NuX MG30 Hands on Demo and Review 

Whenever I lust for new gear(I have had the MG 30 for 3 years), I always revisit these demos. I realize how good this product is .

This is totally insane. I've listened to hundreds of reviews/demos on all Line 6 products, all Fractal products, Quad Cortex and all the others. This little NUX MG30 sounds ridiculously good. To my ears it sounds just as good as the others..... WHAT!!!! Already ordered mine at Thomann (for 299 euros). Can't wait to get it - and it has got a send/return built in, so that I can use my very old Tube Screamer and my Turbo RAT. What a great time to be a home musician. And Johnnathan; great great playing as always.... just love it

Ordered from Thomann based on your video! It is really enjoyable to listen to your playing. You have a real economy of note playing that says a lot and inspires me to play fewer notes to convey the message! Well done. This processor has a wonderful tone quality and I can't believe they are offering it as such an affordable price. Even if it only had the palate of tone you demonstrated it would be worth the $300 bucks. The Roland is more than twice the price and while formidable, comparatively does not convey the same level of information on the available functionality so clearly and logically displayed on the screen.

It's crazy how much these little boards are capable of. I can't get over how close these amp sims are to the real things these days. I mean, people claim they hear differences. But I'd argue that amps aren't all necessarily going to sound 100% identical anyway. So depending what amp was captured on what day in what situation, these factors all go towards affecting the final tone slightly. Modellers are another story of course. It's not enough of a tonal difference to my ears to complain about. Then again, I still have the boss Gt8, which I purchased when it was 'top of the line' tech and newly released. That was advertised in its day as being a flagship, 'sounds like the real thing' device. In that instance, there was a strong argument for that just being marketing spiel. Great effects unit. Terrible for authentic distortion tones. Nowadays, I'd argue the amp sims are close to 96%-100% accurate. Madness I tell you! It's a bit like complaining that the graphics on the ps5 are garbage, when you've never played a ps1.

Been a NUX fan since 2019. This definitely needs to be in my arsenal.

The Fuzz sound from 08:40 is so cool like an oversaturated Eric Johnson sound - you just play even better!

Leon Todd sent me here. Greetings from a Sydney in lockdown. I'm sold on this thing. Was considering a Cerberus but imo for an extra $80-100 this is well worth it. Cheers mate. Great demo.

Tks a lot Jonathan. It was realy useful to see how to use it on the device it self an not with the software editor on the computer. Great

Short sleeves...you know from the start this is gonna be fire ahaha ! Loved the video, well put together and definitely looks awesome, I'm in love with this interface !

I just bought one of these & it kicks a*se, love yr presets too John, great work (new sub.). Guitarcheologist since 1979 says these MG30's punch way above their weight/price/reputation. Rock or Bust!🤘 🎸Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central QLD Australia🦘

Beautiful playing

You are an amazing guitarist. Warmed my soul.

I love this breakdown 💯

Very kool. Sounds like it responds perfectly.

Excellent .. What great value and now with a solid metal casing !! It is quite basic , but the sounds are really usable !!

I built a small analog board several months ago because I joined a band but we haven't had any rehearsals due to the pandemic. A month ago, a friend loaned me his HX Stomp to try it out. I loved the idea of having an everything in one solution that sounds good and actually helped me make my RU-vid videos sound much better. I listed all my pedals for sale hoping to sell them and get my own HX Stomp. I still have a couple of pedals that I need sell but then I stumbled upon this NUX MG30 and I could actually afford it so I pulled the trigger and bought it without researching it that much. It should arrive in a couple of days, I still have the Stomp on loan. I'll shoot them out and see if it's worth getting this instead of saving up more for the Stomp. Luckily, Thomann has a good return policy. All in all, expect a whole lotta videos from me on this lol. Not sure why I wrote this comment, I guess I'm a chatty person lol. Thanks for your content John, I appreciate it! cheers!

Love the tone you created. T y.

Great demo thanks , I learned a lot , for the price in the U.S this is a great little modeler

What's cool is this: Over 16Million new guitarists since the pandemic began. Not all can have, or want, amplifiers. Units like this in the hands of those people.... I can imagine at least hundreds of fantastic new guitar players we will be hearing from in the coming years. As we move into a resource scarce world, units like this put all the combined knowledge / equipment of those who went before with the smallest ecological footprint. More and more players will never know the sound of a real amplifier and the names of these patches/captures will only serve as names vs something they compare against. Exciting times. Best Regards and Best Wishes Johnnathan!

Wow that’s quite a nice piece of kit for the price!

love the backing track

Currently using Nux mg30 can't wait to fully master and under it

Nice playing nd demo... have to sub

Great overview and demo John, thanks. Is that backing track on your bandcamp?

Hermoso sonido muy cool

Excellent playing. Wish I could get that tone. Would you be kind enough to put up your MG 30 settings for this intro? Cheers

John can make the cheapest amp in the store sound like the best amp in the store. That said, this MG30 sounds great. Similar to the FM3 in the limited samples I heard here- and it's about 1/3 of the price. That bit at 15:45 sounded amazing- really nice and detailed. John- is it as touch sensitive and do you like the delays and reverbs as ? In other words- how does it compare overall to the FM3? I like the PC editor on the FM3 and being Fractal, I imagine it can do several things this one cannot. I think this one has an editor online too. For a non-pro, this unit seems like a great piece of gear. I like too that they include a pedal. Strong value. Did you know preset 14C is named JCordy? (at least in a video review I just watched.)

Thank you, it was vaguely helpful!! Jk, crackedme upwhen hou said that. I think I need one of these to plug into my digital recorder. Maybe through an amp. Thanks again, it was in fact very helpful. Super nice playing!!

Quick tone software for win or mac is a must for super quick editing and creating patches

Ah, Mr. Cordy. I've been expecting you...

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If you can't get joy from this, you need to find a new hobby. Holy smokes.

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I've been hearing that amp and IR wise, all of them are quite comparable, NUX, Valeton, the tweakability of their features (mic position, global EQ stuff) and the sound quality (or processor capability and their firmware updates?) that comes into play. Comparable amp + IR sound, but when modulation or reverb and delay taken into account, some can give good sound, some can sound very decent. Not to mention pricepoint as well. So many choices for 300ish, and I think MG30 offer quite the value especially with their consistent firmware updates.

Your presets man!!! Awsome!!!🙏🤘😍 are they included by default???

Nux MG30 has TSAC - True Simulation of Analog Circuit technlogy, digital multi-effects with analog sound quality. All you need.

John what amplification are you using, is it going into a full range powered speaker?

The end of April can't get here soon enough! I want one now, but not badly enough to pay the shipping rates to get it shipped from Thomann to the US...

You mentioned the ampero, how do the sounds compare?

What is that "R" indicator on the mid-bottom right of the screen, right above the signal chain? Thanks.

Hola, tienes conectada la Nux al amplificador...??

sound good. what studio monitor do u use?

Did you run the out of the Nux into an AMP or a soundcard? How great would it sound if you would plug it into a PA system?

A decade ago I played in a show-band playing at different party and disco bars and clubs. Being in a show-band you don't just need an overdrive and delay pedals, but rather a whole rack of modulation effects. Due to low budget back then I only used the Zoom g3n and 606 pedals because they come with modulation and built-in expression pedal, they were very much like a swiss-knife all in one fly-rig type of effects, although they were digital, they sound just as good as the analog ones if mixed right. Its amazing that 10 years later we have these amp modeler effects that could do everything from the studio to live playing as well as recording. The future of music technology will be much more lighter, perhaps there will be no more amps and cables, just a musical instrument with built-in amp modellers and computers.

Question: Can the headphone output and the main output to the amplifier work at the same time, or will a headphone connection block the signal of the output going to the amp? Because I'd like to use the headphones as a monitor while the sound still goes amplified. Thanks

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How do you think this would be compared with the POD go?

In your hands everything plays good even with the guitar turned off and without ampli or effect😀

John, conecté mi Nux MG-30 a mi amplificador Line 6 DT25, la verdad es que no suena bien, incluso con modo 4 cables, me puedes ayudar..??

which one do you pref. the boss gt1 or the nux mg30? :)

does it have an Amp/mic/effecr for vocal menu???

Hi, just curious, I would like to split my bass signal and send a dry bass signal to my bass amp and I want to send another wet signal to a guitar amp that comprises of a pitch shift of an octave up sent to another pitch shift which adds a perfect 5th to that 1 octave up signal with no dry bass signal then into some distortion so I can send this wet signal to the guitar amp when the guitarist does his solos, to fatten the sound a little as we don't have a rhythm guitarist to do this. Does this unit have these capabilities?

Is it possible with the MG-30 to send 1 output to the fx loop of your amp and 1 to front of house? (So 1 with IR and 1 without)

NuX MG30 или Line6 pod go ? Какой лучше звук?

Is the guitar sound on the intro is a factory patch?

Is steel singer part of the effects ?

Hello, can anyone tell me how many factory presets and how many blank user presets please. Thanks

Hi thanks for showing me that nice 👍🏻 how can I buy this MG 30 I from Manchester UK because I’m afraid to not be robbed online

Any chance you e played a Donnor Arena 2000? Ive been trying to find a comparison between the nux mg30 and the arena. Curious to know if there’s a clear winner between the two in amp modeler tone. In either case, you make this nux sound incredible! Great playing! Thanks for sharing.

What amp are you using? I have catalyst 100 can it give a decent tone with mg30? Tia.

I have a question, is the amp model block, is the power amp section separate from pre-amp? If yes, I would like to use my external preamp and use in MG-30 just power amp section and IR for cab. Please let me know, thank you!

Why all the amps? Just give me a good one and maybe an eq.

Can this be used as a computer audio interface ?

Hi John. Do you feel that MG30 is much more realistic than the MG300? (in terms of amp and cabinet simulation) In your opinion is it's worth the upgrade from MG300 to the MG30 in terms of overall sound quality? By the way, I love your new album!!! It's really goods!!! Thanks so much

I'm finding mg MG-30 harsh, and if I cut the highs, sounds dull, how do you deal with this?

Dear Boss - take note of the UI........

This thing its insane for 230 pound .. i use it for travel ... battery 🔋 connected thats it .converter 5 to 9 volt ⚡️..TalentCell lithium ion Battery Pack NB7102 works also on a spark 40 😂😂

I heard you can play snake in one of this

is it right decision to sell my stomp for this mg30?

"Crunch" = MI Audio Crunch Box? Seems likely. What is "Ho-tone"? The tone from a 'Ho? I've watched this like 3 times and every time he says "HiWatt" and "Matchless" I start making an inventory of all the gear I'm gonna sell to fund this purchase...

There a big time delay when U change Chanel. Selling mine no good. Set a rythem then a lead .to much gap

I wish someone had guts to make a Nux-demo without adding tons of rev and delay. Just the basic of the basic.

If you strum a few times and get the looper going you'll find it easier to dial in a sound

so who did they steal the software from? I don't believe for one second they developed their own code and modeled all these things themselves. That said, your demo is outstanding as always...

I never like to be negative but to me it sounds pretty thin and lifeless with a prominence of upper spikey mids. The maid would not be pleased.

So essentially a poor man's Chinese Helix?

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