Amazons Cheapest Guitar FX - Is It Any Good? - M-Vave Tank-G
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Today, Paul from The Studio Rats is joined by Lee Abraham to check out amazons cheapest guitar multi fx, the M-VAVE TANK-G.
This $69 guitar multi fx claims to do a lot for the money but does the M-VAVE TANK-G live up to the hype?
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The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs. - Розваги
Lee forgot to mention that it has 36 slots for presets, a phone and computer app and now you can make your own amp and pedal profiles and save them in the unit. Plus if you update the pedal withbthe latest firmware solves the issue with the gate being slow.
Is it possible to use this as a drive pedal only? Is like to capture my favourite drive pedals and stack them in the Tank G?
@@boimesa8190 yes you can now profile 9 of your best pedals and assigned it to each amp slot and use the unit as a pedal unit.
Interesting ❤. Thank you
@@boimesa8190Yes, you can capture drive pedals. But I think the capturing is done with computer software they provide. It's not done in-device
cHina made or US?
Every time I find out about little gems like this, it grinds my gears a bit more that there are $300+ pedals that have a single function, lol. Enjoyed it.
Always good fun when Lee makes an appearance.
The phone app is pretty easy to use, and you can easily swap in 3rd party IR’s right from your phone. Good IR’s really make a difference.
Great Chanel chuck
Where I can find good IR's?
@@ПавелШ-е7щhonestly, I’m really liking Tone Junkies AI Irs. They have a couple free ones on their website that sound great
Great to hear! Can the position of the IR be at the very front of the signal chain, perhaps by moving it in the app? That would make it suitable for acoustic guitar IRs.
That thing doesn’t sound bad at all, I could see myself getting one to have as a back up in a gig bag , love Lee too by the way keep him on
I ordered one yesterday after seeing this video and just got my Tank G two hours ago( I really love Amazon next day delivery!!) and damn for the cost of a guitar Pedal this unit is excellent! You have to judge it for what it really is and not compare it to things like a Quad cortex, or Helix stomp. I mean C'mon for $80 to my door I can use this thing as a practice rig and get some great tones and not disturb a soul at 2:00 in the morning! Who cares if it does not have the best verbs and delays. The basic tones are there for me to jam out. Not disappointed at all with this purchase!
I don’t know if gear even matters anymore. You guys are getting great sounds each week out of anything and everything across the full spectrum of budgets.
I nearly didn't watch this video because I thought "Amazon's cheapest guitar FX" was bound to be crap. How wrong I was! Sounded better than the IR-2 to me at about half the price. A bit noisy but amazing value.
Yea I thought the same thing, then I got my mind blowed, lol
Is it noisy?
Here in Brasil some guys are saying they solved the noise problem. Just look up for videos in Portuguese and if you don't speak portuguese enable auto translate.
And now, the Tank-G is a Profiler pedal! I have a full demo on my YT channel. See you!
The audience would never know the difference and few would care what the effects unit the guitar player was using.
You know it's sad but True
Absolutely correct!
@@nelsonproducer Oh we should rather be thankful.
If the audience were all musicians, then the standards would be too high lol.
M-Vave also just released software that lets you tone capture with the Tank G and save it as a preset. I haven’t been able to dig into it yet, but it looks promising.
Here in Brazil this unit makes sucess with profiles
Yeah that does sound promising! Hope it works out.👍
Isn't tone capture required 4 cable method?
@@vikingxon6654 it's an AI training, done by a PC, then you import it to the unit
@@vikingxon6654you can "capture" plugins. Find Nego Guitar Tank-G capture video. The language is Portuguese but the video is easy to understand.
I take on board Paul's "If you had given me this when I was 15" thing with this pedal, and it is a really good price - even if over £80 today on Amazon UK - but someone else pointed out, the time you waste arsing around with these things to get the "perfect sound" (I have the Tonex and Headrush MX5 - I have form in this mad world lol) can see your entire night gone when you could have just been playing the bloody guitar :) I would definitely recommend this to someone starting out wanting an all in one reasonably priced unit though. If you're young and not used to the "old ways" of pedals and amps and knobs, then this could be a great starting point into the future of digital guitar effects and IRs. Also headphones so your Mum doesn't shout at you while you rock is cool.
have you seen toneX one, the mini toneX ? it will be better than this one, but if you stick with the old way, more switchs, more buttons, this one will be the best choice i think.
Some of these have a flaw that can result in failure or fire. The battery sits under the PCB which is under one of the stomp switches. Constant stomping on the switch can cause the sharp component wire ends protruding from the underside of the PCB to pierce the Lithium battery. The fix is to snip of any sharp excess, file smooth and add some cushioning. There's a UA-cam vide showing this, search for 'URGENT WARNING: TANK-G CAN BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN!'.
Guys, the training software is awesome! I have a couple of drives already that people are using and am about to put up a bunch more, and preamps. I wish the switching was better, but a great unit!
I think they solved the switching issue in one of the last firmwares.
@@Mcgiver699 it didn’t fix it on mine. It is a touch quicker, but still a big volume duck when engaging effects or switching patches. However, I have the original version. I believe the newer version it works much better for.
Interested I’m gonna buy this I have the BOSS IR 200 and you can’t load IRs on it so sad
@@Eddyvnhln5150 I am about to put a vid up with the IR2 profiles for this. It’s a killer app.
I have one and well pleased with it, use it with my Katana, and having the Bluetooth is great for jamming to backing tracks, unbeatable for the money.
We would have sold our grandmas for something like this when we were kids. 😂😉
Man you got that right. And threw in a brother or sister for free
It depends. Does your grandma have wheels?
Forget “if I had one of these when I was 15”! I’m 65 and I’m thinking about it. I want something light and straightforward so I can stop fiddling with and needing to drag around a pedalboard. It sounds good enough.
I bought one just to check it out. It's not bad at all.
Your intro playing was marvellous.
69 bucks!!! It costs at least 400 here in Brazil. I just got one. It is so good!
I like the fact that you said it feels good, because the feel is so important to playing guitar
Sick review. Thanks guys! I just got mine for a bargain of 55€ (singles day in China)
The best gear so far since a long time. Coupled with the Cube baby you have the flanger too. 55€ nothing can beat it.
Paul - Love your playing in the intro. Where else can I listen? - Also Mr. Abraham. Wow. Great playing and thanks for the link to your site. Great review. You've helped me decide on buying the Tank - G
Great video demo, guys!! Thanks so much!! A very cost effective device!
Bonus has rechargeable battery. All the expensive ones should have that. Good video
The delay is digital, mod delay, and multi delay the reverb is spring hall and shimmer
he's right,the mesa boogie duel rectifier sounded like a mk2+c [early metallica] , the tone before that sounded like a dual rectifier [90's metal] to me ..
Honestly, this thing is a complete no-brainer just as gig insurance, and a practice tool. Is it going to be as good as your primary rig for these purposes? No… but it might just save your bacon in the case of your rig going down on the gig. And the Bluetooth receiver function is killer for practice purposes.
I’ve got the predecessor unit to this one (the Cube Baby). It’s great for the purposes outlined above, but I have two gripes with the unit. One, the tuner only works for standard tuning… no love for us Eb players; Two, manageable, but nonetheless slightly noticeable, latency. I wonder if they’ve addressed those issues in the Tank G…
Definitely a gig saver for sure. Always a smart move to have something like this stashed somewhere in case of emergency
I just bought this 2 days ago as my first pedal for practicing guitar, i'd say it's worth the price for a budget pedal
Arise Suhr Lee a king among mortals. 👑
Knight that man!
What a great travel rig! Battery powered, headphone jack, bluetooth songs through it. Throw it in a bag and take with you on vacation for headphone play. Would be fun to play with the tones and effects.
I thought it didn't sound too bad at all, am I right in saying that it can be plugged straight into a DAW as it has IR's inbuilt?
Correct
Now this is where the price point for digital stuff should be, because we all know this stuff becomes obsolete in no time, and usually breaks within a year.
that's why I sold my axe fx 2 quite fast...My worst error was to sell my peavey classic for a digitech RP2000 back in the years, guess what gear now still has the same value ? Not the RP2000 sold it for 70 euros !😅
Now this unit makes profiles
well.. in addition to mobile app and desktop app, the desktop app allows for one to train amp models, dine tune and save to presets. and one can also load custom IRs.
Sounds very good, but depends on equip u use.
What monitors are u playing thru?
Contemplated this unit, but i gave up 33 preset slots, noise gate and tremolo and got the cubebaby... but i saved $40. Just a drummer trying to pick up where i left off when i was 16, learning guitar. I think the cubebaby or tank g are good starting pedals.
It's getting to a place with a lot of these things that you're pretty hard pressed to be spending 4, 500 or more for these premium things when this stuff can get so close. Guitars, basses...it's amazing how good you can sound with such little expense. And particularly so if your not trying to reach the rock n roll HOF.
Sounds very good for a $69 unit!What did you guys plug it into,a Audio Interface into studio monitors or a amplifiers clean channel or effect return?
Interface to monitors
Si lo enchufas a un ampli a valvulas, obviamente va sonar bastante bien. Lo que importa es el amplificador, no tanto los efectos.
I like M vave, I got their little midi controller, its built well. Only issue is that you basically have figure it out yourself, barely any instructions.
This might not be the top pedalboard one might drool about but ...and when I say "but" something has for sure clicked in my head while you were playing ...the clean sound might not be a superb one but the crunch sound and above are decent enough for a credible perfomance. I decided that I'll give it a try as my go-on-holidays pedalboard and then I'll find out myself whether it's gold or ....crap 🙂
Thanks guys for the equip tip! Is it possible to download Lee presets?
Can this be plugged directly into my tube amp, and turn off the IR? I’m looking for something with simple effects like this.
Yes it can
Are using the faq IRs?
Can't go wrong at that money
ordering this, hope its good like its predecessor cube baby
Is stock amps noisy like Cube baby?
Are you going through the sound card directly?
Hey guys, amazin job, I would like to ask you, if presets u used are original or just your own presets. Thank you for answer, have a nice.day
Whats the difference between this and the purple version?
Same thing exists from 3 different companies from what I can see.
This one is from Mwave. The Lekato one is black and the purple one is some other company name.
As far as I can tell they are all the same in terms of functions.
Sounds very good ! I watched someone else's demo of Legato Tank G and it sounded like crap. Is there a difference? The is the M Vave.
Not as far as I know
Здравствуйте. Спасибо за видео. Подскажите пожалуйста почему телекастер так жирно звучит? Это потому, что через цифровое устройство подключено? А если подключить в ламповый усилитель то такой плотности не будет? Или я что то не знаю о телекастерах, там же синглы?
but will it last the rigors
It’s built like its name…. A tank
Bought this… L❤VE This . Really convenient when I don’t want to lug my Katana out for a church small group meeting ..
Quit it Lee!! I already picked up the MS50G. Quit spending my money😝
Is it supposed to be used as a simulator and run through a frfr speaker or does it run in front of a head into a cab?
Sounds better than my overrated Katana..
Please, create the profiles of your amps to m vave tank G
Did lee put his favourite OH v30 ir in it?
How well do these work with bass (or is there a bass specific model)?
Tank B is the bass model
Please do a comparison video for Tonex profile to this pedal profile
Incredible at this pricepoint....
Somebody try use external overdrive pedal and fx from the g tank??
I wonder what you guys think of her profiling skills. I like your recordings on Tonex, I hope that in the future you will also make a video about tank g profiles.
Are you going direct or through an amp for this demo?
Direct
Please, share those settings. Did u only use factory amps anda IRs?
how to see what percentage of battery is left?
Amazing pedal. They say you can add pedals but when I added an equalizer, I blew it up. Replacing the unit but will not add onto it. Stand alone only.
I saw one review from a guy that said it really didn’t sound that good at all if your being honest. I’m mean I have no idea if it’s good or bad
The majority of audience members won't even notice if you are out of tune or time, let alone what guitar, amp or effect you are using. They just hear a song.
The ONLY people who care about these things are us musicians. I have pointed out bum notes in live performances to non musicians, and most of them don't notice, EVEN, when I point it out to them. ''The bum note is coming up.............NOW!'' Non musician ---> 😐???
i must have this!
Is there any difference between this and the Lekato Tank G? Seems like the same unit but with different dressing & branding.
As far as I know, they’re the same.
4:00 stock amps still noisy!! Like Cube baby 😢
Great Video but did you add a stereo revb in de edit...is the Tank - G stereo from the headphone out? Stereo eff?
How do you think the sound of this unit would compare to the Boss WAZA air headphones? About a year ago Paul demo'ed the WAZA phones and i understand
you did not hear this Tank G with phones yet but it should be fine depending on the quality of your headphones correct? I use the Audio Technica ATH M50X
and they sound very good for guitar stuff. I guess for under $100 i could just buy the Tank G and have both.😁
Can’t imagine this touching the waza’s phasing magic, it’s quite an experience.
@@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist yeah i agree but for $79 shipped to my door i ordered one anyway. I can use it while the WAZA headphones
are charging.😁 They only last 90 minutes per charge and unfortunately you cannot use them while they are on charge.
@@Murphy_R9 sorry hold up. So you have a set of WAZA airs already and you’re only able to get 90 mins out of the battery ?
@@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist That is correct. From full charge to cut off is about 90 minutes total.
I ooked online to make sure my set was not defective but there are others who also said 90 minutes.
@@Murphy_R9 your charging method over the years, as per the manual, at least I think that is where I learned it, I dunno been 4 years now. You should be doing a charge till the orange LED shuts off, disconnect, then reconnect and charge it again. To not overheat the battery maybe? 🤔 I dunno 🤷♀️ but this is what I have always done and I am still getting over 4 hours. I’m a bit bummed to hear yours has gone like that. You gonna replace it? Fairly cheap battery actually, make absolutely sure you find the correct one.
More flashing lights than a '70'e SciFi TV show!
Me gusta, espero probarlo pronto, gracias por el video ;)
Can you use the tank-b as a guitar effects pedal, been bought one by mistake and was wondering whether it was worth keeping?
Is there any reason the Tank-G could not be used in a side chain for adding effects inline with a mixer, or interface?
there isn't, you can do that
the riff @ 7:45 reminds me of Therapy?
Therapy? Great!
I can't find it on Amazon?
Is there any way to reduce all the blinking lights- seems like a good pedal but if everything is flashing id def not buy
I have same question. the flashing indicators are just too intrusive.
Two points.
First, effects manufacturers are listening. People wanted an XLR out and they got it.
Second, I will not buy something from China with a rechargeable battery. they can explode. If the battery could be removed and disposed of I would get one.
Is that has stereo modulation/delay/reverb, or mono?
It is mono
Amazing price for a fly rig!
i feel there is a negative bias at the start simply because of its price point.
Is this an analog pedal combined or fully digital multi fx?
Totally digital
May i know if you plug return or input amp?
Direct to desk. No amp involved
How did Lee run this at the gig, just PA or did he have a powered speaker or amp?
Direct to PA
this is £89 today on Amazon not £65
The price fluctuates all the time
The Lee effect
@@LA.Guitar 👍🏽
ive just got mine this morning and the EQ section at the top right doesn't seem to be doing anything even if its lit up, and the noise gate doesn't if it not lit up! Any suggestions before I send it back?
Are you on live mode?
haha was waiting for Paul to say lee makes everything sound good. haha simple player but got tone is his hands
Using tank g’s Stock Ir is not the best thing to use this unit, loading your own IR transform the to better sounding pedal
There are cheaper ones available. Try a Cube baby, they're about $35
Wow. I so want a Telecaster.
Time to sell my Axe FX 3, lol.
65 notes??? Unreal.
299 for the ME90 and extra for the BT connector. Mugs aren't we
I recently clicked buy it now for a Laney LC30, that the guy had bundled with a dreadful starter guitar and an M-Vave acoustic pedal. The amp's a keeper, and after setting up the guitar I sold it. Now, the M-Vave thing: I turned it on, and attempted to fathom out the controls, instruction sheet, and menus; but really, I couldn't be bothered learning new stuff, so I packed it back up and sold it on eBay. It's getting to be the same whenever I see new gear: what will I gain by going through the learning process? Nine times out of ten, my current gear is perfectly good.
Sounds as good as these 2000 doll u it's.
6:52 It's nice to finally hear some palm muting play on this channel! 🙂