Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
In this video, we test the Zoom G1 factory sounds to see if this vintage multi-effects guitar pedal is still good or total garbage compared to modern guitar modellers.
We plug directly into the studio rig to hear exactly how these 20-year-old digital patches hold up today. Some of these high-gain distortions and ambient delays surprised me, while other presets sound like a broken video game.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:39 Zoom G1 Bank A Sounds
05:17 Zoom G1 Bank B Sounds
08:06 Zoom G1 Bank C Sounds
11:03 Zoom G1 Bank D Sounds
In this video, we test the Zoom G1 factory sounds to see if this vintage multi-effects guitar pedal is still good or total garbage compared to modern guitar modellers.
We plug directly into the studio rig to hear exactly how these 20-year-old digital patches hold up today. Some of these high-gain distortions and ambient delays surprised me, while other presets sound like a broken video game.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:39 Zoom G1 Bank A Sounds
05:17 Zoom G1 Bank B Sounds
08:06 Zoom G1 Bank C Sounds
11:03 Zoom G1 Bank D Sounds










