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.