DOES ANYONE EVEN MAKE PRESETS??

Well, you've got a nice and capable device. It's never late to discover what it can do for you so that you yourself could use it to make your own presets.

For starter, you can just review the default presets to understand what they do and which effects make difference. It's obvious that out of 5 slots often 2 are taken by a reverb and a delay, often ZNR is there to clean the sound; the remaining 2-3 slots are what sculpts the wanted sound. Out of those 2-3 slots often one is set for an AMP, one for compressor or distortion, AMP could be paired with a CAB.

So, if you're interested in a particular band's sound, it would make sense to look up what gear they use and then try to see if your G1X has something like that simulated. The ZOOM G1X effect list pdf has descriptions of the original hardware simulated by a given effect.

Have fun exploring your pedal and soon you'll be here posting your own presets or responding to other people's requests!

P.S. To be fair, some nice folks did share a preset on your request, you even said to have liked it...

 

Hey guys!

It's been a while since I've been to the forum, but I think this post here deserves some time for a good response.

I saw that you made some posts asking for Avenged and Dream Theater tones, but keep in mind that not everyone here has the same tastes, just as not everyone here uses the pedal specifically for rock, metal, etc...

That said, remember that this is a forum, a community, I don't want to seem disrespectful, but we are not anyone's employees, and the vast majority here are already preoccupied with their other projects, and don't have time to keep doing several patches on demand.

Now, to getting the tones, I highly suggest that you understand very well how the equalizers available on the G1X4 work, if you use this function well, you can achieve practically any tone, or very close to it.

Wish you the best of luck!

 

There are so many presets already made, I bet there already exists the sound you are looking for.

Also, I think the problem is that the Zoom pedals we are all using and which connects to Tonelib are aging, and perhaps not many people are using those pedals... or they have their tones dialed in so well already they do not even bother. Another problem is that what may sound good to one person and their sound system may not sound good someone else and their sound system. It can be the difference between using an amp, and FRFR cabinet, or studio monitors that makes something sound good or bad.

I think it is useful to learn how to use the pedal you have, treat it like its own instrument, and get familiar with how every effect not only changes the sound, but how it changes it in the signal chain.

Frankly, I have been using other pedals like the Valeton GP100 which is competitive to the affordable Zoom pedals, and the Boss GX100 which is way above anything Zoom has made. So, a lot of my personal efforts are spent there.

What I do use however are the Tonelib GFX and Tonelib Metal, which I think are incredible, in tone and in value. I mean, it is not Bias FX or Amplitube, but it is the most efficient amp and effects modeler that runs on linux for sure.

Anyways, as Lucas has pointed out, there are plenty of articles and videos covering the rigs of most popular bands. Literally taking the closest amp and effects and dialing in the same settings will get you there.

 

Only just started G3 and now spending time trying to manually create the tones I have on Spark 40.
Its fiddly and the amps etc are different here and there, but most seem to work ok.

Im no 'player', just an old fella having a blast with my my mates. So we play wildly different material, depends what people want.
OAP's lunch clubs, charity fund raisers etc, so we dont make a penny, some of those ladies make us feel like Guppies...and its Shark Week.