Best video on the Zoom G1Xfour. Thanks for this. It has helped me make my decision on whether this would be a good first pedal for my daughter, who has inherited my 94 MexiStrat.
Thanks Richard :-) I had a mid-90's MIM strat - it was a great axe!!! Sounds like your daughter is on her way to having a great time playing guitar !!!
Hey Ron - thanks for the kind words. I'm already working on the next video (the four secondary operating modes) which will give you the down-low on editing FX, creating / changing patch banks, and the most important system settings. If you subscribe to my channel (I think) RU-vid will alert you when I post it. Enjoy your new pedal !!! :-)
I recently dusted off the ole "guitar I bought when I was a teenager" (I'm 39 now) to help teach my daughter how to play music and just bought this effects pedal as I reintroduce myself into playing guitar. As a busy dad, I just wanted to THANK YOU for this amazing video to help get me started in just a few minutes! I look forward to trying it out and then watching your accompanying videos 😊
Good video/run through. I've had my G1X-four for about 6 months now. Have really enjoyed the rythym and looper puting down a small backing track that i can play improvised lead over. I mean i've done that for hours on end and had so much enjoyment out of doing it. My improv has come on bundles. And just the fact that this thing makes me want to keep playing has brought my soloing and neck knowledge on huge amounts. This may not be for everyone but i'm glad i got this. Sounds like I'm in a band again but with less arguments ...lol.
Yeppers, I know EXACTLY (100%) what you mean: Having GTR FX, and looper, AND rhythm in the same pedal is incredibly convenient for scratching out musical ideas, and it completely changed my world too, but not quite enough - So when you're ready, there's ONE MORE PEDAL that will rock your world as much or more than the Zoom pedal did, and I cover them BOTH in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pROblpMuFF8.html
Hey thanks for this video. I have been using my trusty Zoom 505 for many, many, many years and I still really love that pedal. This pedal however, is totally amazing, I just get a little overwhelmed with all the modes and this video really helped to clarify and simply how to get started. You rock bro.
This is a great piece of kit and mine arrived yesterday - thanks to this video I had it up and running and making music almost immediately! This was my first time using anything like this.
Seen a lot of people criticising this bit of kit, I think they are mainly snobs or missing the point: most of us are either playing for fun at home or doing small gigs. For this purpose it's ideal. I only use the tuner, compression, EQ, reverb and the occasional bit of crunchiness; a separate pedal for each of those is going to cost more than this. The only issue for me is it's unintuitive at first. Thanks for the quick reminder, I've just unpacked all my kit after a couple years with no place of my own, life's looking good man.
Excellent! You nailed the vital 20%. I was up late walking through all the patches, looper, and I loved having the rhythm percussion playing along. I had to look up the definition of "patches" though, LOL. As a pedal newbie the use of that word in regard to guitar amps was new to me. Thanks for getting me going strong in a 13 minute video. I love that you focused on what we need to know to use the pedal, and although I'm sure you're a great player, you didn't spend time showing off. :o)
Rock on !!! Sounds like you're well on the way to success w/ your pedal, and it is fun - this is my second Zoom G series pedal and I still think they're great - plus, I'm an 80/20 (pareto) kinda guy so thanks for the kind words James :-)
Honestly, seen so much studio rig stuff, putting the unit down. I don't think people understand this is A front of amp unit. But i need effects in my apartment rig and this is one. Can't run a 6505+ and the computer and all of that. I really like that you explained it and made an effort not to just hate on it just for the cost. I'm going to use it if bars actually get going to play small gigs. Again, Thank you. And yes, you can run it through a loop, but I am thinking of me at 16 and now 36 and just needed something small. I really appreciate it.
Yeah, lots of players dismiss it as a toy AND because many of the factory patches just aren't well tweaked - but get in under the hood and things really open up - plus, I've always been pleased with the sound quality I can get when really dialing in the FX options and playing directly thru my PA - no, the digital FX don't sound exactly like the real deal, and that's ok - just use the G1X for what it IS: a $100 pedal w/ lots of digital FX, a 30-sec looper and onboard rhythm - Hell yeah, that's the kinda "toy" I like :-) LOL !!! (you may be interested in my bedroom jam rig video too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-blVa1mo0uRE.html)
Wow, you make it so clear and simple! Thanks i just got an a1four delivered, im not familiar with pedals but i already understand the whole thing. Youre the man!👊
Cheers mate - so glad the vid is helpful :-) I finished the next mind map (cheat sheet) and just need to carve out time to shoot the video 👍 (EDIT: second video is now up)
I just nailed the famed Flock of Seagulls Delay sound and settings with this thang! It was worth the money I spent two years ago on it, just for that! LOL
@@TheImageDoctorMe too, from day one pretty much. Well, I hadn't used the Zoom for a few months, I dug it out, realized I could easily call up Delay and whatever else, use an empty slot, and edit the time value as per Flock's prescribed #s (302 ms), that was easy enough, I added some EQ and Compression maybe, saved it, and my goodness it sounded right off, very much spot-on to the I Ran sound. Also useful for Space Age Love Song (maybe with the Delay dialed down a lot though). I always use some Chorus as well, just a touch. I wonder if Paul used Flanger as well? Maybe a tad. I was doing this yesterday on my Roland Micro Cube, also dial in about halfway on the Gain to get that boost going.
Thanks for the great tutorial. Nicely broken down to manageable pieces. I found the manual to be unclear, but I bought it anyway. I can now spend my time programming and playing rather than reading. Great job once again. Thanks.
Thanks! This info is what i look when search for the zoom pedals more than the reviews and even i got the A1 the G model its the same and have more videos 😅
Excellent videos, both of these tutorials. Thanks so much for putting them together, made it so easy for me to dive in and use. I just wanted to add that the ‘pre and post’ features in the looper refer to whether the effects are saved to the loop or whether the patch is applied after. Whilst most of the time post is what you would want to use, the ‘pre’ setting is excellent if you want to record a riff and then tweak a patch to it perfectly. I love this little thing, so versatile.
Thank you for this. You're extremely quick and straight to the point. Best one I ever see on You Tube. You know how to teach a lot. The only Zoom G1XFour Guidvideo that have done a good job of simple explanation. Thanks man.
I wanted to post an update after using the Zoom for a couple of weeks. First, You need to learn how to save a preset. Second, If your not using a dedicated guitar amp, but are using headphones or a pa, you need to go thru all the emulated speaker cabinets and turn the mic on and SAVE IT! Otherwise you will be wondering "what the #$%^" is going on every time you try something. Third, There is another volume in the Settings Patch Save. Use it to set your Patch volume after you have got your sound right. I found that I had to set my clean sounds to a volume of 120 while the distortion Patches needed to be sat at 20 to balance out the volume - big difference. It has a realistic tube modeling sound and that alone makes it worth it. But, you need to set the modeling amps gain to almost nothing to get a good clean sound. The JCM 800 amp model sounded just like a JCM 800 cranked up. I was impressed. But it wasn't easy to get a clean sound like a real one was.
Whoop-whoop - Congratulations !!! Remember... don't settle for those factory tones, it really comes alive when you get into the FX and start tweaking things - ENJOY :-)
Post on the looper, let you to use multiple effects on overdubbing, The other options don't , and you can even choose other effect to change the previous loop audio
Really super tutorial, thanks for your work. Extremely well structured and help to understand the logic behind the product. Just starting the second part :-)
Just few months ago i got an electric guitar and an amp... and some pedals or a good processor was all ive been looking for... and ive been watching videos of G1 and G1x and i really need one so bad..... i watch videos about them all day... n i wonder when my parents are gonna buy me one... hope i get one soon... im so excited haha...
@Terry Clark Whats really cool and for some reason people dont use it has much as they should and thats the software. You can sit at your computer and create patches then download them to your pedal. Its really cool.
Thanks for the clear, concise and well done video.. the quick start guide that came with it was terrible, it doesn't even tell you how to turn the device on when using batteries (plug in the jack from the guitar)... can't wait to watch your other videos on this..
Thanks @brettallenthomas for the vote of confidence 😀👍 its a fine little pedal once you know how to use it and I hope you have lots of fun jamming with it - I still play mine daily !!!
@@aryzmunio7367 you get atleast 49 ready to go effects, including the drum patterns and looper. It doesn't include a 12v power supply but you can just use an old android charger to it. Adding new effects/patches can be done in tonelib if you want community based patches. it's overall just a decent effects pedal for "home use". Just remember it's made out of hard plastic, so even if it's hard plastic it's still plastic. So don't got stomping hard on it Cuz it will be on you. but yeah you can use it as a normal pedal, I use it for church with my custome patches put into it and it does the job. You can also like use batteries on it so you can like use it on a park or something.
Aloha from Hawaii 😉 🤙 I just got this pedal 2 days ago from Amazon. I was looking to buy another Looper with drum tracks & found this. I watched a few vids on this pedal on RU-vid & figured this would be the best deal. I'll update this post soon after I play around with it for a few days or so.
I played with the effects pedal checking out the various presets, pretty good, a few I really like 👍 I never used the looper yet or got into the drum tracks yet but I'll post a short video on my channel next week.
I bought a Zoom G2.1U when it came out about 15 years ago!? Pretty solid pedal for it's time. I still have it but its starting to have problems with the power jack. I have not used it in years but always kept it as a backup. Starting to eyeball a replacement. It looks like they kept some of the basics with functionality. Seeing them for sale online for under 100$... may have pick one up. I kept it simple on my G2.1U... setup a boogie amp for gain, adusted it for different levels of gain and volumes for soloing and similar for a clean sound with the Roland Jazz chorus amp sim. It appears it can be as simple as you want or as complex as you want with this newer version.
I’ve been a zoom FX user for decades myself and find this unit to be quite capable - digital FX are changing quickly but this is still a great starter multi fix unit and capable of pretty good sounds once tweaked for individual tastes - just remember a lot of the factory patches are not so great in their default state - they’re more jumping off points IMO
Thanks for making this video. You actually talked me out of buying this unit. I don't want to fiddle with a pedal this much just to learn it's functions. I would rather spend my time playing. Looks like it's gonna be a Line 6 Pod Express, a Vox Stompbox, or possibly even a Boss ME-90 for me. I prefer simplicity.
Hey, whatever helps you make a positive decision forward is a good thing - I can say this (newer) unit is a heck of'a lot easier to use than the previous model - and like any multi-FX pedal, once you have it dialed in, you dont mess w/ it much - enjoy your final selection of pedal and let us know which one you choose 👍
Finally, someone talks about how to go back and forth between patches. Looks cumbersome for live performance if you are on patch 4,5,6 ... and you have to get back to patch 1 quickly, but going back and forth between the adjacent patches is looks good. They should place a long hold to on the pedal to get you back to patch one or to jump 2 or more patches either forward or backwards.
To use this pedal as a "performance tool" you may want to try these options: (a) create custom sequential patches that match the song set so you can simply step-thru your songs/patches in order of use; or (b) setup your "go-to" patches in sets of 10 however it makes sense to YOU (i.e. clean 10-19, blues 20-29, rock 30-39, etc.); or (c) use GuitarLab or ToneLib software to create/save your own complete patch-banks and simply pre-load your pedal with whatever you have saved for that gig/set - hope this helps TM961, thanks for taking time to comment 👍
Looper settings - that 3rd one "posi" - POST means any pedal changes will apply only to the "live" takes - PRE means that any pedal changes will alter the previous recordings
...when I loop a clean track I can't switch to a lead sound without changing the clean loop sound. Is this what you're talking about? If I change that to POST will that fix my issue? I just got this pedal and the instructions don't help much.
Mucked around with it at Mannys for five minutes had all functions nailed Extremely intuitive and easy to use The only problem is NO TAP TEMPO and tempo is NOT global which means delays and time based mods are not in sync with drum machine Otherwise a great pedal with ROOLY good sounds Ditching my Fractal axe effects for one as too complex and difficult to use without midi floor board and I am terrified of midi
very good. thank you!! pls note: in the manual they advised to choose the battery type, so that the software can calculate the remaining battery charge correctly - BUT FUNNY THING: there is nowhere a battery indicator 😀😀😀
Wonderfully clear explanation - thank you! I just ordered one of these, because it was inexpensive and compact, and looks more intuitive than my old Zoom GFX-707 (largely thanks to the LCD screen). Sorry to see the 707 sampler has been dropped though. If only they had included that, and also drum fills and endings!
Good points. My experience w/ Zoom began w/ the legendary 9001 beltpack unit - which is still a freak'n brilliant piece of equipment if you can find one in working condition (especially the battery) - and then teleported 30 years to the G1Xon (which may still be my no.1 video in terms of total views) - the G1Xfour was a fabulous upgrade in terms of user interface w/ the device, even though most of the factory patches are a bit over the top IMO. As a long-time user / reviewer / answerer of the G1Xfour (and G1Xon before that) MY VOTES for directly advancing the usability of the current model pedal are: (1) include enough internal processing/memory to never see another "process overrun" error message and allow me to literally fill every slot with any pedal in the unit (2) let me assign any (1) individual patch parameter to the expression pedal: So I can swell the drive on a gain pedal, or lengthen the reverb tail to end a solo, stuff like that - let it be my choice which pedal parameter is affected (3) literally back-off the settings of every factory preset @ 30%, so we can "dial up" to more sound instead of having to "dial down" to save our eardrums (some of the factory patches are so "much" as to be completely unusable "as is" IMO) (4) include enough internal processing/memory so that all of the pedals that can (currently) only be activated using a connected computer and software, are included and directly available in the pedal itself off-the-shelf / from the factory Thanks for chiming in Al :-)
@@TheImageDoctor Yes... I just got the G1X four and will have a lot of satisfaction from refining the the stock patches. As an upgrade for my old GFX 707, I'm very happy, especially in conjunction with the available software. Another great product from Zoom!
