What is it? Ibanez FC10 Fat Cat Distortion from Power series. Made in japan between 86-89. The first Ibanez take to replicate the ProCo Rat was a success of its own. A buffered Rat with standard Ibanez electronic JFET switching. Sure there are numerous other Ibanez takes on the Rat later on, most with more…
Category: Ibanez
Ibanez MT10 Mostortion
What is it? Ibanez MT10 Mostortion MOS-FET Distortion from Power series. Made in Japan, late 80’s. As the Ibanez Power series pedals come, there aren’t that many original designs that have risen into cult status and are priced as such on the used pedal market. The MT10 Mostortion is one of those, filling this void…
Ibanez EM5 Echo Machine
What’s a better way to continue after DL5 than the other delay/echo from the same series… What is it? Ibanez EM5 Echomachine in plastic enclosure from later soundtank series. Made in taiwan around 1997-99. The Internet Archive’s wayback machine has a snapshot of Ibanez site from june 1997 and on that page there is a…
Ibanez DL5 Digital Delay
What is it? Ibanez DL5 Digital Delay from later Soundtank series. Made in taiwan in mid 90’s. More from the better side of the palsticky soundtank series. These units are well used by almost everyone. It’s rare to see of these in mint condition and mine isn’t exception. Some wear and nicks, but otherwise clean…
Ibanez DDL Delay
What is it? Ibanez DDL Digital Delay from Master series, made in japan in mid 80’s. One of these units that usually are way too pricey for me. But if someone is really selling his/hers and is willing to give it away for good price, i’m once again there to snatch it. I even got…
Ibanez DL10 Delay
What is it? Ibanez DL10 Digital Delay from Power series. Made in japan between 1986-1989. The Ibanez delays are usually highly praised and for a reason. Solid construction and nice design. When i think of it, many other types have design flaws. This of course isn’t limited to just Ibanez. Still. usable delays are more…
Ibanez MS10 Metal Charger
What is it? Ibanez MS10 Metal Charger from Power series. Made in japan between 1986-89. Apparently, these units were a big seller. Which is once again something that i find intriguing. How does a very average distortion design with obvious fault in it become a big seller? I really do not know the answer to…
Ibanez DFL Digital Flanger
What is it? Ibanez DFL Digital Flanger from Master Series. Made in japan in mid 80’s. Missing the type plate sticker, but otherwise in very good condition. Now, for real, get ready for running in the guts of the iron worm. The basis for all the metal worm psychedelic action is MC4101F. There’s also a…
Ibanez PL5 Power Lead
What is it? Ibanez PL5 Powerlead from Soundtank series in a plastic enclosure. Made in taiwan around 1993. I also have another one of these, build around 1996, in mint condition and in its original cardboard box. The whole series doesn’t disappoint much in terms of dirtbox quality. Most of them sound just right, but…
Ibanez SML Super Metal
What is it? Ibanez SML Super Metal from Master Series. Made in japan mid 80’s. I wasn’t planning to go after the Master series due to the rocket prices. Of course i have been interested in these too, but the status and rarity ridden cost of collecting these made the series not too pleasing. For…