Are NUX Making the BEST Budget Gear? [probably] 

I love my MG-30. Nux first got on my radar when I tried their Mighty Plug MP-2. I'm still blown away at the guitar tones I got with that (dialed in a String Singer into a Twin with delay that is my go to). I also could get nice bass guitar tones. So then, I was getting tired of hauling a full pedalboard with Iridium to my church that now has a tiny stage. Thus, I got the MG-30. I think the strength of these units is the realistic amp modeling and even some of the effects modeling, ability to load good custom IRs, and ease of use with the UI to quickly adjust things in the moment. I know the higher end units have more effects/amps/settings and stereo amps and cabs, but honestly most of that stuff won't really be heard by an audience, so to get great tones in a unit 1/3 the price is amazing. That's not even to mention I can record into my PC with it and it's even class compliant, so I can record straight into my iPad using Zenbeats. It has options to record a dry signal too, in order to re-amp using plugins. Just so much for the price. And if it gets stolen at a gig, that's a lot less painful than a full board of pedals I accumulated over time and/or a pricey amp. I can't recommend it enough. It's not perfect, but no gear really is.

Definitely do the the Mighty Plug Pro if you can. One thing I think NUX could have done in the MG30 is add a Poly Pitch Shifter! They already have the Whammy, just give it pre-defined steps like the Drop...

That intro jam was so good! Awesome video mate 👍

One more feature this has is the parralal signal chain thing which thfe POD go doesn't have. This comes in really handy if you want huge delay/reverb/mod sounds without muffling up your Lead sounds. This is a huge deal for some people and good to see a cheap modeller giving this feature

The Boss GT-1 is one of my favorite units. Super small and light. Very easy to program.

NICE!! Tasty chops, dude!

Wow this thing looks awesome!

I have this for 5 months now. I bought it for about 250€, 220 GBP. It is great for recording in your DAW, since it can push dry and wet in stereo to your computer at the same time. You can record the MG30 amp sim sound, but also add a VST to the dry channel, like Positive Grid BIAS FX2, afterwards. In this setup it has extremely low latency. The speaker out goes straight into my studio monitors. Awesome setup for the price of a soundcard.

I have the NUX horseman and I gotta say it has some AWESOME tones in it. Pro tip if you turn the tone all the way off and boost the gain it acts like a light fuzz sound

Loving your playing... I own the MG-30 and the Nux Duo Tone delay. Great products.

I own the MG-300 and looking at the Mighty Plug Pro and Steel Singer pedal. Great stuff!!

Great playing John ! 👍👍👍

You're making it sound so good that I'll have to get one!

I have had mine a year. Love it and it sounds musical. I even use a Eric Johnson patch written by some guy named JC.✌️

PLEASE DO demo the Mighty Plug Pro! I just got mine this Sunday, and though I also own the Mighty Plug MP-2 it took me quite a while on THAT original model to finally dial in about four patches that feel great to play and sound really good. You sir, aside from creating a new beautiful piece of improvised music or two each morning, can find the tone that is hiding in a complicated piece of kit like a modeler so expertly, that you are the go to person any time I want to see and hear how a new or older modeler really sounds when programmed competently and then played through brilliantly.

I’ve got the MG300 recently , moving house means I haven’t had time to really go deep with it but I’m amazed at some of the stock sounds

Absolutely love my MG-30, especially with the Choptones patches! It serves as my "amp in a box" with the classic effects but I also have my favorite fuzz, drive, modulation and compression effects in front of it. LOVE IT!

I’ve got 2 mg-30’s. I have one main patch and a few specialty ones. Use a GE-7 clone and one of their compressors in the EFX loop. Makes for a tidy amp less setup

Holy moly this thing sounds amazing. Your skill is a big part of that though.

I'd be keen to hear your thoughts on these units in mixes sound in a mix with other instruments? Super cool playing.

Bought one a while back for recording, and wound up using it live and stereo thru my Katana 2 x 12 and my Origin 50 head and cab. I've had to be mindful of my tone control on the guitars,and the EQ, but the scenes I've set up give me everything I need for Fender cleans and Marshall roar. I still shake my head at the cost of something that has at least temporarily killed my GAS. I'm gonna get another one.

Magical playing.

John, hi, thanks for your videos. Your playing is really inspiring! Would like to get a piece of advice. I used to play live going direct with Line 6 M13 multieffect and ADA GSC-2 analogue guitar cab simulator for the last 7-8 years. But recently want to use smth lighter, more compact and if possible with better sound. Do you think MG-30 is a good solution? We play mostly pop and classic rock (like Rolling Stones) music. Thanks!

Great video! Thank you! 👍👍👍👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸

Thanks!

What about the Mooer GE series? (GE150/GE200/GE250/GE300/GE300lite), would love to see a video review of any of these too. Great video like always!

I have a Stageman floor that I love, it has a little background noise that I would like to loose, but aside from that it's a great unit. I just got some amp academy's and get a nice JTM simulation, and I hope an update will involve an AC-30 model ;-) Price is right on these units!

I have their Horseman and Steel Singer stomps. Very happy with them. Will probably get some more from NUX.

Another excellent video, thanks. :) Have you had a chance to try the Nux Mighty Plug Pro? It looks quite impressive for the ££s

I have the MG-300 which I first saw reviewed by you and Leon Todd. It's pretty good, but I would like to see more firmware support from Nux.

Yes, please demo the Mighty Plug Pro! I have the Mighty Plug 2, but I wish I'd waited for the Pro, which has a master volume control on the unit itself. I find with the MP-2 that I can set the volume of each of the 7 presets using the app and it's fine for headphones, but if I plug into the aux input of my Fender Champion 40 amp, it's way too loud, and I have to go into the app and reduce the volume for each of the 7 presets. Then I have to adjust (increase) the volumes again when I go back to using headphones! By the way, the Nu-x MG-30 is $299 in the States.

Hi John, do you mind sharing what guitar and the type of pickups used for this demo? I do have nux mg 30 and I am using Ibanez AZES40, the tone I got is much harsher and it breaks up easily even for a clean amp. The azes has ceramic pickup with high output about 14ohm measured using a multimeter though, thanks

Such great sounds for the price less than a boutique pedal

Sir... your playing is absolutly great....

I own one and use it daily as my headphone practice rig. The drum machine and looper make this the best practice tool out there.

Because I'm super spoiled by all your amazing Eric Johnson stuff from the Helix, Fractal, etc... would love to know if the MG-30 can EJ Cliffs of Dover as well 😄

Did you change any setting in pre eq and global eq? Im surprised how quick and easy you get this nice tone

I had the mg-300 which was great for electric but really struggled with my acoustic. So I switched to the Hotone Ampero One and it has been tremendous at the same price as the MG-30.

John, can the mg30 change parameters on different scenes just like the hx stomp? Much love from the Philippines.

Brother... i would once again ask you.. If we ignore the no of extra footswitches that the pod go offers.. does the nux mg 30 offers better tonal depth in comparision to the pod go.. ?? Bcoz I am getting an offer to sell my pod go by someone.. in yhat case I will sell it and buy a nux mg 30

What were you playing your MG30 into,front of a amp,effects return of a amp or audio interface through computer and studio monitors?If it's through monitors can you say what brand and model you are using?

Hi, what type of speaker / pa speaker or frfr monitor do you use? I use my boss katana mk2 50w, it is ok but still there are some problems with the sound.

Love to see You do the Nux Mighty Plug Pro Please N ? Sincerely One of Your Fans Kevin

I'm a huge fan of NuX, had their Delays, Modulation and the Drive core... i'm currently an Helix Lt user and planning on getting the Nux Cerberus for rehearsals and for practice. Have you ever tried one?

I have a question. Is it right that the Nux Mg 300 sounds different than the mg 30 and the mg 400? I was mesmorized by the sound of the mg 300 and am confused if the mg 400 and mg 30 have the same sound.

I'd love to hear your take on the GT-1!

Nice! Will you ever consider testing the valeton gp200? It seems a pretty damn good unit

I bought the HX Effects a while a go, because for the music i play i need a lot of effects. Apart from that i like the sound of my vox ac15 so i choose the HX Effects because it has no amp moddeling features. Sadly the HX Effects makes a lot of noise while using the 4 cable method. Does anyone know if there are better options? I also heard that it could be a faulty unit and i should replace it. Any help would be really appreciated!

I’d say it sounds pretty good. Not quite Quad Cortex or Fractal levels but it would be fine for live gigging or bedroom playing. It’s a well designed unit with lots of great features for the price.

How do i get the John Mayer "I dont trust myself" tone from this processor?

Thoughts on how this stacks up against the Ampero One?

your tone is great no matter what you use. all acceptable on any record.

I have the mg 30 the new firmware made everything way better somehow. The Marshalls roar perfectly now, the Rectifier has a proper Bass response now and the 5150, Princeton, the Phi delay, Auto wah, new fuzz the menu changes(and whatever I am missing) all great addition

I think the steel singer may actually be a vertex steel string clone from the look, could be wrong but looks and sound more like it may be that bud than the free the tone which the pic doesn't look like on the modeller at all

How can I make a feedback loop using nux 300?

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John..how does it stand against the Headrush MX5 ?

Is nux mg30 is better then boss gt1 ? Please reply 🙏

The terminator font alone makes it a winner

I have an MG-300. And I’ll be honest, I dialed in a clean Fender sound that I like even more than anything I’ve been able to get from my Dream 65 and pedalboard. And since I use this sound almost exclusively, my pedalboard might get dusty.

NUX for me are up there as one of the better companies making really good quality pedals/modellers that produce really nice quality tones. My first NUX pedal I bought about 3yrs ago was the Tape Core Deluxe at the time cost £65 New in UK, for me I thought was a lovely sounding Tape Echo effect with a great variety of functions and parameter controls built into their pedals for the low price they are. I would say they are at the top end of budget pedals manufacturers for price, quality and great quality effect tones.

Do you plan on checking out Headrush products at any point? A different beast to Line6 or even this unit, but definitely very cool for the more budget stuff.

Nux is killing the game right now! One of my favorite pedal companies nowadays. I’ve got the Cerberus which is one of my all time favorite pedals, slapped the Amp Academy at the end of it, now I have a makeshift Trident.! 😂 On THAT mainly Nux board I have the Modcore pre Cerberus (I like my modulation pre drive, distortions), the Steel Singer, Plexi Crunch , their drum looper JTC. On another board I have the Atlantic, Time Core and Horseman… there might be another one or 2… OH yea, just nabbed the Voodoo Vibe…lol Think I like NUX??? HELL YESS!✊🏾🤘🏾💯

Why modelers have Mods, Delays and Reverb after amp/cab?

Was it a fuzz or an overdrive in the beginning?

Boss GT-1 please! 😍

Hi John. First time for your channel. At 70 years old, I don’t have a lot of time getting into this stuff but here we go. I have an older amp without effects loop and searching for something like the NUX. So I will have to run in front of the amp. I’m considering the Valeton and Boss GT1 also . Do ya have any thoughts? Appreciate it

I think the amp modeling sounds pretty good to line 6 pod go modeling

I was going to say the hx stomp is the best budget pedal but then I remembered how much I spent on it when it launched.. 😅

I wonder if anyone out there would still like to see the NUX Mighty Plug Pro demoed?

Should i choose this over boss gt1?

Thanks buy in a pawnshop good pedal very good for the price. Need to know real pedal to use. Nice vid.

This or the Catalyst amp?

nux amp academy as lamp …my little charm

What version firmware are you running?

Nux mg 30 or boss gt 1???

Have you tried the mighty pro yet ?

Have you tried the Nux Trident yet? If so, how would you compare the tone between the two?

Yes and Yesss,,,,

Wauu Que Genial 🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🙏

Hmmm looks a lot more portable than a Helix and very intuitive. If I didn’t aleady have too much gear I’d be tempted.

The MG-30 looks like an excellent Modeler, and if I didn't already have and HX Stomp, I would seriously consider getting one. I love the representations of the actual gear (Effect Pedals, Amps, etc.) in the Display - Smart design. I checked Leo Gibson's massive "Latency Test" video and the MG-30 came in at a very good 2 milliseconds, though the MG-300 didn't do anywhere as well - I think it was around 11 milliseconds.

I think so . I can’t fault my MG 30

If it's just for home use, do you prefer plugins or modelers?

I’ve listened to every modeler out there aside from the high enders fractal , Helix etc ..the setup i s easy to understand and the tones sound incredible, he best in this low to mid range group iIMHO and as always your playing is a huge draw in your videos

The Nux Tape Echo is incredible for $150US, shocking really

From Boss gt10 to Nux mg30..... ¡I love my way!

PSA- be sure to go into Global and set your OUTPUT source e.g., monitors or amp. It is very easy to do and it made a night and day improvement in the tone. I was literally about to return it- it was that bad. Luckily I stumbled upon a RU-vid video that showed this. Now it is very decent and playable. It's still not Fractal quality, but very decent...and I paid $200 vs. $1800 for the FM9. The NUX MG-30, like the QC and even Ampero II is a dream to edit on the unit. All Fractal modelers are a living nightmare...which is why many, including good ole JC prefer the easier to use HX Stomp. Although the tone on just about any Fractal is world-class, the UI IMHO is simply bad. It desperately needs updating. On the NUX, everything works intuitively exactly as you think it should. You can make most changes with a press or two of a rotary encoder. With Fractal, as good as it sounds, you have to go into blocks, add/remove stuff, adjust from far too many parameters, save, etc. Even if you pay for and complete a 15+ hour Cooper Carter course (excellent) on how to get the most out of the FM9, there are still too many steps to actually do it, on unit. It does not change the poor experience. The PC editor aka "FM9-Edit" is relatively much better. In fairness, Fractal is pro level gear so it is by f a r more complex, but IMHO, unnecessarily so. There is not reason the UI could not be a bit more NUX and even QC-like. The QC is complex but also easy to use. FYI- My Set-up rocks... I am using a powered Radial Engineering AB/Y pedal. It goes out to my two studio monitors- JBL 305P MkII (cheap but sounds really nice.) I don't play too loud so it works just fine. The other OUT on the NUX is going directly IN to my Boss Katana. I am not using the 4-cable method- just to the input with the amp set to CLEAN channel. It sounds great. I have done the 4-cable method and it wasn't a huge difference but more of a hassle. This set up allows me to achieve about 15 feet of Left to Right separation. I also have a RC500 Looper in the mix and it is awesome- far better than baked in loopers...and it has drums and I can save patches and separate out left and right channels for overdubs. I have the DRUMS output set to the studio monitors. In some set-ups you can push it to just one but since I am using the AB/Y, it sees both monitors are one channel. They key is not pushing drums out to any guitar amp. TIP- DRUMS sound FAR better on a Studio monitor(s) with tweeter (crisp highs for cymbals too) than they do coming out of any amp- even a good amp, drums sound muddy. They are not meant for that.

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I don't get it why Ampero is still not doing scenes

I have 2 NUX pedals (was 3). The Atlantic is quite nice. It lacks MIDI wish is a shame, but not hard to dial in at all. The Optima Air is also a good pedal - evry useful. The Amp Academy though was a disappointment, and I had to sell it. Poorly organized, only a few usable amp sounds, and weak MIDI implementation.

Hi I sent a message if you would like to create Helix patches that emulate the Dunlop Rotovibe - I sent it through Bandcamp

Just sent you 6.32 dollars usa for Hx Stomp and just got some Helix freeze patch is that all

Yess boss gt 1

mighty plug pro is the best nux portable gear.

Zoom ms 50g

Who is PeteT ? Pete thorn?

Nope.

Thanks!