What is it? Ibanez SS10 Session-Man Distortion/Chorus from Power series. Made in japan between 1986-89. Mid 80’s was a perfect time to try out stupid things like to combine distortion with other type of effects in small pedal enclosures. DOD did it, Boss did it and of course, Ibanez did it. The idea of mixing…
Category: 10 / Power-Series
Ibanez OT10 Octave
What is it? Ibanez OT10 Octave from Power series. Made in taiwan around late 80’s. The most interesting Ibanez boxes are the couple of designs that only occur once. There are more examples where the designs have lived on in different series with slightly different names or very slight differences. For example, all the different…
Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic
Ah. Back to the old tricks with yet another Tube Screamer. What is it? Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic. Later version, made in Taiwan late 80s or early 90s. So it is TS9 with one resistor added before the inverting input of the opamp. These taiwanese units tend to sell for less than current TS9…
Ibanez BC10 Stereo Bass Chorus
What is it? Ibanez BC10 Stereo Bass Chorus from 10/Power series. Made in japan around late 80’s. As with CS5/BC5 covered earlier, the circuit is more or less verbatim with CS10. Funny. Four pedals equal one design, or the other way around. And the colour is… Slightly darker-or-more-violet-than-SC10-blue. As with its guitary brother, SC10, the…
Ibanez SC10 Super Stereo Chorus
What is it? Ibanez SC10 Super Stereo Chorus. 10/Power series box, made in taiwan late 80’s. You guessed it. Blue as it should be and without the stereo output circuitry, this looks like close match to Cs5 Super Chorus. According to schematic found online, the design is almost verbatim to CS5 – or one could…
Ibanez DSC10 Digital Chorus
What is it? Ibanez DSC10 Digital Chorus from 10/Power series. Made in japan, late 80’s. Refined chorus in 10 series with more controls than usual. And it’s digital. So prepare yourself for some iron worm action. Well. Not exactly. At first glance, this seems like very desirable unit with lots of options. In the end…