about 5 times more expensive. I'll admit that the XT live knocks the stuffing out of my little Korg but then at 500 quid it bloody well should!

Very easy to edit programs. Play with the corresponding knobs/buttons, press write, select the block you want to save to, press write again. Nothing complicated about it whatsoever.

Sound quality on this thing is great. It's nothing compared to analog effects, but it's impressively close. The wah could be much better. It changes more on one half of the movement than the other. It would be much better, also, if there were more stereo effects on it. Past Toneworks models have had a variety of different types of stereo effects (like a stereo trem), but this one seems to be limited to stereo ambience and stereo chorus.
Amp cab simulators are excellent, too. So much so that I never use an amp, and just plug directly into the sound system (or into my track recorder, if I'm recording.)

Completely reliable. I've never had a problem with it at all, and I've never needed a backup.

I play several styles of music, and this processor has been suitable for all of them. I've managed to get a variety of sounds, from low-end ambient sounds to nice crunchy 80's-style distortion to blues and funk. One thing I don't like is that you can't specify the order of the effects. If I want a delay or echo *before* distortion, I'll have to have something connected between my guitar and the processor. Other than that, I'm quite pleased with it.

Have had this unit and played with it for about 4 hours. The manual is of no help. Still haven't saved a new effect or bank. Terminology not explained. I have had a lot of effects, drum machines etc... this is rated about a 2 out of a 10 in user friendliness. The sounds are great. To create and organize a range of useable effects to utilize in a "jam" has, so far, been way too difficult with the sub par manual. Extremely frustrating to create or modify, edit, change and store desired effects with the provided information. Paid $199 New U.S. Manual may have originated in a different language and has been translated poorly. Manual is 23 pages should have been double that being a lot more explanatory. I have over 20 years of experience with this sort of stuff and this product needs at least 12 hours of messing with to figure out, hopefully. I am hoping that they haven't made it so cumbersome to navigate because they're hiding something, like not being able to save modified effects.

Effects are great...
Used Ovation and Strat thru headphones and thru Peavy Backstage

Brand New...It better last!

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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I just bought this unit today so I haven't become a "pro" with it yet but with the limited time I've fiddled around things appear to be pretty easy to use. I don't foresee any problems in this area.

My setup is simple, a Ibanez SA-400 stereo semi-hollow body into a 1994 Fender Princeton Chorus. This amp isn't the best sounding amp I've owned but the Korg breathes some much needed life back into it. I run the Korg into clean channel #1 and leave it at that. Of the 48 presets I've come across about a dozen of them I really like so far. The rest are just minor variations of other presets. The preset called "Trippin" allows me to explore Floyd's Us & Them and Shine On far deeper than I was getting with my assorted stomp boxes. The "FatStrat" preset does very well on the leads to Time. I'll be using this preset a lot I think. The preset "VH" sounds tasty on early Queen (Keep Yourself Alive et al). The Drive Amp/Cabinet modes are versatile and I can get some good sounds happening with great ease. I haven't used the pedal yet but I have a couple of Wah pedals so those bases are covered anyway. I went into the local music store looking for a reverb unit but ended up buying this instead for a good price. I'm glad I did.

To early to tell but reading the other reviews speaks volumes to me.

The store gave me a 30 day warrenty so if something happens within that time frame it'll be my only recourse.

Like all gear I've bought over the years there's always pro's and cons but I hope to get my money's worth out of this Korg.

I found the AX1500G pedal very easy to use because i have alot of experience with pedals but for someone who is just starting then they might find it quite difficult but the manual pretty much makes it clear.

I use this with my VOX AC-30 and my Burns Red Special (Huge Brian May fan) and i thought that overall the effects were good. The wah-wah is a bit whiny and could be better but still good all the same. Like me, I dont use the all the effects like talkbox and octave changer, there just something fancy for you to admire. I can get a really good Brian May sound out of it which is pretty much all i play apart from heavier stuff, and then i change to my marshall 100DFX and my Ibanez JS100. I used to own a Boss GT-6, now theres a good pedal but i had to sell unfortunately. So I pretty much rate this pedal good for its sound quality.

This is the strong point of it, it is very realiable. I've gigged it our now 5 times and it has never let me down. I even dropped it but it still worked as good as before. very impressed!!

This is definetly a excellent pedal no matter what some people might say, its just opinions.
Its one of the best pedals ive ever played and i would definetly recommend it. Like I said above, theres only a couple of effects on there that i dont like but thats because they're no use to me, still nothing wrong with them. Its really easy to use and the A/B channel selection is great, so i can go from a nice clean acoustic, straight into a screaming VOX wah. Definelty worth the money.

I pay too much for it, I know, but in my country, music stuff are really expensive. I have it for over two years. AX1500G is not a difficult prosessor but I can't say that it is the easiest. I wasted too many hours on it to get some good tones. Now it is very easy for me to get any kind of tones. Factory preset patches are good and I still use some of them. The manual is very important if you didn't use a prosessor before. Its manual is good. There is a tuner, that is not good enough and a metronome for training.

I use it with my own handmade guitar, that solid maple body and ebony fingerboard. I have Dimarzio PafPro on the neck and Dimarzio Evolution on the bridge positions. I have a Dunlop Crybaby, so wah wah is not good enough on the prosessor. I use a Fender RocPro 1000 combo. I play on bars and pubs in several bands, so I have to get too many tones such as Rock'n Roll, Alternative, Pop, Oriental vs.. AX1500G is usefull for me. The clean sounds are good for a digital modelling prosessor but not good as analog single effect pedals. But there is a huge problem for distortion tones. Digital effects are never good as analogs especially on overdriven tones. Cabin simulations are very successful. So I think it's time for me to get some analog pedals.

My expansion pedal slacked in one year and it must be tighten monthly. The buttons are also same, but hardware is good. My drummer has dropped a cymball stand on it but there are no subsidences. I replaced the power cable becouse it has breaked off. I use it for over two years and it goes on clockwork.

If my AX1500G were stolen, I think, I would buy an MXR Double Shot Distortion, an MXR KFK 10 Band Equalizer and a Boss Stereo Chorus Essemble. If you would buy a prosessor I suggest you Boss GT6. I used one of them and I love it. But I tell you that, go and get some little, single, old and analog effect pedals.

Controls are easy. Well labled once. I was able to create a custom sound from scratch in the store while I was trying it out and it sounded awesome through a cheap practice amp.

Manual is decent too but really not needed after about 10 minutes just playing around with it.

I'm using this in line with a dunlop 535Q wah pedal, boss stereo chorus pedal, and an Analog man orange compressor. Guitar is a Carvin DC135 with an Allan Holdsworth humbucker in teh bridge and a Fender Texas special in the neck. Amp is a Carvin MTS combo.

I'm not sure what these other guys who are bitching about the noise are doing because this thing is quiet as a mouse. The noise reduction is fantastic and with a little playing around with teh threshold, I got it to cut out just perfectly.

Effects are pretty nice. There are some usless ones of course like the gay ass ring modulator. HAHAHA What were they thinking!?

I can get a LOT of my favorite artist's sounds with this thing. It's almost unbelievable. Eddie's original sound from his VH1 and 2 albums are a piece of cake, Steve Vai is a snap along with the dire straights "money for nothing" les paul tone. With the texas special, I've pretty much nailed David Gilmore's sound from pink floyd's pulse album along with the Edge's sound from U2 (when we play "where the streets have no name" people swear that it's a recording of the song they're hearing!)

The distortions are all amazing. You really do need to sit down and spend some time playing around with the different parameters and also play around with different cab types and those settings also. They can make a big difference on how the sound comes out and I've noticed that the cab settings are the key to some of the signature sounds.

This has been gigging with me for the better part of a year now and hasn't let me down yet. It's definately THE main part of my rig. If I didn't have it, I'd have to go back to my old Korg G1 distortion processor!!

never dealt with them but their online support looks pretty decent.

I play everything from metallica to megadeth, tool, allman bros, phish, pearl jam, zeppelin, SRV you name it. This thing can do it ALL!

I've been playing for about 11 years now and this unit has helped me take my playing to new horizons with it's broad tonal spectrum. Steve vai and Joe Satriani use one. That's reason enough to go get one!

I'd definately have to have another if this one got broken or stolen but it's built like a tank so I don't forsee the first option happeneing anytime soon.

If any of you are interested in different parameter and program settings that I'm using, feel free to send me an email!

ANTES DE LEER ESTE "USER REVIEW", TE SERVIRIA MUCHO LEERTE EL MANUAL (lo puedes bajar en formato PDF de la pagina de Korg), YA QUE VOY A USAR TERMINOS BASTANTE ESPECIFICOS Y ES IMPORTANTE QUE TENGAS UN BUEN MAPA MENTAL DEL APARATO. LO QUE TRATO DE HACER AQUI ES PONER TODA LA INFO QUE (obviamente) NI KORG NI NADIE VA A PONER NUNCA EN UN MANUAL. :o) Esta advertencia no debe asustarte, lo digo ahora, pero se aplica a todas las categorias.
Este multiefectos es lo mas simple de usar que jamas he provado. En esta pagina uno se cansa de leer "con solo apretar un boton, la maquina te hace un cafe...(??)", pero en este caso es literal, LO JURO. Los diferentes tipos de efectos (que son 6: amp, cab, modulation, pedal, ambience y noice reduction/program level) estan separados en distintos botones de seleccion, cada uno con su respectiva perilla tipo "chicken head" para selecionar un efecto en particular y 5 perillas (knobs) comunes para los distintos parametros, por lo que si quieres agregar un efecto de ambiencia (ambience), lo puedes hacer apretando el boton de ese tipo de efectos, seleccionando el efecto que desees con la perilla tipo "chicken head" y luego usando las perillas peque?as para especificar los parametros.
La opcion del modo "INDIVIDUAL" es extremadamente util y facil de usar: esto te permite "entrar" en la configuracion del programa y modificarlo con los footswichs (es decir, puedes encender o apagar los distintos tipos de efectos independientemente unos de otros). Por asi decirlo, es como transformar la pedalera en una serie de pedales de efectos individuales, lo cual es muy util para "ahorrar espacio" y usar un programa por cancion en vez de tres, por ejemplo.
Lo que me costo entender al principio (y que tuve que deducirlo ya que en el manual no daban cuenta de ello) es que al pedal de expresion se le asignan EFECTOS, NO PARAMETROS. Esto es un tanto extra?o en una pedalera de este tipo, pero una vez que lo entendi, me termino sirviendo mas a favor que en contra. Esto significa que el pedal funciona independiente de los "bancos de efectos" de modulacion, ambiencia, amp y cabinet. Voy a poner un ejemplo a modo de explicacion: tienes un programa al que le quieres agregar un chorus con el pedal. Lo que tienes que hacer es apretar el boton "pedal", seleccionar con la perilla "chicken head" el efecto (chorus en este caso) y modificar los parametros con las perillas peque?as. De esta manera tendras EN EL PEDAL el efecto de chorus, que se encendera o apagara paulatinamente dependiendo del movimiento que ejerzas sobre el pedal. Esto tambien significa que no puedes tener un efecto de tipo modulacion en el pedal y en el "banco de efectos" de la modulacion a la vez.
El aparato cuenta con un footswitch para subir de banco y una combinacion de dos footswitchs para bajar. Lo bueno es que si estas tocando con un programa de un banco y quieres pasar a otro, no tienes el tipico tiempo limite de 5 segundos hasta que se vuelva al banco original.

La calidad del sonido de este aparato es bastante buena, realmente me deja muy satisfecho en este aspecto. En el "banco de efectos" de los amplificadores ("amp"), hay algunos que personalmente no me gustan, pero se los puede ecualizar de tal manera que suenen muy bien. Ademas tienes muchas opciones, ya que puedes combinar un tipo de amplificador con otro tipo de cabinet, mas todos los parametros y modificaciones que puedas hacer en tu guitarra (bajar tono, seleccionar tal o cual pastilla)... las opciones son miles.
Sin embargo, tienes que dedicarle mas tiempo a los canales limpios que a los distorsionados; como tienes muchas mas opciones del segundo tipo que del primero, hacer sonar exactamente como quieres los sonidos limpios es un tanto laborioso.

Si no me equivoco, esta es practicamente la unica pedalera del mercado CONSTRUIDA ENTERAMENTE DE METAL, incluso por abajo, esta hecha de un metal muy duro y pesado. Lo unico que no es de metal son las perillas, los botones y los footswitchs, los cuales estan hechos con un plastico especial de alta densidad que los hace indestructibles.
El plastico del visor es el plastico mas barato y facil de romper que jamas haya visto. Si lo presionas con un poco de fuerza sera mas que suficiente para que lo rompas, y ni quiero imaginar que sucedera si algo le cae encima. En este sentido, Korg ha dejado mucho que desear.
Volviendo a los aspectos positivos, algo que nadie menciona es que el aparato esta hecho de tal forma que su peso esta distribuido uniformemente en toda la pedalera (no es mas pesado el costado del pedal o viceversa), por lo que si tienes que tocar en un escenario o lugar con leves desniveles de suelo, no tienes que preocuparte por que se caiga para un lado o para otro, o de dejarla en equilibrio. Ademas, tiene 5 gomas antiderrapantes en la parte de abajo, por lo que no se correra de donde la dejes.
Otro aspecto positivo es que cada vez que la prendes, la pedalera comenzara a funcionar EN EL ULTIMO PROGRAMA QUE HAYAS UTILIZADO ANTES DE APAGARLA, por lo que en el caso extremo de que se desconecte en vivo, al encenderla no deberas "correr" a buscar el programa que hayas estado utilizando. Aun asi, cerca de la entrada de la fuente de energia hay un gancho para enrollar el cable, por lo que esto no sucedera.

Sencillamente, no he tenido que lidiar con ellos...

A modo de conclusion debo agregar que EN LO PERSONAL, esta pedalera me ha servido muchisimo. He leido otras criticas que hablan muy mal del aparato, pero esas criticas no tienen en cuenta que se trata de un multiefectos relativamente chico, no hace de todo, pero hace mas que suficiente para este tipo de aparato. La relacion precio-calidad es MUY buena. Mi consejo (tanto para este como para cualquier aparato que estes pensando adquirir) es que lo pruebes: no te quedes con la opinion que cualquiera te pueda dar. Solo trato de ayudar, pero es algo a tener en cuenta.

Cualquier duda o comentario, por favor no dudes en escribirme.

Pretty easy to use. I could use most of it features, without having the manual (it was borrowed from a friend).

Have been using it with a ESP LTD V350 (vith SD Custom-Custom and '59) and a Jackson Warrior XT (stock pups).

This thingy is NOISY AS HELL. I can't even see how you can actually get away with all that noise pouring over your sound, really.

Also, the distortion models are so weak - you can basically hear that it's cheap digital distortion. At one moment I thought I was playing on a Zoom 505ii with metal casing and expression pedal.

The effects are okay, I guess. But being so noisy makes the unit useless.

Also the acoustic guitar simlation is laughable at. They shoudn't have included it if it's so weak.

From what I can gather, this is a glorified Zoom 505ii in a metal case and with more options to add noise to your signal. Ah yes, and with an expression pedal attached (too bad the expression effects are weak).

My tip: Go A/B tis with a Behringer V-Amp 2. You'll see the difference. If you don't literally stampede your gear, I see no use for the metal case anyway.

Can't tell. Only had it for four days before giving it back.

No idea.

I play old-school rock, hard rock, metal, blues and even pop. Been doing it for some time, too.

First of all, I wouldn't buy this unit to start with. Korg should stick to making the wonderful keyboards and tuners that they do and not make a (gently said) half-assed guitar multi-effects pedal.

And yes, metal casings are totally over-rated - they shoulda invested in the R&D for better sounds and less noise instead of putting money in a 'nice' case.

Oh, and swithcing banks down is totally idiotic - how on Earth am I supposed to do that stupid tap-dance of pressing two buttons simmultaneously with my foot and then confirming my selection with another button press?!

Don't buy this online, go to a shop and A/B it with a Behringer V-Amp 2 or even a Zoom 707ii. I think you'll make your own mind afterwards.

Turning knobs to select the effects, then setting em with other knobs... yes its a very easy to use multi-effect. You don't have to spend 30 min to program your own effects, its pretty intuitive.

Some sounds are pretty good but others leak of quality. half of drive amps create or amplifiate noise and generate harassing feedback while i'm practicing with the band. The effects that use the expression pedal are not pretty good too, but the modulation effects and the echo/reverb effects are perfect. Theses effects are the reasons why i keep it.

Good for practicing and live, but not perfect for studio. You can't rely on the drive amps for a great studio performance... better buy a disto stomp box and let her do the job, and use the AX1500G for modulation, echo and reverb.

The korg ax1500g is extremely easy to use. Just flicking the switch, push a button and it's done. It has all the different options printed on it so there is no confusion of where to find anything. Editing on this is simple aswell, just turn the nob and save it. The use of a manual is really neaded unless your going to use the record function. This is the latest unit so has all the latest features. It is pretty much exactly the same as the previous one, the only difference is the appearance of it.

I use a Marshall TSL 100 head, custom made quad with JBL speakers. Morley Bad Horsie 2 wah and Jim Dunlop Gain pedal. The drive amp (distortions) sound extremely good. The only one i hate is the acoustic simulater because it has this ugly hiss to it. The cabnit options sound ok aswell. I don't really use these much though, only on 1 effect. The pitch shifters on here have a bit of a delay which i dislike aswell and the expresion pedal effect sound shocking aswell. The wah simulation is more like an on/off switch than an actual wah pedal. The echo and reverb effects are fine. I can't say anything bad about them.

This pedal is extremely reliable. I take this pedal everywhere i play because i know it can take a bit of a beating. I use a seperate power supply because i don't really want lots of power leads everywhere, it frees up space. Also with the power supply, the cable can get damaged. It swivels a bit on the actual power pack. I like the idea but i managed to damage this.

I haven't had the need to deal with the company so i can't really say anything here.

I play heavy metal / rock / blues and a little bit of pop (on the very rare ocation). This pedal covers all of them very nicely. I've been playing for 13 years. I am currently saving up for a wireless system and i'm going to buy a digitech gnx4 multi effects unit to replace my korg. The korg is really good if all u want is a pedal. If u want to record, use a drum machine or have extra outputs this is not the pedal for u. With the aid of a seperate expresion pedal such as my Morley Wah, the korg ax1500g is really nice.

Relatively easy. LAst time I used this type of processor was DigiTech RP-10. Two different approaches to editing presets.

I play ESP Viper and EC plus Ibanez RG-470L. Through HK Warp T or at home Marshall MG100DFX.

I use it mainly on "Individual mode" (every button is on/off fx than changung preset). Through amp, you can turn off the cab emulator.. Sounds better than way, at least for me.. With cab-emu it's great for straight to mixer recording after little adjustment..

Clean sounds are good after bit of fine tuning for one's own style..

With amp I use mainly chorus, delay, reverb etc. but sometimes slight distortion from Korg and some OD from amp. Gives nice buzz after bit of fine tuning.. ;)

Owned it only for few days, but it has already survived two dobermanns and a 5yr old kid. Nuke proof?

No need yet.

I play mainly metal; down-tuned, hard and heavy..

I bought the gadget for recording and have used it at home. I wouldn't take it to gigs. Even though the sturdy case, buttons are small and close to each other. I don't think it would survive a gig with us.. Still, even most stomp-boxes give up after a while.

It's very easy!!! I bought it 3 days ago, read the manual, and now I copy Vai's sound. The AX1500G resource on the net help me understanding patch on this thing a lot!! The patch like Queen etc is good but need extra tweaking on knob before you write it. No wonder, we are using different guitar and pickup, huh?
If someone said this thing is not easy: READ THE MANUAL and DO MORE GOOGLING!!!!

For my own sound: Washbur lyon => AX (Brit-stack + 4x12 vintage). Sometimes I use it with Stereo Amp (bedroom) and sometimes I use it with Blue Voodoo (studio). Little tweak on the eq setting, but still sound great.
I can do lead sound like Vai on "For The Love of God", very close enough to make my drummers perfect ear's amazed. Now I'm still working on Vai's Rhythm sound and of course working on my very own sound!
I'm still in love with Brit Stack and delay.

I'm agree with tother on this user review. This thing built like a tank.
For a Gig? I will give it a chance.

The dealer said this thing is 1 year guarantee and they are very-very friendly.

I played from Zeppelin, GNR, Purple to Helloween. This thing helps a lot.
I've been playing guitar for 7 years now. I owned washburn lyon with humb pickup. So if I can sound pretty close to Vai sound with this low budget FX, then this thing is very greaaat device!!!
How if it were stolen? I will buy another one.
I love the cabinet sound, but why the A/B channel just for drive amps and cabinet? Why not all 5 effect chain in whole A or B channel? I hate that... I wish it had intelegent harmonizer fx.
I do compare with GT-6 but don't like the price the dealer gave me. GT-6 is a cool device, so is AX1500G. Also tried Zoom, but don't like the distortion color. I'm low budget, so I bought this one (and it is perfect choice!). If I'm a big budget guitarist, i'll buy boss and morley pedals... :)

It's very easy to get a good sound out of it. Altough I'm not quite fond of the overdrive contained in this fx. I only use it for my delays, chorus etc.

I run my Korg AX1500 through the fx loop of a Marshall JCM900. Since I only use it for chorus and other modulation fx, it sounds great. Like said before, I'm not fond the distortion in the fx.
For distortions fx I'm using a Boss gx700 19"multifxunit.

There are a few things that are not so good,that's the adapter contained with the fxunit. I dropped it out of my hand one time and it din't live to tell the story.
Also one of the troubles I had, was that my wah turned lame on me, but after tightening the bolts again I've never had the problem again

I've never had to deal with this problem

My music style differs from blues to hard rock and metal. Once again I'm coming back to the distortion unit. It's doesn't quite make it to any of the musical styles. But if your only using the chorus, delays etc... It's great. If my korg should brake down, I won't by a new one. But that's just because I've got my eye set on an TC Electronic.

I must admit, it's not the easiest thing to know how to use. The manual doesn't explain things properly at all. Once you do know how to use it, the interface is good; not overly complex.

I don't know what some other people are talking about, but the sound quality of this thing is AWESOME! There are a few things to keep in mind however...
-Don't bother using the cabinet simulators through a guitar amp, it will sound like garbage. That's not what that feature is for.
-Nowhere on this unit does it say "Marshall" or "Vox". It does not sound like another amp, it has generalized sound categories which, in my opinion, are MUCH more useful. You get WAY more flexibility with this unit than something that simulates 10 different kinds of overdrive amps that all sound the same.
-This unit is super-wicked for the STUDIO. When using the ax1500g direct in with the cabinet simulators turned to the line in setting, you can get some AWESOME tone! If I could give it an 11 out of 10 I would.

It is a solid unit. It has NOT let me down with any goofy glitches or sudden sound squeels. The memory has always worked.

When I bought the unit from a store, the dummies lost the AC adaptor. We eventually found a BOSS adapter that worked, but when I tried to double check the voltage/current rating for the AC/DC input, I couldn't find it. Nothing in the manual, nothing on the website. That's the only time I had to use support.

This thing has been a godsend in the studio. It definitely helps making music a lot. I couldn't get along without it, I will always have one with me. It really is THAT good!
ONE NOTE HOWEVER
-It is awesome for the studio, but I agree with some other opinions here about how inadequate it is for live situations. I can't use this thing live. Buttons are too small, and having to press 2 buttons together to scroll down the banks is WAY too impractical. I'm also paranoid that someone will step on one of the knobs, and then I'd have to kick their ass.

It real easy to use if you have messed with things like this before. Editing patches is really easy, but changing them is a bitch! The pedals are small and to close together. I have stared to play in just my socks so I can change patches. When playing live in the mist of all the chaos it hard to put your big size 13 Boot on a little pedal thats 1/2 inch a way from the other one. I also do not like the 2 button step to bank down.

The sound quality is great(with a eq pedal after it). All of these people that are giving bad reviews (because it does not replicate good enough) need to realize that NOTHING is going to sound like a Marshall but a Marshall. It partly Korg fault for advertising that but buy now everyone should know what DIGITAL PROCESSOR ARE LIKE AND ABOUT. Anyway, The distortion are great for Metal and anything harsh or ballsy. If your looking for something thats warm and perfect this is not it. The effects are good but I do not really get to deep in the effects. The vox wah, I think is worse that other processors that I have heard but still is ok. The cleans sound great but im not that picky on my clean sound as I am on my gain.

Ive had mine for a year and it still running

Never had deal with them

If your looking to play Metal or something harsh it perfect. It does not modle anything that I can compare it to. It has its own sound and I was able to creat a sound for my band that is not comparable to most bands. I have owned the Zoom GFX 8 and i must say that the zoom has more option concerning midi and effects loop and stuff but your locked in to one tone. The korg has about 5 distortion that i like. Go with Korg

As Easy as it gets. Editing fairy easy, but a lot of times a tweak in one setting, say flanger, disappears while you're turning the knob to another effect in that same block, say chorus, and when you get back the flanger resets to whatever "original" it was. Manual is just decent, but not that good. There's no explanation to, for example, what AP and Ln stands for in the Cabinet editing parameter AIR section. I make a qualified guess that it means AMP and LINE, but can't be sure. Anyway, it's quite easy to get an overview by just looking at it. But 8 effects simultaneously? C'mon, Hall + Echo I can understand, but Noise Reduction an effect? Chorus/Flanger should NOT be lumped as 2 effects as someone proposed. I can only get 6 effects running simultaneously. Period.

Using a Squier strat with EMG SA. This unit is not noisy and its NR (Noise Reduction) masks noise and release quite carefully although not as swell as HUSH's (ROCKTRON) products. Full tilt distortion sounds are what this unit is all about. Great! But I still have to hear/see a cabinet modeller that sounds great. Virtually ALL of these modelling manufacturers seem to overlook the factor that a speaker starts to make a thump, when driven to it's maximum. And that a speaker is sensitive to pick attack, and starts to make this big thump only when picking hard on the lower strings. So I am using mostly with the cabinet sims off, in a STUDIO setting direct to the PC/mixer. Using no real guitar amp at all. Favorite artists? None, I get my own sounds, and what I particularly noticed when playing through headphones for quite a while that one didn't get that digital noise hangover - modelling fatigue - with this unit as much as with others (say ME-50, or Berhingers V-amp). It has a bits and bytes flying out of the reverb settings though, which are poorer than average, so I turn these down in the mix. Delay and echo settings seems the better ones on this unit. The Echo simulator of different heads are great and the inherent chorus effect the tape head simulator makes, in one of the delay settings. Great for SHADOWS/VENTURES and surf echo effetcs if one only could get a decent clean sound! Wah and volume everybody here seems to agree on, it's a shame you can't tamper with the settings more. I think that the limited settings on the compressor is a downer, and the semi-clean and semi-distorted settings are a no-no on this unit. It has not the dynamics enough to follow ones pick attack. Ring mods and all those space FX (Traveler) could they have exchanged for better control over WAH and compressor, and better reverb. They're decent but average. Pitch shifter could be a lot nicer sounding. Chorus and Flangers, well how can anyone fail with these nowadays? And as with all these units, as someone pointed out, there really seems to be a delay (no matter how slight) between actual pick of a note and when it jumps out of the speaker. It's NOT the noise reduction setting. Eric Johnson sound? forget it. There are other's I've tried which comes a lot closer, even - lo and behold - the very ancient Boss SE70! This unit, excels in quietness, and distortion. Oh hey, and the metronome! Finally they have this white noise chip sound, and not the pitch one, which drives anyone crazy before it reaches the first bar. This sound - white noise click - makes me not so fatigued when practicing.

Yes, metal case seems good and sturdy. That's why I bought it.
Yeah, I would use it without a backup. However, you never know about these switches and buttons. If they're hardwired soldered to the circuit board, it's only a matter of time before they'll crack and go.

No. Haven't dealt with them. I did a lot back in the 80s but that was back then... :-)

2250 Skr is about 295 US dollars. I play everything from shred metal to classic rock and blues, with a lot of looping experiments, so that's why the sampling and play option of this unit can be handy sometimes. However, a little unintiutive (!).
Played for 30 years. Owns, and have owned a whole load of stuff, since in the 80's I used to work for a while for KORG Sweden as a product specialist and demonstrator. So, while none of those 80s products holds up very well today, at least, I know what to look out for, and can get picky about details. What I love about this unit the sturdiness, and ease of use. What I would like too see in ANY live floor unit is a LIGHT SENSOR, and a dynamic contrast display that would sense the stage lights our outdoor sunlight and match the display's power accordingly. When it's completely dark on stage, a full glowing red display could actually harm ones eyes (the contrast being too sharp) so then it should dim accordingly. In sunlight or bright stagelights the display should increase so everything on it turns discernable. But you can't expect this on this unit for it's price. I wish it had more parameters and that you could combine any effect in any block without defeating the other block. And still, I want that "overspill" effect, that when you switch a program it should NOT become silent at all for ANY tiny bit of second or even a chirp or glitch in sound. Regardless of program and how much effects one use. I think Rocktron have been the only ones, who once made such units. If it's for live use, such things should be a priority. I can get very good shredders metal sounds out of this box, and low tuned riff sounds. This is what this units seems to be all about. And a last thing, where does this 8 effects simultaneously comes from?

Very easy to get a sound out of it.
Very intuitive.
The french manual is a bit funny, the translation is ... uh... literral !

OK, it's not true simulations, it just gives you the flavor of the original models.
But what do you expect with that price ?

I'm using different guitars with it :
- American Fender Strat with Texas Special PU
- Mexican Fender Tele with Duncans (vintage rhythm and hot rails)
- Hohner G3T (Steinberger copy)

I use all kind of sounds : clean, crunch, lead.
Very noisy with acoustic simulation when the level is full. And you need to push the level 'cause there's too many difference between the output.

The effects sounds good in general. This is not over the top, but correct. Considering the nice price of this unit, it's wonderful.
I think this is the best bargain and the first correct multi-effect pedal-board. If you want better, you have to spend much more.

I'm playing straight thru the console, and it works well. In this case, you have to EQ the console strictly flat.

I don't use all the distortions, Seattle is useless, metal, classic dist, quite the same.
The best are the VOX, Marshall and high gain simulations.
Concerning the clean sound, it's a bit disappointing, cause you just have "classic comp" and then you have to choose a cabinet simul.
I better like some more amps simuls. Anyway, you can have some correct sounds.

Chorus are pretty good, flanger and phasing correct.

The Wha is a bit weak.

Echo and reverb correct.

The rest is just for fun...

I don't how it's reacting with an amp.

With the price in mind, this unit deserves an 8 or 9.
I just give a 6, cause there's not so many nice sounds you can get out of it.

Very good for the moment.
I got this for 3 years, and it's OK (I touch wood !)

I didn't need it.

I play rock, pop, blues, and even metal when I'm angry. All the pots to 11 !
I'm playing since 1980, and if an asshole would steel this, I should watch carefully what appeared on the market since I bought it.
I don't think there's many products in this range of price.

Korg should update this product with more amps (one Mesa-Boogie for the lead sounds) especially clean sounds (Fender and Jazz Chorus) and throw away the shit you don't really need (talking pedal is useless !!!).

I must respond to the terrible review from Dantheman. I totally disagree with his assesment, having owned & used the AX1500 for over 3 months now. It has a great sound running it into my amp! Maybe he didn't read the manual to explore it to it's fullest potential. I don't believe he owns all those other MFX units and bothered to go buy the Korg, sounds fishy to me.
Anyways, the secret to using the AX1500 with an amp is to run in the "clean comp" mode with the cab sims off, all 3 tone controls pegged at 10, the drive at 2, and the level at 7.3 Using it in this mode, you dial in the crunch you want on your amp without the Korg, then use thiese settings to achieve an almost true bypass sound. Then just layer effects or engage the cab sims for added oomph. This unit compliments your sound, doesn't create it for you!
Editing patches is as easy as tweaking the knobs 'til you're happy, hit the "write" button twice, and it's saved. The manual explains things very well, an idiot might have trouble with it.

My current set-up: Gibson Flying V 83
Gibson LP Custom (78)
Yamaha SBG1000 Santana model (84)
Peavey 2x12 130w combo with GK 2x12 ext. cab
I run guitar > Bad Horsie wah > Carl Martin Hot Drive'n'Boost MKII > AX1500G > amp. I upped the noise gate on the metal patches to 8, otherwise leave it at factory 6, and no noise at all.
The effects: I use the "Seattle" setting for all my solos and heavy metal, I run it with the 4x12 modern cab sim, and it has thunderous bottom and singing sustain! Don't use many other distortions or cab sims, 'cause my amp gets great sounds on it's own. The choruses (stereo & mono) are lush, the flanger and tremole are decent, the reverbs are pristine (and it has a great spring reverb, unlike another reviewer said) and the delays & echos are first-rate! I don't like the wah sim, hence the Bad Horsie. This frees up the Korg's pedal which I program to give me delay on any patch, so I don't have to write it in. Some effects I don't use, like talker, u-vibe & ring modulator, so I have no comment on them.
Here's where the AX1500 shines: it has an A/B channel on every patch, and has 48 user patches, so it's like having 96 patches at your feet! Every patch can have lead/rhythm, chorus/metal, etc. Plus it can run in manual mode, using the bank buttons as on/offs for the effects. I can get anything from CCR to Gary Moore to Metallica with this thing, and I do, because I gig with it every week! A very live-use friendly pedal, requiring a lot less programming than the Boss GT6 with better-sounding distortions.
The only 2 drawbacks to the Korg are the small buttons (I have big feet) and the millisecond delay when switching patches, but I quickly adjusted to both of these minor problems. But they knock my rating down to a 9.

I do depend on it, have done 14 gigs so far without a back up, and feel no need for one.

Never needed any.

I play classic rock covers in a working band, been playing over 30 years, and have owned tons of pedals and several amps in that time. Only wish I got one of these sooner, would have stopped my "tap dancing" on 14 pedals a long time ago!
If it were lost or stolen, that would make me a moron who couldn't take care of his own gear, wouldn't it? Stupid question.
For anyone looking for a good stage-use MFX, I highly recommend this one! You could get a Boss GT6 & spend days programming it, or the ME50 & spend $ for a power adapter(it doesn't come with one) and an extra footswitch to bank up/down (won't do this on it's own)or just get the Korg AX1500G and be happy the first time around.

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? Plug it in.

How about Editing patches? If you're familiar with stompbox lingo you'll find it a breeze.

How is the manual for it (if there is one)? Didn't get a manual so I can't say.

Do you know the firmware revision number? Don't know it.

Has your unit been upgraded? Not to my knowledge.

RATING reflects on one with GENERAL knoledge. Not a beginner, but it would probably make a class A beginners tool to learn from...manual or not.

Using USA Fender Strats, G&L Legacy Special and the super under rated Peavy T-25.
Quiet unit except on radical settings. Much quieter than Digi-Trash units.
Using no amp...Being a former journeyman the only use I have for an amp is something to have to leave behind in an Airport or Bus terminal.
I found all the sounds I needed quickly and easily.
Like many have said below the wah is a bit weak...but I havn't tinkered with it much either.

Again a 9 ... They probably won't publish this because I'm pretty high on this little box. Matter of fact I believe I left one post already but don't see it anywhere.
I've owned many and this is by far the best "bang for the buck" like many have said below.

Built well ... Keep the beer out of it and don't use it for a surfboard and you'll be fine. METAL CHASSIS, SOLID FEEL.
YES ... I'd go gunslingin' abroad without a backup with no second thoughts about it.

Duno..........

What style of music do you play? Classic Rock, Country, Top 40 Country, Blues, etc...if it's genuine "Music" I play it. NO metal, thrash etc...(keep that in mind )

Is this a good match? DEAD-ON for now, with no 1000 page(paper-or-tronic) bullShit to sort through. Grab a sound and DIAL the rest. I like to PLAY dammit...I don't have time for page flipin' or an IT corse in the "NEW MODEL OF...".

How long have you been playing? 30 years, 20yr Pro-Regional, 9yr National Pro-Tour and 1998-2003 NO PLAY WHATSOEVER(Hermit).

What other gear do you own? (1) Marshall MXL67 mic, some Recording software and my guitars. ONE processor is all the gear I need. I don't play for Acts that can't provide a personal monitor mix.

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else? If it were lost(and I was presently WORKING) I have another one :D but may venture...just because that what we guitar players do, always tinkering.
If it were stolen mytrusty Canines would return the unit and keep the BONES.

what do you love about it? Not as DIGITAL...sounds more analog than most I've had or tried....AND or corse EASE OF USE.

What do you hate? NO ON/OFF SWITCH (What the Fuck were they thinking?)

What is your favorite feature? The Chicken head Knobs :D

Did you compare it to other products? Of corse.
Which ones? Same as everyone else ranging fro 1990-2003.

Why did you choose this one? Ok... At this point THIS is a stupid question.

Anything you wish it had? YES...an ON/OFF SWITCH (Blond hair -n- Big Tits)

Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way? It ISN'T A HUGE DISTRACTION (like most...if that give you a hint)

Anything else you'd like to share? Yeah...but we can't smoke it here. BUT... I have 2 AX1500G ...#2 is FOR SALE. Holler soon or it'll be GONE. $200.00 & FREE ship to lower 48 USA(payPal or credit card through PP)
Peace,
RSS

Average, compared to boss, zoom, digitec.

This is where it loses bigtime. It is "not" an amp modeler. It "may" be an amp distortion (and heavy at that) modeler, but notan amp. It gives you lots of heavy crunch and distortions. thats it. i hated the effects, they are "not" models of real effects, they are tinny makeshift imitators. the company lies about the fact they say it has ""56"" modeled effects. they count the eq, lousy comp(which you cant use with amp dist)expresion pedal, standard digital fx, "each" dif amp model, spkr sim, every diff delay, including reverb with delay, and that is lame. "none" are modeled. i would like to see how they digitally re-create the components of the originals. you know they didnt model a volume pedal!! i think it is really one of there worst products.

probabley would last, i traded mine off after a month or so.

no opinion. wouldnt even talk to someone who makes a pos like this.

I have owned, zoom 9150, zoom 505, zoom ps-2 palm studio, zoom table top amp modeler, korg pandora-2, korg ax-1500g, korg ax-30 (i think), digitech rp-6, rp-2000, gnx-1, rp-100, MM3 pre-amp, Boss ME-30, GT-3, GT-6, and lots of pedals. And this is the worst piece of sh!t i have come across so far. Don't beleive the hype, go for a boss/roland, you will thank yourself. they actually have amp "modeling". clean, warm,crunch,overdrive, and distortions. just like "real" amps. plus usable effects. sorry korg, but this product is terrible.

Relatively easy to use. Better than many others such as Boss.

After using a PX4 and Tonelab, the AX1500G seems to have some glaring shortcomings. It's ridiculously hard to get a good uncompressed clean sound. The midrange control is voiced very badly and imparts a nasal honk when turned up at all. There is no reverb even approaching the sound of a spring.

Of course, these observations are made while trying to use it as an amp modeller live, not as a distortion pedal for an amp, which is how a lot of the reviewers seem to be using it.

I was going to use it for quicky pickup gigs so I didn't have to tear down my other rig, but I put it on Ebay and sold it immediately for a $50 loss and don't miss it.

Seems very well built. It was a pleasure to use live and didn't give me any doubts about its durability.

Probably not so good.

OK for a front end distortion, I guess, but next to worthless for an amp modeller, which is how it's marketed.

Anther update to my previous post:

The wah and volume pedal issues have been resolved. I've found three things to do to help the generally inadequate expression pedal. You can see what needs to be done at:

http://www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks in the "Guitar Shop"

ashley

Bought it a week ago, had some pretty good sounds coming out of it the evening I got it. Love the chicken head knobs and the dials are smooth and precise.
Read through the manual a couple of times, but you should just experiment and edit everything

I'm using an Epiphone LP with Seymour Duncans 59's in both Neck and Bridge and a variety of amps including a Fender Hot Rod Deville, Marshall DSL201 and an army of Marshall MG series.
This a great little effects box, its not noisy and the factory presets are ok, but with a little tweaking you can get some tonally classy sounds.
However like a lot of digital effects it sucks the tone out of higher end amps. It beefs up my MG100 brilliantly but tonally deadens the Hot Rod. But then, for example, if you've shelled out for a Gibson LP and bluesbreaker, why would you buy an amp modeller?
Most of the effects are great and can sound better with tweaking. Distortion,,chorus,flange and univibe are particularly good. With the factory presets you can get a better Page sound on the *ZEP* preset if you whack up Presence on the Cabinet control, you get a really nice "communications breakdown" sound. You can also get a brilliant Hendrix fuzzy univibe sound with Fuzz-4x12 vintage-univibe-echoplus, settings (still can't get the wah to sound good though: will update when I work out how).
This unit is biased towards more classic sounds rather than full on metal shred, the amp and cab combinations work really well. Some of the presets have dodgy volume issues which can be corrected but this unit rewards you with experimentation.

Metal casing, solid expression pedal,have played it without back up and probably would get another if it broke or got half inched.

Haven't dealt with them yet, although there's lots of websites and forums out there to help with sound problems and suggested patches.

Overall-
Good quality, suits classic and indie sounds (not metal).
Love the distortion,flange,univibe and delays.
Hate the octave and wah
Have tried loads of pedals including much more expensive ones and always came back to this one
Everyone should own this one at some point.
Improves cheap and mid range rigs but not top spec hardware.

O.K., I'm a guy who makes everything hard whether it is or isn't. Well this processor falls in the easier catagory. Once I got over trying to make it hard and just went with the obvious it works just fine. I don't think it's a breeze but it's not brain surgery either. Once you get the hang of using the control sequence it goes smooth and fast.

I'm using a G&L S500 and a Les Paul Custom through a Mackie Board and a 15 watt class A amp. The unit is very quiet on most setting finding only a few of those with some modulation extremes offering noise but the the noise reduction in the unit handles it without a problem. Personally I don't care for the factory settings but with a little tweaking I have been able to get anything I've wanted (so far). The distortions are great although you have to work to get any edge to them, they all lean toward the dark side of the force. I play a little of everything and have been able to get everything from Clapton and Castro to Vai and Johnson. Just takes some time dialing them in.

Built very well, all metal casing, foot pedals are small but not a huge problem. I'll gig with this and not worry about a back up, I've got one I just don't think I'll need it. Appears to be plenty sturdy.

I registered my unit on line and immediately received a nice follow up email so it appears that Korg pays attention to their customers.

Predominately a Classic Rock/Blues player but like I said I touch on just about everything and this will help me put some of my trusty stomp boxes in the back up catagory. I've been playing for 40+ years and can't think of much I haven't owned or played through over my career, this little unit simplifies both recording and live work and I would replace it if anything happened to it. Ridiculously inexpensive for the quality and very simple to operate. The instruction book leaves something to be desired, confused me more than helped me in some places. I've got a ton of high end stomp boxes and this unit although not a fulltone does a damn good job for the money and I would recommend it to anyone looking for great bang for the buck. You'll want to keep your wah wah and pitch shifter but the rest will begin to gather dust after you plug into this. Buy it!

Update of my previous post:

I've modified my AX1500G so that I can get Bank-Down with only one button. It works perfectly and is easy enough for anyone to do. Go to my ToneWorks website and check out the 'Guitar Shop' link for the instructions with photos documenting the entire process.

http://www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks

This site has a ton of useful info on the AX pedals.

The pedal is easy to use out of the box, sure. There are 40+ patches built in that you can play or use as starting points for the other 40+ user programmable patches. The knobs are intuitive enough and make tweaking the models easy. The Sample and Play isn't all that easy and requires reading the manual, but it is cool once you get the hang of it.

I bought this unit because it modeled *effects* not amps. I wanted a budget pedalboard with all the classics on it. I didn't have experience with the majority of the effects supposedly modeled (see http://www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks) so I couldn't tell for sure how close the models were other than by playing around to mimic other players who used certain effects. Over the past week I got ebay crazy and bought up 7 of the effects that I used most often on the AX1500G. After much ABing and noodling around, I'm only keeping the Ibanez TS7 and a Vesta Fire digital reverb. And the AX1500G of course; I luckily killed my auction on ebay for it before someone did a Buy it now!.

Issues:
For ease, I wanted a patch that was clean of any AX1500G effects so that I could quickly bypass the unit without having to hold a button down for 1 sec (but not two seconds, ouch). Check out www.dominocs.com/ToneWorks to see what I came up with. It works.

It's solid. I don't gig but I do play it in my guitar room without a backup.

I emailed about how the manual said that plugging in headphones would silence the output jacks and how that wasn't the case with my unit. They responded quickly that it was an error in the manual.

I play classic rock and newer stuff like Satrianni. I've been playing now for about 20 years. I generally play a les paul into a vox 486 wah pedal, then the tubescreamer, then the AX1500G, then the vesta fire reverb, and end up in two Gibson Skylark amps (cira 1963). If I needed another one I get one sure. What's good is that I can use the thing as 5 different Tube Screamers (or any model) all with different levels of scream and all just one tap of the foot away.

The only thing I don't like is the need to press two switches to move down the patch list. I'll be cracking the unit open and seeing if I can wire my own switch for this pretty soon. I'll have instructions on how I did it at my ToneWorks website when I get it done.

It is fairly easy to use and very easy to edit patches as well. The manual is pretty self explanatory but, you still have to fidget with the thing when it comes to getting the volume levels of the patches so your dirty channels don't blow you out of the water when you switch from a clean patch. Nothing like stepping on the dirty channel during a gig and it blows everyone away cuz it is so loud!

I am playing through a custom shop H/H Kramer into the AX1500G. I run one side to a Peavey 100 Transtube Head and the other side to a Randall RH100 100 watt amp head. Out of each amp, I run into (2) 2x12 75 watt Celestians.
I have found that I have had to use the noise suppressor on the distortion patches setting it to about 70%. It gives me the sustain i need without the feedback that every guitar player dreads unless they WANT feedback!
The effects sound great on any setting once you have themn tweaked to your liking. Me, I am a tonemeister!
I have found that by tweaking certain settings in the EQ, you can get the sound of just about any guitarist out there. There are even patches that are preset. One being the Led Zeppelin sound. Another being the Van Halen "Brown Sound" But, in my opinion, it isn't THAT easy to get Eddie's sound!
I have found that the British sound givbes you the sound of a Marshall or a Randll head which I think is awesome! I love sustain!The choruses are pretty good as well. Flange and other effects sound good but, you have to tweak them some.

I have always been able to depend on it. It has never let me down. I gig every weekend with it. I always bring my stompboxes with me just in case but, have never had to use them because, my pedal went out on me. "knock on wood"

I have never had to deal with the company so, I don't know how good they are on customer support. I hope I never have to!

I play in a southern rock and classic rock band and have found this pedal to be very useful in helping me get distinct sounds of the different styles of music that I have to play.
I have been playing for over 20 years.
I also own a '77 Peavey Mace all tube 150 watt combo amp. I love the tube sound but it is a real pain in the a$$. ALWAYS breaks down on me. :(
If my AX1500G were stolen, I would hunt the culprit down and severely hurt him! If I couldn't get it back I would purchase another one.
I had tried Boss multi-effect pedals, Zoom, owned a Korg A-4 multi-effect unit, and have even tried the Line 6 stompboxes and have found that this unit is all I need because, it lets me get the sounds I want out of it.

The manual is nearly as good as it gets. As an info freak that's sying something. The presets are broken down in the back so you can put them back in if you want. Editing the patches (sounds) is easy esp after working with it. 2-30 sec depending on what you do. NO MENUES. When you start dialing a knob it begins editing that parameter. It doesn't get easier. Easy to get a good sound. Most people that think it isn't easy haven't spent time with it. It isn't a one know wonder but but it does infinitely more. It has line charts on the front (see Picture) to show you what knobs do what - 5 'tweakers' for 5 parameters (drive amp, cabinet, 2 banks of effects plus well supplied reverb and echo). Again read the booklet. I'm real happy with book and the way it's set up.

My set up is a 2 channel crate amp and a Schecter Classic guitar- retails $800 - 1000. As a reference Fender would sell this for $1300 or more. (Seymore Duncan PU, Grover tuners, tunable locking bridge, through-bdy neck, 24 jumbo frets. Appears to be extra knob and custom wiring as well. These guys made custom guitars for some big people Mark Knoppfer and Prince and others). Point is- decent axe to start with.
Not noisy at all to me but I don't PUSH THE LIMIT. I do a lot of classic stuff.
Best to me are the drive amps/cabinets and the various echos and ambience. They truly sound good if you use the right one for what you doing. Out of the box I wasn't bowled over by the non-distortion effects, but I don't use them a lot, I haven't played with them much and they don't do that much for me (a GOOD Leslie cabinet would have been nice). I mainly wanted ambience and great tones and much of that vintage. Yes I can get alot of my favorite artists sounds. I would consider this a must have if you do cover material. This is set up to WORK. I use this at home through amp or headphone. You can ROCK in the living room and not disturb a soul. You really have to hear it to appreciate it. It could change the whole scope of your playing. But if you don't want to invest a little time learning it you will miss a lot.

No on/off switch maybe that's good. Lost no memories after 5 days un plugged. Not glitchy at all. This was opened when I bought it. A back up is always a good idea but I feel this would work real well at a gig. It's never let me down. I've owned it three weeks. My experience is after that you're usually ok.

Haven't dealt with them.

Definely worth the close out price of 189. They're going fast, but I went to a lot of trouble to get this one and it was worth it. retails $350 Lot of dough but prob worth it if you do more than just make noise. Look at the price of just one ibanez or boss. Not to say I wouldn't get one, but this a LOT of bang for your buck. and very versatile and creative. I've spent hours at a time playing and tweaking and enjoyed every minute of it.
I play mostly classic but I try other things that come out. Pretty eclectic really.
Definitely would miss it.
Playing in bands on and off since 1975.
Definetely gives me an edge. Does it get it in my way? Not usually but like your woman, it's worth it.
If you're young or new or just don't have the dough, ok, but if you're serious check this one out. I did a lot of on line research and it was dead on what I expected. And I was expecting a lot. Good luck.

I've had this unit for a few weeks now, and found right out of the box it was easy to get some good sounds. I owned the AX1G before this so I was already familiar with multieffects pedals, but even if you weren't, this unit is pretty darn easy with some looking through the manual. It's plenty informative, with good explanations. Editing and creating is very easy, but like other units you can't have certain effects on at the same time. Gotta learn to work around that. Other than that, it's not hard.

I'm using this with (don't laugh) a Squier Strat, Boss Ds-1, and a Fender Frontman 25R (which will soon be upgraded for something better hehe). Even with that pretty low priced setup, this pedal sounds gorgeous. I used to use an AX1G, but eventually decided I needed more, but I had no idea how muddy the old pedal was until I bought this. Let me get this out of the way: the factory programs are mostly pretty crappy, but that's the case with pretty much every multieffect pedal out there. They're really noisy and have volume jumps that'll give you a heart attack, but hey, if you buy a pedal like this to use factory presets, you dont deserve to own it ;) That said, the effects are gorgeous, and my own programs are dead quiet. I wasn't sure at first what exactly earlier reviews described when they said it was "transparent." Now I understand. The tone of your guitar shows through the effects, rather than being completely colored by it. The choruses are very rich and smooth, and the reverbs are very sweet. The distortions are awesome. For a long time I searched for a distortion pedal that could give me a smooth, kinda subtle, full-yet-hollow distortion sound. That search came to an unexpected end with this thing. I wonder why all distortions can't be this adjustable; you get Gain, Level, Treble, Middle, and Bass. When you set up the Cabinet models to compliment the Drive, it is great. The pitch bender when tweaked has only a tiny delay, which isn't enough to mess up your rhythm when playing (unlike the one on the 1G, which I never used for that reason). The only complaint I have is the wah, which is the only effect with no adjustable perimeters. I have no idea why, and if I could make it less nasal I'd probably use it. The rest though, is beautiful. Besides Joe Satriani uses this unit, and while I didn't buy it because of that, it's nice to know that it's good enough for a pro.

Seems nice and sturdy, with metal casing and all. It's pretty heavy too. I see no problem gigging without a backup.

Haven't dealt with them, and hopefully won't have to.

I'm pretty eclectic, I like basically any kind of music if I'm in the right mood. My favorite bands though are U2, Blue October, Counting Crows, and Peter Gabriel...sort of a melodic, emotional rock I guess. My band plays something like that with a lot of jazzy chords and some classical technique. Anyway, the pedal works wonders for me. I've been playing for about 6.5 years now, and can finally afford some quality gear. This was the first of my upgrades, and what a huge difference it makes. To be honest, I like the way my Squier sounds, so I may not even get another guitar. I chose this over the ME-50 because I figured if I could get a pretty good sound outta the AX1G, I should love this one. Also with the 1G I developed a taste for using delay on the expression pedal, and the ME-50 doesn't do that. Plus the A/B Channel feature sounded interesting, and I love it. At first, I was disappointed that it switched back to Channel A when I changed programs, but I decided to check the manual, and sure enough you can set it to stay on the current channel. I wish the wah was adjustable, but then, I never used much wah, so it's not that big a deal to me. But with the price you can afford a seperate wah pedal too hehe. My music has been sounding very good on this unit, and I can make sounds that I couldn't before. There may be something better out there, but I love it.

I switched my old Korg G3 (which was easier of use than a glass of water) for an AX1500G a few months ago and I got it because after trying it for half an hour at the store, I understood how simple it is to operate. Even during live performance, tweaking a sound ain't much trouble; it all feels like having a rack of separate pedals.
The manual (very well made) comes in handy to learn those few tricks you cannot really figure out at first i.e. calibrating the expression pedal etc.

Now, where I'm a bit disappointed... First thing that bugged me is that there is no bank down switch. You go up the bank (16 of them or something like that) using the fourth switch but to go down you need to press both third and fourth switch at the same time which, if not done correctly, leads you to the bank up or worse than that, selects the third preset and mess up your play. I find this rather stressful during shows because as soon as I want to go back through the bank I need to give a bit too much concentration on the board. And I find my playing better when I keep my concentration on it...
But just like a recent review I saw here, I decided to reprogram the whole thing using it with the individual setup which will be much more useful.

That is another problem. It's almost too easy to use and there are like too many ways to do the same thing. I've been reprogramming the whole thing for the third time yesterday (not done yet). I find it particulary difficult to get all my patches on an equal sound level. There are like way too many thing affecting the level and it can get confusing. I find that even changing the equalizer for the chosen distortion changes drastically the sound level. There's like the drive and level of the distortion, then there's the equalizer, the master level and the patch level. So I'm having a bit of a hard time figuring what sounds best...

Also there's one thing I miss from my G3... If you want to bypass it you need to hold the pedal from the patch you're on for something like 2 seconds; I can't really time that when I'm playing and I need to switch from distort to clean very precisely or worse, when I want to bypass and kick in another stomp box... On the G3, stomping the active patch would immediately bypass the board.

And it's so easy to use that when I try to program some new patches, I always end up just playing with the damn thing around for hours. But that's my problem!

I'm using a Fender American Std. Strat. going through an Hendrix Wah then sometimes a Big Muff (I rarely use it anymore, I'm trying to cut down on the equipement.) then the AX1500G and then in a Fender Deville 2x12".

I don't have noise problems so far (I leave the noise reduction at 6 for most patches) although I had some heavy feedback problems on one show but that was probably more a problem with my guitar...

Most effects are good. Just like anything, if you exagerate the settings it ends up sounding like shit but the more I'm using it, the more I'm finding subtle things that sound great.

I also recorded some tracks at home, plugged directly in the computer and I could get a very fine sound out of it. Same goes for headphones playing; with the cabinet simulation, distortion can sound good even through headphones.

Although everyone here and even the salesman says that the cabinet sims doesn't sound good through an amp, I believe it still can be used if you want to do some low-fi stuff or something weird...

This thing seems to be strong enough to last for years.
I've been using it for the last 10 gigs and I didn't have any problems. But maybe I should still carry my old G3 just in case...

There is one thing that scares me a bit about it; it's the switch beneath the expression pedal. It's like a long thin plastic stick and it's a bit loose... I'm scared it might stop working. And I don't know for the rest of the foot switches.

I had to replace all the footswitches on my G3 because they stopped working at some point. I wish the ones on the AX1500G are stronger.

Another problem with the pedal is the led panel... It works great in the dark but last summer, we did an exterior show in the afternoon and I could not see a single thing on the board. I could not even see the pedals' light so I never knew which patch was on. I could not tune either since I use the inboard tuner. So I had to crouch down an cover the led panel with my hand.

It also happened in another show where there were many spotlight headed straight on the stage...

So far I didn't have any problems with it. I have a one or two years warranty (not sure) and if I have any problem, they told me to bring it back at the store and there shouldn't be any trouble.

Although, when my G3's switches were broken, I could not find any and back at that time Korg didn't have any serious website (now they have a nice one) so I could not find any way to contact them and order switches. I ended up finding some similar switches in an electronic store. I had to modify them and then remove the broken ones from the board which was really difficult because I don't have the equipment for that. I was scared for a second it would stop working because I scratched up the whole board but it still works!

I've been playing for ten years and in my band I play as many style as I can, majorly rock and blues with touches of progressive, jazz and funk. You can check us out at www.theoriginalwreckingcrew.com

I think that the unit has enough to satisfy me. But like it was said earlier, I wish that some of the effects had more fine tuning (ie jumping for 2.3 to 2.7 is sometimes too much for some parameters etc.)

In overall, I like it pretty much. The simplicity of it all is what's great about it, all very intuitive.

The thing I hate is the lack of bank down. I'm slowly getting used with the individual setup which will come in much more useful. Something great about it is that you can program an effect, then turn it off and then save the program but it will still remind the settings for that effect when you kick it in individual mode.

The possibility of two channels per program is really really great; something I didn't truly realize at first. In a few weeks, I'll be wishing there was 3 or 4 channels for each programs! It is a very versatile toy...

I compared it at the store with uhm...one of latest Boss' multieffect, I can't remember the model. That one seemed fine too but there was no bank up or bank down pedal! You had to buy it separately... Already being used with Korg, I choose the AX1500G. It just felt a lot better to me at the store.

Does it help make music? Yes and no! Like I said earlier, it's like too easy to drift off in it. You turn some knobs and then you play and play, just doing strange sound effects and then you gotta go to sleep because you've been playing all night and next day you play again but turn some other knobs and just play something else and it goes on and on without ever remembering everything...

Easier than my mum after 10 large borubons to operate, anybody who has used multi effects will fly thru this one, and for those who haven't, a quick read of the manual will sort u out. Editing patches is also easy. I had 16 sounds stored on my previous multi effects unit including loads of tricky delay sounds, reverbs, drive and clean, tremolo, but its all catered for and i managed to store them all in around 2 hours.

Quality is awesome. I use a Fender Telecaster Mexican and an Epiphone Sheraton with a Fender 185 Stage Amp. It sounds very nice, as I expected. I was worried that there were not going to be enough clean sounds for the wimpy songs i play but it really is ok, and the acoustic drive amp noise isn't that bad either. It has been slated but is ok for me. The wah is a tad whiny and needs a lot of tweaking but again i was surprised by quality after reading most opinions of it here. I try and recreate Coldplay, U2, Longview and use a lot of E-Bow while trying to play along to Beth Orton. Sometimes I can hardly tell the difference between the sounds I am making and what I am playing along to. There are lots of options available in most effect blocks. The only negative here is that alot of the settings especially in the delay effects have increments of 10 or 20 instead 0f 1. For instance I am used to having Stereo delay at 210, but the only options are 202 or 227 or something, so my sounds has had to change slightly to accomodate this. The distortion effects however are second to none.

Easily depend on it. Dunno what i would do if it got stolen tho. Was in two minds wether to keep my previous ME unit as a backup but will probably sell now. Will deffo use it at next gig without backup. If it goes wrong then "these people are just gonn ahave to wait".

never had to deal with it. touch wood.

I play British based alternative rock mostly, and the sound is ample. I have been playing for 13 years and its gonna help alot. The tap tempo delay and hold delay are gonna come in useful because my old pedal didnt offer that. For the price it really is a godsend and you cant go wrong. The Boss G-6 is probably one step up, but for sheer quality as far as price goes its the best out there

This soundmachine is one of the best multiboards i've ever heard. It's very easy to use, cause all the potis and options are written on the board around the potis. While playing I use it in Individual mode, because I can chose reverb and modulation when I need it,

I use an Explorer made by my own which has two EMG Humbuckers (81'& 85'). My amp is the Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 Full stack with an Engl 520 preamp.I play full on with my effects and preamps.

I made many Gigs and Concerts with it and it never got 'Bums' or a bad sound.

If the Board gets destroyed I sure get it away to the customer to repair it. My whole sound bases on this board and my sound is needed for our songs. I didn't had contact with the firm, but I live just 50 kilometers from the factory base of H&K and I'm sure they are as nice as we all are in Germany.

I so ez, that my friend - super moron get's the idea. U don't even have to read the manual.

I have Jackson Dinky Reverse with DiMarzio Evolution PUs and Fender Deluxe 112+ combo. It doesn't have much noise- at least with my Evos. Acoustic simulation is weak, but i didn't tweak it completely. All the rest is very good. It sounds so natural!!! It's not a amplifier simulator, but it's more like a great stomp box sounding like amps. FX are very good. Vox wah is not in my type, but there are vox wah lovers out there. I rarely use the cab's simulator because of problems with dynamics on playing live.

It looks like a tank. But there's a little window- a soft plexi-like cover of the display.

I've never had to deal with them. My luck!!!

I play various styles, but mostly heavy progressive rock/metal. A mix of Van Halen, early Metallica, Pantera, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci/Dream Theater, Pink Floyd... u know what i mean.. It's incredible piece of useable equipment both for home practice/recording and for live gigs.

I have found it quite easy to tweak the parameters on this pedal and I just bought it. I didn't get a manual with it since I bought it used-everything seems to be laid out very efficiently.

First of all, I feel I need to say that YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD GUITAR TO GET GOOD GUITAR SOUNDS/EFFECTS!!! This unit sounded like crap going into a Fender Squire that I used at the shop...one trip downstairs to the Les Paul's took care of that! I currently own one guitar-a Gibson Les Paul. I love the acoustic guitar sound-if you tweak it correctly it doesn't just sound like compression but a true full body guitar. The distortions sound pretty good but need to be tweaked. I do like the wah wah only on my treble pick-up-the high's are unbearable for the rhythm pick-up. I am not using an amp!!! This is why I bought it. At church my Music leader uses a GT-5 straight into the p.a. and I wanted to be able to do that as well into a Roland MA-8 Monitor speaker-but recommend using a real amp-I don't want to buy one and I don't want to haul one around-it would probably scare my grandmother!

It seems pretty reliable. I hate the fact that you have to unplug the adapter everytime you want to turn it off. KORG DID YOU WANT US TO LEAVE IT ON ALL DAY???

Haven't had the privledge of running into trouble.

I like to play contemporary christian worship music like Tommy Walker, Hillsongs, Darrell Evans which encompasses a huge pallette of music like blues, rock, soft ballads. I don't believe this unit will give me insomnia keeping me up all nite playing it like Korg wants you to with the "NO OFF BUTTONS ALLOWED" , but I think that it can be used for live and recording purposes very well and has enough effects and amp simulations to keep a songwriter's dream alive.

Eh, it was annoying at first because i didnt know how to get out off all the presets. BUt once i actually read the manual, i firgured out how to put it on the individual mode, then it was a lot better. (very important to put it on individual mode)

I am running this with my Les paul custom behind a boss phaser and a distortion. MOst of the effects sounds really good except for the wah and the univibe. its even got a ring mod on it which was fun to use.

I would gig on it without a backup, it is housed in metal everywhere. I did break my korg power supply, never knew how it happened. I thought something was wrong with the board but it was just the power supply so i brought to my neighborhood friendly guitar center and bought a new one.

Haven't dealt with them

I think it is really great for people just starting to use effects, or for practice. I wouldnt recomend it for pros or advanced players though. Its got a sample aplay fuction where i can record a phrase and play it back repetetively, amazingly fun to improv with. BUt for people who want to get into effects i suggest you take your time and start collectiong single effect units, because i regret not doing that sometimes.

The design is very good, easy to tweak and lots of logically placed knobs and stuff. Very intuitive, a manual is hardly necesary.

I use this thing mainly for practising and homerecording, the cabinetmodelling comes in handy when homerecording without having expensive equipment. There are lots of distortion effects, although i only use between 2 and 3 and they are very good for playing metal and rock. It definately rocks all other multieffect processors i ever heard.

2 kinds of phasers, however i dont use the'm really,

I must say the talkbox and wahwah and ringmod wont impress anybody, so the builtin Pedal will be used for volume control mainly. The pitch shifter is NOT a smart pitch shifter.

However the main reason i bought it was for the good distortion, i dont have an amp yet, but I heard only good about using it with one

Now here this thing really impressed me. After a small gig i put it on a table that was very unstable. Our drummer accidently nudged and it smashed loudly on a stonefloor i was deadsure it was broke, however i plugged the power in and it worked totally unimpressed by its abuse. WOW !!!

never needed

I use this multi effect with my ESP Maverick for homerecording and practise.
But also used in on gigs, two of my guitarist friends bought it also and are happywith it.

I think its one step below professional equipment (tubeamp rack and so on)

Sorry...i can?t speak english very well, so there?s only a little translation in the end...

Prima di comprare questa pedaliera ero il felice possessore di una Boss GT3 (degli ignoti bastardi me l?hanno sufficientemente immediato da capire ma, per quello che serve, lo potete anche mettere in bagno e usarlo all?occorrenza rubata!ca##o!), che non era certo semplice da usare! Dopo tre anni qualche funzione mi era ancora ignota? La AX1500G, invece, dopo tre giorni non aveva piu segreti per me! Il manuale e come carta igienica: non ce n?e affatto bisogno! Se in vita vostra avete gia avuto a che fare con altri processori, tutte le regolazioni vi sembreranno facili e immediate: nessuna serie infinita di parametri da modificare, nessuna serie infinita di tastini da premere, nessuna serie infinita di effetti uno identico all?altro tra cui scegliere: solo 5 banchi con 5 tasti e 5 manopole?tath?s all folks! Non ho messo 10 perche, beh, c?e un?altra faccia della medaglia: per semplificare i comandi hanno dimenticato di mettere un interruttore on/off per spegnere l?unita (ma perche?!?), di mettere un tasto per passare dai preset agli user (bisogna premere due tastini insieme!) e, soprattutto, che gli costava aggiungere un pedale per scendere di banco? Per farlo bisogna premere due pedali insieme! Vabbe che e facile farlo, anche involontariamente (attenti!), perche i pedali sono piccoli e vicini. Certo, cosi si sono potute contenere le dimensioni e, presumibilmente, i costi, pero la praticita ne risente molto?Se non ci fossero questi difettucci altro che 10, questa pedaliera per la facilita d?uso meriterebbe 11!!!

Avete presente il detto ?Per un punto Martin perse la cappa?? Anche in questo caso questa pedaliera si meriterebbe il 10 se non fosse per un piccolo difetto...ma parliamo prima dei tanti pregi! Come ho gia detto ho posseduto a lungo una ben piu costosa (e blasonata) GT3: beh, le distorsioni di quest?ultima mi sembravano molto piu ?finte? e deboli rispetto a quelle della AX1500G, nonche piu rumorose. C?e da dire che quando avevo la GT3 ci suonavo con una Yamaha Pacifica 621, mentre adesso ho una ESP LTD M-252 con pickup Duncan Designed che suono con un ampli Marshall MG50DFx, ma questo non basta a giustificare la migliore impressione che mi fanno le distorsioni della Korg. Beh, parlavo di un difetto: certo, ci sono distorsioni ed altri effetti di qualita (a parte il wah che fa davvero pena e il pitch shifter che suona un po? finto), ma se ne puo utilizzare solo uno alla volta per ognuno dei 5 banchi. E che cacchio! E? vero che ad usare troppi effetti contemporaneamente spesso non si ottiene granche, se non un suono artefatto, pero vorrei essere libero di rovinare autonomamente e coscientemente i miei suoni quando lo voglio! Come se non bastasse, molti effetti ne escludono altri, cosi che a volte se ne possono usare solo quattro. Cmq se penso a quanto costa la Korg e quanto costava la GT3 mi dimentico di questi difetti?

Beh?solida e compatta, da usare anche come oggetto contundente se volete! Solo le manopole mi danno qualche perplessita, ma sara solo un?impressione

Mai avuto a che fare con la casa?Ho solo visitato il sito, dove si possono scaricare un po? di mp3 per sentire come suona prima di comprarla.

Suono da una decina d?anni, ho suonato diversi generi ma da un po? di tempo mi sono assestato su un noise rock, a volte tendente al progressive a volte piu tranquillo. Le uniche cose che mi mancano della GT3 sono il gran numero di parametri modificabili (ma questo puo essere anche un difetto perche va a scapito della semplicita d?uso) e l?assenza assoluta di ritardo quando si cambia patch? Ebbene si, forse l?unico difetto davvero fastidioso della AX1500G e un decimo di secondo di assenza di suono quando si cambia effetto. Magari qualcuno non se ne accorgera neanche ma per chi, come me, cambia piu volte suono durante l?esecuzione di un pezzo questa caratteristica puo risultare fastidiosa. Bisogna smettere di suonare un attimo prima, cambiare effetto, attendere un?altra frazione di secondo e poi riprendere a suonare. Ripeto, il tempo di ritardo e davvero minimo ma c?e, percio provatela attentamente prima di comprarla, e se questa caratteristica per voi e davvero importante pensateci bene. Per il resto, beh, la mia Korg batte la GT3 sotto tutti gli aspetti: e piccola, versatile, facile da usare e con dei suoni fantastici. In piu c?e anche una funzione che permette di registrare 8 secondi(forse un po? pochini) mentre si suona e mandarli in loop! Certo, non e semplicissimo creare un loop che vada a tempo ma io, dopo aver fatto un po? di pratica, riesco a farlo quasi sempre. Non e una funzione che puo essere utile a tutti pero, se suonate in un gruppo con una sola chitarra, basso e batteria, a volte puo essere comodo avere ?un?altra chitarra? a fare da sottofondo durante un solo. Oppure, piu semplicemente, potete usarla per fare pratica da soli (dal vivo puo essere rischioso se non si va tutti a tempo?).
Insomma?se volete un processore di qualita, cono ottimi suoni ma senza decine di effetti inutili, pratico da usare e con meno difetti di tanti altri, se non avete la pazienza di controllare decine di pile e cavi per decine di costosissimi pedali singoli (anche se sono sempre i migliori?), se non avete almeno 5-600euro per comprare una GT6 o qualcosa del genere che state aspettando? Correte a comprare una AX1500G!




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Now i have an AX1500G, but for 3 years i had a Boss GT3 (unfortunately was stolen), a great unit. I think AX1500G also could be great but there are a pair of little defects: 1-there are only 5 effect banks, so you can't use more than 5 effects at once (6 if you consider the "echo+reverb" effect). Moreover many effects (like wah pedal) exclude others effects of differents banks. This is not a big defect cause anyway you can find your right combination of sounds, but the GT3 was certainly better. 2-there is a little delay when you switch program... If you, like me, change a lot of programs when you play a song could be a little problem: be fast and careful! If we don?t consider these two things, the AX1500G could be a good choice: there are many quality distorsions (from tube overdrive to metal distortion), that you can combine with many cabinet simulations to obtain a wide range of sounds. Very interesting is the possibility of recording up to 8 seconds (more seconds could be not a bad idea...) with the Sample & Play function. So...if you don?t need a lot of effects that probably yuo?ll never use (i have used all the GT3?s effects, but i?m a special case...), if you can tolerate the little defects, if you can?t spend a lot of money to buy GT6 or similar, this unit is a valid alternative.

For my purposes this is THE best sounding and easiest to use multi-effects pedal on the market, and the price is great.

It may not the pedal of choice for the death metal crowd, but there are OD, 90s grunge and high gain options - Anyway - The presets are good and tweaking them to the desired sound is really easy and it works great - especially modeling the amp on top of the other variables. If you think you need to switch between AC30, BF, MESA variables and go from a nice LZ acoustic to Petty to grunge effect or driven LP sound - it's just great. And the effects have a rich uniform sound, the the digital mess you hear on Boss effects. If you like the idea but found Boss mFx, Zoom, etc. to be lacking - try this one.

I play modern rock, classics and some grunge & severe hi gain. I'm fussy about tone, play Fenders w/high end SC and HB pups on a JC120 or Riveras. This is the only pedal system I can use, it enhances not detracts from my sound. A good choice if your history is vintage pedals.

If you have used processors before you won't even need the manual. Its real easy to use and to edit. I won't give it a 10 because the foot pedals are way to close together and you have to really watch when you change patches

This is were the AX1500 shines. The distortions are amazing, more than 3/4 of them are usable. I play metal and there are 5 distoritons that are great for that. The wah is ok, but you can't adjust anything on it. All of the mod. effects are better than avrage.

made of metal so you guess

Its worth the money and its better than zoom gfx8 and others. It dosen't have as many hook up and junk the mess with but it sounds better than most

It's REALLY easy to use! But that's it....

I checked korg.com and i read about this effect... "Sounds like a legend" => Hetfield and Hammett like to switch between clean and dirty amp sounds. A/Channel, set to a classic clean compressor sound and B/Channel, set to a heavy metal distortion sound, will help you achieve the kind of sounds they do on songs like ?Enter Sandman? and ?Master of Puppets.?

And there was something about Dimebag darrel... I didn't get Hammet,or Dimebag sound on it! (i use line 6 amplifier) And you guys write here that this is really good effect,you can get really good rock/metal sounds on it.NO YOU CAN'T! And that so called "metal distorsion".. it's something horrible,like all others!!! Well,clean sounds are Ok,but heavy/metal players,DON'T BUY THIS EFFECT!!! Im very disanpointted to distorsions,and whole thing! Cabinet simulators you can forget... So,good thing about this are: Easy to use,clean sounds and you can BYPASS IT!!!! It really sucks!!!

I don't know... well,Sure i can,i won't use it!

I like to play heavy music,and this is not effect for it!
This is the WORST multieffect ever! DON'T BUY IT!

This is the easiest multi-effectunit I have ever used before.
Editing patches is very simple, for every effect you can tweak the same knobs, every time with another value. It includes a expression pedal too. But only usable for volume, the wah sucks big time!

I use a Ibanez Artcore AM73T, Patrick Eggle Berlin Plus, Epiphone Gibson '61 reissue SG through a Dunlop Hendrix Wah that runs through the Korg and than to my London City DEA130 MK5 with 4x Celestion Greenbacks. I do not use the clean effects nor do I use the speakersimulations (they suck!) If I play clean, I just bypass it.
I mostly use the Seattle distortion wich is the most usable.
Suckers who scoop their mids and create a puking Hewlett Packard like-sound won't like this distortion. If you dial in enough mid and bass to not disappear in the mix if you're playing with others and just dial in enough treble to not make you sound like a dying crow, than you're ready for action! The chorus effect is really good, it sounds really bright and clear. The Phaser and pitchshifter are also good, but I just don't use them, the more effects you use the worser your tone gets! The Plate & spring reverbs sound very naturel and useable, but the ping pong delay kicks it all it sounds just as good as my Boss DD-5. About the overdrives...The Tube OD is awsome! Great sustain
for a real bluesy sound, as far as the distortion goes, the Seattle and the Tube OD are the only two wich sound real good, the rest sucks BIG TIME!

It's pretty heavy, I think it's durable but they could've made the footswitches better. They should've made the switchers like the ones on my RAT (not beatable!)or like on the Marshall Shredmaster.
But I would definitly gig with it without back-up.

It will do any kind of metal, blues, rock or whatever you like.
You can also kill someone with it, if you throw it hard enough.
And that comes in handy sometime during a gig maybe!

Not to terribly hard to use you'll find yourself in individual mode most often since in Play Mode(user/preset patches) you cant toggle the effects on and off, which to me seems like a big drawback. And its really frustrating that you cant access the tuner in indiv. mode. This unit is very nice for silent practice with its headphone jack. And the patches are easily edited.

I have a Gibson LP and a Marshall AVT275 amp. There is only 3 drive amps that sound good US High Gain, Tube OD, CL Comp. The others just dont sound good, at least on my stuff. I am able to use the cabs on my amp with no problem(some had problems with this). The modulation effects are pretty decent, but the pedal effects that use the expression pedal are sad imho(the talk being the best), like others have said. I am satisfied with the ambience effects. One time I was picking up the radio with this thing, not good.

Cant really say only had this for 1 month but seems well built.

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There are some major drawbacks to this unit, but it is cheap and seems well made. I wouldn't suggest this for professional use but good enough for the garage bands.

This is about as easy to use an anything with this much capability. There are lots of knobs and dials to make adjustments more easily than with menus. You can use footswitches to selct patches or to turn effects on and off and and A/B channel switch lets you switch between clean and dirty, or acoustic and electric in the same patch.

Improvements would be a bank down switch (you have to press two switches at once) and a MIDI or USB connection to a computer to dump patches (although patch editing is easy). Bo on-off switch is a pain.

I use a lot of different guitars and small tube or solid state amps,I don't use a lot of effects, so I don't really know how good the emulations of various famous effects (Rat, Uni-Vibe, Mu-Tron, etc) are. The amp models are good. I like the ones in the Johnson J-Station slightly better, but I can pretty much get the types of sounds I use (usually overdriven or AC30 type sounds) oretty easily. It also handles high gain quite well, A lot of the presets have heavier distortions. One big mistake which Korg always makes is to trrat compression as am amp model rather than as an effect, so it is rarely available, I like the tremolo and the auto-wah, which are the effects I use most often, and I like having the ring modularor around to make weird noises. The acoustic simulator is good enough to save carrying an extra guitar for one "acoustic" song in an otherwise electric set.

Very sturdy metal construction. The knobs might be the only weak poing.

Pretty good web site. I downloaded the manual before buying it. There are some patches available on the Internet, but not nearly as many as for some other boxes.

Some have compared this to the Boss GT series. I have owned a GT-3, and, while the Boss has a lot more features, I actually find the AX1500G more useful for live use. The A/B channel switch means that you can BOTH change from a lead to rhythm sound within a song AND turn effects on and off, not one or the other. Very useful.

What it needs - an on/off switch, and compression separate from amp modeling. A computer connection would be nice. I assume that the recent price drop means that there's a new model coming.

The two biggest differences between this unit and the Boss GT-6 have got to be 1) the Korg ax1500g is much easier to use, 2) Korg effects are cleaner than Boss effects. I'll admit to be overwhelmed by the GT-6, I was always tweaking those menus and hated all those little buttons, rotary dial, and endless banks of effects that sounded the same. I'm sure those who are really into all the parameters & tweaks available in the GT-6 love them - but not me. The Korg uses some digital menus, some chicken head switches. Overall, it's far more intuitive for me.

Sound is a matter of taste, and I like the airiness and absence of digital decay of the Korg equipment. I'm playing Gibsons & Fenders, everything but shred. You'll find useable presets out of the box and tweaking is pretty easy. The Korg unit isn't quite as distortion-option crazy as the Boss unit. Simply, the Korg effects sound better to me. With the GT-6, I never seemed entirely satisfied after investing a lot of time, and I could hear a phony sounding digital signature in almost every preset I came up with. With both, the better amp choice has been a bigger 100w tube rig, they don't sound very impressive through a practice rig/small venue rig. The GT-6 was particularly bad through SS amps. I haven't had a hiss problem with either unit. Overall, not a match with all rigs and all venues.

Always have had great luck with Korg stuff.

These days the ax1500g is a great value. I'm off pedals and don't think I've lost much. I was incompatible with the GT-6 and it put me off mFx units for a year or so. If you fear the digital sound and hours spent tweaking I'll suggest you take a look & listen at Korg's unit before you jump into something else.

It only took a few minutes to figure out how to tweak the FX, because of the unit's knob based interface and well lit descriptive LCD screen. Compared to some of the Digitech unit's hierogliphics, the AX1500 is a joy to operate.

I play a Fender Texas Fat Strat w/ a duncan in the bridge and a Gibson Les Paul.
I've been using the AX1500 in 2 applications: First for my live rig into a Marshall AVT50 (I run the clean channel with a tad of break up, just like a plexi). Second I tweaked a couple banks for direct recording, this also ends up being my favorite way to practice.
The AX1500 has a nice variety of effects I've found fat smooth distortions with the Brit Stack, molten-magma w/ Metal Dist and the Classic Comp cleans up my amp and makes the notes blossom or not. The Top Boost OD is the bread and butter of my direct application. The modulation effects sound true to the originals my faves Mod Delay, Chorus, Flange, Filtron, U-Vibe and Talk. I don't have a talent for the Ring Mod, but it sounds like a decent quality FX.
I have an original band that plays sort of a Charlie Hunter, Little Feat, ZZ Top meets Joe Satrianni type vibe, then I play in a classic rock cover band and do pick up gigs. I like Foo Fighters, Audioslave and Santana.

Nothing's going to go wrong with this, metal chasis and a nice tight feel, well engineered.

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I've had real good luck with this unit. I love gear but lack the time and discipline to haul 3 cabs, rack, heads, pedal board and midi controller. This is a fine proccessor, Korg makes good stuff. I tried out Digitech's RP & GNX series (no soul, very grainy sound), Boss' GT-6 (ok, but excessive bulk, harder to operate and more $).
I wish it had 10 F/S buttons... but I like it's size.
I wish there was a port to back up program data... but I like it's price.
I hope it doesn't get stolen.
The great thing about a proccessor like this is an introduction to effects I've never played before, very nice to keep your playing fresh and vital.

Esta peque?a se puede controlar a la perfeccion en dia de dedicacion. Encontrar sonidos a tu gusto no es dificil, mas luego siempre los puedes ir puliendo.
El manual que lleva adjunto esta bien, es escueto y no se anda por las ramas, aunque apendas lo he mirado :P

Uso este Korg en un AVT100 y realmente la combinacion del canal limpio del ampli junto con las posibilidades de la pedalera me han dado exquisitos resultados: desde Santana y Dire Straits hasta Malmsteen, pasando por los clasicos sonidos como Led Zeppelin.
La variedad de combinaciones que aporta tambien es un buen punto, pero creo que en lo que se refiere a los echos les falta mas cuerpo [yo lo que hago es sumarle el echo de mi ampli, es ahi cuando cuando los bendings ponen los pelos de punta ;)]
Aun asi esta pedalera se merece un 10, por su calidad-precio.

Le deje la pedalera hace poco a un amigo y, sinceramente, la heche muuucho de menos. Siempre la conecto; excepto si lo que quiero es algun acustico o distorsionado mas clasico, a veces disfruto de la saturacion de mi ampli.

Despues de dos a?os usandola no he tenido ningun problema aun.

Llevo 4 a?os tocando heavymetal y rock, y relmente esta pieza me va como anillo al dedo, si le pasara algo la volveria a comprar sin dudarlo.

El unico problema en su dise?o es el modo para bajar el nivel en los efectos (al pulsar dos botones simultaneamente), a veces no acierto bien :P, pero no es ningun problema que crea merezca reducir puntos.

Los efectos que vienen ya progrmados son (en mi opinion) bastante penosos, no aprovechan ni el 50% de lo que puede llegar a dar.

Si alguien tiene problemas al configurarla y quiere Buenos ejemplos enviadme un mail sin compromiso.

Recomiendo esta pedalera a todo el que quiera una buena maquina y no quiera gastarse varias mensualidades. Aseguro que no decepciona.

I selettori e i comandi permettono una rapida modifica dei paramentri anche se e necessario passare diverso tempo a comprendere l'influenza di ogni singolo effetto o parametro.
Il manuale, troppo sintetico, non aiuta granche

Provata sia su impianto voce che connesso ad un Ampli Fender DeLuxe 85: in entrambi i casi se la cava molto bene, ma nel secondo caso e (ovviamente) meglio limitare od escludere l'intervento dell'ampli-simulator

In se e affidabile, basta che proprio sul piu bello non capiti di premere due pedali contemporaneamente... (piuttosto facile)

Non saprei...

Piu adatta al rock e (purtroppo) molto meno al blues o al jazz e comunque un ottimo strumento semi-professionale, ben realizzato e curato nei particolari. Finalmente mi ha permesso di buttar via un vecchio Zoom 2020 che in confronto era molto piu freddo e zanzaroso con percettibili e fastidiosi "errori" digitali

Very easy to use. It's based on analog-style user interface so no more scrolling to different menus when your editing. Manual is also useful when you want to know the effects more clearly.

I use it with my fender with a dimarzio breed in neck and seymour duncan dimebucker in bridge stock single coil in middle very good combination by the way!! Sometimes i hear a little noise but maybe it's from the stock pickup but it's ok coz i play pretty loud i need some ambience of noise to keep it pretty real. I use it with my Evans L-2 musical amp with 10 inch speaker very loud! The distortions and drives are all in here. pretty much on the rock/metal side, i dont use overdrives that much but it's pretty useful at bluesy stuffs. Effects are useful but limited in a way that some of them arent in the right blocks like tap delay and hold delay in the pedal section..etc But still the best out there, i compared it to GT-6 and boss is too much for me, its too complicated in a way you have to edit many things eventhough it has ez edit i think it pretty much sucks coz you to dial many things to get things right and it doesnt have two channel preamp so eventhough you have lots of choices of pretty good amp models you cant choose two channels so it sucks not like the digitech gnx2 that i also tried, that thing is second to this unit but the programability of that is also quite complicated but helpful in a way. So, i'll stick with my AX1500G it's like in betwwen BOSS and DIGITECH not compared to ZOOM their products are cheap so buying that will be the worst you could have done.

Hell yeah its reliable!! metal construction!

Nope haven't tried it yet..

I play mostly progressive stuffs like dream theater and tool all the way to Joe Satriani and sometimes Yngwie and Vai stuff. This can handle all types of stuff pretty-well as long as your in rock/metal stuff. If you want the sound and programmability of analog units this is what your looking for. It beats the hell out of the GT-6 and GNX's user interface and looks!

I learned basic operation while testing it in the store...learned tweaking, saving, etc. within 15 mins. of using it at home.

Much easier than any other multi-effects pedal I've tried using.

The effects are good, and very useful, pretty easy to tweak (would be better if I knew what I was doing with their settings, but I suppose I'll get it over time)...even formerly useless things like the "Ring Modulator" are made better by being able to use the Expression pedal with it.

Distortions are so/so...but I havent devoted much time to tweaking them, so I think there may be some hope. Right now, at the factory settings, some of them seem simply too fake or brittle to be realistic (MOST especially the "Seattle" setting). Turning the gain down helps this on some distortions though.

I started out playing this through a stereo (out of curiousity...) and the cab simulators didnt make it sound particularly good, as it was supposed to in this situation, but I haven't tried tweaking those either. I usually just keep it off.

Acoustic simulator at best sounds like miking an unplugged electric guitar. Ive heard better on the Zoom 505...but it makes a decent alternative to the Comp setting as far as clean channels go. I don't think any other clean models would be necessary.

Sample and play functions are useless (at least to me). Would've been better off putting something ridiculous like a Sitar sim in it's place. Also, the pitch bend makes the guitar sound completely digital, and always reminds me of the organ at the beginning of "Centerfold." That isn't a good thing.

Only several of the presets are useful...most will just find you saying "wow, that's pretty cool, but how the hell will I ever use that?" and then writing your own patch over it.

Seems dependable...heavy, metal, solid construction overall...no batteries to dick around with...I'd say it's gonna stick around awhile.

Never dealt with them, seeing as I've only had it for a short time.

This pedal seems to be well worth what I paid. I dont find myself completely screwing around with tons of effects and the settings, I actually find myself playing songs (unlike when using other multi-fx devices). I needed something to rekindle a waning interest in guitar, and this seems to have done it.

I cover a lot of ground in what I play...this seems to have the bases covered, and what this doesn't cover, my amp gain will (so Im not concerned).

Too early to tell what I'd do (short of beat the thief up) if it were stolen.

I shopped around a bit but didn't really play much else. I tested this several times, and, coupled with nothing but an amazing amount of positive reviews, decided to buy it.

I use it in "individual" mode more than "patch" mode. Patch mode is very limited in what it could do (you can have two channels, but effects apply to both) whereas you can turn things on and off in individual mode. Granted, none of your settings will be saved, but you can save them in a patch I suppose.

Speaking of patches, I dont know where the 48 user slots are. I read the manual, and it mentioned it, but never actually said what they were. I'd like to save some patches, but right now I can only overwrite. I am a newbie with this though, so it'll probably show up over time.

Overall, a very useful (rare for something of this nature) pedal that has helped me gain interest in guitar again. Easy to learn, and even easier to get a good sound if you know your way around effects...very price effective as well, and worth the countless stompboxes it would take to equal its models.

Even I can use it = very easy :-)

I like it is almost all in knobs and logical.

Well, I have some top units like VG-88v2 or G-major and these perhaps sound slightly better BUT are les friendly to your all tube amp, less user friendly, and more expensive.

As a multi-effects box-in-front-of-your-tube-amp this is THE choice that I use when I am laizy to carry my Valvulator and all the boutique pedals like Fulldrive II and H2O etc ...

For ecording there are better choices but I chose this for stage and live gigs and the sound is just great and I can easily get what I need; on top you have these two distortion options per patch and even BYPASS - just perfect for my jazz shows ...

I bought mine used but no problem

Don't know.

I play guitar since 1960 i.e. BEFORE the Beatles, Stones, Clapton, Hendrix or Led Zeppelin ... and I have some top gear including the Roland VG-88v2 and some exquisite tube amps ...

I am very happy with 1500G and have sold my POD2.3, J-station, my DG-stomp ... as it gives me quite a range of useful tones in a portable package so I can use it as in my band's jazz gigs.

I easily get my 4 main sounds: clean jazz, crunchy emotional blues, overdriven singing lead and funky silky rhythms ...

Metal patches are useless for me, but most others with reduced presence and treble are quite usable with my top guitars ...

I doubt that ME-50 is better or friendlier, namely 1500G has everything you can possibly want - for live stage work.

(I do NOT use my VG-88 on stage as it's too complex!)

I've owned this unit for 3 weeks now, and find it really easy to get good sounds. Owned a Digitech RP-1 before (scroll buttons, endless menus's and not satisfied with the sound), but like the Korg 10 times better. Also used to have a load of stompboxes, the Korg operates very similarly.

I use the Korg with Fender Strats (1x USA std ('89), 1xJapanese '72 reissue ('86)) and Epiphone LP Std + Mesa Boogie DC-5 combo. Sounds brilliant (turn off speaker/cab simulator when use with amp). Owned a Dunlop Rotovibe and JH Wah, and find the Korg versions reasonable.

Love playing it with headphones, especially with the speaker/cabinet simulator.

Looks very solid and dependable. Carefull with heavy shoes though, think the knobs might not be as solid as the rest of the unit.

Never dealt with them (touch wood)

I like to play as many styles as possible (my own style ;-) ) Have been playing for 15 years and chose the Korg over Boss and Digitech. Very pleased with choice, only wish it had a simple drum machine (like the Digitech).

I've own this quite long, so I think it's time to share my opinion.
This unit is very easy to use and it sounds great too!
You can connect it to an audio amplifier, guitar amp or other...
Here's a little advise: NEVER USE THE CABINETSIMULATION DURING USE WITH A GUITAR AMP! If you do you'll probably think you bought a HP printer. The sound gets digital and fake.
Although it sounds pretty good on other kinds of amps.

OK, I use a Patrick Eggle Berlin (yeah, that's a real guitar, no crappy shit like Ibanez) into a jimi hendrix wah, into the AX1500, into a London City DEA130 (that's real POWER!)with 4 Celestion Greenback speakers. Now, listen at first I thought this unit only sounds great on smaller guitar amps. Like I said, when you turn the cabinetsimulation off, it's another story. I normally swear at all tube sounds, but I use this unit only for high gain distortion and lead sounds and for clean chorus sounds. I practically only use the ping pong delays (FANTASTIC), the chorus, reverbs, distortion and the expression pedal for volume (don't ever use it's wah because it sucks! get a real wah!)Well some say you can always hear it's digital.
There're probably right but not on this one! If you use an all tube guitar amp, your sounds goes through enough tubes to get it sound real. Don not use the overdrives because they suck too. If you want a good overdrive, buy a RAT. the noise reduction is useable but at high settings it cuts your tone dramatically, so if your amp squeals like a pig it's probably your crappy guitar.

it made of metal, no plastic Zoom-like crap.
very reliable.

Well, its a fantastic unit for poor people like me. But if you have the money, I suggest you buy TC Electronic effectunits. There exists no better.

It's amazingly easy to get a great sound! It comes with 48 presets I think? And you can download lists of the internet to easily edit patches and get the sound you like. There is a manual and it's very helpful. Overall very easy to use

The sound is amazing! I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus a Fender Princeton 112 and this pedal and I get an amazing sound. The distortions are amazing, I'm very pleased. It is a tab noisy but I think it's more so my amp than the guitar.

I can definitely depend on this thing, never had a problem with it ever.. and I would do a gig without a backup,

Never dealt with customer support, never had to. However, their website is very helpful and easy to access.

I love it. I can't say anything above it. I played the Boss GT-6 and infact I enjoy this pedal much more. I just found the GT-6 overbearing in size and capacity.

Hey there, well, I got my AX1500G about two weeks ago, and I thing I am able to write a full review of it by now.

As previously stated, one of the best features of the AX1500G is the easy of use. Everything is placed where you expect it to be, its so logical that after a while, you just automatically head to the specific knob / value you need to adjust almost not thinking about it.

I've always been a stompbox kind of guy, so to me this was a big change. My previous FX setup was rather simple, a Jim Dunlop Wah, an Ibanez TK999 "Tube King", Ibanez TS9 and Boss DD3 Digital Delay. I was a bit worried about the overwhelming possibilities of a pedalboard because I hate being stuck 2 hours fine tuning my sound.

The reason why I "switched" to a pedalboard is because I needed flexibility. Just thinking of setting all my effects chain, checking batteries and stuff was enough for not to even start playing. Also, in terms of value, I've been lacking some effects I really want for ages, so this was the best way to get a good "package" including reverbs, tremolo, chorus, etc.

Small amount of parameters to adjust (depending the effect you are adjusting) help dialing patches in to be a breeze, while the responsiveness of them make up for the seemingly lack of editing options.

The manual was of good use for me, a rookie when it comes to pedalboards.

Im playing a Fender Telecaster (stock neck PU, and SD Vintage Stack bridge PU) through the AX1500G, to a Blackface Fender Bandmaster (circa '64).

FXs bypassed, the sound seems pretty the same as when pluggin it directly. No additional hum here or perceivable sound degradation.

The "Drive" and "Cabinet" blocks help you shape your starting sound, ranging from an acoustic simulator to VERY high gain settings. First thing that impressed me about this unit was this, the versatility and number of "hot spots" when going from clean to high gain settings. There are a LOT of well known artits in here, are very usable distortions from a slightly compressed sound (pseudo realistic tube rendering) to a nice heavy Mesa Boogie sound, with some raw rock in the middle.

Despite what other users say, Im quite please with the Vox Wah... it doesn't have my Crybaby's feel, but it does the job. I was able to play Joe Satriani's "Love Thing" with a really decent sounding patch.

I dont use cabinets much, but they will be useful when recording with my PC. I've tried this using Sonic Foundry's Vegas 4.0 (plugin the guitar to the AX1500G and the pedalboard directly to the PC) and the results where quite amazing and real fast to achieve.

The effects are good overall, the ones I liked the most are the chorus the "textrem" (tremolo), and the reverbs and plates.

One thing I dislike some (being the "old electronics lover" I am, is that sometimes, you can almost hear the bits and bytes sounding out from the speakers when you pluck a note and mute the guitar after it. It doesn't happen with every effect, or in every situation. Its just a random thing that seems to produce a very odd, metallic kind of trail.

Watch it on hi-gain settings without a humbucker pickup too! It can get really noisy, and even though the noise reduction levels work wonders, they can really cut your tone (I try to avoid em).

All in all, and for 249 USD, its way more than I even expected. For the price I would get 2 stompboxes, I now have a full set of more than decent sounding reverbs, delays, choruses, tremolo, flanger, unlimited distortion/overdrive possibilities, etc...

In fact, Im thinking of getting rid of 80% of the stompboxes I used to use, since I dont really need em now. I might even get those 250 USD back with that :o)

It seems really reliable. First of all, its fully digital so no moving parts, servos and stuff. Only the switches and knobs seem a bit fragile. If any, Im a bit concerned on the digital knobs... if something hitted them strongly enough I don't know how well they could handle it.

The units metal case make it really heavy for the size which I kinda like. The less plastic, the better.

Yet, its still too early to provide comments about this point

Haven't deal with KORG at all, except for using their manual and their website for infos.

I remember when I started playing and saw some entry pedalboards friend bought (Digitechs and Bosses), they sounded so digital, they ruined my blackface sound printing their own sound signatures to it. Distortions were crappy as hell, and not to mention wahs...

I play mostly pop rock, but like a different array of musicians from diverse styles. Satriani, King Crimson, pearl jam, blind melon, alice in chains, U2, Coldplay, Brad, Piazzolla, etc...

I've been playing for 8 years and during the las 6 I've been hunting down as much equipment as my wallet could afford (which is not really much). I own 3 amps (Fender Bandmaster with 2x12 cab, Laney AC30, Peavey Rage 158), a Fender American Standard Telecaster and various distortion stompboxes, vintage MXR compressor, Boss DD3 delay and JD Wah wah. Overall, my new aquisition is the best "bang-for-the-buck" item Ive bought, so Im really happy with it.

Its very simple yet powerful tool, and thats just what I was looking for. I bet the BOSS GT6 must be better, but I really needed to keep it simple. The more I've complicated myself within this last years in terms of my rig, the less I've wanted to actually play my guitar.

It is very simple to use and for a first timer like me when its coming to multi effect pedals its very simple. You can easlily modify and create your own patches on their with ease.This can all simply be done with not one look in the manual.

I usually use the AX1500G with a fender USA startocaster and a 100watt fender frontman amp and the sound quality is superb. I wasn't very impressed with the VOX wah but hey i didn't expect a great wah on it anyway. I usually go for a nirvana sound on my AX1500G and i can get it easily. the unit is capable of gettin basically ranging from acoustic to hardcore metal. the metal effect is great

it is very durable (mines has survived several drops). I wouldn't trust the DC adaptor that is with it though, mine broke after its first fall from about 1m off the ground and i have had to replace it. I would use at a gig without backup but i would always make sure that i have a spare adaptor just incase

Never had to contact them

I am very pleased with the KORG AX1500G unit, but i do wish you would be able to use a VOX wah in cponjuction with a volume pedal.

it's very easy to get good sound of it just select the drive-amp model
and tweek the knobs its there

im using torgue 100watt amp and jackson ps-7 guitar and it sound great
i mainly use the metal distortion cause its so amazing

i think its great but not in live use it is just good for practising at home. theres a little dropout when change patches thats why its bad for live use and you cant use the effects simultaneously like when use wah you cant you volume pedal or something effect on the modulation in the same time as wah thats kinda bad. but its great machine

i have no trouble getting pretty much whatever sound i want out of this thing in only a couple of minutes. i never even looked at the manual- its all pretty obvious

i use a squier strat, and a shitty 15watt drive amp, and it can make even that crap setup sound pretty darn good.
i play anything from punk to metal, and i love the distortion and cabinet models on this. i have got some awesome user patches for metallica, NOFX, mudvayne, tool- though the presets are aweful.
if your playing on high distortion there can be some feedback, but not a significant amount.
ive never had a wah pedal before, so this one (at least to me) doesn't seem all that bad- you can kind of fudge your way through stuff.
not a big fan of the octaver or the filtron- what the hell do you use them for? but i dont use em, so they dont bother me.

the thing is pretty solid- though the twidly nob bits can just come right off, so your stuffed if that happens.
my friend spilt beer all over it about two days after i got it. then he dropped it down some stairs. and it still sounds mad. its tough.

iono

as i said, i play punk, rock and metal and it all sounds good on this thing. ive been teaching myself guitar for about a year now, and this latest addition to my setup is indespensable- you have no idea how much better it sounds than just amp distortion. If it were stolen i would hunt the fucker down and stab him in the eye with my whammy bar until it made its way into his frontal lobe, dropping the thieving prick dead.
I never actually played on the much acclaimed GT6 as it was far to expensive for me ( i think it was somewhere in the market of $1400) so i cant compare the two, but this shits all over the Zoom 707II hard.
thats about it

This is probably the product's greatest technical strength compared to its closest challengers. Once you know what kind of sound you are after, you can easily get it ouf the Korg unit in a minute or two -- literally. For example, yesterday I wanted a very close approximation of the rhythm guitar sound on Metallica's Master of Puppets album: it took me less than a minute to produce it. (So of course it was not *exactly* the same, but it was definitely close enough to fool most people.)

I have one complaint, though. Because there is no proper panel lighting, the unit is somewhat awkward to operate when there is not enough light to see the texts.

And this is where the unit is at a disadvantage compared to its challengers. It can be somewhat noisy with some distortion settings, but that is really a minor issue -- unless you like to loop it with other effects (compressor, EQ, etc.) as I do. In that case you will probably HAVE to use a noise gate.

The various distorted sound + cabinet combinations are a heaven for someone who likes to play metal. You can get practically any metal sound from old school metal to thrash to power metal to nu-metal. So far so good.

However, you should be aware that there are certain hard restrictions on what effects go with which effects and can be used together. For example, if to activate the wah effect, you have to sacrifice all modulation effects (such as Flanger, Chorus, Phaser). Also, only one effect from a given block can be used simultaneously (no Flanger+Phaser combo, or Distortion+Compressor combo). For some guitarists (who would rather freely choose which effect combinations to use) this will be a significant issue.

You should also be aware that some of the effects are not quite top-notch quality. So maybe I was not expecting a cry-baby wah in a budget unit such as this, but I must say that the vox wah of this unit is next to useless. The traveller wah is better but still rather artificial-sounding. Then there are effects that are let down by insufficient controls (the vox wah of AX1500G, by the way, has NO user-modifiable parameters) -- which prevents you from utilising them to full extent.

Without the afore-mentioned restrictions, AX1500G would have been highly competitive even against the more pro-level effects processors. As for the quality of its sound, it does sound a bit "produced", but is not significantly worse in this respect than most other units.

I have used the unit with various Fender and Ibanez strato models, w/ tube and solid-state Marshall amps.

No malfunctions yet, and the design seems very sturdy.

I once accidentally dropped the unit from a considerable height (enough to shatter a normal unit), but showed absolutely no signs of any damage.

I am, however, slightly suspicious about the durability of the plastic program switching pedals.

Haven't had to contact them yet.

All in all, I would consider this a "bang-for-the-buck" product. Sure, head-to-head Boss GT6 outperforms this unit in almost any area; but a brand-new GT6 would have cost me almost twice as much as this unit. The inexpensive price and the ease-of-use are the greatest advantages of the unit; the lack of versatility and customizability its greatest disadvantage. At its current price, the unit gives you dozens more effects than you would get by buying the effects (or just half of them) separately -- even if you limit your evaluation only to the really useful effects. And even the "useless" effects (such as the much-maligned Ring Mod) can be useful for unusual and creative fills.

If I lost this unit, I would probably buy a new one. Or, if I had the extra ??? (that I currently don't), I would probably give GT6 a go.

I play anything from blues to metal; I also play in a (classical) symphony orchestra. I have been playing the guitar since 1985.

Editing is very easy; about the good sound,... hm, I wonder if the Boss GT-6 sounds more over AX1500G. I don't think so...
If it's not i'm very pleased with this !

Distortions are very good. I don't have much experience, but i think that more then that it isn't possible only on rack processors. Clean sounds are limitated. Maybe another clean drive-amp was perfect.
Special effects are very good. I use it with a Peavey SOLO (15w) and with a Fender copy.

I can depend on it ! I use it on a gig without backup !

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I don't have much expierence but in my opinion it sounds great !

If you've owned or used a Korg Pandora this piece of kit will be relatively easy to come to terms with as it's almost like a big brother.
Getting a wide variety of preset sounds out of the system is very simple. Just plug in and stomp on the bank/channel switches.
Storing your own patches is an easy process. Writing the patches is not complicated, it simply requires an eye/ear for detail and a degree of thoroughness. Whilst the manual is pretty comprehensive, it would have been a much more useful support for writing new patches if the numeric parameters of the pre-sets had been included, and not just the type of effect used (the AG100x had this). On the ergonomic side, a little more room between stomp buttons would be appreciated (on a dazrk stage it can sometimes be a bit of hit and miss if you're not careful)
A little more travel on the pedal would make the unit better for fully controlled violining effects.
The only negative comment is that a large number of the presets are distorted rock sounds - A bit more thought could have produced a wider range of presets.

My primary amp is a Laney 50W Linebacker, fine for small halls and clubs. My 1962 Gibson ES175D is used for jazz (12 to 52, wound G). The variety of warm sounds available pleases me.The opportunity to radically switch sounds can produce some interesting surprises at times.
My Charvel 4 carries 10-48 strings (wound G again). Used primarily for rock, fusion or pop. The combination of active electronics on the guitar, plus the wide effects range has allowed me to mimic in a very reliable way a whole range of familiar and recognisable sounds. The only weak sound effect for me is the "acoustic" simulator, but my Martin JM solves that problem.
Overall, a good range of sounds and not too much noise (what do you expect for 300 dollars?).

It's certainly a solid unit, well constructed and looks as though it will survive the test of time. The chicken-head plastic buttons are the only area of doubt, though since I've only had it 2 weeks it is too early to say.

No contacts

Given the wide variety of styles I play (Jazz standards, fusion, folk, rock, pop ....) the tool is a godsend. It saves me having a whole range of stomp effects in series. In terms of cost, it is the only outstanding product in the price range (Boss is good but more expensive). I would definitely buy another one if it were stolen or lost. A great extra, would be some type of interface to a pc (or handheld) - maybe a USB port- that could be used to cross-load patches without having to spend several minutes doing it by hand.

I got it humming the moment I got home after buying it, thats how easy it was to use it. Not much fiddling of menus needed, everything is just a turn of a knob or series of knobs. I have done only a few patches at this time as the effects "out of the box" sounds great for me, but im so excited at the possibilities this effects machine can do.

Manual? Who uses the manual?? ;)

Now how could I make the phrase trainer work, hmmm.. kidding!

Guitars: Fender strat(Japan), Ibanez JS1000
Amp: 50w Crate something
Done are my days of experimenting with stompboxes and effect processors, its all I need(at this time at least). Whether direct thru a PA or an AMP, just adjust the cabs/amp sims knobs and you're set.
Fave artists: Vai, Satriani, Petrucci, Gilbert, E.Johnson ... and ME!
Will I ever come close to their sound? Close but not quite, Im trying my best to get the Eric Johhson sound, but I think its almost unattainable...

Well I could get in a brawl, smash this on the other guy's skull and still use it for gigging the following day. But seriously, I think its reliable, far reliable than the plastic Zooms. A backup? Usually the power adapter or the guitar cables are the culprit...I havent had any experiences where the processor itself didnt work. If its noise, its the cable or the cable jacks, trust me!

Not applicable to me..but if their customer support is reading this: MAKE THE MANUAL MORE ENTICING TO READ GUYS! I DONT EVEN WANNA OPEN THAT THING, MUCH THAT I WOULD READ IT. It looks like its printed using 20 A4's folded in the middle and stapled together and they call it a manual.

I was into Metallica/Megadeth/Slayer on my younger years, but now shifted into rock guitar instrumentals, and yes its a good match alright. I have been playing for over 10 years now. As for gears, I still have some stompboxes left and an old Zoom3030. I cant remember the others I used to have, its either I sold them, gave them away or just simply thrash 'em.
If it was stolen, will I buy it again?Depends on how much money I have on the time it is stolen, the POD's and footswitch and GNX3/footswitch/Smartmedia card costs too much at this time and I'd still opt to buy another AX1500G.
Wishlist:
1) More time to record tracks(at least 20 secs), but probably would entail smartmedia cards too :(
2) more connections to other devices(i.e. midi, PC USB, optical cable connection)
If it had these two features plus the reasonable price, who needs PODs and GNX's? But oeverall, its a great product.

I was looking for a unit that, firstly, would provide totally clean unaltered guitar signal to my already good sounding amps, voiced for the front end of a guitar amp, not a mixer.
The editing had to be easy- editing with a band or an audience waiting while you tweak something that just HAS to be fixed is always a drag. Stomp boxes with upfront knobs rule in this category.

This unit is reasonable, intuitive and gives quick access to the most important parameters. It does not permit the micro-editing you find in some rack-mount gear. I have an ART SGX 2000 preamp from a few years ago that was supposed to be my tone salvation but it is just too complicated for a casual player like me. 14 push-buttons and 2 pedals on the foot controller 10 knobs, 18 buttons and 2 sliders on the front plus the back panel etc. to set up gives me option overload. That has become a studio device which is quite good for direct recording and I can tweak it siting down.

The distortions must be full range and as fizz-free as possible.

The modulation effects need only be OK and non-intrusive for my more classic-rock tastes.

It loses acouple of points due to limited EQ-the cab swapping readjustmnet, amp swap- readjust makes fine tuning hard.

First, clean sounds are good. I cannot hear any tonal alteration in my guitar signal if I carefully choose and set up my patch unless I program it in. A couple of the factory patches are quite clean in this respect. I absolutely do not understand the criticism of the Korg for poor clean sounds IF your amp is good; try the Summer patch and work from there.
If you don't like your clean amp sound to start with you may not be able to fix it with the Korg, though, because the EQ is rather restricted and the amp simulation direct to mixer are OK after tweaking but lack something. The spkr sims must be used in all modes to achieve a wider range of tonal alteration.

Noisy? Not bad, but it really does hiss all the time. Not enough to force me to use the noise gate because I just don't trust gates to not cut more than noise, so I put up with it.

Distortions can be quite neutral and the transition from clean to is dirty better that most stompboxes and some real amps. I can pretty well clone my TS10 plus add to its range and EQ. Cool. This is why I use one of these things.

There is also a variety of other distortion tones that are a bit buzzy for me but some of them seem to be based on a similar basic sound with a different gain level and EQ curve added in. You can then alter the gain and EQ with the amp and speaker controls to produce some sounds that you may like. My dream lead tone, smooth and sustainy, full but articulate (think David Lindley's lap steel in Running On Empty) is NOT here. I also still use my TS10 into the Korg for quick boosts and it sounds pretty good into lightly distorted settings.
The chorus is good, rvb is OK ( metallic tails), the volume pedal is transparent-sounding but short on throw.
The wah is near useless- hyperactive with a big sonic spike in the middle of the range - no adjustment-disappointing.
The compessor is not adjustable and fortunately does nothing at the minimal setting 'cause it is too poppy as you turn it up.
The other effects don't much matter to me.

I had a good chance to compare this, though not A/B, with a Digitech RP14d and rejected the RP on the basis of its distortions. On the RP the clean models will not distort and the dirty models will not clean up. Furthermore, their stack models sound like a wet blanket is over your amp. However, the player interface is terrific on that unit i.e. more buttons and set up like a series of stompboxes plus global volume and presence knobs.

Also, the Korg distorts more smoothly than a DG Stomp.

Compared to the AX1000g- different button layout is slightly less versatile, more importantly, the clean sounds on the older unit I tried were of too low a level to meet my requirements of transparency. The compressor was non-defeatable, if engaged at all, and always colored the guitar signal attack. Off, the level was too low; I could not find a perfect bypass sound. The distortions may have been a little more compressed and a little less fuzzy (both are good things to me). These products are similar but not sonically interchangeable.

At near twice the price around here, the Boss gt6 was not considered.

Inside the nice metal casing is average but OK components, the switch butons on the PCB are mighty dinky so don't jump on it. There's some sort of recessed trimmer pot accessible through the back panel. Korg did not respond to my email about its function.

Am planning to use for gigging, only for band practice so far. The band is slowly developing-sure is hard to get 4 people to the same place at the same time. The sounds do cut through the mix BTW.

Low expectations have been met. A 10?
Really this is a cheap consumer electronics item.

Overall sound quality is good, maybe not as good as carefully chosen stompers but way more versatile. I'd like to compare it to some of the revered booteeky boxes cause I think the prices of a lot of stuff has become too high and this unit offers huge bang for the buck. (HOW does a fuzzbox warrant a $300+ price tag when a pretty good little amp with distortion is available for less?????)

I've dabbled in guitar and band stuff for a long time, have more gear than I can use but this little box is IN for a while at least.

Maybe the front end of a Korg/Vox Valvetronix in pedal form would be a tempting upgrade......

Also, when you adjust your sounds try to have a similar proven gear setup to A/B your tone so you don't tweak the perfect bedroom tone into your stage sound.