I work in a music shop and I was about to get the HX stomp for my gigs with my band. I don't think I needed more than that, but then the MG30 arrived and I was really curious about comparing both. I was really impressed about the MG30 and it was half of the price of the HX. It's been a year going around with it and I'm very happy!! Great comparison! Thanks a lot!
AZES is better not only in sound but also playability. And price. I did the comparison myself at my local music shop a few months ago and I bought the Ibanez AZES40. Mint green. I can’t stop playing it. It is assumed to be a beginner guitar. It is way better than a beginner guitar.
this kinda comparisons are bs, doest give any real world information. copying setting from one platform to another always sounds like trash, you condemed one of both pedalboars since the first second of the video.
Nice comparison. I'd have to agree with your overall conclusion. I've owned my Helix for six years and I'm very satisfied with it, but I'm very impressed with what is coming out at a much better price point. The NUX MG-30 is very impressive.
The video is precise and fantastic! I just learned that when I make my own bespoke sounds or pre-sets that I have long imagined, my beloved NUX MG30 provides great sound. I must admit, though, that the unit's pre-set sounds are of a high calibre, particularly when heard on precise flat stereo monitors instead of the single speaker so called high quality monitor. I've imported pre-sets made by a player by the name of Joko's, and I must say that he has proven to have outstanding talent for creating sounds that are simply fantastic. His expertise with the ears is simply amazing. Anyway, Gerry Tentler has made me even happier because I only paid £260 for my unit, and I'm delighted I skipped the Helix. If the Nux Mg 30 mark 11 had a touch screen and a quad-core CPU, I would definitely consider upgrading, oh and more delays! Lol.
What I miss in this kind of testing is the comparison of the clean signal on a comparable amp. So without effects. Because that is where the differences often lie. It is good to ask your fa what you are going to use such a device for. With a recording it all listens a lot more closely than only when using your guitar playing and/or playing together.
Excellent demo. Thank you. I own an AZES40 and also a Fender Strat AmSTD, and what can I say, after a proper setup, which included in my case a slight fret levelling, the AZES is a charm to play. I bought it as a good platform for modding, but, the ceramic pickups give the guitar its distinctive character, and I just don't want to alter it, I will leave it as it is.
It depends on what you play. Surely it would be quite easy to play something that illustrates the difference between a ceramic pickup with a 500k pot and an ALNICO with a 250k pot. It is likely that your style depends more on the computer for its tone.
The Fender definitely sounds sweeter to my ear, but... a $50 set of alnico pickups for the Ibanez would bridge that gap and save hundreds of dollars. With the extra switching options already wired in I think the Ibanez with different pickups would be my choice.
You might want to check the EART DMX-9. Same switching concept as the Ibanez AZ(ES), but AlNiCo pickups, roasted maple neck, and better hardware including the two-point trem, for a really nice price! Oh, and it looks better than the Ibanez as well imho.
Here is a tip for all the MG30 users,use your Send/Return loop with your favorite stompbox pedal you can use it if you want with it on but turn it off for my tip and use the MG30's amp models and effects and put the S/R block in post position after the Amp block but before the effects tweak the Send level just a little 1db or 2db and the Return level 2 or 3db and you should get a louder more rounder amp like tone that makes your amp models sound thicker more tube like and not so thin sounding!
AZ is underated, for beginner player, AZ is more than enough. But if we want to invest for long term, Player series is also a good choice.. Both guitar are great, the demo also awesome!!
i find AI music so inspiring. "they" come up with so intriguing stuff human might not consider instinctivly check out my pathetic human metal guitar and vocals if you feel like it ! i sell nothign forever ill do some amator singing over this track at a 10-20 second clip and give you credit to promote your chanel ill remove it if you dislike at anytime
Heard nothing that impressed me. There's something wrong when you can't do a pick slide on any of the high strings like in Freed My Frankenstein. We're being screwed royally.
You have made the Helix sound bad, in a few clips , that unbearable squelch, may I suggest you make settings in each to sound good not the same dialed in tone but dialed in for best tone in each am and FX
This video is not about getting the best sound of each unit, it's a comparison of them using identical settings and the same IR. I know that both units can sound a lot better with other IRs and optimized settings.
@@GerryTentler yes overall the differences are negligible over the youtube audio and I had a hard time discerning, in fact I thought you mixed up a few files. Lol
Thanks for that Gerry. A useful tone comparison. I am however, like you I think, between the looks of the Contemporary Squier and the versatility of the Ibanez. As owner of both these guitars, for an all round Fender Strat, modern alternative, I get the feeling you would recommend the Ibanez, right? Also I've been considering spending more (aaarrrggghhh) and going to a Sire S7 then modding the wiring with an additional switch to get those extra tones (like all 3 PUP's on, etc.) What to do....what to do.... heh hehe.
For me the Squire just didn't have that bright, sparkling sound that I expected from a Strat. In this regard the Ibanez was much better. But just changing the volume and tone pots might help a lot. 😉
@@stefanchernev4996 in my opinion it sounds like a "nasty" Strat, because of the ceramic pickups. So for Rock music it's not a bad choice, also because of the bridge humbucker.
What I hear is that the NUX „clearer“. Anyway, I am a long time Kemper player and bought a NUX for a cheap backup. The unit is a bang for the buck. Cool vid mate! Check this sounds ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v7xOdwwl3B4.html
It's always difficult to compare - because a lot of that is in the settings you use. By default the MG-30 has relatively tamed bass frequencies but quite pronounced 4K frequencies. This can lead to clearer tones in a mix, but might not feel as satisfying playing e.g. alone. if you raise the lows by 3dB its gets more in the ballpark of what we are used to hear. The low end really opens up greatly - believe me it's a night and day difference. Depending on your taste you can then also tame the highs a bit. I often just use the EQ block to draw the 4K frequency down until it sounds warm and nice. Note that the pronounced 4K frequencies also can affect the "gainier" character some see - I often lower 4K up to 7dB... if this high frequencies go unlowered into the amp it will distort the high frequencies quite early. If you lower them to balance it out, it will also be less gainier.
Good comparisson. Both units are Very versatile and in my opinion sounds 98% the same. It all depends on your needs or budget, when it comes to pick just one device. However, both can be used at home recording / producing / practice, and for live using ( however in this topic, Helix wins; more switches) . Nice Job Gerry !!!
I have the MG-30. 2 of them no complaints. I have a second as a backup. Since I fly a lot to gigs & sessions. And I’m always getting knicked especially flying out of Newark. And the airlines are capped at $1500 damages. So I don’t have expensive anything. I now always make a few hundred bucks when it happens.
In the video I said that the amp settings on both units are identical, which is actually not true; the master volume on the Helix LT is set to 10 (which is the default), and on the MG-30 it's set to 4. Still both amp models sound pretty identical in my opinion. I think the reason for this is that the Plexi model that I used on the Helix has much less gain than the one on the MG-30, and leaving the master at 10 seems to compensate for this quite nicely.
In my opinion and I've been praying since 1984, there's no way in hell I would spend the money that the line 6 Helix ask for when the mg30 sounds as good if not a little bit more clearly to me. I listened through a set of Sennheiser headphones to this video.
Thank you for the comparison video! The Line 6 Helix seems to have more upper midrange/treble (as you alluded to at the end of the video). I actually find the MG-30 a bit more pleasing to the ear with the settings you provided. I have the MG-30 and boosted the bass at the output section by about 4 db. This brought a lot of realism to the bass frequencies.
It really depends on how you monitor, thru a PA that low end has to be tamed as too few some headphones but a couple of small studio monitors might be too boomy. But i roll off the output treble which has a similar effect
