It is a cheap plastic box with a metal plate bottom.

The various knobs just protrude through the plastic and are not nutted down, but neither are the knobs on my $500 HX Stomp :~(.

It is a low end physical design compared to a Boss product, for example. But I think not a problem if you are careful.

Ahh OO...so just plastic instead of metal. Not too bad. Just don't bang it around. For folks that don't take it on the road, shouldn't be an issue.

Since it can run on batteries, it clearly does not have the simultaneous effects DSP horsepower of their more expensive pedals, but in my usage of the G1 four I can't imagine running out using the A1.

the sheer number of effects in this pedal is mind boggling and could be overwhelming to many users. I mean there's like 20 different compression choices alone. Not to mention all the stuff online for download.

Will be interesting to see what public opinion on this pedal ends up being after it's been out for a little while.

I bought the A1 Four in spite of my reservations about the limited looping time (I'll probably buy a Boss RC3 for longer looping). I found the A3 impenetrable and couldn't find any settings that really made my guitar sound natural and balanced.

Within a few minutes of fiddling with the A1 Four, the 000-18 and Baggs settings gave me what I was looking for - it's more intuitive than the A3... the manuals for both are dire, which is odd because the G3n manual is excellent.

The A1 Four isn't the toughest of units, but that's fine with me, as I only play at home - and once it's set up I'll probably only tweak by hand.

I picked this one up. Looper, drum machine and a million effects all for $129.
Don’t know how they did it.

Guitar models are pretty good. Drum machine has some useable beats.
There’s even a distortion effect which is pretty cool.

Anyone know if there’s a way to save drum beats within presets?

Thanks Arther. I purchased mine today. I am hoping the software on the PC is helpful as well. Looking forward to a more simple user interface than the A3. Like you, I could never get a good sound.

Anyone compare this to the Zoom AC-3? I know they are kind of different pedals, but are the effects similar (reverb, chorus, etc)? Is the AC-3 worth the xtra $$$? I don't think the AC-3 has anything not found in the A1 Four.

Hi Jack,

I can tell from the title of another thread that you are worried about the complexity of the A1 Four. Don't be. Once you've programmed EFX patches for your guitar, or chosen your favorite patches from the factory-programmed ones, you can put them all in the same bank and use the foot pedals to easily switch between them when the box is in "Memory" mode. And when the A1 Four is in Memory mode, those four knobs are always available to adjust bass, midrange, treble and output level on the fly.

What you can't do without going out of Memory mode is to change the EFX in a particular patch, or change the EFX parameters in a particular effect.

Anyone using this in a live setting? If so, please let me know your findings

The A1 Four isn't very complex at all....I agree. It's just the choice of effect and how to set them up that is a little daunting. The order that you put them in. I'm guessing compression, then EQ, then anything like reverb or chorus?

Can anyone tell me what the 2nd effect in the #25 Preset ('AG 80s Cho") is?
I deleted it by accident and I tried a reset but it's still missing. Apparently a factory reset won't replace any effects you deleted...it only resets all the presets to the way they were. Individual effects can be re-downloaded though.

Hi, if the pic doesn't work the 4 effects on the screen left to right are Comp, Adamas, Cho and Mod Reverb

Alan

Thanks. Adamas was the one I deleted by accident

I don't think that's possible with this peddle

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