Lexicon MPX G2

I found it easy to use.

Sound quality is fantastic when it works.

Bad! Well, I bought mine new in 2001 and it worked great for about 5 years, then all of the sudden it started rebooting on me. It would reboot over and over never getting through the start up sequence. Sent it in to Lexicon and they would not tell me what they did to it, just $150 for service. It worked for another two years and then started doing it again. So I just picked up a used one because mine wouldn't boot up. I used the used one twice and now it won't even power up, no front display at all when I turn it on. Since Lexicon no longer supports this product I guess after spending over $1000 I am just out of luck.

They don't support this product anymore. I won't buy another Lexicon product. Can't afford to take a risk that it will fail and they stop supporting it.

I play hard puchy ROCK!

Not easy to use for most people. But I love gear and manuals so for me it is actually very easy to use. If you think using this is hard, check your IQ or patience.

Sound quality is beautiful. I mainly bought the unit for the reverb and I love it. The only way to get better reverb is if you by a Lexicon PCM 91 but that will set you back 2k just for reverb! The effects are great. The models do a good job at modeling. A model will never sound as good as a real amp. But if you use this with a real amp you can get great results.

Had mine for years and never had a problem with it. Played hundreds of gigs and several tours with this. Rock solid.

Never needed support so I have no comment

If I lost this I would definatley buy another one. I am a professional musician with over 20 years experience. I have never seen a single rack unit with so many features.

Look, this is the best single guitar unit ever designed. This awesome flexibility means you are going to have to RTFM. If you do, you will be rewarded with the most amazing palette of sound effects for the guitar that have ever been squeezed into a single rack space. So, I gave it a five, because this unit is for guys who know what program parameters are and how to adjust them to get the desired result. Less than 50% of guitarists fall into this category.

It's a Lexicon. I've used Lexicon products in my guitar rigs since I bought my first PCM 41 in 1980. Their sound is legendary, and if you can't get a good sound out of this unit, you do not know how to match input and output levels to get the best possible signal to noise ratio.

I own two of these units (And, am currently looking for a third), and one had a resistor failure. It was the one I bought used in 2004 though, so I can't attest to how it was treated before I obtained it. My original unit, which I bought in 1999, is still going at 100% SEVEN years later. I'd say that was reliable. Especially since I gig with it 3-5 times per week. Look, I got rid of a MESA/Boogie TriAxis and a ten space rack and just use these in stand alone mode as my preamps and FX now, m-kay?

When they repaired my malfunctioning unit, they even sent me a LexiconPro t-shirt. Turn around time was about a week. Not bad for a "legacy" product. The rep that handled my claim was a super nice guy and followed through to make sure I was a happy camper.

Nothing will ever be a ten in my book. This unit is limited by it's memory: If you use processor-intensive effects, you'll run out of space quickly. This is a real and genuine problem for me, as I like to use small amounts of several effects to create subtle ambiance. Try combining a stereo phaser with a full featured comb filter and a smidge of pitch shift doubling, and you better not desire a multi-tapped delay, because there won't be enough room. But still, even several years after it has been discontinued, it's still the best guitar processor ever. Nothing else even comes close. I'm sure, by the way, that these units were discontinued because they were 1) Expensive, and 2) Fully featured. This means - inevitably - that a lot of instant gratification bozos are going to buy them and gripe about having to Read The Frickin' Manual.

This unit is very hard to use. I am a professional touring guitarist.
I have used many different units and have never came accross such a demand piece of equipment.
It is terrible to edit, the manual is a horrible monster.
I am a musician, I am not a tech.
This unit tries to be all things, that is impossible.
Lexicon what were you thinking.
I know I know we are all dumb :p

Sound quality is ok. I have a set of stomps which I use on stage which blow this thing away.
What makes me sad is the attempt and good distortion.
This unit thinks it can reproduce some of the great stomps of music.
No chance. I am very dissapointed in the Tube Screamer attempt.
Wow, bad bad bad.
The chrous and delays are ok, My Boss Super Chorus is way better, and much easier to manipulate, my LINE 6 delay modeler makes this thing look stupid, again trying to be all things never works.

Haven't had any problems.
BUT I WOULD NOT EVER EVER EVER TRUST IT AT A GIG !!!!!

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I think for the money this unit is a terrible buy.
My band does over 70 show per year and i will tell you what, this unit is an absolute joke. It pretends to be a big boy toy, and really is a Tonka trunk.
Hey players, stomps and a TC Electronics G System is the ticket.
This Lexicon is really good in the music store, but for the stage no way, stay away, yuk, yuk ,yuk
BTW Lexicon what's with all the Hisssssss?

The interface:
Once get familar with it, it farely easy to get around.

The effect parameters:
You have to know what your doing. Take the time to read the manual. You'll gain a better understand of the effect parameters and how these parameters alter the effect. Once you understand what parameter(s) to adjust and how much, you can acheive excellent results.

My Setup:
Guitar -> MPXG2 send(or insert)-> JMP-1 (speaker sim output) -> returns into MPXG2 -> into onstage monitor system and split into FOH system.

Midi to the G2
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Boss FS5L - MPXR1 - VPJR Ernie Ball (for expression pedal)


I mostly use VPJR Ernie Ball patched to the ExtVolPedal in EQ effect and place it post insert in the chain. This allows for spill into any effect post insert/preamp (ie, delay)

The Boss FS5L is patched to ExtVolPedal Level param 0 to +3dB for boost (solo function)

In most of my patches I use the JMP-1. On some patches I use the G2 preamp (mostly clean). Some of the reviews have mentioned noise problems with the preamp in the G2. Just back off the 'level' in any one of the Gain effects (Crunch, Preamp, etc...). You can recover the signal loss in your preamp/amp(if using the G2 with a stack or combo amp)
If your using it direct(as I am) simply turn up gain on your channel strip on your mixer. This should cure your noise problems.
Make sure your using cables that are not capacitively coupled. Quality cables (cables with quality solder joints)...Hosa makes a good cable.

The pre-insert wah effect is very close to a cry baby or vox pedal.. If you know what your adjusting you can get a cry baby wah effect...no problem. I have done A/B comparisons...the wah on the G2 comes very close to the real thing. You just need to take the time to adjust the parameters in the G2.

The noise gate on the G2 is excellent..good analog response/feel. I usually set the noise gate attack to 150 ms. This allows for a light strum swell when I want it.

All of the effects are excellent (except for the harmonizer). I think they could of done a better job with this effect.
The whammy effect lexicon programmed is pretty good...a few tweaks and you'll won't need to buy a digitech whammy.

The Gilmour patch comes real close to the TC2290. Again, I've done A/B comparisons...It's pretty close.

This where the G2 falls short. I've recently sent my G2 to Lexicon Pro in Utah for repair. Lexicon will be performing minor to moderate repair on the G2 for the next 4 years (this may be extended). After that...that's it. If your G2 has a board level problem...your out of luck. They don't make the boards anymore.
Repair (minor to moderate) is flat rate of $180. It includes diagnostics, repair and return shipping.

The R1 is pretty solid (for me so far). The only downfall I see in the R1 is the footswitches. The pad switches on R1 internal pc board wear out quickly. Do yourself a favor a buy a bunch from Lexicon. There only 37cents. You can also get them from DigiKey.
Either place will be selling these pad switches for a long time.

I gave this a rating of 5 because the G2 is now a legacy product from lexicon and I have experienced my 1st unit failure.

Customer Support has always been responsive and helpful to me. If you are looking at adding a footswitch to your R1...don't add a digitech(I think it's called the FS3). This is one Lexicon recommended. IT STINKS. Very noisy...not 100% functional with the switch circuitry on the R1. The Boss FS series footswitches work 100% of the time.

I really like the G2. It's really too bad they aren't making these any more or making a next generation G2 / R1 system. Something to take on the TC Electronics G-System.

not very
too many menues scattered all over the place.like mixing options that effect the sound with ones that don't...crazy amount of editing to get simple sounds...patching confusing and very easy to spend half of your life figuring out what sounds best.I could go on and on but it hurts...
for this kind of dough I feel like a true sucker.

I will admit the reverbs and time based stuff is really good but not much better than the cheapo digi stuff.
The pre-amp in this thing STINKS,YUCK.
If you're a pro you will be sadly disappointed with this sterile,unnatural uninspiring tone.
Once again,for this kind of cash it should have some cream but this thing is sour milk!
Too noisy for metal unless you're a fan of the chattery noise gate tone.Total dissapointment as a pro preamp...needs a tube or something...maybe my foot smashing it into oblivion,but too expensive for such indulgence.

NO NO NO
I'm on my second foot controller first one went up in smoke
If you play with the Jam-man too much the thing locks up and goes into rec mode foreverand only after considerable power ups and button juggling the thing resets.
Using this live would be suicide .full of bugs ceases up all the time .confuses itself with its own foot controller...NOT COOL...GARBAGE!
LEMON CITY...

with a unit this expensive they'll help you but who cares .I've had to call way too many times and flaws are flaws...THis thing is laden with bugs even if it were re-brained this bad taste will never go away.

I play many styles as well as my own stuff.playing 20yrs+.HAve a lot of other gear and have never been so burned by a purchase...WAY TOO PRICEY for what it does.
I just got rid of this thing and if I ever see another one I will
surely feel the bile rising in my throat...NEVER AGAIN.
Icould say more,but it hurts

Not easy to use, but that is the nature of what this incredible box delivers- a wide range of stomp box style and gain effects in front of your amp and full-on digital studio effects in the efx loop all under programmable control- how could that be simple to master?

The "front end" (gain, overdrive, fuzz, etc) effects are all very good. You might be able to get slighter "better" sounds from hand picking boutique pedals, but in the end it will cost more and not be programmable!

The "digital" studio type effects are the cream of the crop for guitar devices.

I have used it both with the matchined Lexicon 284 amp in stereo and a killer Zinky Blue Velvet in mono. Both with excellent results.

I also have the R1 foot controller which I consider indispensable, once you get over the learning curve it works great live (don't try to change patches for new sounds, program the buttons within the patch for the changes you need)

So far so good, would not necessarily think you need a backup.......

Excellent documentation, quick response to email

Excellent sounds, transparent bypass, more sonic power than most people could possibly use. I think the real challenge is harnessing this incredible beast. If you are highly technical you will feel at home and be humbled by the possibilities. If you want instant gratification, go buy something else. If you are dedicated to learning and using this, it may just be the best single guitar device ever created.

Wow, some really mixed reviews here, and I guess that says it all !! you can't please everyone all of the time.
I've had the MPX G2 and R1 for about 6 months now and I love it !!
The manual is huge, but only read the 'initial set-up' pages and then go back to it when you need to. Editing patches is a piece of cake, and I can even do mine on stage now.

Sound quality is exceptional.
I play a Ibanez JS1000BTB into a Mesa Boogie power amp, then slpit the signal, stereo out into two Marshall 2x12 cabs.
I also play a JS700 and a Gibson SG.
There are numerous variations on fuzz, overdrive, distortion, reverb, chorus, delay etc.. and if you can't tweek one of these to produce exactly the sound/tone you want.... then you really are playing the wrong instrument... go buy a nose-flute.
The reverbs are legendary, and all the other fx are very useable (although the pitchshifter is not great, but I never use that kind of sound anyway).
I'm a big Satriani fan, and have tweeked the 'Satch Patch' to get an almost identical sound to his!! (although I'm sure the JS1000 helps)
I play in a rock covers band, and have programmed the Lexicon to duplicate every sound I need (from Whitesnake - Foofighters - Velvet Revolver). I also play in an AC/DC Tribute band and I have programmed the Angus sound completely.
For people who say this unit is noisy, well they must have a problem elsewhere in their set-up. I've never had any noise problems and the noise gate functions work extremely well.

Never had any problems

Never had to use them

I've been playing for over 20 years and this is the best rig set-up I've had. A friend of mine was playing in a semi-pro band using the Lexicon and it completely blew me away when I heard him live. It was as if he had 10 different guiar/amp combinations throughout the 1 hour set, and all acheived from the MPX G2. Once you've learned how to use this unit, you'll never need to buy another.
For people who have no technical ability, it can get a bit confusing, and for people who want to just plug in and play.... go and buy some pedals. Live or in the Studio the MPX G2 is the best you'll get in this price bracket

The manual is great however this piece of equipment is for serious tone heads. If you are an amatuer/novice you may be better off with some of the line 6 stuff. It's easy enough to manipulate if you take time to read the manual

I read reviews before my purchase and was a little leary due to some bad reviews. I use this piece of equipment several ways and i always get great tones. THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR A GREAT AMPLIFIER SO DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE! Even lexicon will tell you if you read up on this gear that it is not recommended to replace your amp but as an enhancement tool. Stop complaining about shitty tone and learn how to use this thing before you give it a bad rap. It sounds fantastic if you know what to do with it.

No problems so far.

Customer support at lexicon is great . Very eager to help.

I am a 20 year professional and play all types of music as well as use it for various studio applications. I primarily play les paul, fender and gretch depending on what i am doing and i use fender and marshall amps. This piece of equipment is a great asset to my music and i give it a definate A+, again it is not for beginners.

Easy to use, provided you have normal reading abilities. People not comfortable with programming VCRs, answering machines and the like may stick to pedals or crosswords.

The sound quality is incredible, way above all the other processors for that kind of price. Unless you buy separate high-priced specialized gear, there's no other all in one unit that will do what the G2 does with the same quality tone.

Apparently, many people below have problem obtaining correct levels or noise ratios. Particularly, several people said they couldnt obtain proper line level from the unit. Here's my advice for them : stick to acoustic guitar once and for all because you can't handle electrical gear properly. This unit can output +20 dBu without any problem. Of course, you have to actually turn knobs and match levels correctly for that, something many people apparently can't handle. So once again, you need to read the manual and have basic understanding of what input level is etc. It is not plug and play like pedals, but no much more complicated either (still too much for some people).

I never had a problem with mine.

Didn't need it but Lexicon is a serious company.

I'll recommend the thng to everyone loving the Lexicon reverb sound and needing other effects too. The low-pass filter is cool along with the integrated jamman. Great piece of gear, much better sounding than its direct competitor, the TC GForce. Can be had used for cheap, hence it's a fantastic value IMHO.

I work as a sound guy. So I should know how to handle this one. The manual doesn't tell you everything, especially the MIDI details. Overall, the G2 even in combination with a R1 is not user friendly at all. It takes so much time to dial in that you might forget what instrument your supposed to play. But I knew all that before I bought it.

I use mine before the Amp (Marshall 6100) and in the serial FX-Loop. The preamp is the shittiest I've ever heard! Even my Boss GX700 is better. Noisy, harsh, lifeless. Forget it! The preamp loop has one more disadvantage: the buffer amp. It definitly muddies up my tone at low frequencies and adds some harsh highend. I put the blame on my Wireless first. But without the wireless it was the same. Standard FX are ok, but the harmonizer sucks, esp. because it has only one voice. The wah sounds boring. The MIDI controlling is incredible slow. I exspected some whammy effects. Forget about it unless you wait 30 secs for the tone shift. The internal levelling sucks. Even if you put everything on +6 db it isn't louder than the dry level!

Never left me alone. Even generator powered. No probs so far

Never needed. Distributor in Germany is quite o.k. COntacted them once for the software update.

I really regret my decision to buy the G2 and sell my GX700 for it. I could have bought a new MAC for the difference. Gonna go out for a used GX700 again

it's good but not worth $1500, more like $400.anytime you buy a processor the presets are never good so you'll have to ajust them yourself witch is a on going task and by the time you master it it's time to sell it and get the newest gadget. i do like the sound over all i just wish some things were more clear cut like storing programs and tweaking tones can be quite touchy but there is no perfect world and we'll never be happy with gear

like it

don't know yet

I consider myself a pretty smart guy and I had the worst time dealing with this thing. I figured I could just plug and play.. NOT SO FAST!! After reading the novel of a manual they give you. I connected it to my rig.. 2 months later I got my sound dialed in. But god help you if you have to change things on the fly.. you are screwed. It is good for set it and forget it... as in never touch it again. I owned a digitech 2112 before this and that thing was as easy as a microwave. The only more un-user friendly then the Lexicon was my Eventide Harmonizer. Great units... but not fun to use!!

the sounds are great.. if you ever get that far. They factory presets have a lot to be desired. They didn't give you any creative sounds off the bat. I like delays/ reverbs and choruses.. most of the patches are single effect sounds with a little reverb added. But again, you can create your own if you get that far.

I only had the unit for a few months and it never left my studio. It seems to be built well.

I play mostly rock, jazz and blues. I am a huge Dream Theater and SRV fan so I like both tone and crunch. I play a bonger XTC 101A and i tried the unit in both the loop and before the amp.. it didn't sound what I was looking for. My Bogner is great and I just wanted something to add a little fx hear and there. Like I said, delay, reverb, chorus, phaser..just a touch here and there is all I ask!!
I sold the unit on ebay a few weeks ago and just bought a TC Electronics G Major. I am SO MUCH HAPPIER WITH THIS UNIT!! It compliments my Bogner to a tee.
FYI.. don't buy the Lexicon without playing it first for a few hrs. Take your time with the unit. Make sure it fits your style before you drop the coin. It is one hell of a unit if you have the patience.

I've owned it since 99'. This thing is woderfully deep but I found a flaw in the preset programming that I fixed after a few torturous days of re-programming.
It has to do with the R1 foot controller or any pedal assigned to the preset patches. The R1 controls the MIX (wet/dry) parameter by default on many of the programs. So, if you increased the reverb mix, your dry volume would decrease which made it impossible for me to use live as I need to dynamically change how much verb I use in a song.
I found that if I saved the preset to a user patch, I could change the pedal patch assignment from MIX (dry/wet)to reverb level only. This way, the dry volume would remain unaffected. I would also assign the A/B switch to jack up my post level 2 db for solos.
It works great this way.

This thing still sounds great! I'm not crazy about the preamp and the diatonic harmonizer is useless. I have a feeling that they changed the front end buffers on some units because I don't get a stiff sound like some of the reviews state. I would check the cabling. I have a monster cable that just doesn't sound good as an insert send cable. I use a cheapy that sounds good. I use a Strat+ with Joe Barden pups, a Reverend with stock and Barden pups, and a PRS. I plug in the front end and run the insert send into a Rivera TBR rackmount stereo tube head. Then I send out of the Rivera to the G2 in stereo.
I use a Boss TU-2 tuner( what else is there?)so I don't use the G2 tuner.

I've had a crash a few times while using the compare feature and the unit sometimes doesn't find or loses the insert status which means your preamp is bypassed. A reboot fixes that.
I have had small volume jumps before. It might be the amp, but I doubt it.

They were very fast with the software upgrade.

I play for a fairly popular singer/guitarist/songwriter with whom we have had the privilege to open for some great national acts. I had a Strat/Marshall/Univibe setup back in 1973(Jimi fan). I play jazz, blues, rock, acoustic, and classical and whatever comes to mind.
I've been playing for 35 years and I've always been very critical about my tone. I also use a Reverend Hellhound and a stomp setup for most shows because the Rivera can be a beast to lug around.
It was easier for me to purchase this unit in 1999. Things are tight but I would like to replace it if it got stolen or lost.
MY UNIT is transparent and sounds fantastic. I was fortunate to have had prior experience programming fx units so I was able to discover the aforementioned programming flaw on Lexicon's part.
The gentleman that I play for, loves it when I bring the Rivera/Lexicon though the Reverend setup sounds great too.
I've recently been taking out the Rivera/Lex/R1 and the stomp setup for a fun toe tapping time.

its easy to pan through the presets, thats about all i had time to do since i spent most of my short lived relationship with the unit trying to get it to stop fucking up my tone

the effects sound good enough, but the problem is that if you plug your guitar into the g2 and your preamp into the g2's "effects loop" as you are recommended to do to get the fuzz compression wah and envelope functions before the preamp, you have radically shittified your tone. And it is unavoidable. I tried everything. Too bad, because conceptually, this multi-effects processor is great - and one would think that someone would have noticed this lameness before it left the factory. Therefore the only effective way to use this product is after your preamp, as you would the mpx1 which is great, except then the g2 may as well not exist

not an issue although the buttons on the r1 suck - i opened it up to try to figure out why and its pretty obvious - inside the switch is a spring loaded plastic pin that pushes down indenting a soft rubbery pad on a flexible circuit board to make the connection - however, when the weight of your foot comes down on the r1, the whole thing flexes in response and the connection fails to occur. yet another r&d blunder

WHen i called they were relocating from Massachusetts to Utah and all the gear was en route and the staff was bitter and not about to help out, what could they do anyway?

its a really expensive unit and if you get one you will be disappointed, unless they've changed it lately - mine was made in 2001

The presets are bobbins, so you need to do a lot of tweaking. This however is a daunting task, so unless you are a 'Tech-Head' forget it!

Lexicon reverb is excellent - Full Stop. The rest of the effects in this unit suck Big Time! Noisy! Almost impossible to get rid of digital distortion and retain a decent line level!

I have tried the G2 in every mode, i.e effects loop, stand alone and amp input only. I have tried it with and without pre-amps, with 4x12s, 2x12s power amps, combo's etc. It still sucks!

Crap! I have had all sorts of problems with the G2 and the R1. This is the 4th unit I have had and this one is faulty also!

Long story! The UK distributors take forever to do anything and send it back exactly the same as it was when you returned it!

After 2 years of frustration, sending faulty units back and forth, losing all of the value in depreciation while I was actually left without anything to use - They gave me a demo unit for about a month, the 3rd time i sent mine back for repair! As you may imagine, I kicked up a fuss and asked for compensation. They offered me a cheap mic - Wow!

My advice is to spend your money on something that works and actually sounds like it's worth this sort of dosh!

Buying the G2 is the worst mistake I ever made. It has almost made me feel like giving up playing a guitar! You can't get any practical advice on using the thing, or find anyone with decent patches to share!

The unit requires some skill in tweaking the knob but when you've got a hold on it you'll get a sound you'll never forget.
The patches are easy to edit, but there are some hidden options you'll find back in the manual.
The manual tells you everything you want(and that's a lot !!!)

I'm playing on an Ibanez RG-series which goes directly into the lexicon.
The lexicon goes (stereo) into a Peavey 50/50 classic tubedriven poweramplifier.
Allthe noises come from a marshall 1969A cabinet (also stereo)
The unit becomesnoisy when you put a lot of gain in the pre-amp section.
This can be solved by using the great noise-gate.
All the effects on the unit are outstanding.
I've read a lot of negative comments of the pre-amp section but those guys are not capable of tweaking the knob right.
After reading the negative comments, I thought my sound would be better with another pre-amp.
So I tried peavey,marshall,rocktron,digitech,ada,and soldano, but none of these had better sounds than the pre-amp from the lexicon.
So all that talk about a bad pre-amp section is BULLSHIT !
They have a very bad setup or they can't turn the knobs the right way.
If you only put on the pre-amp with a little reverb you'll get a great sound.
Not like those plastic boxes who'll kick your guitarsound to the back.

Reliability is good but the only thing that has occurred was that a thing leg of the memory-battery broke and I lost all my programs.
I've put in a new one with a little bit of foam between the battery and the chassis and the problem was solved.
I've never used a backup, when it breaks, the gig is over.

Customer support is great.
All my programs can be dumped in my computer thanks to a dump-program Lexicon send me by e-mail.
All my other questions were answered correctly within two days.

I play mostly rock/metal covers with my current band and sideways I'm playing a lot of blues like rory gallagher and stevie ray vaughn.
Even with the Ibanez guitar I can get an amazing stevie ray sound.
I'm playing for about 16 years and this is the best setup I've ever had.
I don't know if I buy another one if stolen because there are some new products I've never tried.
If I don't find something better it's gonna be a mpx g2 again.
The thing I really like is that the unit is only one rackspace and the mpx R1 controller only needs one midi cable so everything is very small with only one wire on the floor two for the cabinet and one for the mains.
Very easy and quick to plug in and very reliable.
This thing is not compareable to floorpedals like zoom or digitech.
People who say they got a better sound out of a floorpedal must come over and hear the lexicon with the programs i'm using.
The only thing that is a minor point is the price.
Lexicon is great but the price is a bit too high, especially the controller.

it's easy to get started with it, but it gets trickier when you come to realize the endless possibilities that you have with this bad ass machine!!!

I used to use the G2 in my old live set up. It was in the fx loop of a mesa boogie triaxis, and I mostly play les pauls and a tom anderson.
First of all, I'd like to make clear that I hate everything that's supposed to emulate classic sounds (i.e. line 6 should be crucified). The lexicon has a couple of fx that are supposed to emulate different stomp boxes. They don't, nothing can emulate the real thing, but sometimes, if you stop thinking of your "orange phaser" as an mxr 90, it becomes a pretty cool phaser on its own!
Lately I've only used the G2 for home recording. I switched to a more basic stomp box oriented setup.
I record everything through the lexicon at home.
The preamp doesnt sound like a real amp, but it's still better than any of the pods and similar.
I've had it for 4 years, and at this point i can say that I'm able to get any sound i want.
I've used it to record some U2 songs for a U2 egroup, and nobody believes me when I say that I've only used a lexicon mpx g2 and I got this close to the Edge's sounds.
It's a great processor.

never had a problem in 4 years.

dont know....

The only thing that bothers me about this processor is the delay when you switch presets. You get these 20ms of silence between 2 sounds that are quite usetting coming out of a unit with such great features.....other than that, I think it's the ultimate processor!

Quite easy. Manual is nice to have, but you dont need. The "Soft Row" is a neat feature.

The effects in this unit are pretty decient, but the preamp is horrible. Use the effects, it is worth that much, but by pass its built in preamp. I was actually let down by this product's sound.

No reason why it should break.

Very responsive to any question you might have.

Id recommend this to a guitar player looking for something fun to play with, but not to perform with. If you want effects, get the lexicon's multieffects processor - it is the only thing you will use out of this unit, cause you will search for ages trying to get a good preamp sound out of it.

I don't have the r-1 controller yet, but w/ its addition, should be even easier, I like how it stays on the page you're editing, w/ you go to another, actually seems easy to me, but I come from a sound design background, so most interfaces become familiar fairly quick for me.

Using an Ibanez guitar,and a hafler hellraiser pre-amp, the fx are very high quality, except for the pitch-shifting, w/ for a unit in this price range is very disapointing..Some features I like that are not in the promo literature are: the delay feedback allows you to feed in the pitch shifter or flange chorus, whatever.....makes it interesting..Best feature that you don't see as often as you should; in addition to putting fx in any order, you can set up a parallel signal path, but it can go back to seriel, then back to parallel, very flexible, I was able to set it up so the guitar signal w/ go straight to the reverb,while branching off the pitch-shifter, and delay, so the original note is not pitch shifted, but 2 different delayed versions are, one, say an octave down, another a fifth down/ up whatever, the effect is like playing with 2 other guitars ,who stay in rhythm, and pitch, but syncopate, with your original note, absolutely trippy, and an enormous creative tool for improv, and composing...

so far, so good,and Mine was an old demo,

Mine came w/ older rom, I sent them an e-mail, they had the new rom in the mail, before I could give them the alternate address I wanted it sent to. How many times can you complain about a co. being too fast in their resonse!!!!(I'm not complaining)The installation went fine, and I'd never done anything like that before

with this,I do a kind of experimental solo guitar thing, but it could do most anything, By the way, the factory presets were not very useful for playing music with, but did provide insights into, 'some' of the programming power..For my own deranged purposes, I had the thing making whale sounds, sitar sounds, etc, almost immediately, the chorus section is very powerful, and this unit has internal real time modulation capabilities that many others don't, (notable exceptions, t.c. fireworx, eventide eclipse, but they cost more) Better pitch,shifter, and more delay lines are on my wish list, but as a central guitar" brain" for your system it is rivalled only by roland's discontinued gp100, I find this unit musically inspireing

This unit is easy to use as long as you read the manual and documentation. I am using the new updated version of the MPX G2 software. Which is now currenty at v1.1. They say that nothing is perfect but I don't see how this unit could get any better.

I am using the G2 with a alesis 3630, MPX 550, and a BBE sonic maximizer. The rack gear goes into a Peavey XXX. And I must say that the sounds I get are the best I have ever heard.

It hard to say what any rack or system setup will do under stress. It all depends on weather and whos setup it up for gigs and things. The G2 is all digital so there is no tubes in this unit.

Lexicon has the best support of any other units I have used. If you send an e-mail to support they will get back to you the next day.

I play metal and experimental music. I have been playing for 5 years.
If this unit were to be stolen I would like to buy a new one :) but they are so expensive :( But overall with the new Rom ver this unit is the best fx ever that was made just for guitar.

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? Once you know how to tweak the settings, it is very easy to get the sound you are looking for.
How is the manual for it (if there is one)? If you read it 10 times and have an IQ of 140+ this manual will be of use to you - get the idea??

What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with? Basically an Ibanez K7 & Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier :: Want to see and hear my full rig? Check out my website for Video Clips & MP3s @ www.jim-horne.com

I have been using this unit for over a year with no major problems and I use this 4 - 10 hours a day. BUT, several times it seemed to have a mind of its own and I had to shut it down and restart it - after restarting it was fine...

Perfect 10 - they return you calls and are very helpful - believe me, this is important if you plan on using this thing to its full potential, unless you understand that manual...

It is a bit pricey, but there isnt anything or any sound you cant get from this unit :: Want to see and hear my full rig? Check out my website for Video Clips & MP3s @ www.jim-horne.com

Extremely powerful unit, can get great sounds but you will have to work a little at it. Editing takes some getting use to, had it down in a couple of hours. Excellent Manual.

Have Triaxis and Simul 2:90 suggest you use the MPX G2 interface to the Triaxis as described in Lexicon Knowledgebase. Can get any sound you want. Do not use their preamp distortions, a waste.

So far no problems except a dropout issue on a reverb-only preset. Lexicon said to re-initialize the unit....not easy to do in the middle of a song. Would use it without a back-up.

Excellent resources and response.

I play 60s and 70s Top 40 and Rock. This setup can do anything from that era and much more. Been playing 35 years. Had a Rocktron Intellifex..also an excellent unit, started having some problems and made it my acoustic guitar effects unit. The MPX G2 is much more powerful, but I would say it sounded that much better than the Intellifex. I owned the TC G Force for a weekend and was not impressed. This unit has it all and if you take the time to learn it, it can do most things you could imagine..very well.

They made all the possible patches you may need in factory preset. So you don't even need to adjust it. Just pick them and copy them in to user area.. JUST PERFECT MACHINE.. even the expression pedal assignments are perfect on R1. They just sitdown to table and think what we may need on stage or studio. So its perfect. You really don't need to be a "guru" to play with this machine, believe me.

I have a fender Ultra start. Sounds great. Great. Great. I was thinking if you don't have a "tube" you can't get perfect sounds. This machine change all my ideas about guitar sounding.

I think its looks like tough machine. Especially R1 is built to be on hard work I guess. Its like a tank. I guess I would go to stage with that without having a backup.

Customer service is cool.. I sent them e-mail that I said I bought a G2 in second hand, may I get support? They said its not really matter, we just need to know the serial number. I got response in same day.

I play mostly Rock music, santana, hendrix kind of stuff. This was a good match. I play for 12 years. I used Digitech 2101 Artist, 2120, Boss pedals, Roland GT-16, ZooM 9050, ZooM Gfx 707, EnsoniQ DP4+,
This is the best I ever USE !I think this will be my last proc. I wish it had a SPDIF (digi) out with cool converters.

It's too difficult to understand menu structure.
and control

It's a real thing.
I makes real space sound effects.
and fantastic quality.

reliablity ?
what's the matter ?
It's still working . I bought this last year
But It has no trouble throught this time.

I live in seoul korea .
there was no help or service in seoul distributer.
But I questioned through e-mail to lexicon
email responce was fast than other makers.

I satisfied that difficult thing.
But It's a proffesional Instrument.
Not for guitar kids.
It has a real beautiful delay , reverb , and so many special effects.
But too many parameters make me crazy .
It's too difficult to handle freely.