Zoom G1X FOUR Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal REVIEW!

Today I review the zoom G1X four multi effects processor. Hope you enjoy the video!
Amazon link to it here: amzn.to/3gLntUj

[@ScreaminVengeance101]

I've had this pedal now for 4+ years now. It's the best sounding and easiest multi-fx pedal. Went from one of eight pedals on my board in the beginning to the only pedal I ever use anymore. Thank you Zoom!

[@angelsharma8839]

Can you record voice in it? Or just the guitar?

[@frankmeyst1923]

Wow

[@TheUlesifah701]

@@angelsharma8839just the guitar

[@puspakchakraborty2879]

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[@daupp7753]

Pedal review and Halo, i never saw something like that in my whole life xD, i really loved and i desided to buy this pedal. Thank you dude

[@ChiefSweet]

Appreciate you very much

[@hmr559]

I just bought this pedal based on your review. Nice price and it sounds awesome. Just what I was looking for. I blew two pedals. The first one, I got closed to the amp and it gave me a backfeed. Didn't realize what happened till, I blew the second one. Also got closed to the amp trying to find the right tone and I got a squealing feedback. And what did you know? My pedal stop working. So, with this one , I will keep a hefty distance from the amp. Thanks, for the review.

[@emmapapadopoulos1508]

I'm getting into learning guitar and didn't want to spend a bunch on pedals as a beginner. I heard about this through Reddit, so a thanks to the Reddit community. But *especially* a thanks to you for so thoroughly demonstrating what it can do! I'm definitely gonna pick it up.

[@ChiefSweet]

@@emmapapadopoulos1508 happy to help for a beginner I highlyyy recommend it’s super fun and will make playing fun

[@LiftVector]

Thanks for the insight bro. This was an awesome video. I had a Zoom pedal (a version of this) in the late 90s, it was great back then. I just ordered this one, so stoked!

[@killercat2896]

Thanks a lot mate. I was really confused whether I should buy it or not. Then I watched this video. And I brought it. It's a bang for the buck. Loved it

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem . It really is isn’t it.

[@jordancohen3465]

Thanks for the tour! I found the way you just simply went through the tones, and offered good insight and some quality licks to demonstrate them, very helpful. I just ordered one. I needed something compact for travel and this seems perfect. A far cry from the much bigger and awful sounding (but fun for it's time) Zoom Player I had back in the 1990s...

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem

[@axnax1]

Great run through. Would've liked to see you use the rythym with the looper. I'm having a lot of enjoyment setting up rythyms/drumming, playing some chords into the looper, so giving me a nice backdrop,and improvising on top of it. I'm having a hoot here.

[@ChiefSweet]

I love that about it. So much to play around with.

[@danield888]

Great review dude! I've been looking for an affordable multi effects pedal. This is it! 🤟

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you so much

[@sjromo1965]

Man thanks for the video. I have been looking to get this pedal for a while and you convinced me to take the plunge.

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem!

[@shanehumberstone5262]

It’s a great little pedal and one that I added to my collection a couple of months ago and I got the bass version yesterday,the way I’m going with pedals and amps I should be able to open a shop soon 😂

[@ChiefSweet]

Haha that’s how it is man.

[@humorguy1]

Thanks for playing through all the presets and effects, just what I wanted to hear. Also liked the low end guitar and amp demo at the end!

[@sharvilkolhe7611]

You're pretty good man, like the way you present. The halo bgm was the dealmaker here lmao. SUBSCRIBED!!

[@ChiefSweet]

@@sharvilkolhe7611 I appreciate you

[@Meltdawg100]

You had me at “Eruption” 😂 went ahead and ordered one! Thank you!

[@perniciousreaper4393]

Thanks for this great review. I have a handful of pedals, but I feel like this is a good and inexpensive way to experiment and find the particular tone you're trying to achieve. Then if you really want to dial it in with some higher quality shit, you can acquire the pedals you need to make it happen. You helped sell me on going that route and I'm going to buy this based on your video. I have some VST pedal/cab/amp plugins for my DAW, but my computer and audio interface are in a different room from where I usually play, so it can be kind of a pain to plug up to the DAW just to play spontaneously. This will let me just sit down, plug up to an amp, and get whatever tone I want. Nice playing, btw. Great that you adapted your playing to each preset or pedal. Some people review multi-effects stuff and play literally the same shit for every preset or pedal lol.

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you 🙏 yes this is a great way to find your tone based one the pedals and not have to buy pedals and hate them so they either sit forever or are returned

[@ro3784]

Very impressive room, with foam and computer. Bet your first instructor would be proud of your progress. Also, thanks for your opinion and point of views. Great playing, just hope that you won't break this plastic model and if you use this hope you can get all your presets down. Again great video and comments.

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you so much

[@ro3784]

Can tell when talent is real. Been around since 1950. The best to you and your familia.

[@ChiefSweet]

@@ro3784 thank you for the kind words. Best to you and yours as well.

[@Kyroptra]

I'm a new guitarist. I'm actually a synth player. I'm trying to learn how to play guitar. I bought me a little Rogue G10 amp and will buy one of these. I have a small area in my studio to work in so these things will fit perfectly in the spot with my guitar I got. Fender Stratocaster too. Got inspired from going to John 5 concert in February of 2024.

[@Kyroptra]

Thank you for this helpful video man. It helped me want to purchase this so thank you. I'm going to try to get one for under 75 bucks used.

[@palmtrees89]

Hi there. .just came across this video. I live in a condo situation where playing my acoustic guitar may disturb the family neighbors [downstairs] and I'm considering getting an electric guitar with amp so I can still practice guitar but play more silently. Question. . .what headphones/amp speaker setup would you recommend for playing more quietly but hearing the sound clearly. .I may be able to plug the system into my computer for recording as well. I'm also thinking of getting this Zoom G1x four. .I'm liking the preset sounds. Thank you for sharing.

[@Avensur]

Hey man, thanks for your insight in this one Zoom Pedal. I'm thinking these days about it and explore this one before going to pedalboard land, and I'm convinced now.

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem I’m glad I helped

[@nickcds3419]

Awesome video. Thanks for going through the presets

[@ronaldfrench5555]

Thank you as well, desert dude California. Plenty of guitar to play here. Your tutorial was cool I bought an open box deal with the expression pedal under $100 for both going to have fun now

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem that definitely sounds like a ton of fun

[@ethereal1000]

Thanks for this review, it's awesome❤💯, but please I have been experiencing an Issue with my new g1x four zoom multi effects pedal. Whenever I use it with headphones it sounds perfect without any background noises, but once I take it out for a live gig where I have to connect it to a mixer, I notice that it makes some little background noises which become noticeable when I play alone without other instruments playing. What can I do to resolve this issue?

[@mbunds]

Thanks for another excellent production! You mentioned quite matter-of-factly how “digital effects” sound “digital”, which obviously is why my giant plate reverb sounds so “natural” compared to any digital version I’ve heard so far. Is there any hope I can find an acceptable digital plate?

[@ChiefSweet]

Yeah some rack mounts like the fractal axe fx are supposed to emulate these pedals the best. A lot of big guitarists use it however it is pretty expensive around $1,500.

[@CatFish107]

Taking a wild shot to recommend at least giving Plateau from Valley a try. It's a free plate reverb module in vcv rack with piles of parameters to tweak, and modulate with CV / clock signals. I love it, but do not play guitar. Worth a test run.

[@daveyfromdownsouth7889]

I got you beat for budget guitar. I love tinkering and saving money at the same time. Got a 60 doller guitar kit and used some leftover colershifting rustoleum. Painted it up and had it finished with on amp for about 160$ got a fender mustang micro for christmas now i need a pedal board.

[@TheGNexus]

I've had this gear for a while now, and am still learning its capabilities. The presets are fun; save the settings, and tweak away making your own sounds. With so many slots, I can copy one patch into another slot with a slight mod and cycle back and he forth like a much bigger board. You can manage tone and volume on the fly with the knobs if you need to. I leave my cheap amp clean and mostly flat and use the cabinet sims The drums are fine for practicing. If I have one complaint, it's the 30 second looper being too short. But Ionly paid $100 for this jewel so I need to shut my piehole.

[@ChiefSweet]

The looper is a little short but man for only $100 like you said it sure packs a bunch

[@camswar]

Dude! You can play! Great vid. Keep Takin care of business!

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you so much 😊

[@rockerbuck967]

I have an ancient POD Xt Live, into a Yamaha THR10 C - the freakin POD is bigger than the amp!! I need a smaller setup like THIS!! And thanks to you, and your review, I'm dropping the coin for it. Thanks so much!!

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem I’m glad you enjoyed it. That’s crazy the pod is so big haha.

[@rockerbuck967]

It would be good for a big man like you....but its guts are old and out of date LOL

[@ChiefSweet]

Sometimes those are the best pedals 😂

[@HighVybeTribe]

Just don't get rid of the Pod - you'll thanknme later lol . Peace

[@rockerbuck967]

Oh no....I'm keeping that until it doesn't work anymore LOL

[@andreslaguna4]

Hey! Thanks for your review, was amazing!

[@hinokamii4320]

that road of resistance part threw me off for a sec

[@BrodyLuft]

Can you run other pedals into the zoom? I’m mainly buying for the looper but all the extra shit makes it seem like a really good deal

[@mountainstartemple6041]

3:57 ... is that patch called "ZEP 1959"? Well it must be referring to the era of the amp and not the song (although what was Page using in that first album? Telecaster and some little Supro amp? - I don't even know what year it was)

[@mikeyd580]

Thank you , I just in boxed one and I couldn’t make heads or tales of how to operate it. Read op manual still wtf!!! Five mins into you vid and I’ve a basic understanding.thanks!!!👍

[@ChiefSweet]

im glad I helped a little

[@jr4233]

I really enjoyed your review. Thank you.

[@ChiefSweet]

Appreciate you

[@frankmeyst1923]

I saw it on Amazon and I was like what is this ? and you’re getting some really good sounds out of it I’m super interested in the delay and reverb

[@_____8106]

Hey, I don’t have a dedicated amp, but I have a JBL karaoke speaker. Do you think the Zoom effects will sound good through it? Also, how would the sound compare to using a mini amp instead of the JBL speaker?

[@mattkomlofske8912]

Just picked up one of these as a one stop effects box for my Behringer K2 synth. It gives it a lot of flavor.

[@ChiefSweet]

Hell yeah 🤘

[@anthonykenny1320]

Great sounds and interestingly versatile Might get one

[@hembilkhu3439]

Nice demo but you forgot to show us the drum beat pattens on the Zoom GIX Four ....? l would like to check out the beats before i buy it other wise its an Amzaing Machine thanks for the demo.

[@kyrkwalters964]

Your videos are amazing my brother....I just subscribed ....I'm learning alot more because of you.. thanks

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you so much! means a lot!

[@hentaitoti3604]

Very nice video! Hello from Bulgaria ;D.

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you 😊

[@hardtechno308]

I ve got a old one zoom and the cool thing is can edit and join many efects in one option.. Good to play at home!!

[@jwllong]

Can you change the drum beats like the other patches? Looking for a simple kick and rim shot for country songs.

[@skumtv544]

GREAT REVIEW BROTHER KEEP ON ROCKIN

[@redsultimate5820]

Man this pedal sounds so cool I might just have to pick up one my self man so cool love the video grate job playing the guitar to super sweet

[@adrianlee3497]

Definitely some earbud/headphones effects in there . I owned a Zoom g9 shook the walls when it was amped. Awesome stereo delay effects on it too. Mine had a "Brian Way" patch on it. I tweeked the clean mode (A Drive) to a Vox distortion setting be damned if I didn't cop Brian May's tone (think Dragon Attack) on a Ibanez RG yet. Awesome delay and tone bender controlled by the expression pedal. I'd buy this one if you can make your own patches. Thanks for the demo. :)

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Great, great man! Loved it. I have a question, would it be possible to get an Open G tuning by setting up the pedal?

[@wbishop1330]

Thx, this was a useful review. I'm thinking of getting it. I had an older model(sold it) back in the mid 2000's but this newer model is loaded. 17:25 was that Ozzy 'Can't Kill Rock & Roll' 👍✌

[@socialdef3]

A good review would have included making a patch from scratch, be it clean, crunch or high gain (or all 3), but I applaud your efforts, sick playing.

[@ChiefSweet]

Always trying to improve thank you.

[@saidkamal5769]

Hello nice content, nice effects even if there only 5 or 6 that we can really use, what about the sound, does it provide a clean sound as the expensive multieffect like boss for ex?? Thanks

[@ChiefSweet]

It does have multiple clean sound effects even acoustic effect style pedals

[@berry.juice3]

I've been using this pedal as basically a dirt box emulator into a boss re-2 space echo because I despise its on board reverb/delay flavors. I really believe in its dirt tones though, they're convincing. All the peripherals like tuner and wah cone in handy too, but my shoes are on the smaller side LOL

[@LittleTruckTV]

Your a funny dude man you killl me! Nice review! Gonna have to get one !

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you 😊

[@originsoflosthistory1467]

great review . nicely done thanks

[@ChiefSweet]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bobbyk5451]

getting this based on your great review. thanks

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem. Glad I could help

[@todds5956]

I just learned all the cabinet mic settings are turned off on all the factory presets. It sounds light years better if you turn all those on.

[@ChiefSweet]

Whoaaaaaa I gotta check that out thank you!

[@Danchez226]

Bought it yesterday and I am happy I did...this thing is fun!

[@ChiefSweet]

Right! Super fun just to mess around with it

[@jeffmedina8839]

Thanks great job better than most! BUT you forget that the x pedal should be all the way down when not in use because its also a volume pedal on most patches!

[@dogeboss9662]

I had an old zoom pedal from like 2009 should have never got rid of it 😂

[@FutureJacket]

0.00 Thoughts, buy / pass 3:30 start of the presets. 3:45 tuner 23:30 for the rythm function. 23:50 for the looper / Halo. 25:30 using the MEP with the shittest guitar/amp combo known to man. (rip GIO)

[@catwizard9x968]

detecting covenant movement @ 23:52 😎👍👍

[@tridungsydney6618]

I bought one today 279$ AUD..and i love it..specially the wah wah wah..thanks you for sharing.

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem

[@thesixstringsyt]

Which effect can be used to play Hotel California and Comfortably Numb solo?

[@jbrondos]

Wish I could see what you are doing with the pedal as you describe it.

[@carlwight6360]

Do you think panther walk could be the band Steele panther?

[@Ronholtmusic]

Thanks very good review

[@kellytaylor8980]

What is the difference between the G1x and the A1x?

[@pauls3993]

How do you record into a DAW with this? Does it need to reconvert again using the output and into an interface?

[@illakillagorilla11]

Great video..I liked and subscribed..I recently bought a Zoom G1x pedal and a Zoom V1 vocal pedal + microphone...I want to loop guitar tracks and vocal tracks into a song..and then record the whole thing and save to laptop...is this easy to do? And how do I do it? Would love it if someone could help me figure it out..

[@alexcorona]

I wear size 13 and I can use mini pedals just fine, although I do notice having to remove my shoes for a better feel.

[@ChiefSweet]

I do this too! Haha

[@berats-l1b]

dude whats the riff that you played on 4:51 while testing RandyTrain

[@blancosfamilyfarm1798]

Yo Chief!! First time by your channel but gonna sub just because you seem like a really relatable guy an aint trying to sell me a bunch of high dollar pedals instead of the cheap one I'm looken at lol

[@ChiefSweet]

I really appreciate that. Thank you

[@blancosfamilyfarm1798]

@@ChiefSweet no worries brother, maybe it'll come back around my way one day

[@ΆσΤαναπΆνΚ]

Does it have a guitar to bass effect and also how many loops it provides simultaneously?

[@septimuse2950]

I think 4

[@ramkrishandubey1138]

Does it also work with acoustic guitar ❤️

[@ChiefSweet]

Yes if your acoustic has a pickup it will.

[@michaelcard9382]

Acoustic electric of coarse

[@SetFire2TheNightSky]

They make a version of this for acoustic instruments called the A1Four and A1XFour.

[@emmanueldanteangelohunter3472]

The action on that ibanez is 👌, this budget pedal is better than my old 09 line 6, does it need a di box to play live into a sound mixing desk though? And how long is the looper also does it have those bluesy jazzy tones. Great video man thanks a million.

[@theyoungupstarts1243]

Thanks Chief! This device doesn’t sound as gutless as the two i have.

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem

[@chinoXuy]

hola disculpa como puedo apagar y encender el pedal de wah, volumen. etc con el boton que se encuentra debajo de este ? lo apreto con fuerzas y no llego a presionarlo

[@williamsmith6889]

Thanks - great job

[@ronsnyder4300]

Wonder if you can answer this? If you make a chain on empty (50) how do you erase it or wipe it out and start over???? I have the g1x4 and don’t use any computer or firmware just straight into the amp.

[@ChiefSweet]

Yes you can. You just go to the chain and hit edit on the box itself it can actually work without ever being plugged into a computer

[@ronsnyder4300]

@@ChiefSweet ok I get it the boxes just stay shaded out and can be replaced by other effects. Thank you

[@DeadShred9]

I just bought one of these . I will be plugging it into my Blackstar ID:Core V-3 10 watt . When your using this with a effects loaded amp like mine where do you set your amps setting's everything at noon use clean channels only need a bit of help anyone please ??

[@corrindion]

Excellent man!! Thank you.

[@miguelfrias2650]

How do i maximize my tone when i use in a fender champ 20 modeling amp?

[@crisjohnalvarez770]

I hope i have that zoom in christmas

[@ChiefSweet]

I hope you do too 😁

[@paulbrown7775]

I'm new to pedals. How do you balance tone on the guitar, eq/tone on the amp/ and tone/eq on the pedal? Same with gain and reverb, Thanks

[@ChiefSweet]

I find a very nice clean tone on the amp I like once I have that established I start adding the effects. Then I start with one effect find a nice tone I love and add another. Repeat that process for the effects

[@paulbrown7775]

@@ChiefSweet Thanks. That makes sense

[@meghlaakash9556]

How did you connect this with your amp? Also do i need any amp if I have this? I mean instead of amp can i use any speaker? Thnx!

[@ChiefSweet]

Yeah any speaker would probably work as long as it has a guitar cable you can plug into. I used a travel fender amp made it sound like a huge once. You can use any amp.

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

I use little Bluetooth speakers with aux inputs. Sounds amazing doing splits to two speakers. Great for jamming around. Auxiliary inputs are 1/8 jack compared to 1/4 size guitar cable. You'll possibly need down size adapters. I know I needed one for the headphone jack on the zoom gx1on

[@bmfilmnut]

Well done! You're one hellava guitarist too.

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you!

[@jaglemans6778]

I know noting about these things. I’m just commenting on the Size 14 shoes! Oh, and well produced video.

[@ChiefSweet]

Thank you and oh yeah it’s not fun having big feet 😂 never got to wear heelies.

[@DavidAllenMD]

How loud can u get this ? I got one coming gunna hook it up to my amp

[@DaveZiffer]

Would you comment on the sound quality when using headphones plugged into the output jack? I want to use this pedal as a headphone amp that has decent EFX, but I'm not trusting enough to buy it. In my experience sharing the line-out & headphone-out in the same jack is a terrible idea; it's really just a line-out that can't handle the low impedance of the headphones, and so with headphones such shared outputs have very low volume with terrible tone that can't be fixed no matter what I do. Zoom's manual seems to imply that you can use this same jack for both, so I'm curious to know whether it is really mysteriously capable of this (and even more curious to know how it's possible that it could work). Thanks!

[@ChiefSweet]

I have not tried that myself I usually plug my headphones into my amp. The sound quality through amp is pretty good

[@aks1008]

whats your take on jackson js22 dinky guitar and blackstar id core 20 amp combo..will it be good..

[@ChiefSweet]

Yeah that would be a great combo

[@adarshsivan3157]

Can I use micro usb charger for powering the pedal?

[@NamanSuri-c7n]

R U PLAYING ON THE DEAFUALT FACTORY SETTINGS OR YOU HAVE ADJUSTED THE SETTINGS ????

[@archerpsu23]

I've got a Fender Mustang LT25 modeling amp but was thinking of getting a looper pedal, and possibly adding the footswitch for the Fender amp so I can more easily switch between presets. Is there a strong reason to go that route vs. saving some money and picking up something like this that will likely accomplish all I'm looking to do? Is the quality of something like a Boss RC-1 Loop Station or an Electro-Harmonix Looper 360 plus the Fender modeling capabilities going to really stand out against this Zoom? Not gigging, just playing at home.

[@mikesfrends]

Can’t route the fender through the looper so the onboard effects are useless for that. Dedicated multi effect would be better to run through a looper.

[@mikesfrends]

If you want to play through the amp and not a second source (You could for example route the fender through the looper and then to a pair of monitors or a stereo or another amp

[@nirjharnakib9107]

Can i connect it directly to a laptop and play?

[@Bran-pv2ei]

eyy thanks, wasn't sure if it was worth the buy but then this changed my mind

[@ChiefSweet]

No problem glad I could help

[@rudranshsharma7064]

1:45 I'm pretty sure there's a joke in there somewhere xD

[@dustyjeans9748]

Hi ..nice vid...most multi effect pedals sound digital...to your ears,what is your opinion on the zoom,,Thx

[@ChiefSweet]

I love it it is a great effects pedal for the price.

[@rooster8925]

Sir!!are There is setting of wammy peadl or not??

[@jwllong]

How do I make my zoom g1x4 sound like an organ?

[@liby2640]

can i record with this directly trough pc without an audio interface?

[@kensanders2617]

How much time on the looper?

[@Besyl]

Is the shoegaze sound capable with this pedal? I just want some sweeping soundscapes behind my shit, down to try whatever.

[@ChiefSweet]

This is definitely capable of that.