Finally Got My Hands On A NU-X MG-30...

[@TaylorDanley]

Hey guys, this is just a quick look from my first playthrough with the MG-30. Full and thorough review in the works, once I get used to all the ins and outs. So SUB and BELL if you want to get notified when I post it!

[@aptfx]

Btw.. the new Firmware with quite a few new features is out this days. NUX did include a lot of things people asked them

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

Just scored mine in Ohio for $53 I'm so stoked thanks for the heads up it rocks you answered alot of questions I had bro!!!thank you!!

[@chickenpasta7359]

I had the GE200 and I think these little modelers are really great alternatives to people who can't afford anything past the sub $300 mark. I graduated to the HX Stomp and feel like my tones got significantly better, but the GE200 will always have a place in my heart since it got me through a lot whenever I had bad days and just wanted to play around with as many sounds as possible and let my creativity flow. Gave me years of great memories. Awesome review.

[@TaylorDanley]

I totally agree and I think the tech is just getting better and better. I’m running this against my axefx now and the results are pretty surprising!

[@aptfx]

My first modeler was a GE200 too. Nice little device. The MG-300 did sound and even more feel better though. The MG-30 is my current everyday device. Love it

[@tommythetrain1945]

I was looking at the ge200 went with mg30 I can't wait to get it!

[@Prossdog]

@@aptfx yep, just sold my Mooer for the MG-30 and I was really surprised his much better it sounded to me. More character in the amps and better responsiveness to my playing.

[@a2zonlineunboxing873]

Great demo Sir❤. Pls suggest me the best one from Boss GT 1, Zoom G3xn and Nux mg30 tone and featurewise. Which one will be a better buy? Tnx in advance 🙏. Love from India 🇮🇳❤️

[@rodreyes8436]

This seemed like a cool piece of gear. The interface was not bad at all. Nice review man.

[@ChiAeNima]

It looks cool. But for that prize range I clearly prefer our awesome and trusty HoTone Ampero. Good one bro.

[@teriakamoto]

Night and day difference with a proper IR. If this unit has 3 great Amps and good effects which it does, then its worth the price of admission

[@barryprosser1370]

The studio is looking really clean man! \m/ Might be time for another studio tour or collection video :).

[@TaylorDanley]

That might be in order!

[@Ronny1031]

I’d watch a studio tour/you showing all of your guitars (even the ones you don’t play).

[@BrianBower]

This was a good review. I actually like that you mentioned the button quality. These things matter too and not just how sick the gain channel is.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude, appreciate you. Yeah I notice that stuff all the time, and it seems like most people don’t 😂

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Looks similar to the Ampero. Would love to see a side-by-side comparison 🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

It’s coming!

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Holy Toledo! All the low end promptly showed itself at the 8:30 mark! Looks like this thing DEFINITELY has low end, ya just gotta make sure everything is dialed up correctly. 🤘😎🤘

[@YOURGEN-q3z]

Thanks from Paris. Great vid good sense of humour. Good guitarist too.

[@TaylorDanley]

Hey, thanks!

[@oldguitarwrist]

I think with all the modelers out there, they are all similar except interface and i/o- puts. ( some better at one thing or another). Price determines some quality of sound and outputs but not interface. Kemper, Helix, Fractal =$$$ Hotone, Mooer, Nu-x, etc $$ With the modeling community nowdays you can achieve fairly decent sounds on almost unit with enough tinkering. Get something in your budget with an interface you can work with and connectivity for the task you will use it for. Thanks Taylor for this preview. Can't wait for your shootout and tone videos!!✌

[@TaylorDanley]

🙌🏻

[@aptfx]

I‘m very much looking forward to your Review. There is little with a Metal perspective and I think the default setup and presets are not very „modern metal“ oriented. I hope you find the time and mood to see what to get out from this thing. :)

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks! I’m actually editing the review nowwwwww

[@krailanuar]

I already upload my new song after update the new firmware 2.6( Admin Just Send Me The Tester Update ) but u must waiting Officially Firmware... have new amp n new effect.... Nice Nux MG30 Review

[@PoorManCigarette]

Great man, I think I could go for one that by now, as a Jackson lover, miss your Kelly, as a V lover, DUDE THAT IS SUCH A GREAT V!!! Keep rocking, greetings from Mexico!!!

[@TaylorDanley]

😂🤘🤘

[@LeppardMad45]

Are you going right into speaker and not into an amp first ?

[@pooh4209]

What you think about Nux MG30 and Mooer GE250 and Hotone ampero

[@TaylorDanley]

That's coming soon!

[@zelek1325]

Mahnnn ..... U really deserve more views and subs.... Keep it mahnn... Love ur contents🤘🏻

[@TaylorDanley]

Thank you! 🙏

[@AdamYoudell]

got one. the stock ir's are ok but one I got to using Choptones Ir's(Boogie/EVH blended) it was sounding gig-ready. They definitely need to make good on that 5150 promise

[@erniethenerd8495]

Wish Zoom had those displays with their G3x when I got them.

[@ontherecord4253]

Hey Taylor. Just picked this up for an acoustic board build I'm doing for some Acoustic duo gigs we have coming up next year and would love to see how this unit can be used with acoustic guitars

[@Tucanaldelguitarralicks]

Dónde la conectas amigo suena genial desactivas amplificador? Ayúdame buen canal

[@krailanuar]

Yeah... Finally Im Waiting This Nux MG-30...

[@ibanezprestige5964]

Hi. Can Nux mg30 use it 3 foot switches for select patch 1,2,3? Or can the additional 2 foot switchs connect to the unit and use it to select a patch? Or this unit just can only switch bank up/bank down?

[@apoplexiamusic]

cool little unit! sounds mostly great! "Die" VH4 basically means "The" VH4, but they used the wrong determiner. The masculine of The is Der, and the feminine is Die. But an amp is masculine in German... they just wanted to be "edgy" :P

[@TaylorDanley]

😂 whoops

[@aptfx]

Erm…. DIEzel 🤷‍♂️😂

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@aptfx still... improper grammar bugs me 😅

[@ferramirez4570]

Can this be send directly to the front of house?

[@二加二]

Wow, it does sounds great, how does it compare to fractal?

[@TaylorDanley]

I'll do a shootout here soon.

[@roryt1985]

Is that a serious question ? if so, it’s worse in every way.

[@justinTime077]

@@roryt1985 how’s that? I’ve had Axe 3, Gt1000, Helix stuff, TONEX… the bare bones amps are what matter most to me and how authentic they feel to play.. dynamics and pick attack response etc. I can’t say that today helix, TONEX, and fractal are far apart. They’re all great. I haven’t tried Nux. Boss kinda sucked.

[@TheGhostOfGideon]

can it emulate Randall amp? particularly dime's sound or some cool trash?

[@MiroslawBlazek-Gdansk]

You meant thrash, obviously :) Answer is: yes, just like many modelers it can, but it requires some specific equalization (both pre- and post-overdrive) to be applied in the preset. If you need a few general tips in this area, let me know.

[@hollowjack8711]

Hey Taylor! Maybe this will be a stupid question, but have your tried it live? And how does it perform after tweaking and uploading your custom metal distortion and plugging it in the speaker? Is it possible to get some tight distortion instead of crunchy type? And which was better: ToneX from Amplitube, or Nux Mg30? Thank you!

[@barryprosser1370]

Man that Pitch shifter sounds great!

[@aptfx]

Unfortunately the Digitech is better for chords though

[@gvsd3]

One thing I realize about Nux modeller after trying my friend mg 300, that Nux amp and tone is like prepared to be just good right out of the box, almost artificially good to me, it's hard to adapt to the easy tone dialing while I like the raw amp tone in my Zoom modeller, it feels satisfying when you dial good tone in it, but at the same time I want to try Nux so it's a dilemma lol

[@hadeseye2297]

11:29 The Cure - Play for Today vibes.

[@shadyburnike264]

That thing is kilker..only 300 bones..🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

I know, I actually thought it was significantly more expensive.

[@benkish531]

pleaseeeeee do another time quest that was my favorite series ever pleaseeeee

[@Robertoilo]

Maybe it will be cool... If a could find one to buy. I don't found one only pece anywhere.

[@lembusora7585]

Compare with joyo gem box iii

[@davidwillsdon9378]

Does anyone know if the NUX mg30 has a bypass function? I've searched high and low but can't seem to find an answer.. any help would be much appreciated!

[@joellebrodeur1015]

Honest opinion: Zoom G6 or nux MG30? Just got the Zoom G6 (used) and second guessing. I like the tones, I don't like not being able to turn on/off the drum track via switchfoot. I may get this to A/B before I return the Zoom.

[@BlazertronGames]

Would you suggest this or the mooer ge200? How does the build quality compare?

[@themodernguitarist]

7:12 It took a year but it finally happened lol

[@BenjaminKanarek]

Great stuff! May I ask what is the stand you are using for the Nux MG-30?

[@luizdiaz5196]

Is the "Studio Direct Output" setting for going straight into studio monitors?

[@robysvids]

I have a nux mini portable amp and it's great!

[@adamh4680]

What stand are using to prop up the MG-30?

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

The more I look around for different multi effect. I keep finding this one the most impressive for the money.

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey can you please help. I installed the quicktone editor and the latest firmware update and I can't see the amps on my screen

[@tomasz_k.9684]

Hej, włącz oprogramowanie na kompie a dopiero potem włącz nuxa, u mnie pomogło, pozdrowienia

[@chuckyplanellsdiaz2807]

Taylor mójate para pensada en directos calidad y sonido ampero o nux mg30?? Thx

[@unleashthefury111]

Could you please review some Hughes and Kettner amps like the blackspirit 200 or the grandmaster 40d? Thanks

[@jonathanpoxon5526]

I’ll definitely stick to my amperro! Seems great and a cracking vid 🤟🏻 but I just think the tones from the amperro are better.. for me anyway

[@sergi615]

Hello Taylor, quick question. Which multieffect is better ? Donner Arena2000 or Nux Mg30? I can see that they both Chug but still.

[@MiroslawBlazek-Gdansk]

NUX MG-30 sounds smoother on sustained power chords (just like well designed real tube amp does).

[@infolalulintas3511]

Im good with my mooer 150

[@TheDarkEthereal]

Good for you! Now GTFO

[@CyrilSneer.]

Do you get cab simulation with the stereo outs? I have a Nux Cerberus which is awesome but when running it in stereo only one channel gets the cab sim.

[@omomahauzel4997]

Sure, its an amp/cab simulator with the ability to load custom ir. Thats the whole point of these units. Cerberus on the other hand is more of an fx pedal sim.

[@robertcollins410]

But what does it sound like in a mix? 🤔🤘👍

[@TaylorDanley]

We’ll do that!

[@robertcollins410]

@@TaylorDanley hell yea! Can't wait!

[@BloodlineMetalfromGermany]

New Guitar-Rack?😃 Show us! 😉🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, I don't know if I've shown it off or not... maybe I'll do a studio update soon

[@labyzoune5751]

Not bad

[@TrevorDBEYDAG]

Hard metal tone doesn't give any information about what the unit does, sorry. You can buy $10 cheapest distortion pedal plug to the PA directly, you can get almost the same result. Clean tone and slightly tube overdrive tone kind tones are needed to be explored. Also chorus reverb all other functions.

[@_vez]

Bruh what

[@Ronny1031]

All of the modelers and plugins out there could lead to some serious options paralysis. That said, it seems like you really have to work to find gear that isn’t useable now. Also, this unit looks very mooer inspired in its physical design, but it seems like some design cannibalism is inevitable in the world of modelers

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah. I just looked this up though, and it looks like $299 US, which is crazy for what it does.

[@Ronny1031]

@@TaylorDanley and my shortsighted ass sold my ampero one. I'll probably get a Nux or another similar modeler for when i want to play, but not be tethered to my laptop

[@TaylorDanley]

🤷 I mean new stuff will probably be coming soon anyways

[@Ronny1031]

@@TaylorDanley yeah, not like there will suddenly be a halt in production of modelers

[@justinTime077]

Buying a helix or fractal can lead to options paralysis. I’ve had them all, and I’m liking how trimmed back this Nux stuff is. Gonna give it a whirl.

[@warren4838]

what does "decay" do? thanks

[@thefuneralparade]

Well.it hit me I found your schtick... You do that thing with your face to make one eye kinda pop out and look kinda funny alot in almost every single shot I see of you.

[@TaylorDanley]

The Popeye look? Yeah completely involuntary. Maybe I’m having micro strokes.

[@alpertatkan874]

Actually, I'm not impressed as Ampero. In this price range I'll go with Ampero.

[@kow294]

Its rather weird they include a paid ir in the unit. wander what kind of aggreement they have, if theres any. lol.

[@TaylorDanley]

I’m sure there is. The stock presets are CT - , which I’m assuming means choptones. But yeah it’s weird that it’s the 1st thing you hear when you load it up

[@lennert123]

Different youtubers and guitar players were be asking by Nux to build 4 presets for this unit. Chop Tones so Chop tones was involved. The IR used by this preset is just built-in the Unit. edit: I see in the newest firmware update 2.3 that Choptones using his own IR's in the preset. But you can't select these IR's for your own sounds with the unit. Maybe you can reuse them by using the QuickTone software editor. (haven't test this)

[@aptfx]

You can just export them in Quicktone and then use load them in the IR collection to use them anywhere

[@aptfx]

… btw also checkout the ones by Leon Todd (LT presets). I personally use York Audio IRS with the device and those sound incredibly good

[@TheDVM1]

if you a/b it against the 300 you will be surprised. I did it with a buddy's we found out that the 300 was actually a bit better.

[@TaylorDanley]

We shall see. I remember the mg300 being really impressive, and this sounds small and boxy in my first impression (unless you use the choptones IR) so 🤷

[@aptfx]

The MG-30 is a bit bright with many guitars and the default presets compared to the stock MG-300. There are quite a few ways to correct this: You can change the pre-eq in the global settings. You can change the output eq in global settings. You can use the eq Block. I think one reason could be that the device is also meant to be used for bass - so the defaults might be something like a lowest common denominator. The power amp sim of the MG-300 is fixed while the one in the MG-30 is more complete. This also means there sometimes is a bigger non-linear effect using the amp master knob - depending on the model. if you take the time to set it up correctly it does sound better than the MG-300 (more dynamic, less compressed) Besides the Choptones there are also some other good third party IRs (e.g. from Leon Todd) in some presets. One difference to the MG-300 is the quite low latency of 2ms.

[@aptfx]

Did it too for a week with both units. The MG-300 is by default quite a bit darker and more compressed. There is a vid of Jimmy Lin which uses the original MG-300 IRs in the MG-30 and compares them side by side quite analytic. The MG-30 comes out significantly better there

[@TheDVM1]

@@aptfx I dunno check out Emir Bucio's review and a couple Helmut Shatner's reviews... Just about every review I find plus my own experience puts the 300 above the 30 for pure tone. The 30 def has a better construction and more tonal options, better quality timing effects but over all tone still goes to the 300. Def not worth the price difference in my opinion.

[@aptfx]

Helmut Shatners review was in favor to the MG-30 actually. He made a mistake in one video where many people jumped at drawing conclusions. I had both units in parallel for a while so I don’t draw this out of my ass. Most people just quickly dialed in the same tones they had from the MG-300 and with that being significantly darker and more compressed it was to bright on the MG-30. Jimmy Lin did take the time for a real solid comparison with even the same IRs. Just look at his video. I had exactly the same difference with my two units. People are just to quick to draw conclusions nowadays - it’s a pity

[@vincentrandles8105]

Not that it doesn't sound good, (it does!) it's just a bit too much low-end that you prefer that doesn't taste right too me! (Just sayin!) Metal up your %ss!!🤘🤘

[@TrevorScanlan]

Is that a Solar?

[@TaylorDanley]

Yes. V 1.6 FRC

[@KillaFXZ]

Chugs, Beer and gear! Lol

[@natgtr304]

It's not a st. Saint chorus, it's a st. Stereo chorus

[@portuguesebeer5069]

Just review the fuckin' Kex again! 😜 No, its a joke. You should have talked about the IO of the unit. Id love to see reviewed 2 products: PEAVEY 6505MH and fuckin' MARSHALL ORIGIN 5. Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

[@TaylorDanley]

🙏

[@portuguesebeer5069]

@@TaylorDanley Just have a beer 🍺

[@teriakamoto]

@@portuguesebeer5069 Portuguese Breakfast

[@BASIS2024]

ПОКУПАТЕЛЬ НАПИСАЛ c АЛИЭКСПРЕСС ! - Я думаю, что продавец должен заметить, что это не для мирового использования. Он не может изменить настройки языка, поэтому работает только с китайским дисплеем Английского языка не будет если поставить новую прошивку ? Это очень печально ! Я очень жду процессор но если только КИТАЙСКИЙ язык то это вообще не устраивает. Узнайте подробнее в чем причина ?

[@rondroider8904]

finally!

[@infolalulintas3511]

No 5150 no party

[@TaylorDanley]

😂

[@Tyrellco7]

5150 Ampero

[@infolalulintas3511]

@@Tyrellco7 mooer also

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

Choptones IR's Vivo 5150 for Nux MG30

[@mfkrwill]

Man at first that 3rd party IR felt meh, but then after going to the stock ones it sounded way better XD Not the best sounding IMO, but maybe it will sound better to me in a mix. Assuming you can load your own IRs?

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, you can load your own. I’ll dig in more on the official review. See how it sounds with some of my 4x12 IRs

[@mfkrwill]

@@TaylorDanley daaank

[@aptfx]

It definitely likes good IRs I use several ones from York Audio and they make a BIG difference

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Nissssssssssssssssssce 🍻

[@thomasthomas9740]

nux mg 30 it have bogner amp bro

[@gourabshow3993]

👍

[@mikerammel8731]

I like my Helix better

[@darkflash32]

when you scrunch your face, are you disgusted how good the tone is, or how awful it is?

[@jann_rygh]

😂🤔

[@Jaloja]

No disrespect but..those of us not super down with metal can not hear minor differences in metal. It all sounds about the same. Boo boom chug chug.. I know that pedal does so much more you never looked at or tried. Yeah I know you are a Metal guy.... But pandering to the masses can be good for your numbers.. I know you can do it...

[@TaylorDanley]

No disrespect, but go watch a different channel. This one is for metal heads 🤷‍♂️

[@bilrogar]

Return that shit. Get your money back.

[@love4thetruth]

Getting tired of these all-metal chug reviews. Please do some clean.

[@iloveitall]

Be honest - all you get is plastic.

[@TaylorDanley]

It's metal..