The new AX3000G satiates that need with a powerful multi-effect processor that reaches far beyond its predecessors. Featuring Korg's proprietary "REMS" modeling technology, the AX3000G delivers high-quality modeling sounds and numerous ways to control those sounds in real time.
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emo_mind, on november 17, 2005 6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 378
Purchased from: BTM
Ease of Use: It's really simple to use! After 5 minutes of messing around I found all options how to use it and edit the menu. Actually I didn't need any manual because it's self explaining but taking a look inside the manual can be helpfull, too. // 10
Sound: I'm using a Behringer V-Ampire 100w amp and it rocks! Korg made a good job in noise reduction, I guess, even on the max. Setting of gain and volume it's still clear and punchy. The effects are great. I love the metal distortion so much, it gives me so many sounds. The other amp simulations also are great, for clean I'm using the boutique 'cause it's the clearest I figured. // 10
Reliability & Durability: It's pretty solid so I guess it will withstand alot. Since all of my effects are in there I trust in it. In emergency I'd use my DigiTech RP200A but only in the worst case. // 10
Impression: My style tends to be more metal but I also play Satriani, Vai, that kind of stuff. This effect processor gives me everything I want for that. I compared it to a Boss 50ME and a Live POD. I decided to buy the Korg 'cause the Live POD was too expensive and in comparison it's not worth. The Boss was similiar but I liked the Korg more because I found it more punchy in the distortion sounds. Well, nothing to add anymore. Just check it out when you get the chance! // 10
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FreedomEclipse, on july 25, 2007 2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 366
Purchased from: SoundControl
Ease of Use: First of all it's pretty easy to use. loads of features to play around with. even a button lock! So you can play around with the AX with the lock is on. Editing patches it's piss easy. There's tonnes of sounds you can get out of this, even synth sounds which really suprised me (1 of the many preloaded patches) the manual is prety straight forward & detailed. it tells you all you need to know so you can start giging as soon as possible. // 9
Sound: Amp wise I run 2 amps. I run a crappy Marshall DFX 30 for practise at home & I run a all valve Fender Hotrod Deluxe when I rehearse/play Live (the amps awesome btw, great if ur looking for an amp with a nice Vintage crunch or really bluesy tone). For guitars I use a Schecter Damien Ex, PRS Santana SE (all with stock hardware). the unit itself is pretty quiet. You may need to tweak some of the moddler settings now & again if you get too much hum on a distorted patch when you mess it up but asside from that it's kosher. Since I upgraded from a Zoom GFX-4 I'd say that the patches in the AX left much to be desired. there didn't seem to be much of a selection compared to the Zooms which I'm more use to. To be honest I packed it away & I was going to take it back to the shop as I was pretty dissapointed with the pre programmed patches but thenm I decided to tweak the Kruger out of it & make a few of my own custom patches which kinda lifted the dark clouds up a little. If you play around with it enough, you will be able to get pretty close to metal genre artists. there's loads of modellers & other sort of great tweaks on this unit to make sure you get the best possible sound out of it. People have commented that running an effects unit through a valve amo is sorta a waste & I agree. So I've been using the unit in 'stomp box' mode as I love the tones of my Fender amp so much. // 9
Reliability & Durability: I've gig'd it. I've run it all over london. It's pretty dependable so far. Haven't had any issues with it at all. I'm a bit of an amature & amatures are always bit hard for cash. I sold my gold tooth to get this unit & I don't have anymore teeth. Backup my arse. But seriously speaking. My GFX-4 is in no condition to gig. All that's holding it together is some gaffer tape from 1 of the sound crew a few gigs ago. // 10
Impression: I play all types of metal/rock. The AX3000 Pretty much covers all these bases quite well. I've been playing for over 6 years. I own an additional 2 more guitars, which are both pending customisation. Yamaha Pacifica 321 (discontinued) Epiphone Gothic Explorer (on the way). Back in the day before I bought the unit. I was torn between the AX & some active EMG's. So I could either upgrade my guitar & have 1 sound or I can get an effects & have many sounds, it's obvious which option won the vote. I still wonder what the EMGs would sound like in my Schecter time to time but it doesnt't really bother me much. I'm still able to get the beautiful sound I want out of the Fender Hotrod so no complaints there. If it was stolen I'd Probably go for a POD Live XT or a POD XT. I mean I like it a lot but it still lacks a little to be honest. Also hats off to Korg Who bundle their products with Power Adaptors unlike Zoom & Boss etc. // 10
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DJ_Inferno2000, on may 18, 2006 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 330
Ease of Use: Getting a good sound out of this processor must be the easiest thing in the world. Just play around with the knobs and settings and you're sure to get a great tone. Editing patches are really easy once you know how to. I used to use a Zoom earlier so I couldn't figure out how to edit patches here without reading the manual (which is provided). The manual is very detailed and explains all the features pretty easily. If you have used a Korg before you don't need the manual. // 9
Sound: I use a Schecter C7 Blackjack with a Marshall stack. The output is really great. It can get a bit noisy. One of my patches that I use for leads is a bit annoying because it cant be heard on stage at a low volume but gets really screechy when I increase the volume, but I guess I just have to adjust it a bit. The effects are to strong and have a great punch. I play mostly nu-metal like Mudvayne, Korn, Godsmack but I also play a bit progressive like Alter Bridge and Creed. I have no problem in simulating the sound of all these artists. All the effects are great. You just have to tinker around with the settings for a bit. // 10
Reliability & Durability: Yeah I can surely depend on it. I don't bother using a backup on stage. It has a solid metal body and it can sure take a beating. I am a bit delicate with it tho only because I don't want to accidently scratch it or break it. // 9
Impression: like I said before I mostly play nu-metal. I can get a great punchy sound from this pedal. I guess it can be adjusted to any kind of music really. I've been playing for 2 years and I use a Schecter C7 Blackjack along with a Marshall stack. I used to use a Zoom 707 #2 Guitar before this and seriously theres no comparison. I just wish I had asked whether it came with a metronome and sampler before I bought it. I don't think I would have changed my choice but I guess it came as a shock when I realized there was no metronome. If it was stolen I would hunt the bastard who stole it and kill him with my bare hands. If it were lost yeah I would go and buy I again. There's nothing I don't like I about this pedal. My favourite feature is the ESS expression pedal 'cause it has a huge range and an awesome wah wah effect for leads, its key lock feature is also great. I compaed it with a Line 6 PODXT and a Zoom GT-6. I preferred this one 'cause I liked the distortion sounds in this better. I didn't really like the GT6's lead effects either. I just wished it had a metronome and sampler. But this is one kick ass pedal, a must have! // 10
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MichaelOfCanton, on september 03, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 200
Purchased from: muciciansfriend.com
Ease of Use: Simple enough to use. I have yet to need the instruction manual to tell me how to do something after giving it a once-over upon purchace. Having the individual knobs is for different settings can be nice. it's basically like having access to the knobs that would be on the pedal or amp for the fx you're adjusting and is very usefull for fine tuning. Naming patches takes a while but what do you expect with knobs and four buttons in place of a keyboard. // 9
Sound: Well it definitely has a digital overtone to everything it does and some might hate it for that. The reverb and delay FX are awesome and as good as I would expect from stand alone pedals. The modulation FX are great also for what I use (chorus, flange, tremolo, vibrato, auto-wah, wah). The only mod FX I don't like are the weird ones like sitar synth or ring mod which I find pretty much usless so it's not really a quality issue. The acoustic simulators are just adequate with humbuckers but with single coil input it's very nice. As far as the cabinet models and distortions it's pretty much useless. The Vox amp models and the blackface 2x12 are pretty good for clean to moderate distortion but even with all the models and distortions I still use my DOD FX69B Grunge, Boss DS-1, and BBE green screamer for all my distortion needs that are beyond my amps gain. The octave fuzz was a big letdown especially. It sounds like a pitch shift synth that only kicks in at around the 12th fret. The wah pedal was a plesant suprise seeing as it works as well as my snarling dog wonderwah 2 and is adjustable and way more flexible. Noise is suprisingly absent in all but the highest gain settings and is much better than expected. However I've found that even with the noise reduction totally off my signal fizzles out before it should compared to plugging into my pedal board. it's not really a big problem but I like to play with feedaback a lot and it can interfere sometimes by cutting out the signal if you let it get to low. My favorite thing about this pedal is how you can use the expression pedal. That ESS thing is useless but there are a whole lot of paramaters you can assign to it and control while playing (like gain, delay time, delay feedback, reverb, modulation depth or rate, and a lot more) and the possibilities are endless. there's a lot of cool things you can do with that feature. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Seems plenty tough for a hobbyist and ocassional jammer or gigger. The control knobs seem weak enough to be kicked off by a drunken foot if not watched out for. The expression pedal is tough enough that I wouldn't be afraid to stand on it with my full weight. I'd say it's tough enough that the only way it would break would be blatant misuse and abuse. // 9
Impression: In a way I was dissapointed because I expected this to be a do all end all pedal that would stop me from needing any more pedals and it's not. The distortions are crap for the most part but for it's price it's worth it just to have the ultimate delay/reverb/modulation unit and save a lot on individual pedals. I was plesantly supprised by the ability to assign many different paramaters to the expression pedal and what you can do with it and that's something I don't think I'd want to do without now that I have it. For as little as it costs it's definitelly a good investment for somebody that doesnt't have any fx yet because you can try out so many for the price of a few stomp boxes and just suppliment what you don't like about it with individual pedals. there's definitely other multi FX out there that could whip this thing but they cost more but don't do a whole lot more and I'm glad I got this one. // 8
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andrewpledger, on april 14, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 239.73
Purchased from: iMuso
Ease of Use: I found it very easy to use the pedal once I figured things out. The main helpful feature is that they have organised 32 patches (8 programs x 4 Banks) that sound god and have been named and adjusted to sound like particuar amps/guitars. The manual was fantastic and it contained everything I needed to know. I recomend reading the manual start to finish first and then revivisting it as you run into any problems. // 9
Sound: I use it with my HBMS620TR and then straight out the headphone socket.The only setting I found noisy was the acoustic simulator, I got a tape like hiss in the background when playing quiet parts but as soon as I mute the strings the noise suppressor takes care of it. Most of the effects are good quality and different enough to all be useful although some effects I never really use. So far I have managed an identical match to the tone of Joe Satriani on 'Crushing Day' and the JerryC cover of 'I'm Alright'. I just seem to be having trouble reproducing the heavy but crisp sound of Parkway Drive. The distortion, chorus and delay are fantastic and there are amny options for each one. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I would not hesitate to use this at a gig although I would be very careful with it because the patch edit knobs seem like they would break if someone gave them a good knock. I don't see the need for a backup but I would still take one along just in case. The pedal seems sturdy and could probably take a good few bumps due to its thick metal casing. // 9
Impression: I have been playing for about a year now and I play many different styles of music and with a few tweeks this pedal would without a doubt be able to handle them all. The only thing I wish I could have asked before buying was how big it is. I was pleasently surprised when I unwrapped it and it was way bigger then I expected. If it were lost/stolen I would cry myself to sleep and start saving up for another one. I would recomend this product to anyone who wants a Boss GT-8 but hasn't got the money. // 10
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unregistered, on march 24, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 259
Purchased from: online
Ease of Use: By now there are ten different companies that all have decent sounding digital products, but this one stands out. Yes, the models are good, yes the effects are good (very good), but that's normal these days. Face it, it is. What sets the AXG3000 apart is that it has knobs. Well labeled KNOBS. If you want to sit there and decipher menu after menu, scroll through these 25 options just to make a simple change, fine, go buy something else. If you want to make MUSIC, especially with other people or perform Live, this is what works. Being able to bend over and adjust it just like a real amp and pedals on a pedal board is worth more than anything. If you've ever tried to work with other modelers on the fly you know exactly what I mean, the rest of the band doesn't want to wait for you to fiddle with your gear. The presets are good, but it's so easy to make changes I doubt you'll stay there long, this is the easiest unit I've used to get a good sound out of. And by far the easiest if you want to get your own sound. // 10
Sound: I've used it with, my favorite strat clone, a Vintage Epi Korina (now THAT was something they should have stuck with, but that's another story), a Jazz box and Danelectro 7 string. It's versatile enough to used with all of them, and the input buffer on it is strong enough to breathe some life into weak pickups. It's one of the few modelers that will actually tolerate a dirt box in front of it. You just don't need one. Although it'll work through a guitar amp it really shines going straight to the board. The output control is voiced well enough to do either one, but it really comes to life when run straight in. And it doesn't need to be run through a preamp to keep if from sounding dead. That's rare in a modeler. // 9
Reliability & Durability: It's built a heck of a lot better than any of my pedal boards, no wires to come loose, batteries to flake out, multiple wall warts, you get the idea. This is a the perfect quick rig for gigging. One piece, one power line, one line to the board. Heck, this is easier to set up than an acoustic at a coffee house open mic. // 10
Impression: I'm tired of lugging around 70lb amps that can give me one, maybe two of the sounds I need in a set. Two guitars, this little board, and a monitor off the PA. Set up in 10 minutes tops, tear down in less than five. Instead of earning a degree is gadget twiddling, I can concentrate on actually making music. Isn't what this really all about? // 10
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unregistered, on july 03, 2006 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 347.6817
Purchased from: Guitarvillage.co.uk
Ease of Use: After owning the AX1500G prior to upgrading I found this one a little more fidly to get used to as, the expression pedal selector had gone and been replaced with a Pre-FX, so you can't use say, wah and compressor at the same time, well I'm unaware you can, as I have not bothered with the manual, I've owned it nearly 8 months, saving patches is simple, naming them is simple also. The back lit display is great and can be easily viewed in the dimmest of stage lights, as the lights are revered, the background is Orange and the characters in black. // 7
Sound: I use an Epiphone LP100 with stock pickups, which it copes with perfectly, I've played it through various amps, and each time after playing with the settings a little its sounds how it did before, I've gigged it twice, and the keylock feature is the most vital part of this, as hometown gigs, we play at the same level as the crowd they constantly fall towards the stage, and this saved the settings being knocked, I played alot of metal, from Trivium to Cradle Of Filth, to Maiden to As I Lay Dying and each of these it easily replicates after a small ammount of time setting up, the Wah is good quality and the expression pedal has a good range, the parameters on this can all be set to perfection, the distortions are a bit of a let down, some are ok, while other just really don't suite my style, the ESS (Expression Step Sequencer) is fun to play with, but I doubt I will ever find a serious use for this, along with a few effects which are a bit "unreal", the choruses and flangers are really good, the cabinets arent really too good, if you were to buy this unit I would back it up with a high quality distortion pedal, or an amp with a good distortion, and its distortion can be weak at times. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Well no, I'd had it about a month plugged the adaptor in and it did nothing, just "dead", sent it back and Guitarvillage sent it back to Korg, just over 2 months later, it was returned to me, I'd lost all presents which luckily didn't take me much time to fix. I gigged with the back up of the AX 1500 which I've never had any problems with, I've had that just over a year longer than this one. // 4
Impression: It suites my band's style, which would be metal/classic rock The Last Few Remaining the recording is really bad quality though, I use it with a Marshall AVT150X and with a small Kustom 10 watt Practise amp at home, but have put it through various keyboard amps and peaveys. I wish I had asked if it had the albilty to record licks, because I loved that about the 1500, record rhythym, then solo over it, really fun and good to improve with. If it was lost, I'd claim on the insurance, if it was stolen I'd cry and claim on insurance, I would probably buy the Boss GT-8 as the soft playing=clean, harder playing - distortion and everything in between sounds really usefull, and the distortions are better. I wish it had a recorder, a metromone. // 7
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mangaka82, on march 25, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 300
Purchased from: Guitar Center
Ease of Use: This pedal takes a little work to truly understand it. I've owned mine for over a year, and after a few months of playing with it every day, I felt very comfortable just tweaking it on the fly. The knobs make sense across the board and the interface is organized in a very logical fashion. The manual is pretty helpful, but it's better to just play with it. It's sort of like a very large, expensive, and good quality toy. I expect first time users will encounter some problems with using it, but that's normal for a box with so many features. it's much easier than other pedals in the same class, like the Boss GT-8 or the Line 6 PODXT Live. // 10
Sound: I'm using my squire strat with a '70s fatty headstock and awesome neck. I run this thing straight to a mixer and from there into the computer. It has a noise issue, but there is a noise reducer which you can adjust. Using too much noise reduction can kill sustain, and too little can make the unit hiss. It might just be my guitar, though, and I plan on shielding it as soon as a I get a chance. The effects sound awesome. A lot of them aren't very useful for "standard" rock, but some of the things you can do with the filter and pitch shifter, in combination with ESS, can be very different. The delays sound great too, but there's no looping effect. When played clean, the tone is pretty good. It can get a rockabilly clean or a U2 clean. The compressor adds a great sound as well. When played dirty, there's a good variety available. there's a filthy, fuzzy distortion, there's a smooth, tube-y distortion, and there's a full-on metal distortion. You can even get a good Rhoads tone, and a good Metallica tone, all in one box. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This unit hasn't failed me yet. I don't gig, but I take this thing around to people's houses occasionally. The chassis is aluminum, but feels very thin. Nevertheless I feel okay with putting my whole weight on the expression pedal. I wouldn't do that with any of the buttons, since they're all plastic, but you can stomp on them without any problems. // 9
Impression: Overall, I love this thing. It's my baby, and my only source of tone. I feel like it wouldn't play well with other processors, though, so if you have a killer analogue setup, I would not recommend this pedal. However, if you would like a simple recording unit to run straight into a line-input, then I would totally say go for it. I compared this with a Boss GT-8 and a Line 6 PODXT Live. The GT-8 had more features and a more "high quality" feel, but it had a more confusing interface as well as a 100 dollar higher price tag. The PODXT Live would have been my next choice, but it was also more expensive and had a more confusing interface. I might buy it again if it were stolen, however I've thought about getting a tube amp and going analogue, so I might want to try that. But, if you use a wide array of tones and crave the simplicity of single pedals, then you should definitely check this pedal out. It won't wow you with a crazy slew of features, but it won't overwhelm you either. And who knows? It might just surprise you. // 10
mooman_24
: i can't wait to get this. worth the cash POSTED: 03/21/2007 - 01:06 am / quote|
BigBall
: This rewievs dont show how advanced this thing really is, yeah, its easy to use in a basic way, but theres a whole bunch of possibilites under this, which requires use of manual, control assignment for example. Another thing, how you plug it in to an amp have big effect on the output, and to make it work really well on a tube amp take some figuring out.. POSTED: 05/10/2007 - 09:14 am / quote|
Jonnay
: Yeah, BigBalls right. I posted the 2nd review down, and since then ive learnt so much more you can do with it, and matured a bit maybe lol.
Just Quickly a few things...
You can use the expression pedal like a Volume Pedal, but instead of controlling volume you can control, Gain amount, Treble amount, chorus Speed or depth, and almost every effect parameter.
Ive Not set up through a tube amp though, so i wouldnt know ive just used Left and Right outputs into two marshall combos.
And i just noticed a typo in my review I actually Meant 1 Month not 2 Months for its return, so Sorry Korg!
They were actually really good and helpful.
mangaka82
: i feel lik multi fx don't work well with tube amps anyways. That natural tube breakup and unique charecteristic is bad when your trying to model something. POSTED: 06/14/2007 - 01:51 pm / quote|
ml_03054
: [i]is tube amps the same as valve amps? POSTED: 06/18/2007 - 05:04 am / quote|
vbpart4
: i own one...
its prtty awesome ..easy to use n its worth every penny POSTED: 07/19/2007 - 08:28 pm / quote|
Yrkuk
: I've just got one today, still playing around with it, seeing what i can get out of it, and so far so good.... POSTED: 07/27/2007 - 01:08 pm / quote|
cabbage rocker
: ML_03054
No tube amps and valve are different, google or wikipedia one of them and that should explain the differnce POSTED: 09/25/2007 - 01:06 am / quote|
cabbage rocker
: Jonnay, i talked to the guy at my local music shop and he said the 4 beat recording function was removed from the 1500 because it used too much of the computer's focus or something and so degraded everything else POSTED: 09/25/2007 - 01:10 am / quote|
letterkills
: This or the Zoom G Series? (G2.1u/G7.1ut) help! POSTED: 10/29/2007 - 10:27 am / quote|
JD Blue Venom
: this is a great piece of kit in terms of what it has to offer and using it
BUT the sound can be the shittest i have ever heard i mean the choruses for example (which theres like nearly 10 of) all sound the same and that crappy noise reduction just drains everything out POSTED: 11/10/2007 - 02:45 pm / quote|
JD Blue Venom
: actualy scrap my comment i have changed my mind
everyone who wants to buy this will be disapointed at first evident by all the comments but it just lacks distortion and thats it really
this kit is pretty awsome simpler than the GT8 but has that all that has expect the dual thing
so all in all itswicked just make sure u set up ur own patches coz they will b better and prob recomend some distortion stomp boxes POSTED: 11/11/2007 - 01:12 pm / quote|
SenorBill
: cabbage rocker, a tube and valve amp are the exact same thing. "Valve" is just a term more favored in the UK whereas "tube" is used in the US. POSTED: 11/18/2007 - 01:41 am / quote|
ThePoacher
: I have had this superb piece of equipment for 5 months now and the the only comments that i have is that the wah-wah isn't too hot and the dials are a bit cheap. Otherwise this pedal is great. POSTED: 02/21/2008 - 07:02 pm / quote|
mangaka82
: yeah the dials do feel a bit cheap, but they do their job well. And its not like they're falling off, as long as they don't get stomped POSTED: 06/13/2008 - 01:36 pm / quote|
Coneezz
: I want this ^^ POSTED: 07/13/2008 - 12:35 pm / quote|
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