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Korg ToneWorks AX100G

Korg ToneWorks AX100G

  1. Name: Jamie Watt

  2. Band: Insignia

  3. Model Year: 2000

  4. Price Paid: $100

  5. Performance

  6. Very easy to use. very versatile. Good first multi-fx.

  7. Performance Rating: 9

  8. Sound Quality

  9. Good sound with guitar. Sounds great when used with a big amp! Drum machine is a bit tacky.

  10. Sound Quality Rating: 9

  11. Construction

  12. Plastic top with metal bottom but is very versatile!

  13. Construction Rating: 10

  1. Name: Matthew Smith

  2. Band: -----

  3. Model Year: 2002

  4. Price Paid: $120 used (Daddy’s)

  5. Performance

  6. Very easy to use. I got it with no manual and quickly learned that I didn’t need it (for the most part). The volume/wah pedal isn’t the best but it’s good enough to gig with. The displays are easy to read, and fine tuning your sound is equally as easy.

  7. Performance Rating: 9

  8. Sound Quality

  9. Most of the effects are crisp and clear. I play mostly heavy stuff, and the distortion options are excellent, like you might find on much more expensive models. Chorus, flanger, reverb, and other effects are almost rackmount quality with proper tweaking. A few effects are near useless (at least to me) i.e. the pixelator. But maybe you have a use for weird stuff like that. Overall a good buy for any type of music. The only thing that bothers me a little is the delay I get when I switch channels. It’s a fraction of a second too much. That’s where the half point went.

  10. Sound Quality Rating: 9

  11. Construction

  12. It doesn’t feel rock solid like many of Digitech’s RP series do, but you don’t have to worry about stomping on the buttons, they aren’t gonna break off or nothing. But it does feel a bit flimsy even though it isn’t. The only complaint I have is the input and output jacks are held in with plastic nuts and a plastic input shaft. My input jack was broken when I bought it, it still worked but I had to be careful not to touch the cable during play or it would cut out, and I’d have to play around with the plug to get it back. But that’s just one example of one pedal, yours will probably not have the same problem. I think the previous owner neglected it. Plastic jacks are taking away a point.

  13. Construction Rating: 9

  1. Name: FLC

  2. Band: -----

  3. Model Year: -----

  4. Price Paid: $180

  5. Performance

  6. VERY easy to program. ONE button tells the device you want to program AND which module to do it in. NO scrolling through modules. You can change orientation of footswitches so you can TOGGLE distortions on or off or switch between distortions WITHIN a single patch. You can also toggle the modulation/ambiance modules, too. Just like having several distortion and delay stompboxes at your feet. This machine also allows you to change the orientation of the footswitches to change banks. And you can do this without stooping to press finger buttons. Comes with tap tempo button for the delay, unlike others in this price range. Manual is barely needed. It’s that intuitive. The manual would have been better served by listing the parameters of the preset patches.

  7. Performance Rating: 10

  8. Sound Quality

  9. Feedbacker effect really sounds like feedback. There’s no pause like on the old Boss Feedbacker unit. Using the pedal introduces vibrato so it sounds like you’re using fingers to sustain string motion. The manual implies that the modeling isn’t only amp models. More like stompbox models, too. Whatever, all the distortions seem unique or different from each other and seem useful. I’m satisfied with the sounds, but then again I’m no purist. I’d give it a four and a half, but we don’t allow halves here.

  10. Sound Quality Rating: 8

  11. Construction

  12. Its case is made of plastic with a metal bottom. I haven’t taken it apart to see the thickness of the plastic. I may have to admit that the plastic doesn’t seem to be as sturdy as that of the GFX707. However, I’m not one of those goon/gorilla types who are hard on their gear. I DON’T have roadies who throw my gear around. And, I won’t use this to BAT around any groupies either, so this should last awhile. I do appreciate plastic for its lightness, I must admit. This box has no on/off power switch. To switch it, you just plug in the guitar cord if you have batteries, or the adapter cord if you don’t. At least when I unplug everything and stash my gear I’ll KNOW that it’s off. It has bi-power capabilities, and I disagree with those who think something like this entitles you to a free AC adapter. Puh-lease! You’re paying for it, you just don’t know it. I’d rather they keep the price down by not including it. If you’ve been in music long enough (with other manufacturers), you get to the point where you’ve got 9-volt power supplies coming out of your ears. The unit I got does have one abnormality. On the dial which selects the “model” there are two offs. The setting for the “acoustic” is not at its detent, but between that position and the detent for “cl comp.” The one in the store that I tried had its acoustic in the right place.

  13. Construction Rating: 8

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  1. Average Ratings
  2. Performance: 9.4
  3. Sound Quality: 8.6
  4. Construction: 9
  5. Ratings Key
  6. 10: Excellent
  7. 0: Useless
  8. Company
  9. Korg

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